Northern California

Northern California's largest Metropolitan Area is the San Francisco Bay Area which includes the cities of San Francisco , San Jose and its Silicon Valley Suburb s, and Oakland . The California state capital, Sacramento , is also in Northern California. Other cities in the region include Redding at the northern end of the Central Valley, and Eureka on the northern coast.

Just before World War II , some parts of extreme Northern California unsuccessfully sought secession from California, to be incorporated as the state of Jefferson .

Higher education

Northern California is also home to a number of Seminaries including Fuller Theological Seminary (see also Fuller Northern California ), and Western Seminary, each with campuses in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Sacramento.

CAL Regions-

San Francisco Bay Area

--- North Bay ( Marin , Sonoma , Solano , and Napa counties)

--- East Bay - Oakland , Berkeley , and other cities

--- South Bay - roughly equivalent to Santa Clara Valley

--- The Peninsula - San Francisco and San Mateo County

--- Silicon Valley includes portions of the South Bay and the Peninsula

Wine Country includes Napa , Sonoma , Mendocino and Lake counties

Salinas Valley , including Salinas and King City

Monterey , including Pacific Grove and Carmel

Santa Cruz

Gold Country within Amador , Butte , Calaveras , El Dorado , Mariposa , Nevada , Placer , Sacramento and Tuolumne counties

Shasta Cascade

Emerald Triangle

Sacramento Valley

San Joaquin Valley , with the exception of Kern County

Humboldt County including Eureka , Arcata , and McKinleyville

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