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Concord is a city located in Contra Costa County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,780. Location Location of Contra Costa County within California. ...
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Until 1995 the city was the eastern terminus of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter train system. Concord has been primarily a bedroom community over the last forty years, but during the last decade corporations such as ChevronTexaco and Bank of America have established extensive back-office operations there, diversifying the local economy. The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a public rapid-transit system that serves parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Daly City, Richmond, Fremont, Hayward, Walnut Creek, and Concord. ...
Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey A bedroom community, dormitory town, or commuter town is a community that is primarily residential in character, with most of its residents commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ...
ChevronTexaco Corporation ( NYSE: CVX) is one of the worlds largest global energy companies. ...
Bank of America (BofA) NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 , based in Charlotte, North Carolina is the third largest commercial bank in the United States of America, measured in assets. ...
Concord is also the home of the annual Concord Jazz Festival and the Concord Records jazz record label. Concord Records is well known jazz record label established in 1969 (?) in Concord, California by Carl Jefferson, who also started the Concord Jazz Festival. ...
Concord's Mount Diablo High School is home to several acclaimed California academies, specifically the Digital Safari, a three-year program involving the integration of multimedia with the core curriculum through integrated, project-based learning. The headquarters of the Kabul Soccer Club is located in Concord. The Kabul Soccer Club (established in 1983 in Concord, California) promotes soccer and provides a common ground for cultural differences between generations of Afghan-Americans. ...
Concord's De La Salle High School is home for the record winning streak of 151 games set by the football team between 1992 and 2004. During that span, De La Salle won 12 California North Coast sectional championships, and was named national champion five different times (once by ESPN, four times by USA Today). De La Salle High School is a private, Catholic, all-boys school in Concord, California, United States. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
ESPN (once an abbreviation for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...
Jazz musician Dave Brubeck was born in Concord, as was actor Tom Hanks and mixed martial artist Gil Castillo Dave Brubeck David Warren (Dave) Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California) is an American jazz pianist who wrote a number of jazz standards, including In Your Own Sweet Way and The Duke. ...
Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ...
Gil Castillo is a american mixed martial arts fighter studying under Cesar Gracie http://www. ...
Geography
Concord is located at 37°58'4" North, 122°0'54" West (37.967825, -122.015135)GR1. Adapted from Wikipedias CA county maps by Bumm13. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 78.1 km² (30.1 mi²). 78.1 km² (30.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ...
The focal point of downtown Concord is Todos Santos Park, which encompases an entire city block and is known for its farmers market, free summer concerts, and large number of surrounding restaurants. The area immediately around downtown is in the midst redevlopment, with new high-density apartment and condominium projects being built to take advantage of the close proximity to public transportation and the vibrant area surrounding the park.
To the north and east of downtown is the older residential area of Concord, with many homes dating back to before World War II. In the far northern edge of town is a primarily industrial area, dominated by the Tesoro Golden Eagle refinery (which is actually not located within city limits). In the Southwest area of the city is the ethnically diverse area known as Four Corners, centered around the intersection of Monument Boulevard and Oak Grove Road.
Main thoroughfares include Willow Pass Road, Concord Avenue, Concord Boulevard, Clayton Road, and Treat Boulevard. The city is also served by Interstate 680, and highways 4 and 242. JUNCTION POSTMILE I-280 SCL 0. ...
JUNCTION POSTMILE I-80 CC 0. ...
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Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 121,780 people, 44,020 households, and 30,329 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,560.0/km² (4,041.0/mi²). There are 45,083 housing units at an average density of 577.5/km² (1,496.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 70.71% White, 3.04% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 9.39% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 9.65% from other races, and 5.94% from two or more races. 21.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 44,020 households out of which 34.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 23.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.74 and the average family size is 3.22. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $55,597, and the median income for a family is $62,093. Males have a median income of $45,734 versus $34,860 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,727. 7.6% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.0% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population living in poverty The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Naval Weapons Station The City of Concord is bordered by an all-but-mothballed Naval Weapons site. The site consists of two areas, the Inland (5,170 acres) and Tidal (7,630 acres) Areas. The Federal Government has announced that the Naval Base is to be closed and returned to the City of Concord. Concord will most likely sell the land out to developers while keeping a large portion for open-space and parks projects.
The Tidal area of the base is not scheduled for closure. The Inland portion contains mainly empty ammunition storage bunkers, and the empty warehouses and support structures for an active cargo port. At no time during the length of the station's operation did the site contain missile silos. A Tule Elk herd once resided on the inland portion of the base, but all animals were removed to other locations by wildlife officials in early 2006.
History Concord was founded under the name of Todos Santos (a name still borne by a park in the city on Willow Pass Rd.), on the initiative of Don Salvio Pacheco (for whom the town of Pacheco is named) in 1869. It achieved prominence in the 19th century as a result of most residents of Pacheco relocating to Concord to avoid the devastation of fire and flood which crippled Pacheco's formerly booming economy. Concord was incorporated on February 5, 1905. Pacheco is a census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California. ...
Pacheco is a census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California. ...
Port Chicago disaster - Main article: Port Chicago disaster
Concord Naval Weapons Station, which used to be called "Port Chicago," was involved in an ammunition explosion that is still controversial to this day. On the evening of July 17th, 1944, a ship packed with munitions and explosives was docking at the port when an extremely large explosion rocked the night sky. Buildings were damaged as far away as San Francisco, a distance of 48 miles. All 320 soldiers on duty were killed instantly. The Navy immediately sprang into action, sending soldiers to put out the fire and restore order in the area. Damage at the Port Chicago Pier after the July 17, 1944 explosion The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California on July 17, 1944. ...
Of the 320 men, nearly 2/3 were African American because of the racial segregation in the military at that time. This caused a huge uproar among the remaining African Americans in the area. Of the 328 remaining men in the Ordinance Battalion, 258 African Americans refused to load ammunition. All were court martialed, and all were given bad conduct discharges and ordered to forfeit 3 months pay for disobeying orders.
The explosion and later mutiny proceedings would help illustrate the costs of racial discrimination and fuel public criticism. By 1945, as the Navy worked toward desegregation, some mixed units appeared. When President Harry Truman called for the Armed Forces to be desegregated in 1948, the Navy could honestly say that Port Chicago had been a very important step in that process. The Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial was dedicated near the site in 1994.
Sunvalley Mall plane crash On the evening of December 23rd, 1985, two days before Christmas, a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, executing a missed instrument approach procedure from an approach to runway 19R, lost control and crashed into the roof of the Macy's Department Store at nearby Sun Valley Mall, killing the pilot and two passengers and seriously injuring 84 Christmas shoppers in the crowded mall below, mainly by spraying them with burning fuel. Four of the victims on the ground later died from their injuries. The accident brought increased local opposition to the airport, and caused Pacific Southwest Airlines to cancel scheduled passenger service that had been planned for the new year. December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ...
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Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ...
Beechcraft model 58 Baron Beechcraft Baron BE55 The Beechcraft Baron is a light-medium twin-engine piston aircraft originally developed by Beech Aircraft Corporation and currently manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft. ...
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was an airline based in San Diego, California, and one of the first large discount airlines in the United States. ...
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Points of interest California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay (also known as CSUEB, Cal State East Bay, and formerly known as California State University, Hayward) is a campus of the California State University system. ...
The Chronicle Pavilion (formely known as the Concord Pavilion is a venue located in Concord, California. ...
The Markham Regional Arboretum (16 acres) is a natural arboretum located at 1202 La Vista Avenue, Concord, California. ...
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