Kurata Gabriela Ce Tristen Z. Dewar Irina Khromacheva Viktoria Malova Alory Regina Pereira Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu] , Black Stream ) is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil . It is nicknamed Brazilian California , because of a combination