Oakland Hills is the city neighborhoods lying within the eastern portion of Oakland , California . The northernmost neighborhoods were devastated by the Oakland firestorm of 1991 . " Oakland Hills " is an informal name for that section of the Berkeley Hills range which extends along the eastern side of Oakland , California . In recent decades , it has become the more common popular term although it remains " officially " incorrect among geographers and gazetteers . Before the establishment of the University of California in Berkeley , the range was called the Contra Costa Hills
Oakland firestorm of 1991
Oakland firestorm of 1991
Oakland Hills, Oakland, California