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This is a list of neighborhoods in Berkeley, California. The Berkeley Hills – Roughly bounded by Cedar Street, Spruce Street, Eunice Street, Sutter Street, and Arlington Avenue on the west, and Tilden Regional Park on the east.
University of California, Berkeley: 13,213 2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: 3,470 3 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (part of Sutter Health) 1,773 4 Berkeley Unified School District: 1,710 5 City of Berkeley 1,602 6 Bayer: 1,043 7 Kaiser Permanente: 944 8 Siemens: 679 9 Lifelong Medical Care 533 10 Berkeley Bowl: 523
The line ran from Martinez across the hills and down what was then named "Harwood's Canyon" after an early claimant to grazing lands in the canyon above the Claremont neighborhood, retired sea captain and Oakland wharfinger William Harwood. With the advent of the telegraph line, it became "Telegraph Canyon", a name that persists for a side ...
La Loma Park is a neighborhood and tract of land located in the Berkeley Hills section of the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.The land had been the property of Captain Richard Parks Thomas, a veteran of the American Civil War and Berkeley businessman.
Pages in category "Neighborhoods in Berkeley, California" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The neighborhood was first subdivided in 1909 and 1917 after a failed proposal to move the state capital to Berkeley, in which the area would have become a large public park near the capitol building. [3] Originally an unincorporated area north of Berkeley, it was built as a commuter suburb at the northern terminus of three interurban rail lines.
Because of the Panoramic Hill Neighborhood's situation between both the city of Berkeley and the city of Oakland it is regulated by both cities with parking regulation. The Berkeley portion of the hill has a 2-hour limit and is patrolled between 8 AM and 7 PM, Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays. Residents can acquire a "K" parking permit.
The first mayor (technically, the President of the Board of Trustees) of the newly incorporated Town of Berkeley was elected from Ocean View, Abel Whitton of the Workingman's Party; he served from 1878 to 1881. Ocean View was also, briefly (1908-9), the name of what is now Albany, California, just north of Berkeley. Ocean View was primarily an ...