# San Francisco Bay Area, CA
|  | The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California, United States. The Association of Bay Area Governments defines the Bay Area as including the nine counties that border the estuaries of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco. Other definitions may be either smaller or larger, and may include neighboring counties such as the Central Coast counties of Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey, or the Central Valley counties of San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus. The Bay Area is known for its natural beauty, progressive politics, prominent universities, technology companies, and affluence. The Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a complex multimodal transportation network. |
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| | wikipedia:: [San Francisco Bay Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) |
|  | **San Francisco**, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California. With a population of 808,437 residents in 2022, San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of California. The city covers a land area of 46.9 square miles at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second-most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four New York City boroughs. Among the 92 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2022. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include Frisco, San Fran, The City, and SF. |
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## Places
- [[San Francisco, CA]]
- [[Oakland, CA]]
- [[Palo Alto, CA]]
- [[San Mateo, CA]]
- [[Cupertino, CA]]
- [[Mountain View, CA]]
- [[San Jose, CA]]
- [[Santa Cruz County, CA]]
- [[Napa County, CA]]
- [[Sonoma County, CA]]
- [[Monterey County, CA]]
- [[Marin County, CA]]
Alameda, Island
Sausalito
Tiburon
East Bay
Bay Bridge
Stanford University
## Public Transportation
### CalTrain
### VTA
- bus
### [[Amtrak]]
## Activities
- SF Giants Game
- San Jose Giants Minor League
- SF 49ers game
- San Jose Sharks game
- Oakland A's
- [[Alcatraz]]
- [[Miur Woods, CA]]
- [[Kayaking]]
- rent a bike and ride along the embarcadaro
- [[Silicon Valley, CA]]
- Hoit Tower
- [[Golden Gate Bridge]]
- [[WeWork]]
- [[San Jose Zoo]]
- Go to the beach
- [[Santa Cruz County, CA]]
- [[Capitola Beach, CA]]
- Museums
- Computer History Museum
- [13 Bay Area Museums To Keep On Your Radar](https://www.california.com/bay-area-museums-to-keep-on-your-radar/)
- Go to Square headquarters
- Tour other intersting companies
- [[Intel]]
- [[Apple]]
- [[Codex/Tech/Google]]
- miniboss
- bar with old video games
- near trevors