Description acceptable. A town in this region was named Mezesville after a lawyer who helped preserve an estate named for supposedly having many fleas. One town in this region references Henry Finkler’s weather statistics with the slogan “Climate best by government test.” Many cemeteries in this region, which is served by SamTrans, were moved to its “City of Souls,” Colma. This region’s main airport is connected by the Red Line to (*) Millbrae and Daly City, the home of the “Cow Palace.” This region is the northwestern-most inhabited by the Ohlone (“oh-LOH-nee”) people, who were proselytized to by the Mission Dolores near Potrero Hill. A town in this region gave its name to Menlo Park, New Jersey and now contains Meta’s headquarters. For 10 points, name this region whose tech industry is Silicon Valley. ■END■
ANSWER: San Francisco Bay Area [accept descriptions of the region around San Francisco Bay; accept San Francisco Peninsula; accept South Bay; accept San Mateo County or County of San Mateo; prompt on bay or peninsula alone; prompt on Northern California; prompt on Silicon Valley until read; reject “East Bay” or “North Bay”; reject “Central California”]
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