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Measurex was an American company based in Cupertino, California.It was one of the first companies to develop computer control systems for industry, primarily the paper-making industry.
Early in March 2019, EBRPD announced that it had finalized the purchase of 160 acres (65 ha) in unincorporated Contra Costa County, from the Grove family. Funding of $1.24 million was provided by Measure WW. The parcel is about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Livermore, and is bounded on the south by the proposed Doolan Canyon Regional Preserve ...
Contra Costa County (/ ˌ k ɒ n t r ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / ⓘ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,165,927. [6] The county seat is Martinez.
Contra Costa refers to Contra Costa County, California and many things within or adjacent to its borders, including: Population centers.
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States.The city was incorporated on August 3, 1905, and has a city council. [14] Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor ...
Downtown Walnut Creek. There are three bands of Bay Miwok Native Americans associated with the area of Walnut Creek (the stream for which the city is named): [8] [9] the Saclan, whose territory extended through the hills east of present-day cities of Oakland, Rossmoor, Lafayette, Moraga and Walnut Creek; the Volvon (also spelled Bolbon, Wolwon or Zuicun), who were near Mt. Diablo; and the ...
In November 1998, Oakland's electorate voted by a landslide margin of 3 to 1 in support of Measure X, which would shift the city government to the strong mayor model for a period of six years. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] A referendum permanently extending Measure X later passed in 2004, after failing to pass in 2002, thus making permanent the city's shift to ...
Martinez (Spanish: Martínez) [9] [10] is a city in and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. [11] Located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait , the city's population was 37,287 at the 2020 census .