Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city in the U.S. State of California. It is a suburb of San Francisco. It is famous for the college, University of California, Berkeley, where many political protests were held in the 1960s. It is also famous for its gourmet food and art scenes. Also, it is the native city of the punk band Green Day. BOINC or the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing was created at the University of California in Berkeley.
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| Location of Berkeley in Alameda County, California Location of Berkeley in Alameda County, California | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°WCoordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Alameda |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1878 [2] |
| Chartered | March 5, 1895 [1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager[1] |
| • Mayor | Adena Ishii |
| • State senator | Steve Glazer (D)[3] |
| • Assemblymember | Tim Grayson (D)[4] |
| • U.S. rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D)[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.66 sq mi (45.73 km2) |
| • Land | 10.43 sq mi (27.02 km2) |
| • Water | 7.22 sq mi (18.71 km2) 40.83% |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 124,321 |
| • Rank | |
| • Density | 11,917.27/sq mi (4,601.36/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes[8] | 94701–94710, 94712, 94720 |
| FIPS code | 06-06000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658037, 2409837 |
| Website | www |
Berkeley is on the San Francisco Bay's eastern shore, north of Oakland. It is in Alameda County.
There are many famous athletes from Berkeley including Yankees manager Jimmie Fox who attended Berkeley High School. Harry Weinberger was born and raised in Berkeley and was drafted to play professional figure skating last year. Berkeley is an epicenter for athletes to come up and thrive.
Berkeley, California Media
- Acorn pit at Indian Rock.jpg
This pit in the surface of a rock at Indian Rock Park is typical of those used by the Ohlone people to grind acorns.
- Peralta Family.jpg
Berkeley and much of the East Bay was part of Rancho San Antonio, granted to the Peralta family in 1820.
Horses Grazing, Berkeley; painted by artist William Hahn in 1875
- PeraltaParkHotel BerkeleyCalifornia 1889.jpg
The Peralta Park Hotel, built by Maurice Curtis in 1889
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Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 18 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1
- Wheeler Hall--UC Berkeley--Panoramic (cropped).jpg
Wheeler Hall, built in 1917, was designed by John Galen Howard.
- Berkeley Women's City Club (Berkeley, CA) (cropped).JPG
The historic Spanish Colonial Revival–style Berkeley City Club, designed by famed architect Julia Morgan in 1929
- South Berkeley Community Church (Berkeley, CA) (cropped).JPG
The Mission Revival style South Berkeley Community Church, b. 1943
- People's-Park.jpg
The People's Park was created via public occupation during the 1960s Berkeley protests.
- Berkeley BART Station 1973 Postcard.jpg
Shattuck Avenue at Center Street in downtown Berkeley, as seen in 1973
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