East Oakland, Oakland, California
East Oakland is a geographical region of Oakland, California, United States, that stretches between Lake Merritt in the northwest and San Leandro in the southeast. As the southeastern portion of the city, East Oakland takes up the largest portion of the city's land area.
View of East Oakland from Maxwell Park
US Navy painting crew at the East Oakland Youth Development Center, 2006
Fruitvale Village by the Fruitvale BART Station
Oakland is the most populous city in and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the third-largest city overall in the Bay Area. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth- or sixth-busiest in the United States. A charter city, Oakland was incorporated on May 4, 1852, in the wake of the state's increasing population due to the California gold rush.
Image: OAKLAND, CA, USA Skyline and Bridge (cropped)
Image: Alameda County Superior Court (cropped)
Image: Fox Oakland Theatre
Image: Downtown Oakland Historic District 6 (cropped)