Central Valley

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noun

the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.

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How to use Central Valley in a sentence

Sitting on a historic plot of land in California’s Central Valley, the bar offers free pool, weekend karaoke and a regular “Ladies Night” — “the place where old friends return,” its website says.
Bar owner charged with selling fake coronavirus vaccine cards in one of the first cases of its kind|Reis Thebault|May 7, 2021|Washington Post
In recent years, Amtrak has added state-supported service in Virginia and Massachusetts, and adjusted schedules in California’s Central Valley to be more convenient for weekend travelers.
Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.|Luz Lazo|April 1, 2021|Washington Post
At one Central Valley site, inspectors documented unreported “spills of oil” on five separate dates, and they found wastewater being funneled through unlined dirt channels, raising concerns about groundwater contamination.
Are California Oil Companies Complying With the Law? Even Regulators Often Don’t Know.|by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun|March 22, 2021|ProPublica
In May 2019, workers in California’s Central Valley struggled to seal a broken oil well.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them.|by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica|September 18, 2020|ProPublica

To find out, a team of scientists focused on California’s Central Valley.
Pesticides contaminate most food of western U.S. monarchs|Rebecca E. Hirsch|August 17, 2020|Science News For Students
They exist even in a different realm from the Central Valley of California, just over the hills and a world away.
What Market Panic? Halcyon Days for Silicon Valley|Zachary Karabell|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Unemployment in some Central Valley towns tops 30 percent, and in cases even 40 percent.
The Golden State Is Crumbling|Joel Kotkin|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And some are both booming and busting, such as the wide gulf between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley in California.
Jobs Aren’t Coming Back|Zachary Karabell|July 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Central Valley and Visalia are in the most conservative part of California.
Bristol Gets Political|Mike Rhodes|October 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Puello contacted the Central Valley Baptist Church just two days after the Americans were arrested in Haiti.
The Man Who Conned the Missionaries|Constantino Diaz-Duran|February 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Just north of Central Valley something seemed different about the hillside; a new scar had appeared along its edge.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
Mr. George showed Rollo the great central valley of Switzerland, with the ranges of mountains on each side of it.
Rollo in Switzerland|Jacob Abbott
Ecologically the great central valley of California forms a single unit.
The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California|Sherburne F. Cook
To the north of the central valley the trees of the east and west join, forming a heavily wooded belt quite across the state.
History of California|Helen Elliott Bandini
Even the Sioux feared the Sacs, the warriors of the central valley.
The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye