• A Facebook Inc. employee works on a laptop computer at the company's new campus in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Facebook hopes to accommodate over 6,000 employees on the new campus, which will spread out over a million square feet of office space when completed in mid-December 2011. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
    A Facebook Inc. employee works on a laptop computer at the company's new campus in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Facebook hopes to accommodate over 6,000 employees on the new campus, which will spread out over a million square feet of office space when completed in mid-December 2011. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
  • Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Getty Images
    Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Getty Images
  • Google headquarters, also known as Googleplex, is seen in Mountain View, California. Donald Weber / VII / Corbis
    Google headquarters, also known as Googleplex, is seen in Mountain View, California. Donald Weber / VII / Corbis
  • The Big Sur Highway 1 in San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
    The Big Sur Highway 1 in San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • The popular and easy way to get around San Francisco is the tram. Rosemary Behan / The National
    The popular and easy way to get around San Francisco is the tram. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • At Yosemite Park everything is so clean and so dramatic it looks like a film set. Rosemary Behan / The National
    At Yosemite Park everything is so clean and so dramatic it looks like a film set. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • A street scene in San Francisco. Rosemary Behan / The National
    A street scene in San Francisco. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • The Coit Tower in San Francisco with the former prison Alcatraz in the background. Rosemary Behan / The National
    The Coit Tower in San Francisco with the former prison Alcatraz in the background. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • Fresh oysters on the coast of San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
    Fresh oysters on the coast of San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • The Sonoma countryside in California. Rosemary Behan / The National
    The Sonoma countryside in California. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • The view from the Camera Obscura at Point Lobos, San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
    The view from the Camera Obscura at Point Lobos, San Francisco, California. Rosemary Behan / The National
  • The Painted Ladies from Alamo Sqaure in San Francisco, California. Courtesy of Jose OL Berengueres
    The Painted Ladies from Alamo Sqaure in San Francisco, California. Courtesy of Jose OL Berengueres

In pictures: Northern California from Silicon Valley to Yosemite


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