Berkeley, California | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-08

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Berkeley, California


00:00:56 1 History
00:01:04 1.1 Early history
00:04:08 1.2 Late 19th century
00:07:42 1.3 Early 20th century
00:10:06 1.4 1950s and 1960s
00:12:56 1.5 1970s and 1980s
00:13:06 1.5.1 Housing and zoning changes
00:14:11 1.5.2 Political movements
00:15:32 1.6 1990s and 2000s
00:15:41 1.6.1 Demographic changes
00:17:38 1.6.2 Protests
00:18:21 1.7 2010s
00:19:25 1.7.1 Protests
00:20:32 2 Geography
00:21:54 2.1 Geology
00:23:17 2.1.1 Earthquakes
00:25:30 2.2 Climate
00:29:06 3 Demographics
00:34:12 4 Homelessness in Berkeley
00:34:21 4.1 History
00:35:03 4.1.1 1960s
00:36:30 4.1.2 1970s
00:37:10 4.1.3 1980s
00:38:48 4.1.4 1990s
00:40:33 4.2 21st century
00:45:24 5 Transportation
00:47:36 5.1 Transportation history
00:51:15 6 Economy
00:51:23 6.1 Top employers
00:51:39 6.2 Businesses
00:52:27 7 Places
00:52:36 7.1 Major streets
00:54:29 7.2 Freeways
00:54:47 7.3 Bicycle and pedestrian paths
00:55:35 7.4 Neighborhoods
00:58:25 7.5 Points of interest
00:59:46 8 Parks and recreation
01:00:44 8.1 Landmarks and historic districts
01:02:21 9 Arts and culture
01:03:18 9.1 Annual events
01:03:57 10 Education
01:04:06 10.1 Colleges and universities
01:04:59 10.2 Primary and secondary schools
01:06:44 10.3 Public libraries
01:07:04 11 Government
01:09:11 12 Politics
01:09:53 13 Notable people
01:10:14 14 Sister cities
01:11:14 15 See also



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Berkeley ( BURK-lee) is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California. It is named after the 18th-century  Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2010 census recorded a population of 112,580.
Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California system, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the University. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world.  Berkeley is one of the most socially liberal cities in the United States.