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Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. To its north lies Berkeley, home to the famous university campus (University of California, Berkeley). To its west stands San Francisco, across the Bay Bridge. To its south lies the island city of Alameda, and San Leandro lies to the southeast. Along the hills which run from north to east, Oakland borders five of the East Bay Regional Parks. In the center of Oakland, and completely surrounded by it (prompting the common analogy to a doughnut hole), is the wealthy independent city of Piedmont. Oakland is home of the Port of Oakland, one of three major shipping ports on the American West coast. Photo taken by Aran Johnson on a United Airlines flight from SFO to PHL on Nov 30, 2004. ...
Photo taken by Aran Johnson on a United Airlines flight from SFO to PHL on Nov 30, 2004. ...
A view looking East towards man made islands of the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary. ...
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. ...
1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The East Bay, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, lies on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay, and includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. ...
San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...
State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, University of California, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ...
The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ...
The Bay Bridge, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background. ...
The city of Alameda highlighted within Alameda County Alameda is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
San Leandro is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a public authority operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
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The city of Piedmont highlighted within Alameda County Piedmont is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. ...
Oakland has long been saddled with a public reputation as a high-crime city with a crumbling public education system. Since the 1970s, its per capita levels of carjacking, robbery, assault, drug possession and abuse, and homicide have ranked among the highest of all cities in the State of California. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...
Dramatised carjacking Carjacking is the crime of motor vehicle theft from a person who is present. ...
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However, economic recovery, the gradual decline of crime in the United States along with Oakland's weather, location, hillside neighborhoods with stunning views of San Francisco and the Bay, aggressive policies to reduce crime, astronomically high rents and home prices in nearby San Francisco, and a substantial offering of shopping districts and restaurants representing cuisines both homegrown and worldwide have led to an increase of population and of real-estate prices in the past decade.
Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city's population was 399,484, making it the third largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area after San Jose and San Francisco. A county seat, in the United States, is a town which forms the seat of government of a county. ...
Alameda County is a county in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ...
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City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
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The Oakland Tribune published its first newspaper on February 21, 1874. The Tribune Tower, which sports a clock, is one of Oakland's landmarks. The Oakland Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California by the ANG Newspapers, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group. ...
February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Oakland Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California by the ANG Newspapers, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group. ...
Oakland hosts Oakland International Airport, which serves most of the low-cost air traveler's market from the San Francisco Bay Area. Oakland International Airport is located in Oakland, California and serves the San Francisco Bay Area metro region. ...
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Oaklanders are understandably frustrated by the misuse of the most famous quote said about their city. "There's no there there," was uttered by Gertrude Stein upon learning as an adult that her childhood Oakland home had been torn down. Her quote did not have anything to do with the city itself. Modern-day Oakland has turned the quote on its head, with a statue downtown simply titled, "There." Gertrude Stein was born in Pittsburgh on February 3, 1874 and passed on July 27, 1946 in Paris. ...
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Download high resolution version (811x607, 15 KB)Map of the City of Oakland within Alameda County, with County highlighted in California. ...
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Alameda County is a county in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ...
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History
 View over Oakland in 1900. The area was originally inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone (a Miwok Indian word meaning "western people"). In Oakland, they were heavily concentrated around Lake Merritt, Emeryville, and Lake Temescal, the later, a small lake in the Oakland Hills. Temescal in Ohlone means "bath house". Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Map of the Costanoan languages The Ohlone, formerly Costanoan, are an ethnic group whose members lived in what is now the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay areas of California until after the European discovery and settling of this area. ...
A view looking East towards man made islands of the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary. ...
Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Oakland, along with the rest of Northern California was claimed for Spain by visiting Spanish explorers in 1772. During its days under the Spanish Empire in the late 18th to early 19th century, and later under an independent Mexico in the early 19th century, Oakland (along with most of the East Bay), was owned by a wealthy landowner Luís María Peralta who named his area Rancho San Antonio. Upon his death in 1842, Peralta divided his land among his four sons as most of Oakland fell within the shares given to Antonio Maria and Vicente. They would open the land to settlement by American settlers, loggers, European whalers and fur-traders. Habsburg Spain was the center of one of the first global empires. ...
East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Full scale settlement and development occured following California being conquered by the United States during the Mexican American war, and the California Gold Rush in 1848. Oakland was founded and incorporated in 1852 and grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminus in the late 1860s and 1870s. Originally comprising the area west of Lake Merritt (now downtown and Chinatown), it gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and north. Oakland's rise to industrial prominence and its subsequent need for a seaport led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902 creating the "island" of nearby town Alameda. In 1906 its population doubled with refugees made homeless after the San Francisco earthquake and fire who had fled to Oakland. By 1920, Oakland was the home of numerous manufacturing industries, including metals, automobiles, and shipbuilding. The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. ...
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Alameda can refer to: Several places in the United States: Alameda County, California, home of: The city and island of Alameda, California The College of Alameda The former Naval Air Station Alameda The former Alameda Township, Alameda County, California Alameda, Idaho Alameda, New Mexico Alameda, Saskatchewan in Canada Alameda is...
1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
San Francisco City Hall, April 20, 1906 The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake at San Francisco, California on the early morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906. ...
World War II During WWII, the East Bay Area was home to a massive Naval shipbuilding industry. The industry attracted a huge amount of laborers from around the country. Many of the new workers were African Americans from the western South (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas), who enjoyed great prosperity during the war years.
Post-war years Soon after the war, the shipbuilding and automobile industries virtually evaporated, as did the jobs that came with it. Many who came to the city did not leave and decided to settle in their new home of Oakland. Meanwhile, many of the city's more affluent white residents fled the city after the war in order to move into newly developing suburbs to the north and south of Oakland's city borders.
By the late 1960s, Oakland, which had been quite prosperous and affluent before the war, found itself with a population that was dominated by a lower income class than had been typical for the city. Much of Oakland's current reputation as a high-crime city can be traced to the transformation that occurred after World War II, especially to the post-1965 era.
60s and 70s activism Oakland was home to many activist groups during the 1960s and 70s. The Black Panther Party, created in 1966 to protect residents against police excesses, is perhaps the most famous of the groups that formed in Oakland. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...
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80s and beyond In the late 80s and early 90s Oakland was home to two major natural disasters. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
// Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake caused significant damage in Oakland, despite the fact that the epicenter of the quake was more than 70 miles (100 km) away from the city. The Cypress Viaduct, a double decker portion of Interstate 880 that collapsed during the earthquake was in Oakland, and the portion of the San Francisco Bay Bridge that fell down was on the Oakland side of the span. The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 pm local time and measured 7. ...
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The Bay Bridge, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background. ...
On October 20, 1991, the city was struck by the Oakland Hills firestorm. Due to an intense Diablo wind a small brush fire in the East Bay hills turned into an out of control wildfire that spread quickly across 1,600 acres (6 km²) of the dense housing of Oakland and Berkeley's hills. 25 people were killed, 2,449 single family houses were burned down, 427 apartment and condo units destroyed and $1.5 billion in damage were accrued. The fire remains one of the most damaging fires in California history. The Oakland Hills Firestorm occurred on Sunday October 20, 1991. ...
Diablo wind is a regional term for the foehn wind that often occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
The Old Fire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or...
Jerry Brown, a former governor of California, known to some as "Governor Moonbeam," was elected mayor in 1998 and re-elected with little opposition in 2002. His major campign promise, to revitalize Downtown Oakland, has been a mixed sucess. In March 2004, Oakland's voters approved Measure P, an affirmation of the so-called "strong mayor" system, which enshrined permanently changes in the city charter that had given the mayor chief executive power over city government rather than the city manager (as had been historically the case prior to Brown's election as mayor). Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. ...
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State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dropping crime rates, and neighboring San Francisco's astronomically high rents and housing prices have created a population boom and a economic recovery in Oakland in the late 1990s with an influx of immigrants from China, Cambodia, Laos, Mexico, and Lebanon along with former residents of San Francisco who cannot afford to live there anymore. Despite this, crime remains a problem within certain areas of the city.
Geography Oakland is located at 37°47'43" North, 122°13'41" West (37.795227, -122.228111)1. 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 202.4 km² (78.2 mi²). 145.2 km² (56.1 mi²) of it is land and 57.2 km² (22.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 28.28% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Oaklanders most broadly refer to their city's terrain as "the flatlands" and "the hills," which up until recent waves of gentrication have also been a reference to Oakland's deep economic divide, with "the hills" being more affluent communities. About 2/3 of Oakland lies within the flat plain of the San Francisco Bay, with 1/3 rising into the foothills and hills of the East Bay range.
Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 399,484 people, 150,790 households, and 86,402 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,751.4/km² (7,126.6/mi²). There are 157,508 housing units at an average density of 1,084.8/km² (2,809.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 35.66% African American, 31.29% White, 0.66% Native American, 15.23% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 11.66% from other races, and 4.98% from two or more races. 21.89% 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. ...
There are 150,790 households out of which 28.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% are married couples living together, 17.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% are non-families. 32.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.38. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals (termed spouses -- a male spouse is a husband and a female spouse, a wife) that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $40,055, and the median income for a family is $44,384. Males have a median income of $37,433 versus $35,088 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,936. 19.4% of the population and 16.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 27.9% of those under the age of 18 and 13.1% 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 number of people. ...
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See also: Maps of Oakland, California These thematic maps of Oakland, California illustrate the different neighborhoods and the contrasting demographics of the diverse city. ...
Neighborhoods The city of Oakland stretches from the San Francisco Bay up into the East Bay Hills. The character of these neighborhoods continues to change as waves of immigrants from within the United States and other countries relocate here. Also, the changing economy lures more technically skilled workers to Oakland. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...
East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Oakland is commonly divided into broad regions in two different ways:
- "The Hills" and "The Flats" (or "The Flatlands"); with the Flatlands being the historically working-class neighborhoods located in the relatively flat areas closer to San Francisco Bay, and the Hills being the mainly upper-class hillside neighborhoods along the east side of the city. This hills/flats division is found throughout much of the western part of the East Bay, especially in Berkeley and El Cerrito.
- The other common method is to divide the city into "Downtown Oakland," "East Oakland," "North Oakland," and "West Oakland". East Oakland is the largest of these areas, stretching from Lake Merritt southeast to San Leandro. North Oakland encompasses the neighborhoods spread between Downtown and Berkeley. West Oakland is the area between Downtown and the bay, partially surrounded by the Port of Oakland. Both North and East Oakland include neighborhoods in both the Flatlands and hills, while West Oakland and Downtown are entirely within the Flatlands.
There are many neighborhoods which don't fit neatly into one or both of these schemes. The Hills/Flats division ignores the middle-class neighborhoods which run along the base of the hills, as well as the reality that parts of "The Flatlands" can be as hilly as much of "The Hills." The East/North/West division ignores the neighborhoods which are northeast of Lake Merritt, and the areas along Highway 13 in the hills behind Piedmont. Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
El Cerrito, California may refer to: El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California (The City of El Cerrito, California) El Cerrito, Riverside County, California (A small unincorporated area surrounded by Corona, California) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
East Oakland is the southeastern portion of Oakland, California, and takes up the largest portion of the citys land area. ...
A view looking East towards man made islands of the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary. ...
San Leandro is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. ...
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The city of Piedmont highlighted within Alameda County Piedmont is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Downtown Oakland
 Oakland City Center at night. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 76 KB) What: downtown Oakland by night Where: 37. ...
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Oaklands Chinatown in California is frequently referred to as Oakland Chinatown in order to distinguish it from nearby San Franciscos Chinatown. ...
Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. ...
East Oakland elmhurst district is knowned for the famous shadey 80s which is 80th thru 89th ...
Fruitvale is a residential neighborhood in eastern Oakland, California. ...
Grass Valley is a neighborhood in Oakland, California. ...
Laurel is one of the many culturally diverse neighborhoods in Oakland. ...
Seminary is a neighborhood in eastern Oakland, California. ...
Sequoyah Heights is a neighborhood that runs alongside the southeastern part of the Oakland hills. ...
North Oakland A photo essay on the neighborhood: http://journalism. ...
Piedmont Avenue is a street in North Oakland, California. ...
Rockridge is a neighborhood district in Oakland California. ...
West Oakland West Oakland is a neighborhood in Oakland, California. ...
Other neighborhoods
Near Lake Merritt Grand Lake, or the Grand Lake District, is a neighborhood of Oakland, California. ...
In the hills Montclair is a suburb in Oakland, California. ...
Climate Oakland's climate has features found in both coastal cities like San Francisco and inland cities like San Jose. While it is not located on the Pacific Ocean, its position directly inland from the Golden Gate means that the city gets a significant amount of cold nighttime fog during the summer. It is far enough inland, though, that the fog usually disappears by the morning allowing the city to have stereotypical warm sunny California days.
Oakland's average temperature of 55°F (13°C) is slightly lower than many other California cities. Oakland's average high is 62°F (17°C) and average low is 48°F (9°C) with the warmest month being September, and the coldest month being January. An average of 23 inches of rain falls each year with almost all rain occurring between October and May. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...
The degree Celsius (°C or ℃ (Unicode 0x2103)) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ...
September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...
January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
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Rand McNally ranked Oakland's climate as the best in the United States. Rand McNally is a publisher of maps, globes, and atlases currently based in Skokie, Illinois. ...
Attractions Tourist attractions in Oakland include the Oakland Museum of California, the Art Deco Paramount Theater, Chinatown, Jack London Square, Lake Merritt, Children's Fairyland and McAfee Coliseum, home to the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League, the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball, and the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. The city's commercial and residental structures exhibit a great variety of styles, including Art Deco and Craftsman. Oakland Museum of California or Oakland Museum is a museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California located in Oakland, California. ...
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Paramount Theater is an Art Deco movie theater located in downtown Oakland, California, designed by architect Timothy L. Pflueger, who also designed San Franciscos Castro Theatre. ...
Oaklands Chinatown in California is frequently referred to as Oakland Chinatown in order to distinguish it from nearby San Franciscos Chinatown. ...
Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. ...
A view looking East towards man made islands of the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary. ...
Childrens Fairyland, U.S.A. was the first theme park created to cater to families with young children. ...
McAfee Coliseum is a stadium located in Oakland, California that is used for football and baseball games. ...
Conference AFC Division West Year Founded 1960 Home Field McAfee Coliseum City Oakland, California Team Colors Silver and Black Head Coach Norv Turner All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 415-293-11 The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California. ...
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. ...
This article is about the baseball team currently active in the American League. ...
MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ...
NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...
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Craftsman is an artisan who practices a handicraft or trade; a style of architecture and furniture arising from the Arts and Crafts movement; a military rank within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, equivalent to a private; and a brand of tools. ...
Places to see in Oakland include Lake Merritt, Jack London Square, the Dunsmuir House, and Knowland State Park Arboretum, home of the Oakland Zoo. The USS Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht, is berthed in Oakland. The William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Campus Arboretum is located on the Mills College campus. A view looking East towards man made islands of the Lake Merritt Bird Sanctuary. ...
Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. ...
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USS Potomac The USS Potomac was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...
The William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Campus Arboretum is located at the corner of Seminary Avenue and McArthur Boulevard, on the campus of Mills College in Oakland, California, USA. See also List of botanical gardens in the United States Categories: US geography stubs | California botanical gardens ...
Mills College is a private womens liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music. ...
Education Public schools in Oakland are operated by the Oakland Unified School District but due to financial troubles and its poor statistical rates, it has been in receivership by the state of California since 2002. The poor state of Oakland's public schools have made private, particularly catholic schools very popular. There are several private high schools, most notably: Bishop O'Dowd High School, The College Preparatory School, the Head Royce School, and the Bentley School. Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district which operates elementary schools (K-5), middle schools (6-8), and high schools (9-12) in Oakland, California. ...
Bishop ODowd High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school. ...
The College Preparatory School (also known as CPS, College Prep, or simply Prep), of Oakland, California, a four-year day high school, was founded in 1960. ...
The Head Royce School is an independent, non-denominational, coeducational college-preparatory, K-12 school located in the hills of Oakland, California. ...
Bentley School Bentley School is a coeducational private day school founded in 1920. ...
Famous Oakland Public School graduates include Hollywood actors Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, and NBA basketball player Gary Payton. Hanks, having started acting at Skyline High School, thanked his acting teacher Rawley T. Farnsworth in his speech at the Oscars for winning the Best Actor award. Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ...
Clint Eastwood today. ...
NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...
Gary Payton can refer to one of the following persons: Gary E. Payton, American astronaut; Gary Payton, NBA basketball player. ...
Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
Colleges and universities Colleges and universities include: Oakland is also the home of the headquarters of the University of California system. Laney College is a community college located in Oakland, California. ...
Merritt College is a two-year community college located in Oakland in Alameda County, California. ...
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is a regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in San Francisco, California and Oakland, California. ...
Mills College is a private womens liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music. ...
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, University of California, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ...
California State University, East Bay (CSUEB and Cal State East Bay, formerly California State University, Hayward, and called Cal State Hayward or Hayward State) is a branch of the California State University system. ...
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ...
The University of California (UC) is a public university system within the State of California. ...
This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...
Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai (Maritime Region) in the Far Eastern part of Russia. ...
Dalian (Simplified Chinese: 大连; Traditional Chinese: 大連; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), or Dalny (during Russian controled periods, aka Dairen during Japanese periods, or from Mid-centuary (Jointly administered by both USSR/PRC) formerly also Lüda or Luta), is the second of two strategic ice-free seaports on the Liaodong Peninsula. ...
Anhui (Chinese: 安徽; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: An-hui; Postal System Pinyin: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
View of downtown Fukuoka as seen from an observation deck in Minami-ku, facing north. ...
Ocho Rios is a city on the northern coast of Jamaica. ...
Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. ...
Notable natives and residents - Eddie Anderson, actor
- Tim Armstrong, musician
- Catherine Asaro, writer
- Max Baer, Jr., actor, director
- Sonny Barger, Hells Angels founding member
- Carla Bley, composer, musician
- Anthony Boucher, writer
- Peter Buck, musician
- Don Budge, athlete
- Fernando J. Corbató, computer scientist
- Frederick Cottrell, inventor
- Buster Crabbe, actor
- Robert Culp, actor
- Angela Davis, activist
- Ron Dellums, politician
- Robert Duncan, poet
- Clint Eastwood, actor, director
- Dennis Eckersley, athlete
- Michael Franti, musician
- Alma Grigsby, oldest native at 108 years (1896 - 2005) Oakland Tribune 2005 April 14
- Mark Hamill, actor
- MC Hammer, musician
- Tom Hanks, actor
- Susan Seaforth Hayes, actor
- Rickey Henderson, athlete
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien, musician
- Sidney Howard, playwright, screenwriter
- Maxine Hong Kingston, writer
- Henry Kaiser, musician
- Jack London, author
- Rod McKuen, poet, composer, singer
- Edwin Meese III, Attorney General
- Russ Meyer, director
- Joaquin Miller, poet
- Stanley Miller, chemist
- Julia Morgan, architect
- David Murray, musician
- Huey P. Newton, activist
- Willis O'Brien, animator
- Harry Partch, composer
- Gary Payton, athlete
- Paul Pierce, athlete
- Ishmael Reed, writer
- Isiah Rider, athlete
- Galen Rowell, photographer
- Bill Russell, athlete
- Pharoah Sanders, musician
- Too Short, entertainer
- George Stevens, director
- Dave Stewart, athlete
- Amy Tan, author
- Jo Van Fleet, actor
- Archie Williams, athlete
- Wendy Yoshimura, artist
- Will Blackwell, athlete
- Jason Kidd, athlete
Rochester Eddie Anderson (September 18, 1905 (Oakland, California) - February 28, 1977) was an African-American comic actor and star of movies, television and especially old-time radio, where he played the valet Rochester van Jones (usually known simply as Rochester) to Jack Bennys eponymous title character on The Jack...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Catherine Asaro (born 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Max Baer Jr. ...
Sonny Barger (born ?1939) is a founding member of the original Oakland, California chapter of Hells Angels, and perhaps the best-known member of the Hells Angels. ...
Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1938 in Oakland, California) is an American jazz composer, pianist and band leader. ...
Anthony Boucher (August 21, 1911 - April 29, 1968) [1] was an American science fiction editor and writer of mystery novels and short stories. ...
Peter Buck (born December 6, 1956 in Oakland, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry, of the seminal 1980s college rock band R.E.M.. After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Athens, Georgia...
John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 - January 26, 2000) was a champion tennis player who became famous as the first man to win in a single year the four tournaments that the Grand Slam of tennis comprises. ...
Fernando José Corbató (born July 1, 1926) is a prominent computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems. ...
For the British Royal Navy frogman nicknamed Buster Crabb, see Lionel Crabb. ...
Robert Culp (born August 16, 1930 in Oakland, California) is an American actor, best known for his work on television. ...
Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an African American radical activist, primarily working for racial and gender equity and for prison abolition. ...
Ronald Vernie Dellums (born November 24, 1935), U.S. Democratic Party politician, was a U.S. Representative from California from 1971 until 1999. ...
Robert Duncan (1919-1988) was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets and the beat generation. ...
Clint Eastwood today. ...
Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954 in Oakland, California), nicknamed Eck, was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility). ...
Michael Franti (born 1967) is an African-American poet, musician, and composer. ...
Mark Hamill Mark Hamill (born 25 September 1951 in Oakland, California) is an American actor and voice actor, best known for his portrayal of farmboy-turned-Jedi knight Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films. ...
MC Hammer (later Hammer), real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, (born March 30, 1962) was an mainstream American rapper during the 1980s and early 1990s, known for his Hammer pants and catchy hooks on songs like U Cant Touch This. Please Hammer Dont Hurt em (1990) // Early life MC...
Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ...
Susan Seaforth Hayes Susan Seaforth Hayes (born July 11, 1943) is an American actress, best known for her role as Julie Olson Williams on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives. ...
Rickey Henderson Rickey Henley Henderson (born December 25, 1958) is a professional baseball player. ...
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien aka Del The Funky Homosapien, or just almost any phonetical approximation, was born Teren Delvon Jones, August 12, 1972, in Oakland, California, USA. He was a part of his cousin Ice Cubes backing band Da Lench Mob, and came out with his first solo album...
Sidney Coe Howard, born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, United States – died August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a playwright and screenwriter who became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. ...
Maxine Hong Kingston (湯婷婷) (born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American writer. ...
Henry Kaiser, born in Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental guitarist. ...
Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author of over 50 books. ...
Rod McKuen (born April 29, 1933) is an American poet, singer and songwriter. ...
Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States (1985 - 1988). ...
Russell Albion Russ Meyer (March 21, 1922 (Oakland, California) – September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director. ...
Joaquin Miller was the penname of the hyperbolical American eccentric Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (September 8, 1837, or November 10, 1841 - February 17, 1913). ...
Stanley L. Miller (born 1930) is an American chemist famous for his role in the Miller-Urey experiment he performed in 1953, while a graduate student. ...
Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872–February 2, 1957) was an American architect. ...
David Murray (born 1955 in Oakland, California, USA) is a notable jazz musician. ...
Huey P. Newton Huey P. Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was co-founder and inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party, a militant African-American activist group. ...
Willis H. OBie OBrien (March 2, 1886 - November 8, 1962) was a pioneering motion picture special effects artist who specialized in stop-motion animation. ...
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer. ...
Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968 in Oakland, California) is a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. ...
Paul Pierce (born October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California) is an NBA basketball player. ...
Ishmael Scott Reed (b. ...
Isiah J.R. Rider (born March 12, 1971 in Oakland, California) is a former NBA basketball player, who played from 1993-2002. ...
Galen Rowell (August 23, 1940 - August 11, 2002) was a noted wilderness photographer and climber. ...
Bill Russell being carried off the court after leading USF to its first NCAA basketball tournament title in 1955. ...
Reggie Workman, Pharoah Sanders, and Idris Muhammad, c. ...
Too Short, or Too $hort, (born Todd Anthony Shaw on April 28, 1966) is a rapper who started his career in his hometown of Oakland, California. ...
George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ...
David Keith Stewart (born February 19, 1957 in Oakland, California) was a dominant right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...
Amy Tan (Chinese: èšæ©ç¾Ž; pinyin: Tán Ä’nmÄ›i) (born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American author. ...
Jo Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American theater and film actress. ...
Archibald Franklin Archie Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an American athlete and teacher, winner of 400 m run at the 1936 Summer Olympics. ...
Wendy Masako Yoshimura is a watercolor artist living in Oakland, California. ...
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973 in San Francisco, California) is the starting point guard for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. He led the Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2002 and 2003) and is considered one of the best players in the game today, being...
See also List of mayors of Oakland, California, founded in 1852. ...
African American Vernacular English (AAVE), known colloquially as Ebonics, also called Black English, Black Vernacular or Black English Vernacular, is a dialect and ethnolect of American English. ...
The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ...
City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
The East Bay, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, lies on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay, and includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. ...
Lincoln Highway scene in New Jersey Begun in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was the United States first transcontinental automobile highway. ...
Leimert Bridge is located in the Oakmore neighborhood of Oakland, California. ...
External links - City of Oakland official web page
- Maps and aerial photos
- Travel guide to Oakland from Wikitravel
- Oakland/Berkeley Hills Fire
- The Black Panther Party Research Project
- American Babylon: Race & the Struggle for Postwar Oakland
- Photographic virtual tour of Oakland
- Oaklandhistory.com images and book list
- Oakland Heritage Alliance is a non-profit membership organization which advocates the protection, preservation, and revitalization of Oakland's architectural, historic, cultural and natural resources through publications, education, and direct action. Site includes images of Oakland postcards from 1900-1990,
- Oakland History on the Web from Oakland Public Library
- Oakland Collection Online of the Oakland Museum of California. Over 7000 Oakland objects including historical photographs, paintings, documents, objects, all about Oakland. Explore Oakland’s neighborhoods, walk the shoreline, stand atop city hall and look all around.
- Oakland Photos The Claremont Hotel, Downtown Oakland, Jack London Square, Preservation Park, Port of Oakland
- Oakland homicide victims, 2003
Wikitravel is a project to create an open content, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. ...
Oakland Museum of California or Oakland Museum is a museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California located in Oakland, California. ...
City lights from space. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ...
Alameda County is a county in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Image File history File links This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...
A county seat, in the United States, is a town which forms the seat of government of a county. ...
An incorporated place, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city, town (except the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village and having legally prescribed limits, powers, and...
The city of Alameda highlighted within Alameda County Alameda is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The city of Albany highlighted within Alameda County Albany is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
The public library in Dublin Dublin is a city located in Alameda County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 29,973. ...
The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Fremont, California from NASAs Landsat The city of Fremont highlighted within Alameda County Fremont is a city in California which was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose, Niles, and Warm Springs. ...
The city of Hayward highlighted within Alameda County Hayward is a city located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. ...
The city of Livermore highlighted within Alameda County Livermore is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The city of Newark highlighted within Alameda County Newark is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The city of Piedmont highlighted within Alameda County Piedmont is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
The city of Pleasanton highlighted within Alameda County Pleasanton is a city located in Alameda County, California and was incorporated in 1894. ...
San Leandro is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
Union City is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...
A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ...
Ashland is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
The city of Castro Valley highlighted within Alameda County Castro Valley is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
Cherryland is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
Fairview is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
San Lorenzo is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
Sunol is a census-designated place located in Alameda County, California. ...
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A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ...
State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
This is a list of United States state capitals: ...
City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Political Charateristics County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical Characteristics Area Land Water 99. ...
This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ...
A truck passes eastbound along the busy Highway 58 through the Antelope Valley. ...
View inland (east) from Route 1 Daily June fog in Big Sur. ...
The California Central Valley A typical Central Valley scene The California Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the state of California. ...
The Central Coast is an area of California, extending from Santa Cruz in the north to Santa Barbara in the south, but centering primarily on Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. ...
The eight Channel Islands of California, off the west coast of North America. ...
Coachella Valley The Coachella Valley is an irrigated agricultural and recreational desert valley in southern California east of Los Angeles. ...
The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwestern Los Angeles County in Southern California. ...
For a detailed examination of the geology and other features of the valley, see Death Valley National Park. ...
Eastern California is not a well-defined term. ...
The Emerald Triangle is a collection of three counties in Northern California, consisting of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity. ...
Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region of northeastern California famed for the mines and mineral deposits which so famously brought the 49ers west for the California Gold Rush. ...
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California The Greater Los Angeles Area is the suburban area around the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sea, as seen from the Space shuttle. ...
For residents of Southern California, the Inland Empire is a popular informal name for a region located at the eastern end of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. ...
Mojave Desert The Mojave or Mohave Desert occupies a significant portion of Southern California and parts of Utah, Nevada and Arizona. ...
Northern California (sometimes NorCal) refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, roughly covering all of those counties except for the ten counties which make up Southern California. ...
Owens Valley is the arid ranching valley of the Owens River in southeastern California in the United States. ...
The Palm Springs area of southern California is a group of nine adjacent cities in the upper Coachella Valley, often collectively referred to as Palm Springs. The area was originally used to cultivate date palms, but in recent years these have been mostly replaced by nearly continuous development from Palm...
The Pomona Valley, a part of the Inland Empire (the Pomona Valley is its own georgraphical area, and should not be bundled in with the Inland Empire. ...
The California Central Valley The California Central Valley dominates the central portion of the state of California. ...
The San Francisco peninsula separates the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...
The Redwood Empire (also Redwood Coast or North Coast) is a region of California that stretches from San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon coast. ...
San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in southern California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles. ...
USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
View of the western San Gabriel Valley looking towards the Downtown Los Angeles skyline, from Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. ...
The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. ...
The Santa Clarita Valley is part of the Santa Clara River valley in California, squeezed between the San Gabriel and Santa Susana Mountains to the South and the Sierra Pelona/Liebre Mountains/Topatopa Mountains to the North. ...
The eight-county San Joaquin Valley is the part of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton. ...
The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern section of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, north of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. ...
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. ...
A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. Like many large cities, San Joses downtown is expansive and encompasses much more area than shown in this view. ...
Southern California Los Angeles, rush hour on the Harbor Freeway San Diego Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the southern one-third of the state of California. ...
Wine Country is a region of Northern California in the United States, known as a wine-growing region since 1838. ...
The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. ...
Alameda County is a county in Californias San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Alpine County is Californias smallest county, by population. ...
Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California. ...
Butte County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento. ...
Calaveras County is a county located in Californias Gold Country. ...
Colusa County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, northwest of Sacramento. ...
Location of Contra Costa County within California. ...
Del Norte County is Californias northwesternmost county, located on the Pacific coast south of Oregon. ...
El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of California, in the Sierra Nevada. ...
Location in the state of California Formed 1856 Seat Fresno Area - Total - Water 15,585 km² (6,017 mi²) 142 km² (55 mi²) 0. ...
Glenn County is a county located in the California Central Valley north of Sacramento County. ...
Humboldt County is a county located on the northwest coast of California, on the Pacific Ocean. ...
Imperial County is a county located in the far southeast of California, on the border with Arizona and Mexico, in the Imperial Valley. ...
Inyo County is a county located in east-central California, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada south of Yosemite National Park. ...
Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of California. ...
Kings County is a county located in the Central Valley of California, southeast of Fresno County. ...
Lake County is a county located in north central California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Lassen County is a county located in northeastern California. ...
Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Los Angeles Area - Total - Water 10,517 km² (4,061 mi²) Population - (2004) - Density 10,179,716 (est) 967. ...
Madera County is a county of California, located in the Central Valley north of Fresno County. ...
Marin County is a county located in Californias San Francisco Bay Area, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...
Mariposa County is a county in California located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. ...
Mendocino County is a county located on Californias north coast, north of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County and west of the Central Valley. ...
Merced County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose. ...
Modoc County is a county located in Californias far northeast corner, bounded by Oregon to the north and Nevada to the east. ...
Mono County is a county located in east central California, to east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. ...
Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Salinas Area - Total - Water 9,767 km² (3,771 mi²) 1,163 km² (449 mi²) 11. ...
Napa County is in north-central California Napa Valley is most famous for its wine. ...
Nevada County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, in the Mother Lode country. ...
Location Location of Orange County within California. ...
Placer County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, in the Gold Country. ...
Plumas County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada. ...
Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ...
Sacramento County is a county of the U.S. state of California. ...
San Benito County is a county located in the California Coast Range Mountains south of San Jose. ...
Location Location of San Bernardino County within California. ...
Location of San Diego County within California. ...
The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ...
San Joaquin County is a county located in the United States of America in Californias Central Valley, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
San Luis Obispo County is a county located on Californias central Pacific coast, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of Southern California, in the state of California, just west of Ventura County. ...
Location of Santa Clara County within California. ...
Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Santa Cruz Area - Total - Water 1,573 km² (607 mi²) 419 km² (162 mi²) 26. ...
Shasta County is a county located in northern California, in the Cascade Mountains. ...
Sierra County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. ...
Siskiyou County is a county located in far northernmost California, in the Cascade Mountains on the Oregon border. ...
Solano County is a county located in central California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. ...
Sonoma County is a county located on Californias Pacific coast north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Stanislaus County is a county located in Californias California Central Valley, between Stockton and Fresno. ...
Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the California Central Valley north of Sacramento. ...
Tehama County is a county located in Northern California. ...
Trinity County is a county located in northwestern California, along the Trinity River and among the Klamath Mountains. ...
Tulare County is a county located in U.S. state of Californias Central Valley, south of Fresno. ...
Tuolumne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Californias Sierra Nevada. ...
Ventura County is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, located on Californias Pacific coast. ...
Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. ...
Yuba County is located in the U.S. state of Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. ...
A list of urbanized areas in California (sorted into groups by population) is below. ...
City nickname:Calfornias Country Music Capital County Kern County, California Area - Total - Water 296. ...
Fresno is the county seat of Fresno County, California. ...
The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ãngeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...
County Los Angeles County, California Area - Total - Water 170. ...
City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Political Charateristics County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical Characteristics Area Land Water 99. ...
City nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Political Charateristics County San Diego Mayor vacant Physical Characteristics Area Land Water 372. ...
City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ...
Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. ...
This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article Anaheim, California over to the new format agreed to at WikiProject Cities. ...
Location Location of Irvine within Orange County, California. ...
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A list of urbanized areas in California (sorted into groups by population) is below. ...
Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ...
Carmichael is a census-designated place located in Sacramento County, California. ...
Chula Vista is a city located in San Diego County, California. ...
Citrus Heights is a city located in Sacramento County, California. ...
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. ...
Elk Grove is a newly-formed city of 100,760 people (U.S. Census 2004 population estimates) in Sacramento County, California, located south of the state capital of Sacramento. ...
Folsom is a city located in Sacramento County, California. ...
Fremont, California from NASAs Landsat The city of Fremont highlighted within Alameda County Fremont is a city in California which was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose, Niles, and Warm Springs. ...
County Los Angeles County, California Area - Total - Water 79. ...
City nickname: Surf City, U.S.A. Huntington Harbour from the air Country State County United States California Orange County Mayor Jill Hardy Area –Land –Water 31. ...
Lincoln is a city located in Placer County, California. ...
Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County, California. ...
Location of Newport Beach within Orange County, California. ...
Ontario Mills Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. ...
City nickname:Aerospace Capital of America County Los Angeles County, California Area - Total - Water 272. ...
Downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Palo Alto is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California), and to...
Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
City seal Rancho Cordova is a census-designated place and city located in Sacramento County, California. ...
Roseville is a city located in Placer County, California. ...
Stearns Wharf is the extension into the sea of State Street, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. ...
Location of Santa Clara within Santa Clara County, California. ...
County Los Angeles County, California Area - Total - Water 123. ...
Location of Santa Cruz, California Downtown Santa Cruz, California Historical Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz is located at 36°5819 North, 122°135 West (36. ...
Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the extreme southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. ...
City nickname: Californias Sunshine Seaport County: San Joaquin Area code: 209 ZIP code: 952xx Area: - Total - Water 144. ...
Location of Sunnyvale within Santa Clara County, California. ...
Temecula is a city located in Riverside County, California. ...
Thousand Oaks (commonly referred to by locals as T.O.) is a city located in Ventura County, California, named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned by the symbol of an oak. ...
City of Torrance official logo Torrance is a city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. ...
San Buenaventura (Ventura) is the county seat of Ventura County, California. ...
Looking east across Walnut Creek. ...
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