oakland

     

Oaklan (IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County. Oakland is located in Northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area, the sixth-most-populous metropolitan area in the United States. Based on 2006 statistical data, Oakland is the 44th-largest city in the United States. The California Department of Finance estimates that Oakland's population on January 1, 2008 was 420,183.

Trivia about oakland

  • In 1968 the Kansas City A's moved to this city
  • It's the largest city in population on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay
  • The baseball team that started in Philadelphia in 1901 is now the As of this city
  • (Hey, I'm Shemar Moore from "The Young and the Restless".) I was born in this northern California city that elected Jerry Brown as its mayor in 1998
  • A saltwater lake, Lake Merritt, lies in the heart of the downtown of this city on San Francisco Bay
  • You'll find Jack London Square in this California metropolis
  • Popular Bay Area jogging sites include Lake Merced in San Francisco & Lake Merritt in this city
  • One year older than the Golden Gate Bridge is the one connecting San Francisco & this city
  • Former state governor Jerry Brown reigns as the mayor of this California city
  • This city near San Francisco grew when it became the western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad
  • In 1983 Robert Maynard bought this northern California city's Tribune newspaper
  • Jack London was a 2-time Socialist Party candidate for Mayor of this city near San Francisco
  • In Alabama there's one just north of Tuscumbia; in California, it's a neighbor of San Francisco
  • In 1989, part of this city's Nimitz Freeway collapsed as the result of an earthquake