It is said that Alameda has more pre-1906 earthquake era homes than any other city in the Bay Area.

Alameda is home to the official offices and training facility of the Oakland Raiders American football team, which is located on Bay Farm Island.

Alameda is also known for its Fourth of July parade, which is advertised as the second oldest and second longest Fourth of July parade in the United States.

Naval Air Station Alameda ( NAS ), at Alameda Point, was decommissioned in 1997, and is in process of being turned over to the City of Alameda for civilian development.

The area of the former NAS is now known as Alameda Point.

Berkeley is located in northern Alameda County.

North of that is the Alameda Creek Regional Trail, running from the Bay to Niles Canyon.

Freeway opponents fear that upgrading Highway 84 will encourage more people to live in southern Alameda County ( where housing is more affordable ) and commute to jobs in the mid-Peninsula area ( where businesses wish to be located in order to be close to Silicon Valley ), thus increasing traffic in their neighborhoods to the south and west of U. S. 101.

Radiating from the centre of the city, the historic cathedral is surrounded by paved granite streets, tucked away in the old town, and separated from the newer part of the city by the largest of many parks throughout the city, Parque da Alameda.

The park ( Alameda de la Alhambra ), which is overgrown with wildflowers and grass in the spring, was planted by the Moors with roses, oranges and myrtles ; its most characteristic feature, however, is the dense wood of English elms brought by the Duke of Wellington in 1812.

* was originally named Kearsarge, but renamed in honor of CV-8 and active through the rest of World War II and is preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California

The ranch included a stand of oak trees that stretched from the land that is today Oakland's downtown area to the adjacent part of Alameda, then a peninsula.

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.

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.

Two Thursday before the Virgin up from his sanctuary in the Alameda of the Fuencisla to the Cathedral to start the novena ( his arrival at the Plaza Mayor is one of the most specific one can be found in Segovia, is typical to make it when the clock of the Town Hall rings ).

Since highway 84 is a split route, the southern segment of state route 84 runs from Livermore in Alameda County and eventually ends at California Highway 1 in San Gregorio, a coastal community located in San Mateo County.

The Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack at the Alameda County Fairgrounds is the oldest horse racing track in America, dating back to 1858, when it was founded by the sons of the Spaniard Don Agustin Bernal.

* Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O ' Higgins, Santiago, Chile's main avenue, popularly known as Alameda

San Lorenzo ( formerly, Lorenzo ), also known as San Lorenzo Village is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Alameda County, California, United States.

Nearer to town, and directly east and adjacent to Mission Santa Barbara, is a hill known locally as the " Riviera ," traversed by " Alameda Padre Serra " ( shortened APS ), " Father Serra's pathway.

The Coast Guard base on Government Island ( now known as Coast Guard Island ) Alameda, California was also used as a second major recruit training center until it was closed in 1982 and converted into the base for the USCG Pacific Area Command, the Eleventh Coast Guard District, the Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay, the USCG Maintenance & Logistics Command Pacific and the Integrated Support Command Center-Alameda.

When he comes back from exile, he is a Spanish noble and ambassador known as Duke of Alameda.

Oakland International Airport, also known as Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, is a public airport located south of the central business district of Oakland, a city in Alameda County, California, United States.

: With 397 enrolled members in 2000, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe comprises " all of the known surviving Native American lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Missions Dolores, Santa Clara and San Jose " and who descend from members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County.

Between the old town and the sea in the historic area known as Eixample, there is a small botanical garden on Paseo de la Alameda, and a garden with fountains and a collection of ten sculptures by Salvador Dali on the Avenida del Mar, which connects the old town with the beach.

It occupies an entire block in downtown Santiago, in the area known as Civic District between Moneda ( North Side ), Morandé ( East ), Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O ' Higgins ( South ) and Teatinos street ( West ).

) The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe states that: " all of the known surviving Native American lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Missions Dolores, Santa Clara and San Jose " and who descend from members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County.

At the time of its founding, EBZS was known as the Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society.

Located then at 73 Alameda do Lumiar, today known as Alameda das Linhas de Torres, the pitch was located in terrain made available by Visconde de Alvalade at his farm.

In November 1969, he received 72-hour furlough to play a benefit concert for the Deputy Sheriffs Association of Alameda County at the Oakland Auditorium, now known as the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, in Oakland.

Since 2000, the City of Alameda has been planning the redevelopment of the former Naval Air Station, now known as Alameda Point.

Mount Eden, also known as Eden Township, is a former city that has been incorporated into Hayward in Alameda County, California, United States of America.

Previously known as ANG ( Alameda News Group ), the name changed to Bay Area News Group in 2006 after the MediaNews Group bought the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times from McClatchy Co.

Alameda was formerly known as Bukaw.

In late July 2006, the City of Alameda announced a deal with the Navy that would turn the land over to the city for $ 108M.

The VA ’ s 2012 and 2013 budget requests to Congress contain no funding requests for Alameda Point.

In September 2011 Alameda and the Navy reached an agreement on the terms of a no-cost conveyance for the entire 918 acres at Alameda Point.

In early 2011, the City Council created an ad hoc America's Cup Citizens Advisory Committee to look for ways that Alameda could draw interest from teams and potential spectators.

* 1935 – The China Clipper, the first transpacific mail and passenger service, takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight.

The footnote in Torcaso v. Watkins referenced Fellowship of Humanity v. County of Alameda, a 1957 case in which an organization of humanists sought a tax exemption on the ground that they used their property " solely and exclusively for religious worship.

Oakland's rise to industrial prominence, and its subsequent need for a seaport, led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902, which created an " island " of nearby town Alameda.

The Alameda County district attorney later dropped the case for lack of evidence, and in 2004 the FBI and the City of Oakland agreed to a $ 4 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by Bari's estate, and her friend, over their false arrest.

Before holding these positions, he was a district attorney for Alameda County, California, and Attorney General of California.

I think it's across the bay, in Alameda ", stated that after her car was impounded because she refused to move it for the filming, she approached the assistant director about appearing with the other extras, hoping to be paid enough to get her car out of impoundment.

It is an independent special fire district in Alameda County, contracting with Hayward for emergency medical and other services, and has a fire station on Fairview Avenue.

In two counties, Los Angeles and Alameda, first offenders convicted of drunk driving are required to install an ignition interlock device in their car for a period of five months.

* United States lightship Relief ( WAL-605 ) from the Pacific Coast is available for tours in Alameda, California at Jack London Square.

Originally headquartered in Rockville, Maryland ( relocated to Alameda, California ), it was established in May 1998 by PE Corporation ( later renamed to Applera ), with Dr. J. Craig Venter from The Institute for Genomic Research ( TIGR ) as its first president.

At midnight, Alameda County deputy district attorney Edwin Meese III telephoned Governor Edmund Brown, Sr, asking for authority to proceed with a mass arrest.

That year, Berkeley Yippie Stew Albert ran for sheriff of Alameda County, challenging the incumbent sheriff to a high-noon duel and receiving 65, 000 votes.