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San Joaquin

American  
[san wo-keen] / ˌsæn wɒˈkin /

noun

  1. a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.


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San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said that the criminal pattern was unlike a network with purely domestic roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

They’ll say that farming is unsustainable in the San Joaquin Valley, a region of incomparable fertility that produces more than half of California’s agricultural output.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Artist and parent Marissa Magdalena Sykes, who grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and is the first in her family to not work in the fields, chimed in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Bursting into national prominence in the mid-1960s in the San Joaquin Valley, Chavez galvanized public support on behalf of them after organizing community groups across Central and Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Adam waited out the winter, wandering up the river to Sacramento, ranging in the valley of the San Joaquin, and when the spring came Adam had no money.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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