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Moraga is a town in Contra Costa County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town is named in honor of Joaquín Moraga , member of the famed Californio family. As of 2020, Moraga had a total population of 16,870 people.
Lamorinda is located in the western part of Contra Costa County, California. The central part of the county is a valley traversed by Interstate 680 and Highway 24. The towns to the east of the hills, situated on or near Highway 24 and their surrounding areas (Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda) are collectively known as Lamorinda. The major central ...
The Lafayette–Moraga Regional Trail is a 7.65-mile (12.31 km) pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian path which runs between the cities of Lafayette and Moraga in Contra Costa county, California. It was one of the first rail trails to be built in California.
It is located on Moraga Drive in Moraga Canyon along the western edge of the upscale neighborhood of Bel Air in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [6] [3] [4] [7] Moraga Canyon was already home to wild grapes, as noted by Fr. Juan Crespí (1721–1782) in his diary during the expedition of Gaspar de Portolà (1716–1784) in August 1769. [1]
Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic college in Moraga, California. Established in 1863, it is administered by the De La Salle Brothers . The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs with a total student count at under 4,000 as of 2018 [update] .
The former site of a Saklan village, which was possibly occupied from 1500 until 1772, is located near the mouth of Tice Valley in Castle Hill, California. [4] It contains multiple bedrock mortars used for processing acorns and other foodstuffs as well as a small spring.
Gabriel Moraga (1765 – June 14, 1823) was a Sonoran-born Californio explorer and army officer. He was the son of the expeditionary José Joaquín Moraga who helped to lead the de Anza Expedition to California in 1774. [1]
The Moraga School District is an elementary school district in Moraga, California.. The majority of Moraga is within this district. [2]Schools in the district include Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, Camino Pablo Elementary School, Donald Rheem Elementary School, and Los Perales Elementary School.