This is part of an occasional series about people, places and things in San Joaquin County as the county its 175th ...

Her ancestor was Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga of the De Anza expedition of 1776. From her father, she carried the Velarde surname, well known in the history of Ventura from the 1800’s. She attended ...

Gabriel Moraga (1765 – 1823), a Spanish explorer ... Sacramento River (as Río del Sacramento), he also named the San Joaquin River, Merced River, Kings River, and Calaveras River.

Although the building isn't quite ready to regularly open to the public, the Friends of the Joaquin Moraga Adobe held a ribbon cutting ceremony and preview on Saturday June 29, to celebrate the ...

The Town of Moraga and the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) hosted a May 30 Fire Safety Community Meeting to discuss fire prevention measures, fire insurance, and other related topics. The Joaquin ...

MORAGA, Calif. - Brett Lorrie has been teaching sixth-grade math at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School for a quarter-century. This fall, his class got a plus-one: his 5-year-old golden therapy dog ...

Technically, the pueblo of San Jose was established as the state’s first known civic settlement by Spanish founder José Joaquin Moraga in November 1777, according to Brittanica. Then-called San ...

Its name comes from the San Joaquin River, which was also named by Moraga after an expedition in the Central Valley in the early 1800s, according to the CSAC. The meaning of San Joaquin is Saint ...

She was related to Ensign Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga, who was second-in-command of the De Anza Expedition in 1776. Moraga founded the cities of San Jose and Moraga, as well as the Mission Delores in ...

Joaquin Moraga Intermediate is a public school located in Moraga, CA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Joaquin Moraga Intermediate is 629 and the school serves 6-8.

Correa, once a teacher at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School in Moraga, California, became so obsessed with her one-time student, she often broke into Cunnane’s home and hid in her closet for hours ...