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About Newark California 

Newark, incorporated in 1955, is located 35 miles south of San Francisco, 30 miles south of Oakland, 20 miles north of San Jose, and 395 miles north of Los Angeles. It sits on the southeast edge of the San Francisco Bay.

Population
The population within the City limits of Newark as of January 2000 was 43,043.

Climate
The average mean temperature is 57 degrees. Average minimum temperature is 46 degrees and the average maximum temperature is 68 degrees. Average rainfall per year is 15 inches.

Assessed Valuation
City of Newark 2001:

$3,365,200,358 secured net

$298,095,437 unsecured net

Size
The area encompassed by the incorporated City of Newark is approximately 13 square miles.

Government
City of Newark has a Council-City Manager type government.

Police and Fire Departments
Police Services has 58 sworn officers, 6 reserve officers, and 27 vehicles (17 cruisers and 2 motorcycles) on patrol. Fire Services has 9 vehicles (5 engines, 1 rescue vehicle, 1 command van, 1 air trailer, and 1 utility truck), 3 stations, and 50 full-time employees.

Utilities
Sewer: Union Sanitary District

Garbage Pick-up: Waste Management, Inc.

Recycling: Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board

Water: Alameda County Water District

Electric/Gas: Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Telephone: Pacific Bell

Transportation
Rail: Union Pacific Railroad has 2 lines, a north-south line and an east-west line. Amtrak passenger rail service.

Truck: Over 50 common carriers.

Air: Oakland International - 19 miles; San Francisco International - 27 miles, and San Jose International - 15 miles.

Bus: AC Transit provides transportation to B.A.R.T.

Water: Port of Oakland - 25 miles; Port of San Francisco - 35 miles; Port of Redwood City - 13 miles. Bay Area Ferries.

Highways: Interstate I-880 (north-south) and Highway 84 (east-west). CalTrans Highway Information

Rapid Transit: Bay Area Rapid Transit (B.A.R.T.) with service from Fremont to San Francisco and Oakland.

Community Facilities
The City has an urgent care facility for medical needs provided by Washington Hospital, the public hospital district serving Newark, Fremont and Union City. The walk-in clinic is located in the Raley's Shopping Center. There is also a Newark Health Center located across from City Hall that is operated by the County of Alameda.

Newark Unified School District has 8 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school. There is also an Adult School as well as an Ohlone College campus, which houses the Center for Career Transition whose purpose is to provide the public with full job search and career assistance.

There are 17 houses of worship located in Newark. There is one paper, The Argus, published by Media News Group, Inc. that covers the Tri-City area; cable television provided by AT&T; an Alameda County Library; and 8 banks. The City's Community Center provides reasonable licensed child care for 3 - 5 year old children.

Newark maintains 10 parks throughout its community. In addition, Newark is adjacent to the 21,000 acre San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Visitors can also explore East Bay Regional Park District's Mission Peak Regional Preserve rising 1,500 feet out of the Bay plain, the 900-acre Coyote Hills Regional Park, and the 200-acre Ardenwood Historic Farm -- all just minutes from the City. There is also a 12 mile Alameda Creek Regional Trail connecting the Bay shoreline with Niles Canyon.

Newark is also home to the 30-acre George M. Silliman Recreation Complex. This complex contains soccer and softball/baseball fields. A new 37,500-sq.ft. Community Activity Center has been developed with an new aquatic facility addition proposed.

Employment
Newark has a diversified industrial- and retail-based economy. There are 45 manufacturing plants in the community area. Leading manufacturers include computer network servers, semi-conductors, salt processing, glass products, food processing, and electronic components. Largest employment centers are BT Office Products, Cargill Salt, Hewlett-Packard, Inland Container Corporation, Nordstrom, Ross Stores, Solectron Corporation, and Sun Microsystems, WorldPac.

source: http://www.ci.Newark.ca.us/

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