Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Cities/Section 1

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 Palo Alto is the site of Stanford University and several successful high-technology companies, such as Hewlett-Packard and Xerox. Located at the northern end of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County it has a population of 60,000.
Half Moon Bay is a coastal town with a prominent floriculture and fishing industry and is just south of the big wave surfing destination Mavericks. It has a population of around 11,000 and is located about 25 mi (40 km) south of San Francisco in San Mateo County.
Fremont was founded as the Mission San José and later renamed for John C. Fremont. Located at the southern end of Alameda County, it is sometimes considered part of Silicon Valley. It has 210,000 residents and the largest Afghan population in the nation.
Mountain View in Santa Clara County's Silicon Valley hosts corporate headquarters or important divisions of many high technology companies, including Google, Silicon Graphics, AOL, and Microsoft. NASA Ames is also located in this city of 70,000.
Daly City in northern San Mateo County is a majority Asian American city, especially Filipinos with 102,000 residents. There is a large concentration of big box retailers in its Serramonte shopping area. Daly City shares the Cow Palace with neighboring San Francisco.
San Mateo is a suburb on the San Francisco Peninsula with a population of around 92,000. Its Coyote Point Park, once an amusement park, contains an environmental education center.
Gilroy in the southern reaches of Santa Clara County has longstanding ties to the garlic industry, hosting the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival. Rapid development and new construction since the 1990s have reduced the importance of agriculture and grown the city to 40,000.
Livermore in the Livermore Valley in eastern Alameda County is a suburban town with a population of 80,000. It is home to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as well as a branch of Sandia National Laboratories.
Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County with a population of 75,000. It claims its "Climate Best by Government Test" and its exclave of Redwood Shores is the site of the corporate headquarters of Oracle Corporation.
Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County has a population of 130,000. Once the site of vast fruit orchards, the city today lies in the heart of Silicon Valley and boasts corporate headquarters of companies such as Yahoo!, AMD, and Juniper Networks.
Santa Clara grew around the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, founded in 1777 and located on the grounds of Santa Clara University. The Silicon Valley city of 102,000 today hosts headquarters for many high technology companies, including Intel, Applied Materials, and Sun Microsystems.
South San Francisco, dubbed "The Industrial City" lies in northern San Mateo County and is home to 60,000 residents. A growing biotech industry includes the corporate headquarters of Genentech.