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Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek is an incorporated city located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa County, due in part to its location at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose and San Francisco/Oakland, as well as its accessibility by BART.

Located at 37.9064, -122.065 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cities in Contra Costa County, California, Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Walnut Creek, California, Incorporated cities and towns in California

Walnut Creek (BART station)

Walnut Creek is an elevated subway station in Walnut Creek, California, on the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

Located at 37.9057, -122.067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Contra Costa County, California, Walnut Creek, California

Acalanes High School

Acalanes High School was the first of several high schools in the Acalanes Union High School District in Lafayette, California. It was built in 1940 on what was then a tomato field. The school was built with federal money through the work of the Works Project Administration through the Roosevelt administration. Lafayette businessman M.H. Stanley suggested the name "Acalanes," likely after a local Native American Bay Miwok tribe called Saclan, referred to by Spanish missionaries as Saclanes.

Located at 37.9048, -122.098 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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High schools in Contra Costa County, California, Lafayette, California, Public high schools in California, Educational institutions established in 1940

Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a family museum and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek, California. The museum is one of the oldest wildlife rehab centers in the United States, and a popular family museum in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Founded in Walnut Creek in 1955, the museum’s programs “connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share.

Located at 37.9235, -122.076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Wildlife rehabilitation and conservation centers, Nature centers in California, Walnut Creek, California, Museums in Contra Costa County, California, Natural history museums in California

KKDV

KKDV is an Adult Contemporary radio station located in Walnut Creek, California, broadcasting at 92.1 MHz. With the call letters KKDV (Diablo Valley), it broadcasts under the slogan "Diablo Valley's Hometown Station. " The station is located in central Contra Costa County in the Diablo Valley close to Mt. Diablo. KKDV is owned by Contra Costa County Radio, Inc. under the umbrella of the Coast Radio group, which also owns KKIQ 101.7 FM in Livermore, and KUIC 95.3 FM in Vacaville.

Located at 37.9006, -122.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Radio stations established in 1959

Las Lomas High School

Las Lomas High School (LLHS) was founded in 1951 by Acalanes Union High School District, and the new school opened its doors in the fall of 1952 to its first graduating class. Las Lomas was the second of five schools built within the Acalanes Union High School District. Las Lomas High School is a traditional public high school serving grades 9-12, and it has a history of both athletic and educational excellence.

Located at 37.8911, -122.057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1951, High schools in Contra Costa County, California, Walnut Creek, California, Public high schools in California

Sparkle, California

Sparkle (also, Sparkel) is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is on the former route of the Sacramento Northern Railroad, now replaced by elevated BART tracks 2 miles north of downtown Walnut Creek, at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). It reputedly got its name from a discharge effect on a tight curve of the electrified line of the Sacramento Northern Railroad.

Located at 37.9283, -122.057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Populated places in Contra Costa County, California, Unincorporated communities in California, Unincorporated communities in Contra Costa County, California

Lafayette Morehouse

Lafayette Morehouse, previously known as More University, is an experimental community, or commune, established in 1968, on Purson Lane, Lafayette, California. The community is known by residents in the area as "the purple people", a nickname derived from the community's characteristic use of the color purple on their buildings and on some of their vehicles.

Located at 37.9197, -122.094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Intentional communities, 1968 establishments, Communalism, Sexology, Sex educators, Sex education