Redwood City, California City of Redwood City The horizon of downtown Redwood City The horizon of downtown Redwood City Official logo of Redwood City, California Redwood City, California is positioned in the US Redwood City, California - Redwood City, California Redwood City is a town/city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately 27 miles (43 km) south of San Francisco, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of San Jose.
Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone citizens to being a port for lumber and other goods.
The Port of Redwood City is the only deepwater port on San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco.
Redwood City is the locale of the San Mateo County Jail, for both women and men.
The town/city has a motto "Climate Best By Government Test" which is a reference to it being one of the top German scouted scientific climates and the town/city was one of the locations mapped by them amid their testing and data collection.
The Hetch Hetchy water pipeline runs through Redwood City and supplies a vast majority of the encircling area with low grain (+/ 3 grains) rated water.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has an region of 34.7 square miles (90 km2), of which 19.4 square miles (50 km2) is territory and 15.2 square miles (39 km2) (43.91%) is water.
A primary watercourse draining much of Redwood City is Redwood Creek, to which a several significant river deltas connect, the biggest of which is Westpoint Slough.
Redwood City's sphere of influence includes the districts of Emerald Lake Hills and North Fair Oaks, which, however, are largely outside the town/city boundaries and are counted individually for the U.S.
Palomar Park, just north of Emerald Hills and east of San Carlos' Crestview area, is another Redwood City neighborhood that is formally part of unincorporated San Mateo County.
The northern neighborhood of Redwood Shores is part of Redwood City, although it is not possible to travel by road from one to the other without passing through the neighboring town/city of San Carlos, or through Belmont via unincorporated San Mateo County.
Although Redwood City has a large middle class, the south easterly section of Redwood City highly resembles working class North Fair Oaks in demographic make-up and income level.
El Camino Real, a northwest/southeast arterial street and Woodside Road, a north-northeast/south-southwest arterial, run through Redwood City.
Locally, the former is regarded as north/south and the latter east/west, as El Camino joins Redwood City to San Francisco and San Jose and Woodside Road runs from San Francisco Bay to the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Redwood City is a heavily advanced different city, from its huge dense urban in the east, north, northeast and central neighborhoods, to its very dense suburban in the west, south and central-south neighborhoods, to its less dense exurb in the deep south and south-west neighborhoods, and to its non-urban upscale hillside neighborhoods.
It is a very diverse cosmopolitan town/city in the Bay Area, a newly prominent destination in the peninsula and the Bay as a whole.[neutrality is disputed] Redwood City, along with most of the Bay Area, appreciates a mild Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification Csb), with warm, dry summers and cool, mostly wet winters.
The National Weather Service, which maintains both a forecast center and a cooperative office in Redwood City, reports that December is the coolest month and July is the warmest month.
Climate data for Redwood City, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Redwood City had a populace of 76,815.
The ethnic makeup of Redwood City was 46,255 (60.2%) White, 1,881 (2.4%) African American, 511 (0.7%) Native American, 8,216 (10.7%) Asian, 795 (1.0%) Pacific Islander, 14,967 (19.5%) from other competitions, and 4,190 (5.5%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 18,193 citizens (23.7%) under the age of 18, 5,981 citizens (7.8%) aged 18 to 24, 24,819 citizens (32.3%) aged 25 to 44, 19,710 citizens (25.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,112 citizens (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 14.7% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Disposable income is mostly constant when Redwood City is compared with the rest of the country. Males had a median income of $47,345 versus $44,125 for females.
City Hall (surrounded by Redwood trees) Redwood City's charter provides for a councilor-manager form of government.
The City Council appoints the City Manager and adopts policies, which the City Manager is expected to implement.
The City Manager appoints and manages most of Redwood City's department heads (the City Clerk and City Attorney being notable exceptions).
In the California State Legislature, Redwood City is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Kevin Mullin. In the United States House of Representatives, Redwood City is split between California's 14th and 18th congressional districts, represented by Jackie Speier (D Hillsborough) and Anna Eshoo (D Atherton), in the order given. In an attempt to revitalize Redwood City's downtown, town/city officials decided to look into development.
In February 1999 the San Mateo County History Museum opened inside the old San Mateo County Courthouse in downtown Redwood City. In August 2006, a 20-screen theater and various shops opened in a prime downtown location.
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Redwood City has one improve college, Canada College.
It has elementary and middle schools directed by the Redwood City School District and a several enhance high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District: the elected Sequoia High School, the charter schools Summit Preparatory Charter High School and Everest Public High School, and the continuation school Redwood High School.
Many students from Redwood City attend Woodside High School in the neighboring town of Woodside. The Redwood City Libraries system, a member of the Peninsula Library System, has four chapters in the city: Downtown, Fair Oaks, Redwood Shores, and Schaberg. Redwood City's slogan, emblazoned on arches athwart Broadway at the east and west entrances to downtown, is "Climate Best By Government Test." The region centered on Redwood City tied for the world's best climate with the Canary Islands and North Africa's Mediterranean Coast. Redwood City's Independence Day parade sponsored by the Peninsula Celebration Association, held continuously since 1939, has been billed variously as 'The biggest Independence Day Parade in California,' 'West of the Mississippi,' 'in North America,' claims which may or may not be accurate.
Sandra Day O'Connor started her legal longterm position at the San Mateo County courthouse in Redwood City.
The Scott Peterson murder trial was held in Redwood City in 2004.
Davante Adams, Professional Football Wide Receiver for the Green Bay Packers, was born in Redwood City Geoff Blum, broadcaster for Houston Astros, infielder from 1999-2012 with Montreal Expos, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and Astros, homered in 14th inning to win Game 3 of 2005 World Series; was born in Redwood City Chris Carter, current Milwaukee Brewers first baseman, was born in Redwood City Jeff Clark, one of the most famous big wave surfers who surfed Mavericks alone for 15 years and was credited with starting the Mavericks surf competition, was born in Redwood City Julian Edelman, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, was born in Redwood City Don Mossi, Major League Baseball pitcher, lived at 1925 Vera Avenue in Redwood City; amid the 1960s, the home was lent to players from the San Francisco Giants while Mossi was on the road.
Brian Shima, experienced inline skater born and raised in Redwood City Roy Williams, 5x time Pro Bowler in the National Football League was born in Redwood City, California Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer for progressive modern group The Mars Volta and post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, was born in Redwood City Linda Cardellini, actress most famous for her part s in Freaks and Geeks, ER, and Brokeback Mountain, was born in Redwood City Bela Lugosi, actor most famous for part as Count Dracula, was married in Redwood City on July 27, 1929 Joyce Mac - Kenzie, actress who starred in such films as Destination Murder, was born in Redwood City Ross Malinger, who starred with Tom Hanks in the film Sleepless in Seattle, was born in Redwood City Chris Roberts (game developer), who is responsible for the Wing Commander (franchise), was born in Redwood City.
Chelsi Smith, winner of Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995, was born in Redwood City Doubtfire (1993) were filmed at the Redwood City courthouse.
Several Dream - Works animated films (e.g., Shrek (2001), Shark Tale (2004), Shrek 2 (2004), Madagascar (2005), and Over The Hedge (2006)) were made by PDI/Dream - Works (the Northern California branch of Dream - Works Animation), which moved to Redwood City from close-by Palo Alto (Park Drive) in October 2002.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts is based in the Redwood Shores neighborhood of Redwood City.
Additionally, All Nippon Airways operates an office in Suite 350 at 555 Twin Dolphin Drive in Redwood City. Until 1999 Sega directed its United States command posts in Redwood City; amid that year the command posts moved to San Francisco. The 3 - DO Company, when it existed, had its command posts in Redwood City. In addition to large tech companies, there is also a vibrant small company improve in the town; Redwood town/city ranked the 7th best place in California for small business. Cargill has directed salt ponds in Redwood City, and has proposed evolution of the ponds, resulting in demands for restoration of some of the land.
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