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About Pinole, California
Pinole (formerly also spelled Penole) is a city in Contra Costa County, California with a population of 18,390 at the 2010 census. It is one of many small “bedroom communities” along the I-80 corridor in Western Contra Costa County. It is located about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of San Francisco, and approximately a half-hour drive (without traffic) from San Francisco.
The name derives from “pinole”, a Native American word for a kind of flour made from the seeds of maize, chia, and various other grasses and annual herbs. An expedition under Pedro Fages was said to have run out of provisions while exploring the area, and been fed pinole by a local village, and so the Spaniards named their camp “El Pinole”.
Today, the town is locally known for its “big box” shopping store district along Fitzgerald Drive, and Pinole Vista Shopping Center, which is continuous with Richmond’s Hilltop Area. The downtown area still retains much turn-of-the-century building stock and is being preserved by the city’s development agency as a historic area.