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Hilltop Green, Richmond, California
Hilltop Green or "The Green"is a neighborhood in Richmond, California bordering the city of Pinole, the census-designated place of El Sobrante, the neighborhood of Hilltop, and Hilltop Mall. History Hilltop Green has its own neighborhood council and community center in its centrally located self-titled park. The area has one entrance and exit to Hilltop Drive and AC Transit commuter bus service to San Francisco. Local bus service was eliminated in 2007. The green was originally one of the first racially integrated suburban developments created in the Bay Area and the nation and it maintains this diverse character to present times. The neighborhood is connected to Pinole Vista Shopping Center by steps and to the Richmond Parkway Transit Center by an overcrossing beyond the aforementioned steps. There is a small strip mall at the neighborhood's entrance, which lies across from Rolling Hills Memorial Park, a cemetery, and Hilltop Park & Ride Lot, a commuter hub. Garritty Creek passes ...
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Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a Richmond, California City Council, city council.East Shore and Suburban Railway Chronology
, ''El Cerrito Historical Society'', June 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2007.
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, California, San Pablo, Albany, California, Albany, El Cerrito, California, El Cerrito and Pinole, California, Pinole in addition to the unincorporated area, unincorporated communities of North Richmond, California, North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, California, Kensington, El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, California, Tara ...
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Pinole, California
Pinole (Spanish for "cornmeal") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 18,390 at the 2010 census. History The name derives from "pinole", a Nāhuatl word for a kind of flour made from the seeds of maize, chia, and various other grasses and annual herbs. An expedition under Pedro Fages was said to have run out of provisions while exploring the area, and to have been fed pinole by a local village, and so the Spaniards named their camp "El Pinole". In 1823, Ygnacio Martínez, commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco, received a land grant of Rancho El Pinole from the Mexican government. Martinez built a hacienda in Pinole Valley at the present site of Pinole Valley Park. During the 1850s, Bernardo Fernandez, a Portuguese immigrant, started a trading facility on the shores of San Pablo Bay and eventually built the historic Fernandez Mansion, which still stands today at the end of Tennent Avenue. From these early beginnings, a sma ...
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El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California
El Sobrante (; Spanish for "The Surplus", is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 12,669 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. El Sobrante is unincorporated and lies within Contra Costa County. Main roads include San Pablo Dam Road (a major road running from Richmond and San Pablo, through El Sobrante, past EBMUD's San Pablo Reservoir), Valley View Road and Appian Way. San Pablo Dam Road and Appian Way both connect to Interstate 80 to the west. El Sobrante also contains San Pablo Creek, running behind the library. History Between 5000 and 1000 BC, an indigenous tribe of people called the Huichin, an Ohlone people, came to the East Bay, including El Sobrante. One of the Huichin villages was located where the El Sobrante Library now stands. The Huichin left a now-buried shell mound beside San Pablo Creek. Ohlone people still live ...
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Hilltop, Richmond, California
Hilltop District, more commonly known simply as Hilltop, is a neighborhood located in the northeastern area of Richmond, California.http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CurrentEvents.asp?EID=3892 Overview It forms the bulk of the retail commercial sector which is anchored by The Shops at Hilltop. This shopping center, like many around the country, killed downtown after opening in the 1970s. The area has become a booming bedroom community since a high increase in new housing being built in the desirable neighborhood. This area is of interest due to its proximity to job centers in Oakland and San Francisco, its relative adjacency compared to other suburbs, and affordability. Many single family attached and detached homes as well as condos and apartment developments have been added, along with many new shops and strip malls since the late 1990s. Transportation Geographically the area enjoys excellent views of the San Pablo Bay due to its medium elevation. It features the Mall, a multiplex m ...
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Hilltop Mall
Hilltop Horizon, formerly known as Hilltop Mall, East Bay Science and Technology Center and The Shops At Hilltop, was a regional shopping center in the Hilltop neighborhood of Richmond, California. Hilltop is managed and co-owned by Prologis, Inc. The anchor store is Walmart. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Macy's, JCPenney and Sears. History Hilltop Mall opened in September 1976, built on land previously occupied by an oil storage tank farm owned by the Chevron Corporation. The mall was developed by A. Alfred Taubman, who also developed several other shopping malls in the East and South Bay Area, including Eastridge Center in San Jose, Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton, and Sunvalley Mall in Concord. Originally, it was anchored by red-tiled Capwell's, JCPenney and Macy's. Both Macy's and JCPenney originally had stores in downtown Richmond, but while Macy's had closed its downtown store a couple of years earlier, JCPenney kept its downtown store open ...
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Hilltop Drive, Contra Costa County, California
Hilltop or Hill Top is the top of a hill and may refer to: Place names England * Hill Top, Cumbria, a house in England * Hill Top, Stanley, County Durham, England * Hill Top, Teesdale, County Durham, England * Hilltop, Buckinghamshire United States * Hilltop, Arizona * Hilltop, the former name of Fuller Acres, California * Hilltop, Denver, Colorado * Hilltop, Georgia * Hill Top, Illinois * Hilltop, Kentucky (other) * Hill Top, Maryland * Hilltop, Minnesota * Hilltop, Nevada * Hilltop, Jersey City, New Jersey * Hilltop, Ohio, a census-designated place in Trumbull County * Hilltop, Columbus, Ohio, a neighborhood * Hilltop, Pennsylvania * Hilltop, South Carolina * Hilltop, Texas * Hilltop, Starr County, Texas * Hill Top, West Virginia * Hilltop, Tacoma, Washington, a neighborhood * Fairmede-Hilltop, Richmond, California, commonly referred to as "Hilltop" * Prologis Hilltop Center, Richmond, California, formerly known as Hilltop Mall Elsewhere * Hill Top, New South ...
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AC Transit
AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is an Oakland-based public transit agency serving the western portions of Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. AC Transit also operates "Transbay" routes across San Francisco Bay to San Francisco and selected areas in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. AC Transit is constituted as a special district under California law. It is governed by seven elected members (five from geographic wards and two at large). It is not a part of or under the control of Alameda or Contra Costa counties or any local jurisdictions. Buses operate out of four operating divisions: Emeryville, East Oakland (Seminary), Hayward, and Richmond. The Operations Control Center is in Emeryville. The Richmond operating division closed in 2011, but opened again in early 2017 due to a revived economy. The District is the public successor to the privately owned Key System. In , the system had a ridership of , or about ...
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Pinole Vista Shopping Center
Pinole (Spanish for "cornmeal") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 18,390 at the 2010 census. History The name derives from "pinole", a Nāhuatl word for a kind of flour made from the seeds of maize, chia, and various other grasses and annual herbs. An expedition under Pedro Fages was said to have run out of provisions while exploring the area, and to have been fed pinole by a local village, and so the Spaniards named their camp "El Pinole". In 1823, Ygnacio Martínez, commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco, received a land grant of Rancho El Pinole from the Mexican government. Martinez built a hacienda in Pinole Valley at the present site of Pinole Valley Park. During the 1850s, Bernardo Fernandez, a Portuguese immigrant, started a trading facility on the shores of San Pablo Bay and eventually built the historic Fernandez Mansion, which still stands today at the end of Tennent Avenue. From these early beginnings, a sm ...
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Richmond Parkway Transit Center
The Richmond Parkway Transit Center or RPTC is a park and ride lot and bus terminal located in Richmond, California. It is named after the adjacent Richmond Parkway. It serves as a transfer point for the WestCAT and AC Transit. It is located on the corner of Richmond Parkway and Blume Drive near the Pinole border and adjacent to Interstate 80 and the Hilltop Plaza shopping center. Bus service The following bus services stop at the center:Richmond/Berkeley map
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Rolling Hills Memorial Park
Rolling Hills Memorial Park is a cemetery in Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, established in 1960. The site has approximately 50,000 interments. Notable interments * Nicholas Caldwell (1944–2016), Singer * Proverb Jacobs (1935–2016), Football player * Joe Morgan (1943–2020), Major League Baseball player * Louis H. Narcisse (1921–1989), Religious leader * Vada Pinson (1938–1995), Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... player References External links Rolling Hills Memorial Park website* * {{coord, 37, 58, 19, N, 122, 18, 58, W, display=title, source:GNIS Cemeteries in California Buildings and structures in Richmond, California ...
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Hilltop Park & Ride Lot
Hilltop or Hill Top is the top of a hill and may refer to: Place names England * Hill Top, Cumbria, a house in England * Hill Top, Stanley, County Durham, England * Hill Top, Teesdale, County Durham, England * Hilltop, Buckinghamshire United States * Hilltop, Arizona * Hilltop, the former name of Fuller Acres, California * Hilltop, Denver, Colorado * Hilltop, Georgia * Hill Top, Illinois * Hilltop, Kentucky (other) * Hill Top, Maryland * Hilltop, Minnesota * Hilltop, Nevada * Hilltop, Jersey City, New Jersey * Hilltop, Ohio, a census-designated place in Trumbull County * Hilltop, Columbus, Ohio, a neighborhood * Hilltop, Pennsylvania * Hilltop, South Carolina * Hilltop, Texas * Hilltop, Starr County, Texas * Hill Top, West Virginia * Hilltop, Tacoma, Washington, a neighborhood * Fairmede-Hilltop, Richmond, California, commonly referred to as "Hilltop" * Prologis Hilltop Center, Richmond, California, formerly known as Hilltop Mall Elsewhere * Hill Top, New South ...
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Garritty Creek
Garrity Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 creek in Richmond, California's Hilltop neighborhood. It runs into San Pablo Bay. It is sometimes called Hilltop Creek. The creek is supported by two springs, two separate legs which join into Garrity Creek in El Sobrante, California. The basin feeding this watershed was, for hundreds of years, a sacred fishing and hunting site for the Huchiun Band of the Native Ohlone at Garrity Creek & Along San Pablo Bay. Garrity Creek was a highly prized and sacred site because it provided food; acorns from tanbark, valley, coast and live oak trees, as well as buckeye trees. The Huchiun also harvested seeds, berries, greens, nuts and roots in the basin and would travel along Garrity Creek to fish for steelhead, salmon and sturgeon that swam up Garrity Creek to spawn. Major sections of the creek have been dramatically, and perhaps irrecoverably altered ...
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