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Bakersfield: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard travels from California Avenue south to Brundage Lane. •
Chico: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway travels north–south from a
dead end north of East 20th Street to East Park Avenue. •
Fresno: South Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in South Fresno begins at California Street (now Cesar Chavez Boulevard) where the street itself continues from Pottle Avenue and runs south to North Avenue. At this point upon leaving Fresno city limits into unincorporated
Fresno County, it becomes South Fig Avenue, which was the previous street name in Fresno proper before it was renamed to MLK, Jr. Boulevard. •
Hayward: Martin Luther King Drive in Hayward travels north–south from Cannery Park to Winton Avenue. •
Long Beach: Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (shortened as Martin L. King Avenue) runs north–south in the Eastside of Long Beach between East 7th Street and East 21st Street. This portion was originally named California Avenue, although the former name is still in use; Martin L. King Avenue continues as California Avenue once it enters the enclave of
Signal Hill before re-entering Long Beach, retaining the original name. •
Los Angeles: In 1983, Santa Barbara Avenue in the
South Region of Los Angeles was renamed
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, three years before
U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a law to declare Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday. That event was celebrated by the first ever
Kingdom Day Parade; years later the event was made an annual tradition. It is typically held on the street between
Crenshaw Boulevard and
Western Avenue. Due to the length of Dr. King's name, the roadway name is often abbreviated as
King Blvd. on its traffic signs and sometimes called
MLK Blvd. Running east–west, MLK Boulevard begins as a major thoroughfare at
Obama Boulevard (formerly Rodeo Road), running until
Central Avenue. From Central Avenue, it continues as a residential street in two discontinuous segments due to the presence of
Jefferson High School: between Central and Hooper avenues, and then from Compton Avenue to
Alameda Street. •
Lynwood: A portion of
Century Boulevard was renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard within the Lynwood city limits. •
Merced: Formerly J Street, Martin Luther King, Jr. Way is the north–south
State Route 59. •
Modesto: runs east–west from a dead end as Elm Avenue, then curves to run north–south as Martin Luther King Drive and sometimes abbreviated to S M.L.K. Dr. to change name to Sutter Avenue after crossing Paradise Road to a dead end on the west side. •
Oakland and
Berkeley: Grove Street, which stretched for several miles north from
Downtown Oakland into North Berkeley, was renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in 1983–1984. Berkeley made the change by resolution of the city council on November 8, 1983. The street had once represented the dividing line between neighborhoods where minorities could and could not live or buy property. The street begins shortly before Embarcadero West in Oakland near the
city's port, and continues through Berkeley until crossing over
Codornices Creek, where it becomes The Alameda. •
Riverside: In November 1993, the Riverside City Council voted to rename a portion of
Pennsylvania Avenue and Box Springs Boulevard to Martin Luther King Boulevard. It runs from Kansas Avenue to
Interstate 215. •
Sacramento: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard travels from Broadway south to Franklin Boulevard. It is crossed by
SR 99. It was originally named Sacramento Boulevard. •
San Diego: • Market Street was briefly renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Way by
San Diego City Council in 1986, before being reverted to its previous name by
ballot measure a year later. • In 1989, a portion of
SR 94 was renamed the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway, designated between
I-5 and
SR 125. • In 2010 members of the
Broadway Heights community in San Diego renamed Weston Street after King. Martin Luther King Jr. Way is a one-block street connecting Charlene and Tiffin avenues. •
San Francisco: Martin Luther King Drive is one of two roads that run virtually the entire length of San Francisco's famous
Golden Gate Park—the other is
John F. Kennedy Drive. It was renamed from South Drive. •
Stockton: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a major east–west corridor. It runs from I-5 on the west to Main Street on the east near SR 99. West of I-5, it is still known by its former name, Charter Way. Charter Way got its name in honor of the charter of the City of Stockton. Before the street was Charter Way, the street was known as South Street. ==Colorado==