Let me give you a clue. People in Northern Cal don't include the bay area as part of Northern Cal, in fact the whole west coast is not considered Northern CA. The true northern Cal is over here on the slopes of the Sierra Neveda, North of Stockton on up to the border or Oregon. In fact the Northwest coast of CA is far more liberal than the southern half. If this guy had come from the real Northern Cal he would have been conservative as he** and would never have helped with the so called "Arab Spring".
Fat lot of good came from his embracing "the arab life" as the article put it. All it did was get him and others killed and the violence isn't over yet and won't be until we(the USA)responds with a power that will stop this sh** once and for all.
Listen friend, my wife is from Sonoma Cty and they certainly consider themselves NorCal. My in laws live in Placer County and they barely consider themselves Californian anymore.