San Lorenzo, also known as San Lorenzo Village is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, California, United States.
Population: 23,452
Latitude: 37° 40' 51.74" N
Longitude: -122° 07' 27.88" W
The College Preparatory School (CPS), is a four-year private coeducational day high school in Oakland, California. The school's motto is mens conscia recti, a Latin phrase borrowed from Vergil's Aeneid that means "a mind aware of what is right."
TechShop is a chain of member-based workshops that lets people of all skill levels come in and use industrial tools and equipment to build their own projects.
Tri-Valley is a triangle-shaped region in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. The area is 18 miles southeast of Oakland and 33 miles from San Francisco. It encompasses the cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville which includ…
Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) is a visual and performing arts charter school in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland, California. OSA opened its doors in 2002 with a mission to provide students with immersive, conservatory-style arts train…
The Caldecott Tunnel fire killed seven people in the third (then-northernmost) bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, on State Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in the US state of California just after midnight on 7 April 1982. It is one of the few major t…
It is composed of the USS Hornet (CV-12) aircraft carrier, exhibits from the NASA Apollo moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period. A number of comp…
Monte Vista High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Danville, California. Monte Vista is a National Blue Ribbon school, as well as a California Distinguished School and fully WASC accredited. The school is located in the San Ram…
Skyline High School (also known as Sky High or SHS) is a public high school in Oakland, California. Skyline is part of the Oakland Unified School District.
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (October 31, 1831 – January 23, 1899) was a Californio politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more …
Oaksterdam University is recognized as America's first cannabis college. Located in Oakland, CA, the educational facility and "political institution" was founded in November 2007 by medical marijuana activist Richard Lee to offer quality training fo…
Merritt College is a two-year community college located in the Oakland Hills section of Oakland in Alameda County, California. The school's enrollment is approximately 6,000 students. The college is named after physician Dr. Samuel Merritt.
West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California, along the waterfront near the Port of Oakland and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m).
Piedmont High School is a public high school located in Piedmont, California, United States. Piedmont High School is part of the Piedmont Unified School District.
Patten University is a private for-profit institution of higher education in Oakland, California. It was originally founded in 1944 by Bebe Patten as the Oakland Bible Institute.
The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Opened in 1878, the Oakland Public Library currently serves the city of Oakland, along with neighboring smaller cities Emeryville and Piedmont. The Oakland Public Library has t…
The MacArthur Maze (or simply the Maze, also called the Distribution Structure) is a large freeway interchange near the east end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community.
Rockridge is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland hills and north of the intersection o…