"MOVE OVER, SLOW DOWN" law expanded and became permanent January 1, 2010 Sacramento – California has had a "Move Over, Slow Down" law for several years.  The law that took effect January 1, 2010 made it permanent and added Caltrans trucks to the list of vehicles you must make way for, which includes police cars, fire engines, ambulances and tow trucks.  If you see an emergency vehicle on the side of a highway with lights flashing, you must slow down and move into an adjacent lane if it is safe to do so.  The fine for violating this law is around $146, with one point on your driving record. View video clip: Move Over America

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Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required.   In 1925 a giant sequoia located in California's Kings Canyon National Park was named the nation's national Christmas tree. The tree is over 300 feet in height.   More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.   Pacific Park, on the venerable Santa Monica Pier, re-creates the amusement parks once dotting the ocean areas along the Pacific Coast. Featured are 11 amusement rides including the 1910-vintage hand-carved merry-go-round appearing in the movie "The Sting."   Alpine County is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high school, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights.   Fallbrook is known as the Avocado Capital of the World and hosts an annual Avocado Festival. 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Its trunk is 102 feet in circumference.   Yorba Linda is home to the Richard Nixon Library.   The Coachella Valley is nicknamed The Date Capital of the world and The Playground of Presidents.   One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.   California is the first state to ever reach a trillion dollar economy in gross state product.   California has the largest economy in the states of the union.   If California's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.   Los Angeles is ranked the fourth largest economy in the United States compared to other states.   Simi Valley is the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.   It is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California annually.   During his engagement at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, Otis Redding stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito. 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It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB in California.  Check out the dimensions of the flag.  The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur.  Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide.  This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers.  You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, CA Thanks to: Jim Knudsen and Paul Nyberg top of page Thank you for visiting For information on buying or selling east bay homes, please contact me at 510-429-4800 or send me a note on the  form. Thank you, Joanne P.S.  Be sure to add us to your favorite places. ~ Joanne L. 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