Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: California Spider- Poisonous?, 1 by preciousmonger

preciousmonger wrote:
This spider crawled out of my closet this morning and almost up my pant leg while I was sitting on the floor. He wasn't agressive at all, just sort of wandering I think. My location is Lincoln, CA which is in the Sacramento area. Please nobody get upset that I killed it. I was concerned that it may be poisonous because we've seen a lot of black widows since we moved in. I just need to know what kind this monstrous spider is and if it's poisonous or not.