The name of the post office changed from Bay Point, California, and operated from 1931 to 1969.
Being unincorporated, Bay Point does not have its own police department.
An election was held in 1993 to vote on renaming the community Bay Point, reviving a historical name used in this area.
The future of Bay Point, a former industrial hub, appears bleak, planners say.
But in Bay Point, finding work has been difficult.
Over the years, Bay Point has repeatedly tried to turn the page on its fading industrial history.
Bay Point, once an ideal place to build a factory, is now stagnating with 20 percent unemployment and failed plans for revival.
We heard two shots from the rifle, from far away-down on the Bay Point dock.
The extension to Bay Point was abandoned in 1926.
The city was overlooked when the system was extended from Concord to Bay Point.