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1. www.britannica.com › place › Oakland-CaliforniaOakland | History, Climate, Population, Maps, & Facts ...

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   2 days ago · In 1851 Horace W. Carpentier started a trans-bay ferry service to San Francisco and acquired a town site (1852) to the west of Brooklyn, naming it Oakland for the oak trees on the grassy plain. Carpentier and his associates extended the area and incorporated it as a city in 1854.

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   4 days ago · However, over the years this geographical area has been expanded to include San Francisco County, Contra Costa County, and the northern parts of Alameda County and San Mateo County, this shift has occurred due to the expansion in the local economy and the development of new technologies.

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   5 days ago · June 25, 2024. San Francisco, CA – Today, the Board of Supervisors gave final approval to Mayor London N. Breed’s legislation to make San Francisco the first city in the state to create new Entertainment Zones in Downtown and neighborhoods across the City. The legislation is authorized under Senate Bill 76, a bill authored by State Senator ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Oakland,_CaliforniaOakland, California - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020.

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   18 hours ago · Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.

7. www.britannica.com › place › California-stateCalifornia | Flag, Facts, Maps, Capital, Cities, & Destinations

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   1 day ago · California’s population, concentrated mostly along the coast, is the most urban in the United States, with more than three-fourths of the state’s people living in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego metropolitan areas. Despite its urbanization and the loss of land to industry, California still leads the country in agricultural ...

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   When did Oakland become a city?

   • In 1851 Horace W. Carpentier started a trans-bay ferry service to San Francisco and acquired a town site (1852) to the west of Brooklyn, naming it Oakland for the oak trees on the grassy plain. Carpentier and his associates extended the area and incorporated it as a city in 1854.

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   Why did California declare a state of emergency in 2020?

   • "California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency due to increased wildfire risk". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020. ^ Singh, Maanvi (August 19, 2020). "California wildfires: thousands evacuate as 'siege' of flames overwhelms state". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020.

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   How did San Francisco grow during World War II?

   • The 8.25-mile- (13-km-) long San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to San Francisco (opened 1936) and military and naval installations (built in the 1940s) stimulated further population growth and heavy and diversified industrial expansion. Notable was the influx of African Americans seeking work in the city’s factories during World War II.

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   Why did San Francisco move to Oakland?

   • Following the catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the population, increasing its housing stock, and improving its infrastructure. It continued to grow in the 20th century with its port, shipyards, and manufacturing industry.

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   18 hours ago · The cities were then ranked on a 100-point scale. For the third year in a row, Vienna, Austria, ranked as the world's best city to live. On the opposite side of the world, not a single city in the ...