Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California
Charter city[1]
Downtown Berkeley viewed from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background
Seal
Location of Berkeley in Alameda County, California
Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W / 37.87167; -122.27278
Country	United States
State	California
County	Alameda
Incorporated	April 4, 1878 [2]
Chartered	March 5, 1895 [1]
Government
• Type	Council-Manager[1]
• Mayor	Jesse Arreguín[3]
• State senator	Nancy Skinner (D)[4]
• Assemblymember	Buffy Wicks (D)[5]
• U.S. rep.	Barbara Lee (D)[6]
Area [7]
• Total	17.66 sq mi (45.73 km2)
• Land	10.43 sq mi (27.02 km2)
• Water	7.22 sq mi (18.71 km2)  40.83%
Elevation [8]	171 ft (52 m)
Population  (2020)[7]
• Total	124,321
• Rank	4th in Alameda County 51st in California
• Density	11,917.27/sq mi (4,601.36/km2)
Demonym	Berkeleyan
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes[9]	94701–94710, 94712, 94720
Area code	510, 341
FIPS code	06-06000
GNIS feature IDs	1658037, 2409837
Website	www.cityofberkeley.info

Berkeley is a city in the U.S. State of California. It is a suburb of San Francisco. It is famous for the college, University of California, Berkeley, where many political protests were held in the 1960s. It is also famous for its gourmet food and art scenes. Also, it is the native city of the punk band Green Day. BOINC or the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing was created at the University of California in Berkeley.

Berkeley is on the San Francisco Bay's eastern shore, north of Oakland. It is in Alameda County.

There are many famous athletes from Berkeley including Yankees manager Jimmie Fox who attended Berkeley High School. Harry Weinberger was born and raised in Berkeley and was drafted to play professional figure skating last year. Berkeley is an epicenter for athletes to come up and thrive.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Structure of Berkeley Government". City Clerk. City of Berkeley. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
2. ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
3. ↑ "Elected Officials Home". City of Berkeley. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. ↑ "Senators". State of California.
5. ↑ "Members Assembly". State of California.
6. ↑ "California's 13th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
8. ↑ "Berkeley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
9. ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 24, 2014.