Rio Vista

Rio Vista is a city located in the eastern end of Solano County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Areaeither in the East Bay or the North Bay, depending on what definition is usedon the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento River Delta region. The population was 7,360 at the 2010 census.GeographyRio Vista is approximately 60 miles northeast of San Francisco, on the Sacramento River in the Sacramento River Delta.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1sqmi, of which, 6.7sqmi of it is land and 0.4sqmi of it is water.ClimateAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Rio Vista has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.HistoryThe present location of Rio Vista is several miles south of the original settlement. Colonel Nathan H. Davis founded "Brazos del Rio" near the entrance of Cache Slough at the Sacramento River, on the Rancho Los Ulpinos Mexican land grant, in 1858. The settlement was renamed "Rio Vista" before a flood in 1862 that resulted in the town moving to its present location on higher ground. The city's name combines the Spanish words for "river" and "view." Post authorities established office in 1858. The community was officially incorporated as Rio Vista on December 30, 1893. The newspaper of record there is the River News-Herald and Isleton Journal, established in 1890.