* 925: 959-1122 Contra Costa County, CA

The eastern city limits coincide with the county line ( bordering Contra Costa County ), which generally follows the ridge line of the Berkeley Hills.

San Francisco from Indian RockPolitically, the area that became Berkeley was initially part of a vast Contra Costa County.

On March 25, 1853, Alameda County was created by division of Contra Costa County, as well as from a small portion of Santa Clara County.

It settled on a location north of Oakland along the foot of the Contra Costa Range ( later called the Berkeley Hills ) astride Strawberry Creek, at an elevation about above the bay, commanding a fantastic view of the Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean through the Golden Gate.

Berkeley borders the cities of Albany, Oakland, and Emeryville and Contra Costa County including unincorporated Kensington as well as San Francisco Bay.

On July 14, 2006, San Francisco businessman and real estate investor Clint Reilly filed a lawsuit against Hearst Corp. ( owner of the San Francisco Chronicle ) and MediaNews Group ( owner of the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Marin Independent Journal, Oakland Tribune and all other paid-circulation dailies in the Bay Area ), alleging that the two companies have been conspiring to control advertising rates, a violation of antitrust laws.

The United States quickly suspended aid to Nicaragua and expanded the supply of arms and training to the Contra in neighbouring Honduras, as well as allied groups based to the south in Costa Rica.

The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Interstate 580 which connects Marin and Contra Costa counties, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge on Interstate 80 which connects Alameda and San Francisco counties, the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge on Highway 92 which connects Alameda and San Mateo counties and the Dumbarton Bridge on Highway 84 which connects Alameda and San Mateo counties.

The Carquinez Bridge on Interstate 80, the Benicia Bridge on Interstate 680 and the Antioch Bridge on Highway 160 all connect Contra Costa and Solano county.

Meanwhile, Congregational minister Henry Durant, an alumnus of Yale, had established the private Contra Costa Academy, on June 20, 1853 in Oakland, California.

In turn, the Trustees of the Contra Costa Academy were granted a charter on April 13, 1855 for a College of California.

Category: Rivers of Contra Costa County, California

For example, Gama's voyage had made it clear that the east coast of Africa, the Contra Costa, was essential to Portuguese interests ; its ports provided fresh water, provisions, timber, and harbors for repairs, and served as a refuge where ships could wait out unfavorable weather.

The original settlement in what is now the downtown was initially called " Contra Costa " (" opposite shore ", the Spanish name for the lands on the east side of the Bay ) and was included in Contra Costa County before Alameda County was established on March 25, 1853.

The state Legislature created the Alameda and Contra Costa Transit District in 1955, which still exists today as AC Transit, the third-largest bus-only transit system in the nation.

Category: People from Contra Costa County, California

** Avon, Contra Costa County, California

The Saclan, a Bay Miwok-speaking group of present interior Contra Costa county to the north, had fled Mission San Francisco ( Dolores ) two years earlier and were threatening to go to war against any nearby groups that joined the mission.

BART is operated by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, a special-purpose transit district that was formed in 1957 to cover San Francisco, Alameda County, and Contra Costa County.

* Clayton, California, in Contra Costa County

Endangered plants which have historically occurred in the vernal pool areas in and around Vacaville include Legenre limosa, Plagiobothrys hystriculus, Downingia humilis, Contra Costa Goldfields ( Lasthenia conjugens ), and Showy Indian clover ( Trifolium amoenum ).

" article by William Mero at the Contra Costa County Historical Society official website.

* Construction Photo ( 1936 ) of the West Portal, Contra Costa Historical Society

* Aerial View ( 1936 ) Showing Old and New Tunnels, Contra Costa Historical Society

* 1990 – Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal ( the conviction is later reversed on appeal ).

It disclosed a " distinct pattern " of abuses by the contras, including: " attacks on purely civilian targets resulting in the killing of unarmed men, woman, children and the elderly ; – premeditated acts of brutality including rapes, beatings, mutilations and torture ; – and individual and mass kidnappings of civilians for the purpose of forced recruitment into the Contra forces and the creation of a hostage refugee population in Honduras ; – assaults on economic and social targets such as farms, cooperatives and on vehicles carrying volunteer coffee harvesters ; – intimidation of civilians who participate or cooperate in government or community programs such as distribution of subsidized food products, education and local self-defense militias ; – and kidnapping, intimidation, and even murder of religious leaders who support the government, including priests and clergy-trained lay pastors.

Contra Terror in Nicaragua: Report of a Fact-Finding Mission: September 1984 – January 1985.

Category: Iran – Contra affair

* 1932 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader ( d. 1991 )

The Iran – Contra affair (, ), also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran-Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986.

* Contra tempus ( 1967 – 1968 ) for large ensemble

* 1986 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

* 1986 – Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

Thomas Aquinas ( c. 1225 – 1274 ), wrote Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles which both present various versions of the Cosmological argument and Teleological argument, respectively.

* 1981 – Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 ( NSDD-17 ), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

Category: Iran – Contra affair

** A federal grand jury indicts Caspar Weinberger for his role in covering up the Iran – Contra affair.

** President George H. W. Bush pardons six national security officials implicated in the Iran – Contra affair, including Caspar Weinberger.

** Iran – Contra affair: Alan Fiers agrees to plead guilty to two charges of having lied to the U. S. Congress.

* September 16 – Judge Gerhard Gesell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issues a ruling clearing Col. Oliver North of all charges brought against him in the Iran – Contra affair.

* November 3 – Iran – Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret, in order to secure the release of 7 American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.