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Area codes. 415/628. The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. Encompassing about 50 square blocks, it is historically bounded on the north by Geary ...
History. Camp San Luis Obispo, formerly called Camp Merriam, was established in 1928 and is called the original home of the California National Guard. The camp is in San Luis Obispo County, which is on the Central Coast of California. State Route 1 passes through the camp about halfway between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.
Central California. Central Coast (North) Big Sur. Monterey Bay. Salinas Valley. Santa Cruz Mountains. Diablo Range. San Joaquin Valley (North) Metropolitan Fresno.
Pacific Grove is a coastal city in Monterey County, California, in the United States. The population at the 2020 census was 15,090. [ 8] Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey. [ 1] The city is the location of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, the Monarch Grove Sanctuary and the Asilomar Conference Center .
Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay.The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, administered by California State Parks. [2] The island, a California Historical Landmark, [1] has been used by humans for a variety of purposes, including seasonal hunting and gathering by indigenous peoples, water and timber supply for European ships, ranching by Mexicans, United ...
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States.It is on the Southern California coast in San Diego County and is bordered by Oceanside to the south, San Clemente in Orange County to the north, Riverside County to the northeast, and Fallbrook to the east.
Nicknames of San Francisco. There are many nicknames of San Francisco, California that have been used throughout the city's history. [1] [2] 415 – referring to the area code that serves the city of San Francisco (as well as most of Marin County ). [citation needed] Baghdad by the Bay – title of a book of essays by Herb Caen, and a nickname ...
Interstate 5 ( I-5) is a major north–south route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States, stretching from the Mexican border at the San Ysidro crossing to the Canadian border near Blaine, Washington. The segment of I-5 in California runs 796.77 miles (1,282.28 km) [ 1] across the length of the state from San Ysidro to the Oregon ...