Emeryville is a small city locate in Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge (the east end of the bridge essentially terminates in Emeryville), the University of California, Berkeley, and Silicon Valley has been a catalyst for recent economic growth. It is home to Pixar Animation Studios, Peet's Coffee & Tea and Jamba Juice. In addition, several well known biotech and software companies have made their home in Emeryville, LeapFrog, Sendmail, MobiTV, and Chiron (recently acquired by Novartis). The population was 6,882 at the 2000 census.