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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

16-year-old girl shot in the Bayview district

Oct 15, 2008 5:52 am

San Francisco police are investigating a shooting tonight in the Bayview district that injured a 16-year-old girl. The shooting occurred at 7:37 p.m. at the corner of Jennings Street and Hollister Ave...

 

150-year-old pet tortoise missing from Cupertino home

Oct 15, 2008 4:31 am

Penny Carle has posted fliers all over her Cupertino neighborhood asking for help finding her pet. She's gone door-to-door pleading for assistance, and has directed friends and relatives to search, to...

 

Assessing Angel Island after the fire: what's changed, what's the same

Oct 15, 2008 2:31 am

Hiking around Angel Island is now a weirdly two-toned experience, thanks to the wildfire that whipped through the landscape Sunday and Monday like a blowtorch. On one hand, if you start where the ferr...

 

Supes candidate complains about TV ad

Oct 15, 2008 2:01 am

Truth in politics: David Chiu, a candidate in the city's most crowded contest for supervisor, filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the city's Ethics Commission, accusing the San Francisco Association...

 

Affordable housing measure will mean service cuts, critics say

Oct 15, 2008 1:34 am

An affordable housing proposal on the ballot would provide relief for low- and middle-income residents who can't buy a home in San Francisco - but it would force heavy cuts to city services like healt...

 

Court reinstates San Jose limit on campaign contributions

Oct 15, 2008 12:30 am

A federal appeals court cleared the way Tuesday for San Jose to resume enforcing its limits on contributions to political action committees, but the ruling left the status of similar laws in San Franc...

 

Woman struck by Caltrain in Mountain View is identified

Oct 14, 2008 10:30 pm

A woman who was struck and killed by a Caltrain at the Mountain View station was identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office today as 51-year-old Arden Sullivan. Sullivan, of Mounta...

 
 

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

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