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Like San Francisco, our city is very diverse and offers a rich variety of neighborhoods from which to choose. Small districts of shops and restaurants serve certain neighborhoods, such as Glenview, Grand/Lakeshore, Crocker Highlands, Rockridge, Fruitvale, Jack London Square and parts of Montclair. Other neighborhoods are located in the quiet hills, such as Grass Valley, Redwood Heights, and the neighborhoods on the ridge along Skyline Boulevard. If you want a more city-like environment you might explore Adams Point, the area around Lake Merritt or the downtown area.
    There is so much to do here. Take your children to Children's Fairyland on Lake Merritt, which offers wonderful puppet shows, and performances by acrobats and magicians, plus amusements based on fairy tales. Visit the renowned Zoo in the southern part of the city. You can visit the Space and Science Center, located in the East Bay Regional Park District and follow with a hike along one of the many popular trails. Attend a game at the Stadium or the circus at the Colosseum. Attend a show or concert at the Paramount Theatre, enjoy a Symphony concert or spend the evening at the Ballet.
    Our city has the only museum in existence that is focused on the art, history and natural sciences of California. It has permanent collections of early Californian watercolors and paintings, dioramas exhibiting California wildlife and native plants and flowers, and exhibits about the Gold Rush, earthquakes, computers, Hollywood and more. The Museum of California is a great source of pride in the community.
    The city constantly speaks to its residents and visitors of its rich past through the names which residents have come to recognize. The Ohlone Wilderness Trail reminds us of the Ohlone Indians who inhabited the area over 2000 years ago. Lake Merritt and Merritt College are named after Dr. Samuel Merritt who donated the area that is now Lake Merritt. Peralta Hospital is named after a Spanish sergeant who originally owned the land that is now our city.
    In 1842, Luis Maria Peralta, a Spanish Sergeant, gave the land which is now our city to two of his sons, Antonio Maria and Vicente. Don Peralta had received this land 22 years earlier as part of a land grant from the King of Spain, as a reward of his military service. When the gold rush began in 1849, the village became a major staging point of people and cargo travelling between the bay and the sierra foothills. Three years later, the town was incorporated, with 75 residents, the estuary was dredged and shipping wharves were built. It became an independent shipping destination. It was also an official stop for the Pony Express. The city's Chinatown dates back to a small Chinese settlement in 1870 and is a thriving business district today.
 

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