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Depends on what you consider near. From Los Angeles, yes, from Oakland not so much.
I was on Mt. Hamilton Road, a few miles north of the Junction Bar/Grill. About 25 minutes south of Livermore, today anyways; with my wife it would be 35 to 40 minutes.