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The symbol, Au , comes from Latin aurum gold, which, in turn, comes from Indo-European * auso- gold, but possibly meaning to draw water, leading one to speculate that ancient gold was found by panning, as in placer mining.
The urban counties, which were defined as US Census Bureau-designated urban areas or as containing at least one city of at least 50,000 residents, included Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
The hotline also has special funds to help grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren in Sacramento, Placer, Yuba, Sutter, Yolo, Nevada and Sierra counties.