Oakland, California

Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. To its north lies Berkeley, home to the famous university campus (University of California, Berkeley). To its west stands San Francisco, across the Bay Bridge. To its south lies the island city of Alameda, and San Leandro lies to the southeast. Along the hills which run from north to east, Oakland borders five of the East Bay Regional Parks. In the center of Oakland, and completely surrounded by it (prompting the common analogy to a doughnut hole), is the wealthy independent city of Piedmont. Oakland is home of the Port of Oakland, one of three major shipping ports on the American West coast.

Education

Public schools in Oakland are operated by the Oakland Unified School District but due to financial troubles and its poor statistical rates, it has been in receivership by the state of California since 2002. The poor state of Oakland's public schools have made private, particularly catholic schools very popular. There are several private high schools, most notably: Bishop O'Dowd High School, The College Preparatory School, the Head Royce School, and the Bentley School.

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Oakland Unified School District - Catholic schools - Bishop O'Dowd High School - The College Preparatory School - Head Royce School - Bentley School

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Famous Oakland Public School graduates include Hollywood actors Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, and NBA basketball player Gary Payton. Hanks, having started acting at Skyline High School, thanked his acting teacher Rawley T. Farnsworth in his speech at the Oscars for winning the Best Actor award.

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Tom Hanks - Clint Eastwood - NBA - Gary Payton - Skyline High School - Rawley T. Farnsworth - Oscars - Best Actor

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Colleges and universities

Colleges and universities include:

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• Laney College (part of the Peralta Community College District)
• Merritt College (part of the Peralta Community College District)
• California College of the Arts (formerly the California College of Arts and Crafts)
• Holy Names University
• Mills College
• The University of California, Berkeley campus is located partially within the Oakland city limits.
• Cal State East Bay's Oakland Professional Development and Conference Center is located in downtown.

Oakland is also the home of the headquarters of the University of California system.

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Headquarters - University of California

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