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California is a state in the United States of America. It is a location that appears in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Flight 462, and Passage.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

California was one of the fifty states in the United States of America. It is located in the Western region of the United States. California was the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area.

The state is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, the Mexican state of Baja California to the south; and it has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the west. It had a population of 35.25 million inhabitants at the time of the outbreak.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Initial Outbreak[]

Main article: The Trials (TV Universe)

When the outbreak began, there were reports of a recent "flu" which meant hospitals coped with more patients getting flu shots in order to prevent getting sick. Videos and information emerged on certain websites showing people with a strange virus attacking people, however, only very few people saw these report, one of which was Tobias.

Soon, an unknown Los Angeles radio station was informing people to get their flu shots if they haven't yet. People began to disappear and hospitals were very slowly becoming more overcrowded with sick patients. During a ride home from Paul R. Williams High School, Madison noticed a fence with half a dozen "Missing" papers and a park devoid of activity, with the exception of a mysterious human like figure shambling towards the main road as if drunk (the implication is that it was Zombie).

That night, a shootout happened on a highway, involving members of the California Highway Patrol and a man who came back to life after an automobile accident and attacked several emergency service workers. The footage (which was captured by several bystanders and news media outlets) was leaked online to more popular websites, meaning many members of the public saw it and began to panic, especially citizens in Los Angeles, meaning many people decided not to go to school/work that day.

Later that morning, Art Costa, the Principal, saw staff members watching the leaked video and told them he'd talk to the other schools about it. In order to ensure safety and slow down the virus from spreading Paul R. Williams High School decided to have a half-day along with other schools in the Los Angeles area and confused students began to pile onto the bus, going home.

When Madison and Travis decide to go east as they're worried about the illness, Travis had to go get his ex-wife Liza and his son, Chris. Meanwhile, Chris was on a public bus in a neighborhood close to downtown LA when a pedestrian jumped onto the bus and claimed the Police just shot a homeless man for no reason. Police radio chatter indicates that there has been a spike in police shooting.

The more suburban parts of LA, and possibly all of California, begin getting more congestion on roads as more people become aware of the illness and try to flee the city. Police were instructed to store up on supplies such as food, gas, and water and were told not to tell anyone the real situation. There were more broadcasts on media such as radio, which could have been ordered by the Californian government. The broadcasts told people if they don't need to travel then don't but if they did, then proceed with caution, which made even more people worried.

Civil Unrest and Martial Law[]

Emergency services were keeping the area contained and secure but were failing due to the sheer amount of angry people outraged over the police shooting a homeless man, this triggered a protest, which was broadcast on the news. When Travis and Liza find their son, one LAPD member, Gonzales, shot an infected woman, causing protesters and witnesses to flee the scene but also turning the protest into a full-fledged a riot. Riot control was called in and people began to either continue causing violence or to flee the area.

The riots presumably lasted the majority of the night in Los Angeles, San Diego and possibly other cities such as San Francisco. Rioters ignored police orders to clear the streets and to stop, making them easy targets to the infected. Flights were cancelled by the FAA to reduce the spreading of the illness (evidence for this was seen in promotional material released for Fear). Power stations began to fail, causing mass blackouts in LA and other settlements in California. Mid-flight of Flight 462, Jake Powell, and perhaps other passengers witnessed lights going out in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Deirdre, an air attendant on TruWest Airlines Flight 462, the pilot was informed that lights were going out everywhere, including California, and the pilot hoped to divert to an alternate landing destination.

As people in Los Angeles and other areas of the state panicked to take their loved ones to the hospital, it caused hospitals to be overrun and be abandoned. One final state radio message was played, stating that California has declared a state of emergency along with other states and that the National Guard will be deployed.

Morning rose on California, which was in ruins. Cities such as LA had gridlocked highways and burning neighborhoods and smoke rising from high rises. The National Guard was called in by the Governor of California in order to set up safe zones in Los Angeles and possibly other cities. In Los Angeles, they set up twelve safe zones around the city, which went under the name Los Angeles Basin Safe Zones; one safe zone was in El Sereno. They also made a private facility from a college which was named The Compound. Its use was a base of operations for the Los Angeles District and to keep people who may have the virus locked up.

The National Guard shared very little information about the outside world to the residents in the safe zones. It was rumored that most people decided to go east, to Bakersfield and Las Vegas.

The National Guard previously had a center for the sick and needy at the Los Angeles Arena, which hosted 2,000 citizens but it was overrun and the National Guard decided to lock it up, leaving the uninfected to be trapped with the infected.

Operation Cobalt[]

Main article: Operation Cobalt

The National Guard originally planned for a "big push to take back the city" but it either never happened or it failed. This could have been the same for San Diego and other cities. A few days later, at night, Madison, Daniel Salazar and the others managed to get The Compound overrun with infected, meaning military personnel had to evacuate elsewhere. They left behind a handful of doctors and researchers and even their own, showing how ruthless they are. They evacuated to Edwards Air Force Base, which was (and could still be) active and played a key role in Operation Cobalt; the bombings.

Eventually, when all hope was lost and Operation Cobalt was under way, the national guard fled the safe-zones and the military napalmed Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and other cities and settlements in California. It could be possible San Diego got it worse during Operation Colbalt as they say it was "completely" burnt.

Owing to Operation Cobalt, California suffered major ecological damage, as a Park Ranger broadcasting from Shuteye Peak states that the forests of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada mountain range were on fire and likely to be gone in a week.

Inhabitants[]

Former Inhabitants[]

Deaths[]

TBA

Notable Locations[]

Appearances[]

Fear the Walking Dead

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Webisodes

Flight 462

  • "Part 1"
  • "Part 2"
  • "Part 13"
  • "Part 14"
  • "Part 16"

Passage

  • "Part 1"
  • "Part 2"
  • "Part 3"
  • "Part 4"
  • "Part 5"
  • "Part 6"
  • "Part 7"
  • "Part 8"
  • "Part 9"
  • "Part 10"
  • "Part 11"
  • "Part 12"
  • "Part 13"
  • "Part 14"
  • "Part 15"
  • "Part 16"


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