Bodega Bay, California
Bodega Bay Bodega Bay in 2008, seen from athwart the harbor Bodega Bay in 2008, seen from athwart the harbor Bodega Bay is positioned in the US Bodega Bay - Bodega Bay Bodega Bay is a town and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States.
The town, positioned along State Route 1, is on the easterly side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast.
Bodega Bay is the site of the first Russian structures assembled in California, which were assembled in 1809 by Commerce Counseller Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov of the Russian-American Company in the lead-up to the establishment of Fort Ross.
The village of Bodega Bay on Bodega Harbor According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 12.5 square miles (32 km2), 8.3 square miles (21 km2) of it is land, and 4.2 square miles (11 km2) of it (33.37%) is water.
Bodega Bay itself extends south along the coast to Tomales Bay.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bodega Bay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Like much of the California coast, summer afternoons are often cool and windy (and sometimes foggy) as winds blow in off the ocean.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Bodega Bay had a populace of 1,077.
The ethnic makeup of Bodega Bay was 951 (88.3%) White, 2 (0.2%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 33 (3.1%) Asian, 4 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 49 (4.5%) from other competitions, and 34 (3.2%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 131 citizens (12.2%) under the age of 18, 52 citizens (4.8%) aged 18 to 24, 172 citizens (16.0%) aged 25 to 44, 409 citizens (38.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 313 citizens (29.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
In the California State Legislature, Bodega Bay is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike Mc - Guire, and in the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jim Wood. In the United States House of Representatives, Bodega Bay is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman. Bodega Bay was the hometown of Nicholas Green, the American child shot dead amid a robbery by highwaymen in Italy where his family were on vacation.
He began the expedition on 10 July 2007 in Bodega Bay and returned a little more than five years later on 21 July 2012. Bodega Bay has served as a locale for a several major films: The Birds (1963) Except for a short sequence at the beginning filmed in San Francisco, most of the film's exterior scenes were filmed around the two suburbs of Bodega (a small inland village) and Bodega Bay (a larger village on the bay).
Special sites used for shooting encompassed Potter School, the Bay, the two suburbs which were made to appear as one, and the home and barn athwart the bay from the town of Bodega Bay.
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) Some scenes filmed in Bodega Bay.
The Pack (1977) Filmed around Bodega Bay.
The Goonies (1985) Some scenes filmed along the Sonoma Coast, Bodega Bay (and Astoria OR, and Cannon Beach OR).
Puppet Master (1989) Setting is Bodega Bay for the first two, fourth and fifth films.
Sleepwalkers (1992) Opening scene filmed in Bodega Bay.
A branch of the University of California operates a marine lab at Bodega Bay, the Bodega Marine Laboratory. A nuclear power plant had been prepared for Bodega Bay in the 1960s but was abandoned after both small-town and statewide protests and the discernment of a fault athwart the proposed site.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bodega Bay Climate Summary for Bodega Bay, California "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Bodega Bay CDP".
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