37 Facts About Berkeley CA

Berkeley CA is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.

Berkeley CA is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States.

The area that became Berkeley CA was then the northern part of the "Oakland Township" subdivision of Alameda County.

In 1904, the first hospitals in Berkeley CA were created: the Alta Bates Sanatorium for women and children, founded by nurse Alta Bates on Walnut Street, and the Roosevelt Hospital, founded by Dr LeRoy Francis Herrick, on the corner of Dwight Way and Milvia Street.

Berkeley CA is strongly identified with the rapid social changes, civic unrest, and political upheaval that characterized the late 1960s.

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An iconic event in the Berkeley CA Sixties scene was a conflict over a parcel of university property south of the contiguous campus site that came to be called "People's Park".

Era of large public protest in Berkeley CA waned considerably with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

Berkeley CA population declined in the 1970s, partly due to an exodus to the suburbs.

Daniel O'Connell argued that although city namesake George Berkeley CA was considered a great philosopher in his time, he owned three enslaved persons and forced them to work on his plantation in Rhode Island.

Berkeley CA argued that slaveholders should baptize their slaves on the grounds that it made them "better slaves".

City of Berkeley CA has historically been a central location for homeless communities in the Bay Area.

The San Francisco Bay Area became a hotspot for hippie counterculture, and Berkeley CA became a haven for nonconformists and anarchists from all over the United States.

City of Berkeley CA has seen a consistent rise in the number of chronically homeless individuals over the past 30 years, and has implemented a number of different projects to reduce the number of people living on the streets.

One of the many UC Berkeley CA student run programs that focuses on assisting the homeless is the Suitcase Clinic.

Berkeley CA Hills are part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, and run in a northwest–southeast alignment.

Berkeley CA is traversed by the Hayward Fault Zone, a major branch of the San Andreas Fault to the west.

Berkeley CA has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

Berkeley CA has a higher-than-average crime rate, particularly property crime, though the crime rate has fallen significantly since 2000.

Berkeley CA has one of the highest rates of bicycle and pedestrian commuting in the nation.

Berkeley CA is the safest city of its size in California for pedestrians and cyclists, considering the number of injuries per pedestrian and cyclist, rather than per capita.

Berkeley CA has modified its original grid roadway structure through use of diverters and barriers, moving most traffic out of neighborhoods and onto arterial streets .

Berkeley CA maintains a separate grid of arterial streets for bicycles, called Bicycle Boulevards, with bike lanes and lower amounts of car traffic than the major streets they often parallel.

Berkeley CA is the location of a number of nationally prominent businesses, many of which have been pioneers in their areas of operation.

Berkeley CA has relatively few chain stores for a city of its size, due to policies and zoning that promote small businesses and impose limits on the size of certain types of stores.

West of Elmwood is South Berkeley CA, known for its weekend flea market at the Ashby Station.

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North of downtown is North Berkeley CA which has its main commercial area nicknamed the "Gourmet Ghetto" because of the concentration of well-known restaurants and other food-related businesses.

West of North Berkeley CA is Westbrae, a small neighborhood centered on a small commercial area on Gilman Street and through which part of the Ohlone Greenway runs.

Meanwhile, further north of North Berkeley CA are Northbrae, a master-planned subdivision from the early 20th century, and Thousand Oaks.

Above these last three neighborhoods, on the western slopes of the Berkeley CA Hills are the neighborhoods of Cragmont and La Loma Park, notable for their dramatic views, winding streets, and numerous public stairways and paths.

Cesar Chavez Park, near the Berkeley CA Marina, was built at the former site of the city dump.

Berkeley CA is home to the Chilean-American community's La Pena Cultural Center, the largest cultural center for this community in the United States.

Berkeley CA City College is a community college in the Peralta Community College District.

Berkeley CA has 11 public elementary schools and three middle schools.

University of California, Berkeley CA Libraries operates the University of California Berkeley CA libraries.

Berkeley CA is part of Alameda County, for which the Government of Alameda County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of Alameda.

Berkeley CA has been a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections since 1960, becoming one of the most Democratic cities in the country.

The Berkeley CA Barb published counter-culture news from 1965 to 1980.