Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor surrounded by the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border upon the shore of San Francisco Bay. The resident population was 12,905 as of 2020. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and Silicon Valley has been a catalyst for recent economic growth.

It is the house to Pixar Animation Studios, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, the Center for Investigative Reporting, Alternative Tentacles and Clif Bar. In addition, several well-known tech and software companies are located in Emeryville: LeapFrog, Sendmail, MobiTV, Novartis (formerly Chiron previously April 2006), and BigFix (now HCL). Emeryville attracts many weekday commuters due to its approach as a regional employment center.

Emeryville has some features of an edge city; however, it is located within the inner urban core of Oakland/the greater East Bay. It was industrialized past the First World War.

Before the colonization of the Place by Spain in 1776, this Place was long the site of original settlements. The historic Ohlone Native Americans encountered the Spaniards and unconventional European colonists. They thrived on the wealthy resources of the bayside location: gathered clams from the mudflats, oysters from the rocky areas, caught fish, and hunted a variety of game. In addition, women gathered acorns from the local oak trees, roots, and fruit. The Ohlone discarded clam and oyster bombs in a single place, over period creating a big mound, now known as the Emeryville Shellmound.