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 | |
| 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 | Jesse Arreguín[3] |
| • State senator | Nancy Skinner (D)[4] |
| • Assemblymember | Tim Grayson (D)[5] |
| • U.S. rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D)[6] |
| 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[9] | 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.
Berkeley, California Media
This pit in the surface of a rock at Indian Rock Park is typical of those used by the Ohlone people to grind acorns.
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
The Peralta Park Hotel, built by Maurice Curtis in 1889
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, built in 1917, was designed by John Galen Howard.
The historic Spanish Colonial Revival–style Berkeley City Club, designed by famed architect Julia Morgan in 1929
The Mission Revival style South Berkeley Community Church, b. 1943
The People's Park was created via public occupation during the 1960s Berkeley protests.
Shattuck Avenue at Center Street in downtown Berkeley, as seen in 1973
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Structure of Berkeley Government". City Clerk. City of Berkeley. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Elected Officials Home". City of Berkeley. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Senators". State of California.
- ↑ "Members Assembly". State of California.
- ↑ "California's 13th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Berkeley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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