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Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate

2960 Peralta Oaks Crt
Oakland, CA 94605
(510) 615-5555

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Living In Oakland, CA

Welcome to Oakland, California, aka, the Bright Side of the Bay. The city is the central shipping port for the greater San Francisco Bay Area region known as the East Bay, and is the United States' fifth-busiest port. Oakland is the eighth-largest city in the state with more than 400,000 residents who speak 100 languages and dialects making it home to one of the most ethnically blended cities in the nation.