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Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, including the state’s third largest city San Jose, a major center of government, commerce, and culture; the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern California coast, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe, and Mt. Shasta, the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range.
Native Americans arrived in Northern California perhaps as early as 5,000 to 8,000 BCE, and successive waves of arrivals led to one of the most densely populated areas of pre-Columbian North America. The arrival of European explorers from the early 1500s to the mid-1700s, did not lead to European settlements in Northern California. The Spanish mission at Monterey was the first European settlement in the area, followed by other missions along the coast—eventually extending as far north as Sonoma County.

 

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News from the San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Commission supports North Beach library plan

Sep 5, 2008 7:07 am

The Library Commission voted this evening to support building a new, two-story library in North Beach. The unanimous vote is simply an endorsement of the plan, which would create an 8,500-square foot ...

 

Oakland: Beautiful grates protect tree roots

Sep 5, 2008 7:00 am

WHAT'S WORKING AGAIN Oakland tree quadrants: Last month, reader Janet Beatty contacted ChronicleWatch about trees near the AC Transit bus stops around 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland. The trees ar...

 

Woman shot by cops must stand trial

Sep 5, 2008 7:00 am

A San Francisco woman who was shot and wounded by police after she allegedly threatened a social worker and lunged at officers with a knife has been ordered to stand trial. Teresa Sheehan, 56, has bee...

 

SAN FRANCISCO / Ex-mart operator demands $1 million

Sep 5, 2008 7:00 am

The former operator of a San Francisco antique and artisan market has filed a $1 million claim against the city, charging that the Real Estate Division illegally confiscated the market. The claim, a p...

 

Olympic hero visits Peninsula children

Sep 5, 2008 7:00 am

Swimmer Michael Phelps, the winner of eight gold medals at the recent Summer Olympics in Beijing, gets applause and greetings Thursday as he speaks to kids at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula ...

 

School groups challenge Calif. algebra mandate

Sep 5, 2008 1:57 am

Groups representing school administrators and local education boards are challenging California's requirement that all eighth-graders be tested in algebra. The California School Boards Association and...

 

Mayor puts S.F.'s ID card program on hold

Sep 4, 2008 7:00 am

Mayor Gavin Newsom has delayed a program to offer identification cards to all city residents regardless of their immigration status as city officials review the sanctuary policy for illegal immigrants...

 

Family says goodbye to Fairfield councilman

Sep 4, 2008 7:00 am

Ten months after Matt Garcia became Fairfield's youngest City Council member, family members gathered around him at a Walnut Creek hospital Wednesday to say their final goodbyes. Garcia, who turned 22...

 

Emeryville school superintendent resigns

Sep 4, 2008 7:00 am

Embattled Emeryville school chief Stephen Wesley resigned on Wednesday, the same day The Chronicle revealed that he had apparently misrepresented his credentials on his resume. "We did accept Wes...

 

Budget impasse hurts neediest students

Sep 3, 2008 7:00 am

As the state's budget stalemate reached its 66th day, anxiety spread among thousands of California's neediest community college students who might not receive promised Cal Grant checks this month, lea...

 
 

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Westwinds - ELS   CA

Located in the Silicon Valley with the convenience of the light rail system, Westwinds offers its residents ...

 

The Village of the Four Seasons - ELS   CA

Village of the Four Seasons is an all age community featuring 271 home sites on approximately 32 acres ...

 

Eastridge Hometown America   CA

The friendly community of Hometown Eastridge has spectacular amenities for our residents' enjoyment ...