Stretching the Boundaries of the Bay Area
The search for cheaper housing is changing what it means to be in the ‘Bay Area’
Traffic builds up at dawn on Interstate 205 near Mountain House Parkway in Tracy, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Morning commuters travel over the hill on Interstate 580 in Livermore, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Houses are under construction in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. Many of the residents in the community travel to the Bay Area for work. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Cameron Perkins, right, fishes in a lake in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Davinder Sohal, right, plays with his kids in the outskirts of the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Haramrit Sohal, 6, walks on a dirt road on the outskirts of the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Davinder Sohal, right, plays with his kids Harnimar, 3, right, and Haramrit, 6, left, on the outskirts of the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Davinder Sohal prepares his tea around 3 a.m. at his home in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Sohal is one of thousands of people who make the commute from the Central Valley to the Bay Area for work. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Davinder Sohal, uses the light from his cell phone to navigate around his home in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Sohal is one of thousands of people who make the commute from the Central Valley to the Bay Area for work. Sohal leaves his home around 3:30 a.m. to avoid traffic. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Davinder Sohal, puts his shoes on outside of his home in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Sohal is one of thousands of people who make the commute from the Central Valley to the Bay Area for work. Sohal leaves his home around 3:30 a.m. to avoid traffic. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
A street in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
The inside of a model home in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Homes are seen through the window of a model home in the River Island community in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Houses are seen from The Boathouse at River Island in Lathrop, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Tess Ramos-Cruz, right, laughs while having a drink with Christine Perio, left, at Purgatory Craft Beer & Whiskey Bar in Tracy, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
James Winters, center, has a drink at Purgatory Craft Beer & Whiskey Bar in Tracy, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
The Grand Theater for the Arts in Tracy, Calif., on Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Phil Loesch, left, buys a ticket for the train at the Lathrop/ Manteca ACE station in Manteca, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Loesch moved to Manteca last month from Hayward and now takes the train that departs the station around 4:30 a.m. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
People get on the 4:39 a.m. train at the Lathrop/ Manteca ACE station in Manteca, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
A man walks into the 4:39 a.m. train with his bike at the Lathrop/ Manteca ACE station in Manteca, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Traffic builds up at dawn on Interstate 205 near Mountain House Parkway in Tracy, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Jaren Rusten works in his warehouse in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Rusten moved his woodworking business from San Francisco to the Central Valley where he was able to purchase a building for a fraction of the price than it would have cost him in the Bay Area. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Jaren Rusten walks down Weber Avenue in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Rusten moved his woodworking business from San Francisco to the Central Valley where he was able to purchase a building for a fraction of the price than it would have cost him in the Bay Area. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
The intersection East Main Street and San Joaquin Street in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
The intersection of East Weber Avenue and North Sutter Street in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. The Sutter Office Center is visible in the distance. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
East Weber Avenue in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Nick Green works on his computer at the Most Modest warehouse in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. The office supply company recently moved from South San Francisco to the Central Valley. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Mathew Williams rides his bike on East Weber Avenue in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
The inside of Channel Brewing Co., in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Thomas Antuna, left, rides his orange lowrider bike near the intersection of East Weber Avenue and North San Joaquin Street in Stockton, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
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