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5 unusual facts about Çal


Cal-Style VW

Unlike the Orange County-originated de-chromed Cal-Look VW, the LA Cal-Style vintage VW was about style, and the wheels were fully polished or chromed for "bling".

Los Angeles VW Car Clubs like the "Bugs Buddies" and the "Vintage Volksters" were the pioneers of this style, building Cal-Style VWs to cruise LA landmarks – like the original Tommy's Burgers, and the iconic Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles – and to impress the LA teen party crowd.

Caltopia

However, Caltopia is strongly associated with connotations of a utopia of riches and opportunity characteristic of Cal.

Elaine Belloc

He came close by creating Cal, the angel who attacked Easterman, and finally triumphed when he made Elaine.

PAS/CAL

After an exhaustive two years spent writing & recording their debut LP, I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura, which was released on July 22, 2008 via Le Grand Magistery, PAS/CAL disbanded.


1979 Garden State Bowl

After a Cal field goal by Mick Luckhurst early in the 4th quarter, the Bears closed to within four points, only to have Temple seal the game with a touchdown pass from Brian Broomell to Gerald Lucear.

1993 Alamo Bowl

Cal placekicker Doug Brien connected on field goals of 37 and 20 yards in the first quarter, as Cal took a 6-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter.

2006 California Golden Bears football team

Before the game, the Cal student section gave a raucous tribute to Nobel Prize winner George Smoot, who had just won a few days earlier for his research on the Big Bang.

Cal played the next Saturday, October 7, for California's Homecoming weekend, against the undefeated #11 (in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll) Oregon Ducks, a team that was 4–0, and 1–0 in Pac-10 play.

4-4-1

Both the song “Break Out” and the self-titled album debuted at the top position on so-cal CCM radio station KYMS, a first for any act and topping the hugely successful new release by U2, “The Unforgettable Fire” and their legendary hit “Pride (In the Name of Love).”

94.7 The Pulse

From 1.30pm-5pm tune in to hear Jason Doherty, Dale Smyth, Jacob Bourke and Cal Lowther as the broadcast the Match Of The Round.

Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project

House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) requested the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to assist Representative Chris Cannon (R-UT), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), in conducting the Project, which is anticipated to be completed by September 2006.

Akili Smith

Cal head coach Jeff Tedford previously coached Smith at Oregon when he was offensive coordinator.

Applix 1616

:advent, ar, arc, at, cal, cat, chess (gnu), cmp, comm, compress, conquest, cron, dd, diff, ed, eroff, grep, head, indent, make, MicroEMACS, more, nroff, roff, sc, sed, sort, split, STEVIE, strings, sum, tail, tar, tee, ularn, uniq, vi, wanderer, wc, xmodem, ymodem, zmodem, zoo

Bekilli

Bekilli district area neighbors the district areas of Çal and Çivril, both also depending Denizli to the west, south and east, and those of two districts of Uşak Province to the north, namely Ulubey and Karahallı.

Ben Braun

He ranks second to Nibs Price (1925–54, 449–294) in both tenure and wins at Cal, while his Cal winning percentage (.606) is the best at the school since Hall of Famer Pete Newell guided the Bears to a 119–44 mark from 1955–60.

Burnt Lips

Although Kottke did not release an album in 1977, he produced and played on The Wylie Butler by Cal Hand (Takoma TAK C-1056), a Minneapolis pedal steel and dobro player who had played on numerous Capitol releases for Leo.

Cal Collins

Cal Collins (May 5, 1933-August 27, 2001) was an American jazz guitarist born in Medora, Indiana.

Cal Jet Air

On January 8, 2012, Cal Jet Air started flying to Laughlin, Nevada from 6 USA cities.

Cal Kern

Cal Kern is the president and owner of the Niagara Power, an amateur baseball team and the New York State Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Cal MacAninch

Cal also starred in the 2001 BBC mini series The Best of Both Worlds with Alice Evans.

Cal Poly

California Polytechnic State University or Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a public university in San Luis Obispo, California

California Environmental Protection Agency

Cal/EPA was created by Governor Pete Wilson by Executive Order W-5-91 in 1991, following on a "Big Green" initiative Wilson proposed during the 1990 state gubernatorial elections, promising a cabinet-level agency to oversee state environmental regulations and research.

CDF Aviation Management Program

In the mid-1970s, CAL FIRE found that the contractor-owned air tactical planes, mostly single-engine Cessna 182s and Cessna 210s, did not provide the airspeed and safety needed for the new air tanker program.

China Airlines Flight 605

A British Airways pilot had refused to make the approach to Kai Tak runway 13 minutes before the CAL 605 Captain decided to attempt it.

Chip Prather

Chip Prather began his career in 1970 as a seasonal firefighter with the California Department of Forestry, now known as California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire).

Coo Coo Cal

After leaving Tommy Boy in 2002, Cal released a follow-up to Walkin' Dead entitled Still Walkin'.

EastSiders

The story line also explores the relationship between Cal’s somewhat unstable best friend, Kathy (Constance Wu), and her nice-guy boyfriend, Ian (John Halbach).

Eddie Cano

He found an appreciative audience for a series of albums under his own name released in the '50s and '60s by labels such as Atco, Reprise, and RCA, his following similar to that of vibraphonist Cal Tjader and bandleader Les Baxter.

Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

, 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 (1944), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California involving an injury caused by an exploding bottle of Coca-Cola.

Government of Alameda County, California

The Social Services Agency (SSA) administers multiple California welfare programs within the county, such as Medi-Cal (Medicaid), CalFresh (food stamps), CalWORKs (TANF), and general assistance.

Guissona

The archeological site includes the water supply of the actual Medieval enclosure, the wells of the public fountain, a number of headstones (e.g., the gravestone of Servilla Praepusa (2nd-3rd century AD), a sculpture of a Roman horseman, and the Necropolis located in the area of Cal Mines.

Jackie Jensen

Cal ended the regular season at 10–0 under coach Pappy Waldorf, winning a share of its first Pacific Coast Conference title in ten years, and Jensen placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, with Doak Walker taking the award.

Jason Simontacchi

Jason attended San Jose State University from 1994–1996 and pledged the Cal Iota chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity as a member of the Alpha Theta pledge class.

John Lyle

John T. Lyle, professor of landscape architecture at Cal Poly Pomona

John Sciarra, Jr.

He played the fourth quarter at Cal when Cory Paus and Olson were injured and left the game, throwing a 14-yard touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis against USC, the first of his career.

Kleffman v. Vonage Holdings Corp.

, 232 P.3d 625 (Cal. 2010), is a 2010 Supreme Court of California case certified by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Marijon Ancich

Hart was led by eventual Cal Berkeley and NFL quarterback Kyle Boller.

Mechanical equivalent of heat

In particular Joule had experimented on the amount of mechanical work generated by friction needed to raise the temperature of a pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit and found a consistent value of 772.24 foot pound force (4.1550 J·cal-1).

Myron Hunt

They were soon designing large houses in communities throughout Southern California including the summer ranch home for cereal magnate Will Keith Kellogg at the present day campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).

Nate Longshore

During fall practice, head coach Jeff Tedford named Longshore the starting quarterback the week leading up to Cal's season opener at Tennessee.

Navajo Nation Police

All officers are issued Glock 22 40 Cal. side arm, expandable baton, handcuffs, bulletproof vest, pepper spray and portable radio linked to a central dispatch.

Pomona University

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (also known as Cal Poly Pomona), a public polytechnic university in Pomona, California and part of the California State University

Robert Montano

At Actors Theatre of Louisville, Robert portrayed Cal in East of Eden, directed by Jon Jory, later to be invited back by Mr. Jory to exercise his Shakespeare in The Comedy of Errors.

San Luis Obispo Mardi Gras controversy

The Associated Students of the University of California system (ASUC) created a bill in opposition to SB 337, noting that it altered the Donahoe Higher Education Act and eligibility for Cal Grants, a form of financial aid.

Scientology and the legal system

In Religious Technology Center v. Gerbode, 1994 WL 228607 (C.D. Cal. 1994) (against Frank A. Gerbode, inventor of Traumatic Incident Reduction), a Rule 11 sanction of $8,887.50 was imposed against Helena Kobrin, an attorney for the Church, for bringing baseless and frivolous claims.

Spring Breakout

Michael meets with Cal Cullen again, and wins him over by pretending to have fond memories of Sugarfoot, despite the fact that it was off the air before he was born.

Stephany Avila

The actress made her artistic debut in Argentina featuring in the Music Video Cal y Arena by Argentinean band 'Las Sabrosas Zariguellas' (2010) starring next to Raúl Lavié and Miguel Angel Rodriguez.

The Jackie Gleason Show

Gleason also occasionally portrayed Stanley R. Sogg, a late-night movie pitchman for Mother Fletcher's products ("No-Cal Chicken Fat"), similar to the later Art Fern character played by Johnny Carson in his "Tea Time Movie" skits on The Tonight Show.

University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters

CAL is housed at three establishments – at the CAL Main Building (where most of the classes are held), Bulwagang Rizal (or Rizal Hall, also known as the Faculty Center) beside Osmeña Avenue, and the Vargas Museum (dedicated to former U.P. alumnus Jorge Vargas, and features the collection of Fernando Amorsolo's artworks as well as the Filipiniana Research Center).

Weaveworld

Calhoun "Cal" Mooney: A bored young man whose life alternates between his job at an insurance company in Liverpool and caring for his father until he encounters the mysterious rug that instantly strikes him as something peculiar.


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