San Francisco Bay Area

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geographical region metropolitan region

The San Francisco Bay Area is a major metropolitan region in Northern California known for its technology industry, cultural diversity, and iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge.

Aliases (26)

San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area ×18
Bay Area ×12
San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA ×5
San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area ×5
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States ×3
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose metropolitan area ×3
North San Francisco Bay Area ×2
Bay Area region ×1
Bay Area, California, United States ×1
Greater San Francisco Bay Area ×1
San Francisco Bay Area (core city) ×1
San Francisco Bay Area (local within San Francisco) ×1
San Francisco Bay Area (local: City and County of San Francisco) ×1
San Francisco Bay Area (primary focus on San Francisco) ×1
San Francisco Bay Area (within city limits only) ×1
San Francisco Bay Area airport system ×1
San Francisco Bay Area combined statistical area ×1
San Francisco Bay Area region ×1
San Francisco Bay Area urbanized area ×1
San Francisco Bay area ×1
San Francisco–Bay Area ×1
San Jose metropolitan area ×1
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area ×1
San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area ×1
San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan area ×1
South Bay ×1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → metropolitan region →
borderedBy	Pacific Ocean →
country	United States →
hasAirport	Oakland International Airport → San Francisco International Airport → San Jose International Airport →
hasBodyOfWater	San Francisco Bay →
hasCentralCity	San Francisco →
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate →
hasCounty	Alameda County → Contra Costa County → Marin County → Napa County → San Francisco County → San Mateo County → Santa Clara County → Solano County → Sonoma County →
hasEthnicDiversity	African American communities → Asian American communities → European American communities → Latino communities →
hasIndustryCluster	biotechnology → information technology → venture capital →
hasLandmark	Alcatraz Island → Bay Bridge → Coit Tower → Golden Gate Bridge → Silicon Valley → Transamerica Pyramid →
hasMajorCity	Berkeley → Concord → Daly City → Fairfield → Fremont → Hayward → Mountain View → Oakland → Palo Alto → Redwood City → Richmond → San Jose → San Mateo → Santa Clara → Sunnyvale → Vallejo → Walnut Creek →
hasPublicTransitSystem	AC Transit → Bay Area Rapid Transit → Caltrain → Muni →
hasRegion	East Bay → North Bay → Peninsula → San Francisco → South Bay →
hasSportsTeam	Golden State Warriors → Oakland Athletics → San Francisco 49ers → San Francisco Giants → San Jose Sharks →
hasUniversity	San Francisco State University → San Jose State University → Stanford University → University of California, Berkeley →
knownFor	cultural diversity → innovation → startups → technology industry → universities →
language	English →
locatedIn	California → Northern California → West Coast of the United States →
partOf	Northern California megaregion →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →

Referenced by (448)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adobe Creek → Alameda County → Alcatraz Island ferry terminal → Alta California → Antioch, California → BART → Bay Bridge → Bay Point, California → Bayview, Contra Costa County, California → Belmont, California → Berkeley → Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve → California State University, East Bay → Chabot College → Chan Zuckerberg Biohub → China Basin → Colma → Concord, California → Contra Costa Canal → Contra Costa County → Cupertino → Daly City → Diablo, California → Diocese of California → Downtown Oakland → Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City line → Dumbarton Bridge → East Bay → Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve → El Cerrito, California, United States → Embarcadero → Facebook (Meta) headquarters → Fisherman’s Wharf → Fort Point National Historic Site → Fountain of Energy → Franciscan Complex → Fremont → Fremont Factory, California → Fremont station → Gilroy → Golden Gate National Cemetery → Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy → Golden Gate National Recreation Area → Hayward → Hayward Fault → Heron’s Head Park shoreline → Jack London Square → Kenwood, California → Lafayette, California → Lake Merritt → Larkspur → Livermore → Los Altos → Los Gatos, California, United States → Mare Island Naval Shipyard → Marin County → Marina Bay, Richmond, California → Marina District → Marina District, San Francisco → Martinez, California → Menlo School → Menlo-Atherton High School → Mission San José → Mission San Rafael Arcángel → Mission Santa Clara de Asís → Moffett Field, California → Mount Tamalpais State Park → Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California → National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay → National Liberty Ship Memorial → Norris Canyon, California → North Bay → Oakland → Oakland Chinatown → Palo Alto, California → Panama–Pacific International Exposition → Panama–Pacific International Exposition → Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board → Piedmont → Point Pinole Regional Shoreline → Richmond, California → Richmond, California → Richmond–Millbrae line → Richmond–San Rafael Bridge → Rockridge → Ross, California → San Carlos Airport → San Francisco → San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District → San Francisco International Airport station → San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park → San Mateo → San Mateo County, California → San Mateo–Hayward Bridge → San Miguel, Contra Costa County, California → Santa Cruz Mountains → Santa Rosa, California → Sharon Heights → Sonoma County, California → South Bay → South San Francisco → Stanford University → Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo → Tiburon → UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland → Union City, California → VTA light rail ("San Jose metropolitan area") → Vallejo → Walnut Creek, California → Woodside, California →	locatedIn
Alameda County → Belle Haven → Belmont, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose metropolitan area") → Campbell → Dublin, California → East Bay → El Verano → Elmwood neighborhood of Berkeley → Financial District (San Francisco) → Glen Ellen → Marin City → Marin County ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Millbrae → Mills Field Municipal Airport → Mountain View → Napa County → North Bay ("Greater San Francisco Bay Area") → Northeast San Francisco → Point Reyes Station → Redwood City, California → Richmond, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Russian Hill → San Carlos → San Francisco Bay → San Francisco County ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → San Francisco County ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area") → San Francisco Peninsula → San Jose → San Mateo County, California ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area") → San Pablo Bay → Santa Clara → Santa Clara County → Santa Clara Valley → Santa Cruz County, California → Santa Cruz, California ("San Francisco Bay Area combined statistical area") → Saratoga → Sebastopol, California → Silicon Valley → South of Market → Stanford, California → Suisun Bay → Sunnyvale → Telegraph Avenue → Telegraph Hill → Treasure Island → Treasure Island Naval Station (former) → Union City, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Vallejo ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → West Oakland → Yerba Buena Island →	partOf
4th and Brannan station ("Bay Area") → Beach Chalet Soccer Fields → Berkeley Engineering → Berkeley Student Cooperative houses → Boalt Hall School of Law → California State Route 82 → Cal–Stanford Big Game → Carquinez Pass → Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline → Central Bay → College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley → Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley → Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley → Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley → Department of Physics (UC Berkeley) → Goldman School of Public Policy → Homestead High School → Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo) → Levine-Fricke Field → Maples Pavilion → McClymonds High School → McClymonds High School → Menlo Park, California → Miwok languages → NUQ → Pacifica State Beach → Padres → Palo Alto Stock Farm → Saints Peter and Paul Church (San Francisco) ("Bay Area") → San Francisco Bay Area campus → San Francisco Sheriff’s Office → Santa Clara University → School of Social Welfare → Sonoma Raceway → South Bay Aqueduct → Stanford Graduate School of Business ("Bay Area") → Stanford Law School → Stephen Schott Stadium → T Third Street line ("Bay Area") → UC Berkeley School of Law → VTA bus network → de Young Museum ("Bay Area") →	region
Archdiocese of San Francisco → Bay Bridge → BottleRock Napa Valley → Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Francisco → Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco → Diocese of El Camino Real → Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy → Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation → Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford → Market Street surface tracks → Mills College at Northeastern University → Muni bus network ("San Francisco Bay Area (core city)") → North Bay Aqueduct ("North San Francisco Bay Area") → Oakland Unified School District → PCJPB → Peninsula rail corridor ("Bay Area") → Performing Arts Program → San Francisco Fire Department → San Francisco Health Service System → San Francisco Muni → San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development ("San Francisco Bay Area (primary focus on San Francisco)") → San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department ("San Francisco Bay Area (local: City and County of San Francisco)") → San Jose State University → Stanford Medicine → UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland → UCSF School of Dentistry → University of California Marching Band → University of San Francisco School of Law →	regionServed
Arash Ferdowsi → Bernard Maybeck → Bill Hewlett ("San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States") → Brewster Kahle → Dara Khosrowshahi → Eren Bali → Evan Williams → Kay Boyle → Kevin Systrom → Lynne Benioff → Mark Zuckerberg ("San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States") → Max Levchin → Maxima Chan Zuckerberg ("San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States") → Mitchell Kapor → Peter Thiel → Robert Silverberg → Rose Friedman → Sam Altman → Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. → Steve Chen → Tom Preston-Werner → Travis Kalanick →	residence
Belle Haven ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area") → Castro District → Fairfield, California → Levi’s Stadium → Menlo Park City School District → Millbrae ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Mount Zion → Oakland City Center/12th Street station → Oakland International Airport → Pacific Heights → Port of Oakland → San Bruno, California, United States → San Carlos ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge → San Jose Diridon station → Yountville →	locatedInMetropolitanArea
Arielle Zuckerberg → Bakewell & Brown → Brewster Kahle → Chris Wanstrath → Dan Kan → Drew Houston → Eric Friedman → Hellman & Friedman ("San Francisco–Bay Area") → James Park → Jennifer Lynn Siebel → John Schulman → Kyle Vogt → Max Hodak → PJ Hyett → San Francisco 49ers →	basedIn
Burlingame → Colma ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Concord, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Daly City ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Dublin, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Los Altos Hills, California ("San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan area") → Menlo Park, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Piedmont ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Solano County ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Walnut Creek, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Woodside, California ("San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose metropolitan area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
AC Transit → Altamont Corridor Express → Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line → California Aqueduct → College of San Mateo → KOAK → KSFO → San Francisco International Airport station ("Bay Area") →	servesRegion
Boyes Hot Springs → City of Sonoma → Golden Gate Strait → Montclair, Oakland → San Francisco County → Solano County → Vesuvio Cafe →	locatedInRegion
Andrew Lawson → Bernard Maybeck → Bernard Zakheim ("Bay Area, California, United States") → John Galen Howard → Parag Agrawal → ROMA Design Group → Victor Arnautoff ("Bay Area") →	workLocation
Bay Ecotarium → California State Coastal Conservancy → Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District → San Francisco Arts Commission → San Francisco Bay Ferry → San Francisco Police Department ("Bay Area region") →	operatesIn
California’s Great America → KSFO ("San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose metropolitan area") → KSJC → Oakland International Airport station → Runway 12L/30R → Transbay Tube →	servesMetropolitanArea
Atherton, California, United States → Hayward ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → Hayward ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area") → Los Altos Hills, California → San Jose International Airport ("San Francisco Bay Area airport system") →	isPartOf
Burlingame ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA") → Concord, California ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA") → San Joaquin County ("San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area") → Solano County ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area") →	partOfCombinedStatisticalArea
Irving Morrow → Katherine Towle → Lucile Salter Packard → Ralph Stackpole →	placeOfActivity
Mills Field Municipal Airport → SamTrans → San Francisco International Airport → San Jose International Airport →	serves
San Francisco Ballet → San Francisco Symphony → Terminal 1 (San Francisco International Airport) →	cityServed
District 4 (Caltrans) → San Francisco Office of Emergency Management ("San Francisco Bay Area (within city limits only)") → United States District Court for the Northern District of California →	jurisdiction
1906 San Francisco earthquake → 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake →	affectedArea
American folk music revival → SF ("Bay Area") →	associatedWith
California Golden Bears women’s basketball → California Golden Bears women’s water polo team →	campusLocation
California → Northern California →	contains
Visa → xAI →	headquartersLocation
Atherton, California, United States ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA") → Fairfield, California ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area") →	isPartOfCombinedStatisticalArea
Atherton, California, United States ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") → South San Francisco ("San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area") →	isPartOfMetropolitanArea
Millbrae ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA") → San Carlos ("San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA") →	locatedInCombinedStatisticalArea
Napa → Saclan →	locatedNear
Bay Point, California → The City of Good Living →	metropolitanArea
39/Smooth → Kerplunk →	recordingLocation
Haas family → London Breed →	regionOfActivity
International Terminal (San Francisco International Airport) → Oakland International Airport →	servesCity
Devs → Dharma Bums →	setting
Nepali American → Salvadoran American →	significantPopulationIn
SWP → Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta →	suppliesWaterTo
North Coast of California →	adjacentTo
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission →	appliesToJurisdiction
KOAK →	appliesToMetropolitanArea
Central Coast of California →	between
Walter H. Shorenstein →	businessRegion
Sonoma State University ("North San Francisco Bay Area") →	campusSetting
San Francisco Dons men's basketball →	cityRegion
West Coast hip hop →	developedIn
Stockton →	distanceTo
Alta California →	distributionArea
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California →	districtIncludes
Santa Clara Valley →	economicRegionOf
Overland Route (historic) →	endPoint
North Coast Ranges ("San Francisco Bay area") →	extendsFrom
Genentech →	foundedIn
Costanoan languages →	geographicExtent
PayPal Mafia →	hasAssociatedLocation
Piers 30–32 →	hasCoordinateRegion
Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District →	hasHeadquartersIn
California →	hasMetropolitanArea
western United States →	hasPart
Mason Street →	hasRegion
1994 FIFA World Cup matches →	hostCity
Super Bowl XIX →	hostedBy
San Francisco County ("Bay Area") →	isEconomicHubFor
Bay Bridge →	isIconicStructureOf
SJC →	isInMetropolitanArea
Oakland International Airport →	isMajorAirportIn
Arthur Rock →	livedIn
Caltrain →	locale
Willits →	locatedNorthOf
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences →	locationOfCeremony
United States Park Police →	mainOperationalArea
Japanese Americans →	majorPopulationCenter
Iranian Americans →	majorSettlement
Ohlone peoples →	nativeTo
Mayacamas Mountains →	near
California Impressionism →	notableCenter
San Mateo County Transit District →	operatingArea
hippie movement →	originatedInRegion
Twin Peaks ("Bay Area") →	overlooks
Los Gatos →	partOfRegion
El Camino Real ("South Bay") →	passesThrough
Vaca Mountains →	proximityTo
Kyrgyz American →	residesIn
San Andreas Fault →	riskTo
California Zephyr →	routeEndRegion
Diablo Range →	separates
Peninsula Commute →	servedRegion
Amtrak Capitol Corridor →	servesArea
Muni ("San Francisco Bay Area (local within San Francisco)") →	serviceArea
Afghan American →	settlementArea
Pakistani American →	significantSettlement
San Francisco 49ers–Los Angeles Rams rivalry →	team1Location
California Trail →	terminus
Utian languages →	traditionalLocation
Ohlone languages →	traditionalRegion
Miwok people ("San Francisco Bay Area region") →	traditionalTerritory
State Water Project →	transportsWaterTo
Peninsula Subdivision →	traversesRegion
Clipper card →	usedIn
Central Valley Project →	waterDeliveredTo
Crystal Springs Reservoir →	waterSourceFor
Tuolumne River ("Bay Area") →	waterSupplyFor
Bay Point, California ("San Francisco Bay Area urbanized area") →	withinUrbanArea