Skilled Nursing Communities
Northern California
Area Info
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.
Articles
News from the San Francisco Chronicle
Richmond police arrive for search, find body
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
A 60-year-old man was found dead inside his Richmond home after officers went there to serve a search warrant, authorities said today. Frederick Cotton Sr. was found on the floor of his home on the 80...
S.F. asks eateries to trap grease, save sewers
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
There are plenty of undesirable things in San Francisco's sewers. But one, in particular, has grabbed the attention of city officials: FOG. Not to be confused with the city's weather element, this FOG...
Community college students miss out on grants
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
California community college students are leaving up to $500 million in federal financial aid on the table, money that could help cover books, transportation, fees, food and housing at a time when the...
Proposal releases inmates on medical parole
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
California should allow hundreds of ill, incapacitated inmates to leave prison early and participate in medical parole program, a move that would save the state hundreds of million of dollars, the fed...
Kids help mom deliver baby with aid of 911 call
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
Faith and Jabari Sanders are but 11 and 9 years old. But with their mother screaming in pain, they calmly helped her deliver a baby brother. They called their father and 911, talked things over with a...
Memorial set for Professor Thomas H. Pigford
Mar 18, 2010 7:00 am
A memorial service for Thomas H. Pigford, founder and longtime chairman of UC Berkeley's department of nuclear engineering, will be held at 2 p.m. March 27 at the Town and Gown Club, 2439 Dana St., Be...
Aug 26, 2009 7:00 am
Oakland: Jackson Street gets patched up a bit
Aug 26, 2009 7:00 am
What's working better: Four months ago, Chronicle Watch reported on Oakland's Jackson Street between Seventh and 10th streets. It was a stretch of pavement so strewn with crevices that Chronicle Watch...
Featured Communities
Brighton Gardens of Santa Rosa
Located just minutes from historic downtown Santa Rosa and a variety of golf courses in Northern California's scenic wine country, Brighton Gardens of Santa Rosa is nestled in the sunny foothills of the elegant Fountaingrove section of Santa Rosa....
My Saved Searches
Sign In or Create your free account to see your saved searches.
