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Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, including the state’s third largest city San Jose, a major center of government, commerce, and culture; the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern California coast, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe, and Mt. Shasta, the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range.
Native Americans arrived in Northern California perhaps as early as 5,000 to 8,000 BCE, and successive waves of arrivals led to one of the most densely populated areas of pre-Columbian North America. The arrival of European explorers from the early 1500s to the mid-1700s, did not lead to European settlements in Northern California. The Spanish mission at Monterey was the first European settlement in the area, followed by other missions along the coast—eventually extending as far north as Sonoma County.

 

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Calif. unemployment rate rises to 8.2 percent

Nov 21, 2008 7:02 pm

California's unemployment rate jumped to 8.2 percent in October, the highest rate in 14 years, just as a state fund that pays unemployment benefits was about to run out of money. State officials are p...

 

Ex-high school coach pleads no contest to stealing from swim center

Nov 21, 2008 5:23 pm

A former high school water polo coach has pleaded no contest to embezzling $3,000 from a Walnut Creek swimming center, his attorney said today. Todd Halvorson, 40, of San Ramon, an aquatics coordinato...

 

Contra Costa prosecutor charged with raping colleague

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

A Contra Costa County sex crimes prosecutor pleaded not guilty this morning to 12 criminal counts - including rape, sodomy and oral copulation - in connection with an alleged assault on a colleague in...

 

S.F. schools chief wants higher bar for grads

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

San Francisco schools Superintendent Carlos Garcia wants to raise the bar for earning a high school diploma - requiring every graduating senior, starting with the class of 2014, to pass all the colleg...

 

WaMu to shut Pleasanton center, cut 1,600 staff

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

Washington Mutual Inc., the Seattle bank seized by federal regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase in September, said Thursday that it will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of San Francisc...

 

S.F.: Sinkhole closes lane on Van Ness

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

HERE'S THE DEAL Van Ness road work: For more than a week, the left lane of a key San Francisco artery - southbound Van Ness Avenue - has been closed by orange cones and sawhorses. The street closure, ...

 

UC regents drop fee increases from budget plan

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

The University of California Board of Regents decided on Thursday to remove student fee and tuition increases from its budget proposal for the 2009-10 school year. It was a decision that now puts the ...

 

Caltrain ties delays to mechanical issues

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

The former treasurer of a Daly City nonprofit that helps connect Bay Area residents with health and wellness services has pleaded no contest to embezzling $82,000 from the group, prosecutors said Thur...

 

Peter Camejo memorial services Sunday

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

A public memorial service will be held Sunday for Peter Camejo, a co-founder of the California Green Party and a three-time candidate for governor who also ran for president and vice president. Mr. Ca...

 

Blaze near scene of Angora Fire doused

Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

Firefighters have snuffed out a small wildfire that burned about 2 acres just south of Lake Tahoe where more than 250 homes were destroyed by a blaze in the summer of 2007. The fire was reported about...

 
 

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Tucked away in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Oroville is a panorama of rolling hills, soaring views and inspiring beauty. In this lovely place, you'll find Country Crest...