About San Pablo, CA

San Pablo in Contra Costa County is located in California, United States. Richmond City closes around the entire city. The population was approximately 29,139 people according to the 2010 census. Their current Vice Mayor is Paul V. Morris, with Mayor Rich Kinney, and their Current Council representatives are Kathy Chao Rothberg, Cecilia Valdez, and Rich Kinney.

The Cuchiyun band of the Ohlone domestic people used to live in the area in which the current San Pablo is located. The land area was granted for chomping purposes to the Mission Dolores and was alleged for the late 18th century’s king of Spain. The church ownership was decolorized in the year 1823. The property became part of a huge grant to an ex-soldier located at the San Francisco Presidio in Francisco named Maria Castro. The grant property was named Rancho San Pablo, hence, the origination of the name for the present city we call San Pablo. One of the East Bay’s earliest principal road, was San Pablo Avenue and was named El Camino Real de la Contra Costa, prior to the Spanish era.

The earliest reproduction of the Mexican city era was labeled as No. 512 of California State Landmarks. In year 1842, the Alvarado Adobe was originally established by Jesus Maria Castro (one of Francisco Castro’s sons). He built it for his loving mother Gabriela Berryessa de Castro. When Gabriela died, it was inherited by Martina Castro de Alvarado (her daughter and wife of Juan Bautista Alvarado) who used to be California’s Governor from the year 1836 to the year 1842. The grant was (Alvarado Adobe) was destroyed in the mid-20th Centennial to provide way for a motel. However, a reproduction was established later based on the Church Lane and on the northwest corner of San Pablo Avenue in the San Pablo Civic Center. From the original complex the area was incorporated into the roof of the restoration arrangement.

The earliest post office was constructed in the year 1854 and the city in the year 1948 was incorporated. As the middle of the 20th Century College Center has been the heart of the community’s trade economy of El Portal. The city has a total area of 2.6 square miles or 6.7 square kilometers of land area, admitted by the United States Census Bureau. The city entertains the Contra Costa Community College District of the county’s western campus. This school is part of the California center colleges system and was named Contra Costa College. The San Pablo Library is based in Abella Center of the Contra Costa County Library system.

San Pablo is adjacent to a sedimentary plain between the San Pablo Bay and the Berkeley Hills northern end, even though San Pablo city bound does not extend to the seashore. The city is bisected by two principal creeks which are the San Pablo Creek and the Wildcat Creek. These creeks originated to its southeast ranges. Minor Rheem Creek also runs all over the city. It is also located along its northeast limits (a primary branch of the San Andreas fall by the Hayward Fault).

AC Transit buses serve the community of San Pablo and it connects it with Richmond Parkway Transit Center, Richmond BART, and Amtrak located in Richmond. The provided convenient access to the Hilltop Mall Shopping Center and El Cerrito del Norte BART, that is located in El Cerrito. This is in addition to El Sobrante and San Pablo services.

Transbay service is also offered to the community from San Francisco Transbay Terminal directly. School service in middle and high schools of the West Contra Costa Unified School District is also provided by Pinole, Owl service to Richmond and El Cerrito. A link in Hercules Transit Center and Contra Costa College on San Pablo Avenue an extensive north south arterial boulevard.