The city is primarily located on Alameda Island, but also spans Bay Farm Island and Coast Guard Island, as well as a few other smaller islands in San Francisco Bay. The city's estimated population in 2019 was 77,624.[from wikipedia]

Across the bay from San Francisco and home ofthe University of California at Berkeley.

On highway onenorth of San Francisco

A suburb with infrequent buses to BART

Founded 1927 and named for Adolfo and Juan Camarillo

Davis, known prior to 1907 as Davisville, is a city in the U.S. state of California and the most populous city in Yolo County. It had a population of 65,622 in 2010, not including the on-campus population of the University of California, Davis, which was over 9,400 (not including students' families) in 2016. As of 2016, there were 35,186 students enrolled at the university.[from wikipedia]

A small coastal town just south of San Luis Obispo.

Calls itself "A small town for all seasons."

Los Angeles, California

Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States.

The county seat of Contra Costa County

A California city located on the southern end of Monterey Bay.

Half way between Santa Cruz and Monterey

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in Silicon Valley. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mountain View is one of the principal cities of Silicon Valley. It has a population of 82,739.[from wikipedia]

A city in Siskiyou County, California, at about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above sea level on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark.

Founded in 1897 as the Henry T. Oxnard Historic District

Home to Stanford University

Pleasanton is an affluent city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about 25 miles (40 km) east of Oakland, and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. [from wikipedia]

A small townon Carquinez Straight

A small townon the Marin coast

By the end of 1847, the Conquest of California by the United States was complete, as the Mexican-American War came to an end. In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formally ceded California to the United States, as part of the Mexican Cession. On December 15, 1849, San Jose became the capital of the unorganized territory of California. With California's Admission to the Union on September 9, 1850, San Jose became the state's first capital.[from wikipedia]

Nicknamed "The American Riviera" founded in 1782

Colloquially referred to as Surf City, also the County Seat

The Southernmost city in Marin County, California.With views of San Francisco, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Tiberon.

Baghdad by the Bay

Located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in El Dorado County.

Just up highway one above San Francisco

Just up highway one above Point Rayes Station

Vallejo is named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. The city was founded in 1851 on General Vallejo's Rancho Suscol to serve as the capital city of California, which it served as from 1852 until 1853, when the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia.[from wikipedia]

Junípero Serra founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782