Talk:Los Banos, California

Banos vs Baños
I'm not so sure that the name of this city really is "Los Baños" rather than "Los Banos". The city/location got its name from the pools of water that formed near the creek that passed by what is now the city. Padre Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta came across these pools of water and referred to the area as "Los Baños," as in "the baths" or "place for baths". Soon after the area was referred to as "Los Baños" by travelers and local ranchers. https://losbanos.org/for-visitors//ref>

The following sources all spell it without the eñe:
 * the official city website
 * the city chamber of commerce
 * Google maps
 * Geocenter "US West" paper map
 * Insight Atlas Consise World Atlas
 * Yahoo! maps
 * Philip's World Atlas 2004 edition
 * The school district
 * The local hospital
 * The federal bureau of reclamation
 * The california park service
 * The california DMV

That said:
 * if memory serves, road signs do have the eñe. That said, here's a photo of one that doesn't:
 * I've never heard anyone pronounce it the painful "los bay-nos" rather than the correct "los ban-yos", so it clearly should have one
 * The local evangelical church (mostly) spells it with the eñe

Comments? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 10:21, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

I frequently drive up and down highway 5, and have never seen an eñe. For what that's worth, at least... KamuiShirou 06:34, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Another sign without it - --SPUI (talk) 00:19, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks, guys. Even if there was an eñe I'd be suspicious that some indignant spanish speaker hadn't put it on with whiteout themselves :) -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 00:27, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to... As a former resident born and raised in Los Banos in the days when it was still a small town, I was taught to call the town of Los Banos simply Lǒs BǍ-nōs (except when I was in Spanish class). Here is an Anglicized (no eñes to be found) History of Los Banos. Seriously, in the pre-Gold Rush days, California was a province of Mexico and before that it was part of the Spanish empire. Today, it's easier to type in diacritics; typists of the eary California history books were probably too lazy to make it right. --Chuck-meister
 * Los Angeles just came to mind. Should the /a/ in Angeles be written with an accent, too?
 * Yup its Los Ángeles =)T ALK•Q R C2006•¢ʘñ†®¡ß§ 17:36, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

"Safer Neighborhoods"
Whoever put that up, you clearly know nothing about the Silicon Valley, which is very wealthy and generally ver safe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.170.110 (talk) 23:44, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Elevation
I just corrected a sentence that was awkwardly phrased, stating that the city was about 50 ft above sea level. However, the infobox says its elevation is 100+ ft. Shouldn't these be the same? Ham Pastrami (talk) 07:10, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

History and Culture
The photograph in this section is identified as the Bank of Los Banos. It is not the Bank of Los Banos and the photograph is not even a building in the city of Los Banos. The photograph in this section is of the Mondo Building, located at the corner of Main and Canal Streets in downtown Merced, CA. It is currently the home of some University of California, Merced, offices. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.83.252.231 (talk) 21:30, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * You're right about Canal Street, so there does seem to be some confusion. I've removed the photo for now.—Stepheng3 (talk) 17:28, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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I-5
I-5 actually runs from the northwest corner of Washington State at the Canadian border in the City of Blaine, south-southeast through all three western US states (Washington, Oregon, and California) to the Mexican border south of San Diego. It is a very Southern California view of the world to state that it runs from San Francisco to Los Angeles. 208.66.33.172 (talk) 21:42, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Good point. Fixed. Thanks for the note! Binksternet (talk) 23:18, 3 February 2023 (UTC)