Welcome to the Board. I'm originally from Fremont and now in OR. I just greated another from Rocklin,CA who I believe was from Alameda originally. Lots of CA'ns on the Board and from your area too. You can do a search by area and see who is close by you. We have done that in OR/WA and we get together every other month and meet for quilt shows. Lots of wonderful people on the board and it sure is nice to get to know those ones!!