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Alameda County

Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The county includes the cities of Oakland and Berkeley, and Oakland is its seat. The San Francisco Bay borders the county on the west, and the City and County of San Francisco has a small land border with the city of Alameda due to land filling.
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East Bay

The East Bay is a commonly used, informal term for the lands on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Originally referring only to cities along the immediate northeast shore of the San Francisco Bay and the southeast shore of San Pablo Bay, the region described as the "East Bay" has grown with the expansion of the Bay Area's population and infrastructure to include all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and even some farther outlying cities.
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Peninsula

The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City of San Francisco. Its southern base is in Santa Clara County, including the cities of Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Mountain View. The lion's share of the Peninsula is in San Mateo County, between San Francisco and Santa Clara counties.
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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 km2) on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,179 people per square mile (6,632/km2). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses urban areas such as San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas. The combined urban area of San Jose and San Francisco is the 50th largest urban area in the world.

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San Mateo County

San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and Silicon Valley begins at the southern end. The county seat is Redwood City. It is strongly Democratic and ethnically diverse. The county's built-up areas are mostly suburban with some areas being very urban, and are home to several corporate campuses.
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Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley. Santa Clara is the most populous county in the Bay Area region, and one of the most affluent counties in the United States.

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Santa Clara Valley

The Santa Clara Valley (also known as Silicon Valley) is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. Much of Santa Clara County and its county seat, San José, are in the Santa Clara Valley. The valley was originally known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight for the miles and miles of orchards, flowering trees, and plants. Until the 1960s

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South Bay

The South Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California and is roughly synonymous with Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Valley, and Santa Clara County. The South Bay is one of several Subregions in the Bay Area including: San Francisco, the North Bay including parts of the Wine Country, the Peninsula, and the East Bay, among others. San Jose is the largest city in the South Bay and the Bay Area.
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A Silicon Valley Guide