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1567:Monte Sereno
1456:Hillsborough
1431:Corte Madera
1370:Rohnert Park
1259:Walnut Creek
1229:Redwood City
1045:Major cities
990:Contra Costa
950:Sonoma Creek
672:Point Fermin
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1913:Mare Island
1700:Sub-regions
1681:San Lorenzo
1666:El Sobrante
1501:San Anselmo
1466:Mill Valley
1395:Suisun City
1345:Morgan Hill
1310:Foster City
1234:San Leandro
1123:Santa Clara
1015:Santa Clara
960:Tomales Bay
880:Grizzly Bay
875:Golden Gate
777:Yerba Buena
767:Table Bluff
722:Punta Gorda
702:Point Reyes
697:Point Pinos
647:Point Blunt
637:Point Arena
612:Mare Island
522:Lighthouses
441:19 November
420:19 November
174:Deactivated
118:Constructed
100: /
88:122°15′02″W
75:Coordinates
56:Mare Island
1877:Categories
1656:Cherryland
1607:Yountville
1592:Sebastopol
1582:St. Helena
1542:Cloverdale
1451:Healdsburg
1441:Emeryville
1380:San Carlos
1340:Menlo Park
1305:El Cerrito
1285:Burlingame
1254:Union City
1239:San Rafael
1224:Pleasanton
1128:Santa Rosa
955:Suisun Bay
900:Napa River
860:Bodega Bay
727:Roe Island
617:Mile Rocks
602:Long Beach
597:Lime Point
587:Fort Point
526:California
387:References
245:California
229:California
225:lighthouse
162:1873
85:38°04′29″N
64:California
19:Lighthouse
1712:North Bay
1646:Bay Point
1636:Alum Rock
1587:Sausalito
1537:Calistoga
1527:Belvedere
1515:Under 10k
1496:Rio Vista
1385:San Pablo
1375:San Bruno
1330:Los Gatos
1325:Los Altos
1320:Lafayette
1244:San Ramon
1219:Pittsburg
1209:Palo Alto
1184:Livermore
1169:Cupertino
1164:Brentwood
1138:Vacaville
1133:Sunnyvale
1118:San Mateo
1098:Fairfield
1093:Daly City
1071:100k–250k
1010:San Mateo
851:Bodies of
712:Point Sur
159:First lit
1743:Politics
1707:East Bay
1686:Stanford
1671:Fairview
1624:over 10k
1602:Woodside
1532:Brisbane
1522:Atherton
1486:Piedmont
1471:Millbrae
1461:Larkspur
1390:Saratoga
1360:Pacifica
1335:Martinez
1315:Hercules
1295:Danville
1290:Campbell
1214:Petaluma
1189:Milpitas
1152:50k–100k
1113:Richmond
1083:Berkeley
1062:San Jose
978:Counties
341:See also
52:Location
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1597:Tiburon
1557:Fairfax
1426:Clayton
1409:10k–25k
1400:Windsor
1280:Benicia
1275:Belmont
1268:25k–50k
1159:Alameda
1143:Vallejo
1108:Hayward
1103:Fremont
1088:Concord
1078:Antioch
1052:Oakland
985:Alameda
298:Gallery
251:History
60:Vallejo
1748:Sports
1552:Cotati
1506:Sonoma
1491:Pinole
1481:Orinda
1476:Moraga
1416:Albany
1355:Oakley
1350:Newark
1204:Novato
1179:Gilroy
1174:Dublin
1034:Cities
1025:Sonoma
1020:Solano
534:Main:
223:was a
134:Height
1731:Other
1631:Alamo
1547:Colma
1436:Dixon
1038:towns
995:Marin
853:water
154:Light
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1621:CDPs
1577:Ross
1199:Napa
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