Hanford

[han-ferd]

noun

1. a city in central California.

2. a locality in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: site of an atomic energy plant Hanford Works.

Example Sentences

Bietz, who lives in Hanford, says he didn’t decapitate the animal.

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Raised in Hanford, Calif., by a single mother and grandparents who immigrated from Michoacán, Mexico, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in higher education leadership and policy from Stanford University.

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Their letter follows a Times report which found that two of the six NWS offices in California — Hanford and Sacramento — are among the hardest-hit by federal cuts in the nation.

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Currently, Hanford is tied with Goodland, Kan., as the NWS office with the highest percentage of meteorologist vacancies in the country, with eight of 13 positions unfilled, or about 62%, according to The Times report, which used data from the National Weather Service Employees Organization.

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The Hanford and Sacramento offices cover much of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada — among the most fire-prone parts of California — and are responsible for providing extreme weather warnings to more than 7 million people.

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