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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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Yosemite climbers set new record

Oct 13, 2008 12:35 am

A Lafayette rock climber and his Japanese partner defied gravity one more time today and broke their own speed record climbing 2,900 feet up the nose of El Capitan. Hans Florine, 44, and Yuji Hirayama...

 

Trickle down: Lehman woes hurt Oakland development

Oct 13, 2008 12:25 am

The Wall Street meltdown just dealt a big financial blow to Oakland - a Southern California development firm is suspending its long-anticipated plan for a major housing and retail project at the forme...

 

Parental notification measure leading in polls

Oct 13, 2008 12:25 am

Voters in California are being asked for the third time in four years to approve an initiative requiring parental notification before a minor can have an abortion. Proposition 4 would amend the state'...

 

Spark from car hitting rock caused Napa wildfire

Oct 12, 2008 10:27 pm

A wildfire that tore through 300 acres of Napa Valley and destroyed a home was caused by a car by the simple act of a car turning onto the shoulder of a road, the California Department of Forestry sai...

 

Angel Island fire 'a shocking sight'

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

Firefighters from around Marin County and San Francisco are fighting a fire on the top of Angel Island. "It is a very big fire," said U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Amy Marrs. She said the wind appear...

 

Urban expert offers advice on San Francisco

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

After 40 years as a professor of urban design and nearly a decade as a consultant to locales as varied as New York and Zurich, Milan and Melbourne, Jan Gehl knows a thing or two about cities. And as h...

 

How governor's short-term loan stunt backfired

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

The big Sacramento scramble over the state's sinking finances was like a stunt gone bad in one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's action films. Lots of noise, smoke and a public relations fire that sudde...

 

Oakland church's garden of healing and memory

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

Some three years after Jennifer Chapin first proposed that a memorial to victims of clergy abuse be included in Oakland's new Christ the Light Cathedral, a healing garden she helped plan was dedicated...

 

Race a factor in presidential race

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

Make no mistake about it - even with the economy in the dumps and the Democrats on the rise, this presidential race is still close. And it will remain close until Nov. 4. It won't be a blowout for Bar...

 

S.F.: Leak drenching Bayview park

Oct 12, 2008 7:00 am

WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 Water leak in Bayview park: Those who know about Adam Rogers Park in San Francisco's Bayview district know what a jewel this space is. With a barbecue pit, community garden, ...

 
 

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