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The route begins as a freeway at Interstate 680 at the Pleasant Hill–Concord border. It then heads north into Concord, meeting Clayton Road, Concord Avenue, Grant Street, and Olivera Road before meeting its north end at State Route 4 just west of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station.
Ygnacio Valley Road is a major arterial road in central Contra Costa County, California.It extends from Interstate 680 and SR 24 in Walnut Creek to SR 4 in Pittsburg.The road passes through Concord and borders Clayton.
The area around Concord in the surrounding Ygnacio and Clayton valleys was a large agricultural area. The crops grown included grapes, walnuts, almonds, wheat, hay, and even tomatoes. The area to the east (now the site of the Concord Naval Weapons Station) was the site of a few enormous wheat ranches of over 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ), and was ...
Clayton was born in Bugsworth, now Buxworth, in the United Kingdom, and emigrated to the United States in 1837. After years in other states he settled down with his wife Margaret (1820–1908) at his town at the foot of Mount Diablo, where he and his family prospered. Clayton was named after Joel Henry Clayton, although only by the flip of a coin.
The County Connection (officially, the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, CCCTA) is a Concord-based public transit agency operating fixed-route bus and ADA paratransit (County Connection LINK) service in and around central Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A graduate of John Glenn High School and Prince's Barber Academy said opening his business at the age of 19 felt natural.
Clayton Valley High School was founded in 1958, as part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. It served areas of Clayton and Concord as a regular public high school for more than 50 years. [6] Converting Clayton Valley High School into a charter school was first suggested in 2010. [7]
In addition to Concord, the district includes: Clayton, Clyde, North Gate, Pacheco, and Pleasant Hill. It also includes the majority of Bay Point , and sections of Contra Costa Centre , Martinez , Pittsburg , Reliez Valley , Shell Ridge , Vine Hill , and Walnut Creek .