what part of the bay is newark, ca
Introduction to Newark, California. Newark, California, in Alameda county, is 3 miles SW of Fremont, California (center to center) and 15 miles NW of San Jose, California. It's part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The western boundary of Newark is close to the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay. Newark, Fremont and Union City are known as the Tri-Cities.. San Francisco is about thirty minutes away.