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USS Hornet (CV-12)

USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the Essex class. Construction started in August 1942; she was originally named USS Kearsarge, but was renamed in honor of the USS Hornet (CV-8), which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name. Hornet was commissioned in November 1943, and after three months of training joined the U.S. forces in the Pacific War.

Located at 37.7728, -122.303 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Jack London Square

Jack London Square is a popular entertainment and business destination on the waterfront of Oakland, California. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland, it is the home of stores, restaurants, hotels, an Amtrak station, a San Francisco Bay Ferry ferry dock, the historic Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, the (re-located) cabin Jack London lived in the Klondike, and a movie theater. A farmer's market is hosted among the retail shops on Sunday mornings.

Located at 37.7942, -122.275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Frank Youell Field

Frank Youell Field was a football stadium that stood in Oakland, California. It was the home of the Oakland Raiders from 1962 to 1965. The stadium, which was essentially a temporary home while Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was being built, sat 22,000 and cost $400,000 to build. The facility was named for Francis J. Youell (1883-1967), an Oakland undertaker owner of the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland City Councilman, and sports booster.

Located at 37.7941, -122.263 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Port of Oakland

The Port of Oakland is the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fifth busiest container port in the United States, behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newark, and Savannah. Development of an intermodal container handling system in 2002 culminated over a decade of planning and construction to produce a high volume cargo facility that positions the Port of Oakland for further expansion of the West Coast freight market share.

Located at 37.7955, -122.285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Wind River Systems

Wind River Systems, Inc. is a company providing embedded systems, development tools for embedded systems, middleware, and other types of software. The company was founded in Berkeley, California in 1981 by Jerry Fiddler and David Wilner. On June 4, 2009, Wind River announced that Intel had bought the company for a reported $884 million. Wind River continues to exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel.

Located at 37.7812, -122.262 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Chinatown, Oakland

The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is a pan-Asian neighborhood which reflects Oakland's diverse Asian American community. It is frequently referred to as "Oakland Chinatown" in order to distinguish it from nearby San Francisco's Chinatown. It lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). Chinese were the first Asians to arrive in Oakland in the 1850s, followed by Japanese in the 1890s, Koreans in the 1900s, and Filipinos in the 1930s-1940s.

Located at 37.8, -122.27 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Oakland Unified School District

Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district which operates about 100 elementary schools (K-5), middle schools (6-8), and high schools (9-12) in Oakland, California.

Located at 37.8001, -122.267 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Lake Merritt (BART station)

The Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit station is located in Downtown Oakland on Oak Street near Lake Merritt, Chinatown, Laney College and the Oakland Museum. This station consists of an underground island platform. Service at this station began on September 11, 1972. BART's operations control center is located on the station's west side.

Located at 37.7978, -122.267 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Encinal High School

Encinal High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 9-12. It is located in Alameda, California and is part of the Alameda Unified School District.

Located at 37.773, -122.289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Old Oakland

Old Oakland, formally known as the Old Oakland Historic District, is a historic district in downtown Oakland, California. The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the Jack London Square district, and across Broadway from Chinatown. The Old Oakland district was the "original" downtown Oakland during the 1860s after Central Pacific Railroad constructed a terminus on 7th Street.

Located at 37.8011, -122.274 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California, Historic districts in California

Posey and Webster Street tubes

The Posey tube and the Webster Street tube are two parallel underwater tunnels connecting the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, running beneath the Alameda–Oakland Estuary. Currently, the Posey tube carries Oakland-bound traffic under the Estuary, while the Webster tube carries traffic bound for Alameda. The Posey tube is the second-oldest underwater vehicular tunnel in the US, preceded only by the Holland Tunnel.

Located at 37.7878, -122.277 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jack London District, Oakland, California

The Jack London District also called the Loft District is a neighborhood of Oakland, California that occupies the region south of the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880) along The Embarcadero between Adeline and Lake Merritt Channel. It includes and surrounds the Jack London Square shopping and tourist area, as well as the Warehouse District north of the Oakland Amtrak Station. The area has a long history of industrial and warehouse land use.

Located at 37.7947, -122.277 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Oakland, California, Warehouse districts of the United States, Economy of Oakland, California

Alameda Community Learning Center

The Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC), formerly Arthur Andersen Community Learning Center, is a 6th-12th grade charter school located in Alameda, CA, sharing a campus with Encinal High School. We are a 21st century school with computer and two rooms full with computer. ACLC also has a tech team who fixes computers dally.

Located at 37.7725, -122.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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College of Alameda

College of Alameda is a two-year community college located in Alameda, California. The college is part of the Peralta Community College District and was opened in 1968. The college has been located at its campus at Atlantic Avenue and Webster Street since 1970. The college in addition to the other three campuses of the Peralta College District are currently on probation for "fiscal insolvency and stability" imposed by WASC.

Located at 37.7822, -122.279 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Oakland – Jack London Square (Amtrak station)

Oakland is an Amtrak station at 245 Second Street in downtown Oakland, California. The station is served by the Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and San Joaquins trains. Through Thruway buses, this station serves San Francisco. Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Oakland was the eleventh-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of about 950 passengers daily.

Located at 37.7936, -122.271 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bay Area School of Enterprise

The Bay Area School of Enterprise, also known as BASE, is a charter high school founded in 2001 in Alameda, California. It is the first youth-created charter high school in the United States. It was created by 10 youth and 2 adults working in the afterschool program HOME Project to create a school for non traditional students. BASE is a public charter school in the Alameda Unified School District.

Located at 37.7791, -122.288 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Crown Memorial State Beach

Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, CA on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It is operated by East Bay Regional Parks District. The park's Crab Cove Visitor Center features exhibits about the marine life environment of San Francisco Bay, the history of Alameda, and the importance of the Bay. There is an 800-gallon aquarium system with interactive stations for viewing sea creatures up close.

Located at 37.7658, -122.275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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USS Hornet Museum

The USS Hornet Museum is a museum ship in Alameda, California, USA. It is composed of the USS Hornet (CV-12) aircraft carrier, exhibits from the NASA Apollo moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period. A number of compartments contain exhibits concerning contemporary carriers that are supported by related associations.

Located at 37.7725, -122.303 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Acorn, Oakland, California

Acorn or Acorn Projects are a series of housing projects in the Acorn Redevelopment Project Area or the Acorn neighborhood of West Oakland. Located in West Oakland, California, this complex is known as the spot where Black Panther Party Leader Huey P. Newton was killed. Acorn, or "The Corns" as local residents call them, consists of a wide variety of public housing.

Located at 37.802, -122.287 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Yoshi's (jazz club)

Yoshi's is the preeminent jazz club of the San Francisco Bay Area. Started as a Japanese restaurant in Berkeley by Yoshi Akiba, a World War II war orphan, (who came to the United States to study dance, art, and dance therapy), and her friends Kaz Kajimura and Hiroyuki Hori, the club soon moved to a larger space on Claremont Avenue in Oakland, California and began to feature live jazz music. It eventually gained a reputation as one of the most significant jazz venues on the West Coast.

Located at 37.7961, -122.278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Alameda Mole

The Alameda Mole was a facility, no longer existing, that served as a transit and transportation artery for ferries landing in the San Francisco East Bay. It was located on the West end of Alameda (the end facing San Francisco), and later became part of the Alameda Naval Air Station. It was one of three neighboring moles, the others were the Oakland Mole and the WP Mole (Western Pacific).

Located at 37.7881, -122.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Alameda Science and Technology Institute

The Alameda Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) is an Early College High School in Alameda, California. Alameda Science and Technology Institute Location Alameda, California, USA 94501 Information Type Public Established 2004 School district Alameda Unified School District Principal Steven Fong Faculty Approximately 5 Enrollment Approximately 150 Mascot Phoenix Website http://www. astischool. com/

Located at 37.7818, -122.28 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Island High School

Island High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 9-12. It is located in Alameda, California and is part of the Alameda Unified School District. Island High only admits students that are at least sixteen years old.

Located at 37.7864, -122.286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West End, Alameda, California

West End (originally, Bowman's Point) is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m). It corresponds to the western end of the island prior to its extension by landfill. It was formerly a separate settlement from Alameda. The original name is in honor of Charles C. Bowman, an early settler. A post office operated at West End from 1877 (having been transferred from Encinal) to 1891.

Located at 37.7725, -122.281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Woodstock, Alameda, California

Woodstock is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). It was one of the original three settlements on Alameda island out of which the city of Alameda was formed in 1853.

Located at 37.7764, -122.286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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