The Strange, True Story Behind Mount Diablo’s Name

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – If you spend any time in the East Bay, it’s always just kind of there.

Mount Diablo looms above everything we do. At your kid’s soccer game? The mountain’s right above you. Stuck in traffic on 24? At least you have a pretty backdrop.

People rarely pause to consider the fact that this benign, beautiful presence is literally named “Devil Mountain.”…

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