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Riverside Shooting Scene Tuesday Morning

Take time to stop and smell the oranges at California Citrus State Historic Park! 🍊 Grapefruit, lemons, oranges—they have it all! Visit to learn about the history of citrus, aka “the second gold rush,” in California. Explore lush citrus groves and even swing by the farm stand for fresh fruit to take home! 🍋 📍Choose Riverside - Riverside Convention & Visitors Bureau | Visit California

Happy “official” birthday, Sacramento! On February 27, 1850, Sacramento became an incorporated city in the territory of California. California, however, did not become a state until September 9, 1850. Sacramento City was founded along Sacramento River’s waterfront, where Old Sacramento is today, in December 1848 when John Sutter Jr. and Samuel Brannan hired Captain William H. Warner, Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman, and Lieutenant Edward O. Ord to survey the land from Sutter’s Fort to the Sa