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Oakland, CA 94601
Oakland, California
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Oakland, founded
in 1852, is an American city on the eastern
shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern
California in the United States. To the
north lies Berkeley, home to the campus of
the renowned University of California,
Berkeley. To the west is San Francisco,
across the Bay Bridge. Separated from the
mainland by an estuary to the southwest is
the island city of Alameda, while San
Leandro lies to the southeast. Along the
hills which run northwest to southeast,
Oakland borders five of the East Bay
Regional Parks. In the center of Oakland,
and completely surrounded by it (prompting
the common analogy to a doughnut hole), is
the wealthy city of Piedmont. Oakland is
home of the Port of Oakland, one of three
major shipping ports on the American West
Coast.
Oakland is the county seat of Alameda
County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the
city's population was 399,484, making it the
third largest city in the San Francisco Bay
Area after San Jose and San Francisco.
The Oakland Tribune published its first
newspaper on February 21, 1874. The Tribune
Tower, which sports a clock, is one of
Oakland's landmarks. At key times throughout
the day (8:00am, noon, 5:00pm), the clock
tower clarion plays a variety of classic
melodies, which change on a daily basis.
During the Christmas seasons, carols are
heard throughout downtown.
Oakland hosts Oakland International Airport,
which serves most of the low-cost air
traveler's market to and from the San
Francisco Bay Area. The addition of Oakland
to Jet Blue's stops has made Oakland
International Airport an attractive option
to Bay Area travellers. Travellers on public
transportation may exit BART or Amtrak at
the Coliseum/Oakland Airport intermodal
station to take a connecting AirBART bus to
the airport.
Major employers in Oakland include the
local, state and federal governments, United
States Postal Service, the Port of Oakland,
carriers associated with the port, regional
transportation and utility authorities,
Kaiser Permanente, Clorox, Dreyer's Grand
Ice Cream, and commercial bakeries.
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