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Northern California is a land of dramatic contrasts: soaring skyscrapers and towering redwoods, bustling cities and pathless wilderness, pounding surf and glittering snowcapped peaks. Vintners practice their centuries-old craft in some of the greatest wine-producing areas of North America, while nearby entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley reinvent the world of computers on almost a daily basis. Northern California is home to California's capital (Sacramento), its third-largest city (San Jose), the second-highest mountain of the Cascade Range (Mt. Shasta), the third-most visited national park (Yosemite). It is a land of superlatives.
The area has been popular for a long time. The first pre-Columbian settlers arrived here as long ago as 8,000 BC, and quickly made the area one of the most densely populated in North America. Europeans didn't settle here, however, until 1770, when the mission of Monterey was founded. But with the discovery of gold near Sacramento in 1848, northern California became a magnet for settlers. The area experienced a 300% increase in population during the Gold Rush years; and while the pace slowed considerably in later years, by the turn of the century over a million people lived in the region.
Today, more 12 million live in the northern California region. Yet outside of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento areas, northern California has a low population density: of the fifteen counties at the bottom of California's population figures, only one of them is outside this region.
News from the San Francisco Chronicle
Bicyclist hit at South of Market intersection
Feb 8, 2012 6:57 pm
A bicyclist suffered non-life-threatening injuries before dawn today when he was struck by a pickup truck in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. The 26-year-old bicyclist, who lives in San F...
Jordan blames gangs for Oakland's violence spike
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan attributed a rash of gun violence to feuding gangs Tuesday, and offered cash rewards for residents who come forward with information that leads to arrests. The spike...
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
'Crunch time' for America's Cup waterfront deals
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
San Francisco is now in the decisive phase on hosting the America's Cup, a move that comes amid concern over the pace of fundraising to defray city costs and a fight over whether to include in the dea...
Timeline of same-sex marriage in California
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
Timeline of same-sex marriage in California Feb. 12, 2004: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom authorizes the county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon are ...
Calif. Politicians applaud, slam same-sex decision
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
Reactions to the ruling from around the country "San Francisco stands ready to begin marrying same-sex couples, and we remain as deeply committed to the fight for marriage equality today as we di...
U.S. appeals court rules Prop. 8 unconstitutional
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
A federal appeals court declared California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Tuesday in a ruling that was both historic and, perhaps more importantly, narrowly drafted. The 2...
Calif. Speaker Prez wants to cut college costs
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
California students from middle-income families would receive massive breaks on tuition and fees at the state's colleges and universities under legislation Assembly Speaker John Prez plans to introduc...
Feb 8, 2012 12:00 pm
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