Assisted Living in Oakland, CA

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Facts about Oakland

Oakland is also known as: Alameda County / Oakland city.

Oakland has been featured in movies like: Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Howard the Duck (1986), A View to a Kill (1985), and Harold and Maude (1971).

And some of the notable people born here have been: Jon Barry (basketball player), Jon Faddis (trumpeter and conductor), Goapele (singer and singer-songwriter), Craig Baldwin (film director and actor), and Alex Steffen (writer and public speaker).

Oakland is home to the following sports teams: Oakland Athletics, Oakland Raiders, and Golden State Warriors.

Popular neighborhoods in Oakland include: Adams Point, Chinatown, Jack London District, Lakeside Apartments District, Old Oakland, Uptown Oakland, Fruitvale, Dimond District, Laurel, Crocker Highlands, Glenview, Redwood Heights, Grand Lake, Maxwell Park, Millsmont, Oakmore, Ridgemont, Seminary, Elmhurst, and Brookfield Village.

And featured attractions of Oakland: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oracle Arena, Joaquin Miller Park, Lake Temescal, and USS Hoga.

Oakland is represented by State senator Libby Schaafand Mayor and.

Oakland is a major West Coast port city in the U.S. state of California. Oakland is the third largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eighth-largest city in California, and the 45th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 413,775 as of 2014. It serves as a trade center for the San Francisco Bay Area; its Port of Oakland is the busiest port for San Francisco Bay, all of Northern California, and fifth busiest in the United States. Incorporated in 1852, Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County. It is also the principal city of the Bay Area Region known as the East Bay. The city is situated directly across the bay, six miles (9.7 km) east of San Francisco.Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. Its land served as a rich resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco, and Oakland's fertile flatland soils helped it become a prolific agricultural region. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Franciscans relocated to Oakland, enlarging the city's population, increasing its housing stock and improving its infrastructure. It continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry.Oakland is known for its sustainability practices, including a top ranking for usage of electricity from renewable resources. Despite this, significant portions of Oakland still suffer from severe lead contamination. Oakland is also known for its history of political activism, as well as its professional sports franchises and major corporations, which include health care, dot-com companies and manufacturers of household products. In addition, thanks to a steady influx of immigrants during the 20th century, along with thousands of African-American war-industry workers who relocated from the Deep South during the 1940s, Oakland is one of the most ethnically diverse major cities in the country.

Population shifts in Oakland