Questions for Bay Area Du'ers

[Ken Burch]

I've been visiting the Bay Area and environs(am now down in Santa Cruz) and the name "Peralta" keeps cropping up. There's a Peralta TV, university system, and a guy named Peralta running for mayor of Oakland. What exactly are the ties(if ties exist) between all things Peralta?

[Newsjock]

1. Link here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peralta_Home

The Peralta Home, at 561 Lafayette Avenue, San Leandro, California, was the first brick house built in Alameda County. It was constructed in 1860 for Ignacio Peralta, early San Leandro Spanish settler, by W.P. Toler (Peralta's son-in-law).

[mackerel]

2. It's an old family out of Oakland.

http://www.oaklandnet.com/celebrate/Historytimeline.htm

The Peralta family owned most of the land surrounding Oakland. This was back during Mexico's rule.

[Ken Burch]

3. Is the Peralta that's running for mayor related to them?

And what sort of character is he?

[mackerel]

4. I believe he's a descendent of the original family.

He's o.k. Better than the current mayor, no Jerry Brown but that's a hard act to follow.

[clixtox]

12. Oakland, now known as Oaksterdam, has been mismanaged...

for generations! "Moonbeam" Brown was certainly among the horrible "leaders"/mayors Oakland has endured since 1966. Theislink will definitely open some minds up out there in the DU!

Please read it and weep! This is what happened:

http://princeraystore.com/2009/02/02/bloodless-coup-d’-etat-bart-the-fall-of-john-c-houlihan-mayor-of-oakland-6/

[Alameda]

9. No relation, his name is Don Perata, NOT Peralta

Here...........you can read more about him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Perata#Alameda_County_politics

as for the Peralta land grant.....aka Rancho San Antonio I suggest you read this....it's an interesting history.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Antonio_(Peralta)

[Union Label]

5. I dont know about Oakland but in San Jose we have the

Peralta adobe built in 1797 and still standing.http://www.historysanjose.org/visiting_hsj/peralta_fallon/

[mackerel]

6. Same family

[Alameda]

10. Not the same family

[Alameda]

11. excuse my other comment, it was the same family. I thought you

were making reference to Don Perata....sorry.......

[EFerrari]

7. I was born in Peralta Hospital on Pill Hill. nt

[mulsh]

8. the Peralta family were granted a hugh chunk of the East Bay

by the Spanish in 1820.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Antonio_%28Peralta%29

My High School was located in Peralta Park, the Berkeley/Albany Peralta Adobe was built near the entrance to the campus.

Don Perata is not related to the Peralta family as far as I know. He did attend St. Mary's College