Antioch, California Antioch, California View of Antioch from Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.
View of Antioch from Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.
Official seal of Antioch, California Location of Antioch inside California Location of Antioch inside California Antioch, California is positioned in the US Antioch, California - Antioch, California Antioch (formerly, East Antioch, Smith's Landing, and Marshs Landing) is a town/city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland.
Antioch is one of the earliest suburbs in California.
In 1848, John Marsh, owner of Rancho Los Meganos, one of the biggest ranches in California, assembled a landing on the San Joaquin River in what is now Antioch.
In 1851, the town's new minister persuaded the inhabitants to change the name of the town to Antioch, for the biblical town/city of Antioch. Around 1859, coal was identified in a several places in the hills south of Antioch and coal quarrying formed the first substantial company apart from farming and dairying by the inhabitants of this community.
This new trade resulted in the beginning of the suburbs of Nortonville, Somersville, Stewartsville, and Black Diamond (now Pittsburg, California), and added greatly to the economic activeness of the Antioch area.
Rouse and George Hawxhurst in 1876, which assembled a barns that passed from Antioch toward the mines over what is now "F Street" (formerly Kimball Street).
The mines have long ago ceased operation, and the barns tracks have been dug up, though the building that served as the Antioch end of the barns still stands on the corner of F Street and Fourth Street, and the grading and trestles still remain much as they were in those early days.
In 1863, a great excitement arose over the discernment of copper ore near Antioch.
Smelting works were assembled at Antioch, and fifteen to twenty-five dollars per ton was paid for the ore.
Petroleum was first drilled for near Antioch in 1865, but not enough petroleum was found to make a decent profit.
The Antioch Post Office was opened in 1851, closed in 1852, re-opened in 1855, closed again in 1862, and it has directed continuously since re-opening in 1863. The town/city of Antioch was incorporated in 1872. The Antioch Ledger was first issued on March 10, 1870.
Today, Antioch is mainly a "bedroom" community, with most grownups working in larger metros/cities toward Oakland and San Francisco.
The town has grown in the last 30 years, as the populace of the Bay Area continues to grow, and real estate prices force families to move towards the outskirts of the Bay Area.
In late 2009, Antioch received momentous media consideration following the news of kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard being identified alive there, and became the focus of a several news stories regarding its 1,000 registered sex offenders.
The Los Angeles Times ran a story titled "Sex offenders move to Antioch region 'because they can'," The Independent ran a story titled "How Jessica's Law turned Antioch into a paedophile ghetto", and CNN's Anderson Cooper and Larry King both did similar stories for television; the latter with commentary by TV judge Judy Sheindlin. However, the Contra Costa Times and affiliated newspapers contradicted their claim: "Disturbing, if true.
The report concluded that the 94509 zip code ranked only 39th in the state with 1.5 sex offenders per 1,000, with Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Bethel Island and Vallejo ZIP codes ranked in the top ten.
The town/city was attempting in 2012 to annex an adjoining 678-acre region of unincorporated land, which includes a Gen - On Energy 760-megawatt power plant, to include the plant inside town/city limits. Antioch is positioned at 38 00 18 N 121 48 21 W, along the San Joaquin River at the end of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 29.1 square miles (75 km2), of which 28.3 square miles (73 km2) is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (2.52%) is water.
Antioch has a semi-arid climate (Koppen climate classification BSk) with hot dry summers, and mild winters with moderate rainfall. Climate data for Antioch, California Average rain days ( 0.01 in) 10 9 9 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 6 9 55 Threatened burrowing owl, Antioch, California The Kiper-developed homes are up to 3000 square feet in size with five bedrooms and three-car garages. In November 2009 the California Department of Fish & Game gave the developer permission to evict the owls before nesting season begins in February 2010.
Even with being listed as a Species of Special Concern (a pre-listing category under the Endangered Species Act) by the California Department of Fish and Game in 1979, California's populace declined 60% from the 1980s to the early 90s, and continues to diminish at roughly 8% per year. In 1994, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service impel the burrowing owl as a federal Category 2 candidate for listing as endangered or threatened, but loss of surrounding continues due to evolution of the flat, grassy lands used by the owl.
According to The Institute for Bird Populations at Point Reyes, there has been a 50 percent diminish in burrowing owl populations in the Bay Area in the last 10 to 15 years.
Their status protects them from disturbance amid nesting season or killing at any time, but does not guarantee them a permanent home, as outside of breeding season, owls can be removed. In November, 2009 small-town resident Scott Artis tallied 11 owls in the area, including four pairs.
Antioch is the first East Bay town/city to designate surrounding protected by deed for burrowing owls, since inhabitants pushed for protections for those displaced by the improve center at Prewett Park, said small-town resident Dee Vieira, who spearheaded the accomplishment. Even with organized protests at Kiper Homes' Blue Ridge property by Friends of East Bay Owls, one-way doors were installed in the birds' burrows so that the owl families could not return to their nests. A 1992-93 survey reported no breeding burrowing owls in Napa, Marin, and San Francisco counties, and only a several in San Mateo and Sonoma.
The Santa Clara County populace is declining and restricted to a several breeding locations, leaving only Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties as the remnant breeding range. To assist the displaced Antioch owls in finding new homes a group of small-town inhabitants and surroundingal group Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed constructed six artificial burrows at a designated burrowing owl surrounding preserve in the hills north of Prewett Water Park. Diablo as seen from Antioch According to the Public Works Department of Antioch, Antioch is home to 31 parks covering a total of 310 acres (130 ha) with an additional 600 acres (240 ha) of city-owned open space.
Within its boundaries it has Contra Loma Regional Park, the Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline and Black Diamond Mines Regional Park, and the Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail and Delta de Anza Regional Trail.
According to the East Bay Regional Parks District, these three parks take up 6,493 acres (2,628 ha); approximately 38% of Antioch's total territory area.
Just outside Antioch's town/city limit is the 2,024 acres (819 ha) Round Valley Regional Preserve.
Established in 1980, Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge was the first nationwide wildlife refuge in the nation established for the purpose of protecting endangered plants and insects, specifically the Apodemia mormo langei known by the common name Lange's metalmark butterfly, Antioch Dunes evening primrose, and Contra Costa wallflower. It is positioned on the south shore of the San Joaquin River in Antioch.
There is a enhance fishing pier in town, and another out near the Antioch Bridge.
There is fishing in the San Joaquin River along the Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline, positioned just upstream from Highway 160's Antioch Bridge (also known as Nejedly Bridge).
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Antioch had a populace of 102,372.
The ethnic makeup of Antioch was 50,083 (48.9%) White, 17,667 (17.3%) African American, 887 (0.9%) Native American, 10,709 (10.5%) Asian (5.7% Filipino, 1.4% Chinese, 0.9% Indian, 0.7% Vietnamese, 0.2% Korean, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Laotian, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Cambodian), 817 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 14,310 (14.0%) from other competitions, and 7,899 (7.7%) from two or more competitions.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32,436 persons (31.7%); 22.6% of Antioch is Mexican, 2.2% Salvadoran, 1.2% Nicaraguan, 1.2% Puerto Rican, 0.7% Peruvian, 0.4% Guatemalan, and 0.2% Cuban.
The populace was spread out with 28,807 citizens (28.1%) under the age of 18, 10,593 citizens (10.3%) aged 18 to 24, 27,459 citizens (26.8%) aged 25 to 44, 26,515 citizens (25.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,998 citizens (8.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
64,284 citizens (62.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 37,424 citizens (36.6%) lived in rental housing units.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 32.3% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Antioch Unified School District 1,786 6 City of Antioch 308 8 Antioch Auto Center 221 Antioch's major surface transit link is via the freeway State Route 4, both westward a half hour's drive to Interstate 80 and the road network of the Bay Area, or alternatively eastward to connect with Interstate 5 at the Central Valley town/city of Stockton, California.
State Route 160 leads north from Highway 4, crossing the San Joaquin River via the Antioch Bridge and through the Delta to Sacramento.
Antioch is served by both the Antioch-Pittsburg Amtrak station, and access to Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is available at the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station in Pittsburg.
Although enhance transit agency Tri-Delta Transit is the dominant provider of enhance transit in the Antioch area, County Connection bus #93 - X also serves Antioch going to John Muir Medical Center, Mitchell Park n' Ride, Railroad Castlewood, Delta Fair Sommersville and Hillcrest Park 'n Ride.
Westbound view of Antioch, California, Amtrak station platform.
Sign at Antioch, California, Amtrak station.
Antioch presently has 4 Historic Places or Buildings on the National Register of Historical Places.
The historic El Campanil Theatre opened on November 1, 1928, in downtown Antioch.
It now presents a wide range of entertainment opportunities including classic films, live theatre, concerts, symphony, ballet, comedy and is host to various small-town dance and community-based organizations such as the Antioch Rivertown Theatre Group.
Arts and Cultural Foundation of Antioch Antioch Historical Society Museum Run by the Antioch Historical Society, the exhibition is positioned in the Riverview Union High School Building.
This high school was the first high school constructed in Contra Costa County.
It is administered by the Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch and was created to allow small-town artists additional opportunities to exhibit their art and to conduct art classes.
The county fairgrounds are positioned in Antioch.
As of 2016, Antioch's City Council consists of: The following citizens have been propel Mayor of Antioch since the city's incorporation: The town/city is protected by Contra Costa Fire and the Antioch Police Department.
Public schools are run by the Antioch Unified School District, which consists of three high schools, four middle schools, and various elementary schools, and they follow by a single track schedule, with school starting in late August or early September and concludes in June.
Antioch High School Antioch Middle School Antioch Christian School Antioch is also home to Western Career College, positioned on Lone Tree Way.
Also Antioch has one school for CPR and First Aid Training, Event First Aid & Safety Services positioned at 201 G Street, 2nd and G streets.
The Antioch Library of the Contra Costa County Library is positioned in Antioch, athwart the street from Antioch Middle School. Antioch is served by the Antioch Press, presented by Brentwood Press & Publishing Corporation.
Antioch Press is a weekly journal that is presented every Friday.
Antioch, Brentwood Masonic Lodge #175, Established 1865 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Antioch Aerie No.
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