San Ramon

San Ramon is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located within the San Ramon Valley, and 34 miles east of San Francisco. Mount Diablo flanks the city to the northeast and is prominently visible from almost all parts of the city. The Las Trampas Regional Wilderness borders San Ramon’s extreme northwest, at the northern end of Bollinger Canyon.

The city is predominantly urban and residential with many new housing developments; however, much of the land around the city’s perimeter regions remains undeveloped, and is covered by grasslands and oak tree orchards.

According to USA Today in 2020, San Ramon was not only the wealthiest city in California, but also in the entire United States.

In 2014, the city approved the project’s design that called for an animated civic space featuring 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2). The City Center has a variety of shops, including furniture, clothing, food, and an indoor movie theater. The city center was designed by international architectural firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

The San Ramon Library and Dougherty Station Library branches of the Contra Costa County Library and Ramona Library are in San Ramon. Forest Home Farms in San Ramon is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

San Ramon features 58 separate parks and an 18-hole golf course, the San Ramon Golf Club.

San Ramon’s public schools are part of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD), serving approximately 31,000 students. The city has 12 elementary schools and four middle schools. n alternative K–12 school is operated by the SRVUSD to support home-schooled students: Venture Independent Study School, along with Del Amigo High School which offers credit recovery courses on a flexible schedule. The district has two additional high schools in Danville, including Monte Vista High School, and San Ramon Valley High School.

California High School was founded in 1973 and ranked 1049th best high school in the United States by Newsweek. Dougherty Valley High School was founded in 2007 and is ranked 42nd within California; it is ranked No. 158 in the national rankings and earned a gold medal.

source: wikipedia.org