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South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its location has been populated for more than five thousand years. The city is colloquially termed "South City". The population was 66,105 at the 2020 census.
The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airport [4] near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue. [5]
The Bay Area consists of nine counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma) and 101 municipalities. [5] One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city–county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6]
Chevron Richmond Refinery. / 37.94222°N 122.39528°W / 37.94222; -122.39528. The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900-acre (1,200 ha) petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay. [ 1] It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers, [ 1] making it the city's largest employer. [ 2]
Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los ...
May 28 – September 27, 2020. (3 months, 4 weeks and 2 days) Location. San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. Caused by. Police brutality. Institutional racism against African Americans [1] [2] Reaction to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Economic, racial and social inequality [2]
July 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM. Wildfires break out across California: Latest fire and smoke maps. Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to ...
Transbay Tube. / 37.80889°N 122.31611°W / 37.80889; -122.31611. The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel that carries Bay Area Rapid Transit 's four transbay lines under San Francisco Bay between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California. The tube is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long, and attaches to twin bored tunnels. [ 2]