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The Oakland Hills refer to the range of foothills in the San Francisco Bay Area. Similar areas include the Berkeley Hills and the Montclair District. Before the establishment of the University of California in Berkeley, the range was called the Contra Costa Hills.

Running along State Highway 13 lies another set of mountains. This other ridge, a shutter ridge created by the Hayward Fault, lends its informal name, "Rockridge", only to the district of Oakland at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the junction of Highway 13 and I-580 towards East Oakland.

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-'''Oakland hills''' is a common informal name for that section of the [[Berkeley Hills]] which extends along the eastern side of [[Oakland, California]].  In recent decades, it has become the more common popular term although it remains "officially" incorrect among geographers and gazetteers.  Before the establishment of the [[University of California]] in Berkeley, the range was called the Contra Costa Hills.
+The Oakland Hills refer to the range of foothills in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Similar areas include the [[Berkeley Hills]] and the [[Montclair District]].  Before the establishment of the [[University of California]] in [[Berkeley]], the range was called the [[Contra Costa]] Hills.
-To add confusion, the common usage often also includes another officially unnamed ridge which runs in front (west) of the Berkeley/"Oakland" Hills, as well as the linear valley enclosed between the two ridges in the [[Montclair, Oakland, California|Montclair District]] along [[State Route 13 (California)|State Highway 13]].  This other ridge, a [[shutter ridge]] created by the [[Hayward Fault]], lends its informal name, "[[Rockridge]]", only to the district of Oakland at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the junction of Highway 13 and [[I-580]] in East Oakland and includes most of the small city of [[Piedmont, California]].
+Running along [[State Route 13 (California)|State Highway 13]] lies another set of mountains.  This other ridge, a [[shutter ridge]] created by the [[Hayward Fault]], lends its informal name, "[[Rockridge]]", only to the district of Oakland at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the junction of Highway 13 and [[I-580]] towards [[East Oakland]].
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