apple valley General Information
| Town of Apple Valley | |
 Location of Apple Valley in California | |
| Coordinates: 34°30′41″N 117°12′43″W / 34.51139, -117.21194 | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Incorporated (city) | 1988-11-28 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Rick Roelle |
| Area | |
| - Total | 73.62 sq mi (190.69 km²) |
| - Land | 73.33 sq mi (189.93 km²) |
| - Water | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km²) 0.40% |
| Elevation | 2,946 ft (898 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 67,507 |
| - Density | 920.59/sq mi (355.43/km²) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Zip Code | 92307, 92308 |
| Area code(s) | 760 |
| FIPS code | 06-02364 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1660259 |
| Website: http://www.applevalley.org/ | |
Apple Valley is a town located in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, in the U.S. state of California. It was incorporated on November 14, 1988. As of 2006 the population was estimated to be 67,507. The town is 10 miles (20 km) east of neighboring Victorville, 37 miles (60 km) south of Barstow and 46 miles (74 km) north of San Bernardino through the Cajon Pass.
Apple Valley is governed by a town council, whose 2007 mayor is Rick Roelle. The Mayor changes each December by a vote of the five-member Council.
Apple Valley was home to Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, whose museum was first established in Apple Valley (in 1967) before the museum was relocated to Victorville in 1976. Since 2003 the museum has been in Branson, Missouri, United States. Apple Valley is the final resting place for both Roy and Dale.
Apple Valley was also where most location filming was done for the Sky King TV series in the late 1950s.
apple valley In Detail
Every Silicon Valley colossus — Amazon, Apple, Dell, Ebay, Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Yahoo! — was started by a first-timer 30 or under. Facebook was founded by teenagers.Yet we still insist on believing in the serial entrepreneur with the Midas Touch. We make celebrities of our entrepreneurs because we’d rather believe in talent than luck."
"[I]f a bust comes and many of these firms fold, fewer people will lose jobs, and fewer related sectors of the local economy -- such as law firms and commercial landlords -- will feel the pinch. Of course, a blowup involving some of Silicon Valley's highly valued, public tech names, such as Google and Apple, could have far more dire consequences."
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From between the plot lines of "Options" bubbles a raw, honest look at Silicon Valley culture: low-rent billionaires, pretentious new-money moguls and "frenemy" competitors who have no one to talk to but each other.
This is a very interesting read on how the Apple UI came about. The story sets a lot of us straight on who came up with the idea of the GUI in a computer operating system, who "stole" what, and debunks that story we've all come to know from watching Pirates of Silicon Valley
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