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This is a list of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers. The San Francisco Bay Area is unusual, for a major metropolitan area, in having ready access to rural and wilderness areas, as well as major urban parks. [citation needed] Particularly in spring, these offer a rich range of wild flowers. [peacock prose]
The San Francisco Bay Area (referred to locally as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose , San Francisco , and Oakland , along with smaller urban and rural areas.
Bay checkerspot; California lizardfish; Calosima munroei; Mission blue butterfly; Porcellio formosus; California clapper rail, also found nominally in other locales, this bird has gotten extensive attention in the Bay Area; Salt marsh harvest mouse; San Bruno elfin butterfly; San Francisco garter snake, San Mateo and northern Santa Cruz County
San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census, the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2) of land. [1]
Active, planned, and defunct shopping centers, including shopping malls, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. For shopping districts and streets noted for retail activity, see Category:Shopping districts and streets in the San Francisco Bay Area
The sign on the building's roof. The store's history is rooted in the 1849 California Gold Rush.The company was founded by Felix and Emile Verdier in May 1850 [2] when Emile arrived in the San Francisco Harbor on a chartered ship, the Ville de Paris (City of Paris), loaded with silks, laces, fine wines, champagne, and Cognac.
The Tri-Valley area is also serviced by BART, offering service to the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area via two stops: West Dublin/Pleasanton and the Dublin/Pleasanton terminus station. [7] The West Dublin/Pleasanton Station opened in 2011, and was the first infill station on an existing line.
SAN FRANCISCO (July 23, 2008) -- The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle sails under the Golden Gate Bridge during the Festival of Sail on San Francisco Bay. The Eagle is a three-masted barque that carries square-rigged sails on the fore and main masts.