Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California | |
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 Downtown Berkeley viewed from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background | |
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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°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 | Buffy Wicks (D)[5] |
| • U.S. rep. | Barbara Lee (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) |
| Demonym | Berkeleyan |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes[9] | 94701–94710, 94712, 94720 |
| Area code | 510, 341 |
| FIPS code | 06-06000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658037, 2409837 |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
References
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- ↑ 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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