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Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, including the state’s third largest city San Jose, a major center of government, commerce, and culture; the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern California coast, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe, and Mt. Shasta, the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range.
Native Americans arrived in Northern California perhaps as early as 5,000 to 8,000 BCE, and successive waves of arrivals led to one of the most densely populated areas of pre-Columbian North America. The arrival of European explorers from the early 1500s to the mid-1700s, did not lead to European settlements in Northern California. The Spanish mission at Monterey was the first European settlement in the area, followed by other missions along the coast—eventually extending as far north as Sonoma County.

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Caltrain service grinds to a halt

Dec 4, 2008 6:13 pm

Caltrain service has been halted this morning because of a "system-wide signal interruption," a Caltrain spokeswoman said. The shutdown began shortly before 9 a.m. because of a computer malf...

SFO security guard accused of breaking into cars

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

A 24-year-old security guard at San Francisco International Airport has been arrested for allegedly breaking into parked cars and helping himself to laptop computers, navigation devices, cell phones a...

Cal wheelchair basketball draws able-bodied too

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

When Mickey Kay and Brittany Murlas of UC Berkeley decided to offer a class in wheelchair basketball, they worried that only a few people might show up. To their surprise, more than 30 students enroll...

5,630-acre Jenner Headlands saved for public

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

Over the decades, visitors to the Sonoma Coast could only dream of hiking on Rule Ranch in the hills above Jenner, where cowboys still round up cattle on horseback. By early spring, about 5,630 acres ...

Warmer weather means less gas in your tank

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

California drivers were overcharged $376.4 million on gasoline in one year because fuel pumps don't adjust for changing temperatures, according to a state study. And that has consumer advocates livid....

Voters show little faith in governor, lawmakers

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

California voters are worried sick about the state's economy, but they don't believe Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature can work together to solve California's fiscal problems, according t...

Daly City: Dangerous darkness at BART garage

Dec 4, 2008 8:00 am

WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 BART parking lights in Daly City: Last week, Zoila Angeles went to get her car, which was parked on the roof of BART's Daly City garage. It was a weeknight at 5:30, and Angel...

Police think activist was trapped in elevator

Dec 3, 2008 8:00 am

San Francisco police have all but concluded that pro-Israel activist Daniel Kliman got stuck in an elevator between floors last week, pried open the doors and accidentally fell nearly seven stories to...

S.F. archbishop defends role in Prop. 8 passage

Dec 3, 2008 8:00 am

San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer, in his first extensive explanation about his role in the passage of Proposition 8, on Wednesday defended the church's actions in the successful bal...

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