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<ul><li>Oakland teachers go on strike.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-teachers-strike-continues-after-talks-13641288.php">[1]</a></li> <li>Elected San Francisco Public Defender <b><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Adachi" title="Jeff Adachi">Jeff Adachi</a></b> dies at the age of 59. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/news/public-defender-jeff-adachi-dies-at-59/">[2]</a></li> <li>Rainstorms cause the <b><a href="/wiki/Russian_River_(California)" title="Russian River (California)">Russian River</a></b> to flood, engulfing the town of <b><a href="/wiki/Guerneville,_California" title="Guerneville, California">Guerneville</a></b> in the highest floodwaters in 25 years <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-floodwaters-turn-town-essentially-island-n977591">[3]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Add older items from the <a 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cannabis performance art, 2016, San Francisco"><img alt="Cannabis performance art, 2016, San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg/150px-FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg/225px-FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg/300px-FREE_CANNABIS_on_INDEPENDENCE_DAY._.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Cannabis performance art, 2016, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_(24936275517).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Women's March, 2018"><img alt="Women's March, 2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg/250px-Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg/375px-Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg/500px-Women%27s_March_San_Francisco_%2824936275517%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1276" /></a><figcaption>Women's March, 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco interim Mayor Mark Farrell"><img alt="San Francisco interim Mayor Mark Farrell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg/180px-SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg/270px-SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg/360px-SupervisorMarkFarrell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2005" data-file-height="2276" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco interim Mayor Mark Farrell</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Breed.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="London Breed"><img alt="London Breed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/London_Breed.jpg/180px-London_Breed.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/London_Breed.jpg/270px-London_Breed.jpg 1.5x, 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with the <a href="/wiki/Adult_Use_of_Marijuana_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult Use of Marijuana Act">Adult Use of Marijuana Act</a> going into effect statewide, <b><a href="/wiki/Harborside_Health_Center" title="Harborside Health Center">Harborside Health Center</a></b>, The Berkeley Patients Group, and many other <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis">Marijuana dispensaries</a> in the Bay Area begin retail sales of Marijuana to the general public <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-marijuana-sales-20180101-story.html">[4]</a> <i>(public performer on 2016 Independence Day pictured)</i></li> <li>Parks in the <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area" title="Golden Gate National Recreation Area">Golden Gate National Recreation Area</a></b>, including <b><a href="/wiki/Muir_Woods_National_Monument" title="Muir Woods National Monument">Muir Woods National Monument</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Fort_Point_National_Historic_Site" title="Fort Point National Historic Site">Fort Point National Historic Site</a></b>, experience partial or total closure, due to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2018" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="United States federal government shutdown of 2018">United States federal government shutdown of 2018</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Government-Shutdown-Leads-to-Closure-of-Many-Bay-Area-Parks-470310843.html">[5]</a></li> <li>More than 150,000 people attend <a href="/wiki/2018_Women%27s_March" title="2018 Women's March">2018 Women's March</a> protests across the Bay Area, adding the <a href="#MeToo">#MeToo</a> and <a href="#TimesUp">#TimesUp</a> movements to the protests against President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> <i>(San Francisco event pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/20/bay-area-womens-marches-where-when-and-other-logistics/">[6]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a></b> votes to replace acting mayor <b><a href="/wiki/London_Breed" title="London Breed">London Breed</a></b> with an interim mayor, former supervisor <b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mark Farrell (politician)">Mark Farrell</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, amid accusations of racism <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/">[7]</a></li> <li>San Jose mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Sam_Liccardo" title="Sam Liccardo">Sam Liccardo</a></b> resigns from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> Broadband Advisory Board, citing undue influence from telecommunications companies <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/25/san-jose-mayor-sam-liccardo-quits-fcc-broadband-advisory-board/">[8]</a></li> <li>San Francisco District Attorney <b><a href="/wiki/George_Gasc%C3%B3n" title="George Gascón">George Gascón</a></b> announces his department will begin to retroactively apply <a href="/wiki/Adult_Use_of_Marijuana_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult Use of Marijuana Act">Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act</a>, which legalized the possession and recreational use of marijuana for adults ages 21 years or older, to misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 1975, recalling and re-sentencing up to 4,940 felony marijuana convictions and dismissing and sealing 3,038 misdemeanors <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sfdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney-george-gasc%C3%B3n-applies-proposition-64-retroactively-every-marijuana-case-1975">[9]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#February" title="2018 in the United States">February</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> City Council declares Berkeley a "<a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary city</a>" for recreational cannabis sales, prohibiting the use of city resources to assist in enforcing federal marijuana laws or providing information on legal cannabis sales, the first city in California to do so <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-marijuana-20180214-story.html">[10]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></b> is ranked worst among all California counties in racial disparity, according to Race Counts and <a href="/wiki/Advancement_Project" title="Advancement Project">Advancement Project</a> California, with a spokesperson for the groups stating, "We were surprised, and were not expecting Marin to be the number-one county in terms of disparity...It’s not that progressive counties have it all figured out" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/marin-ranks-worst-racial-disparity-new-statewide-analysis">[11]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a></b> District Attorney <b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_O%27Malley" title="Nancy O'Malley">Nancy O'Malley</a></b> announces that her office will review thousands of marijuana convictions, dating back to 1974, for possible dismissal under <a href="/wiki/Adult_Use_of_Marijuana_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult Use of Marijuana Act">Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act</a>, guidelines, following closely after San Francisco announced a similar plan (above) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/02/20/alameda-county-district-attorney-nancy-omalley-announces-new-policy-to-reduce-and-dismiss-potentially-thousands-of-marijuana-convictions-unde">[12]</a></li> <li>Oakland Mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Libby_Schaaf" title="Libby Schaaf">Libby Schaaf</a></b> alerts city residents to imminent <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> (ICE) raids, earning criticism from some federal authorities. She responds, "I was sharing information in a way that was legal and was not obstructing justice, and it was an opportunity to ensure that people were aware of their rights." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/02/26/oakland-mayor-warning-people-immigration-sweeps/">[13]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#March" title="2018 in the United States">March</a> <ul><li>A man with a rifle enters the <b><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Home_of_California_Yountville" title="Veterans Home of California Yountville">Veterans Home of California Yountville</a></b>, the largest veterans home in the United States, <b><a href="/wiki/Yountville_hostage_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Yountville hostage crisis">holds employees hostage, and is found dead, along with 3 hostages</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/09/police-respond-to-reports-of-gunfire-and-hostages-taken-at-california-veterans-home/">[14]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#May" title="2018 in the United States">May</a> <ul><li>Two studies conclude that the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_housing_shortage" title="San Francisco housing shortage">housing crisis in the Bay Area</a></b> and <a href="/wiki/California_housing_shortage" title="California housing shortage">California</a> is reaching emergency proportions, with one study estimating that two counties alone, <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a></b>, will need more than 50,000 new homes to meet the demand for affordable housing for lower-income residents, while homelessness increased by 36% in Alameda County from 2016-2017<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-The-Bay-Area-s-housing-crisis-has-12908782.php">[15]</a></li> <li>The father of some of the ten children that were removed from a home in <b><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield</a></b>, where they were living in conditions of severe neglect and abuse, is arrested and booked on seven counts of torture and nine counts of felony child abuse <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fairfield-ten-children-20180514-story.html">[16]</a></li> <li>A nine-story electronic sculpture, "Day for Night", created by artist <a href="/wiki/Jim_Campbell_(artist)" title="Jim Campbell (artist)">Jim Campbell</a>, that features low resolution, abstract videos of San Francisco, debuts at the top of <b><a href="/wiki/Salesforce_Tower" title="Salesforce Tower">Salesforce Tower</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Preview-of-Salesforce-sculpture-at-Hosfelt-Gallery-12195446.php">[17]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-bright-lights-of-the-salesforce-tower">[18]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#June" title="2018 in the United States">June</a> <ul><li>San Francisco voters pass an ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, due in part to concerns that candy-flavored products may lure teenagers into nicotine addiction <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-california-flavored-tobacco-debate-20180608-htmlstory.html">[19]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></b> voters remove <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_Superior_Court" title="Santa Clara County Superior Court">Santa Clara County Superior Court</a></b> judge <b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Persky" title="Aaron Persky">Aaron Persky</a></b>, who came to national attention in 2016 when <b><a href="/wiki/People_v._Turner" title="People v. Turner">he sentenced a Stanford University student to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/judge-persky-brock-turner-recall.html">[20]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/London_Breed" title="London Breed">London Breed</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected <b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor of San Francisco</a></b> in a special election, defeating close rival <b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Leno" title="Mark Leno">Mark Leno</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://time.com/5311813/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed/">[21]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Theranos" title="Theranos">Theranos</a></b> founder and CEO <b><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes" title="Elizabeth Holmes">Elizabeth Holmes</a></b>, and former president and COO <b><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Balwani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramesh Balwani">Ramesh Balwani</a></b> are indicted on charges of wire fraud, accused of carrying out a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors, doctors and patients. Theranos announced that Holmes would resign as CEO, but retain her position as chairwoman of the board <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/16/technology/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-timeline/index.html">[22]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)" title="Koko (gorilla)"><b>Hanabiko</b> "<b>Koko</b>"</a>, a female <a href="/wiki/Western_lowland_gorilla" title="Western lowland gorilla">western lowland gorilla</a> born at the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Zoo" title="San Francisco Zoo">San Francisco Zoo</a></b>, who was known for having learned a large number of hand signs from a modified version of <a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">American Sign Language</a>. dies at her home in <a href="/wiki/Woodside,_California" title="Woodside, California">Woodside, California</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/koko-gorilla-death-sign-language.html">[23]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#July" title="2018 in the United States">July</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/West_County_Detention_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="West County Detention Center">West County Detention Center</a></b> severs ties with <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a>, and will no longer incarcerate <a href="/wiki/Undocumented_migrants" class="mw-redirect" title="Undocumented migrants">undocumented migrants</a> at the <b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></b> facility. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Contra-Costa-severing-contract-for-jailing-13063679.php">[24]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Nia_Wilson" title="Murder of Nia Wilson">Nia Wilson</a></b>, an African American woman, is killed while exiting <b><a href="/wiki/MacArthur_station_(BART)" title="MacArthur station (BART)">MacArthur BART station</a></b>, when a white male attacked her and one of her two sisters with her, with strong suspicions that this was a racially motivated hate crime <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Nia-Wilson-Honored-At-Emotional-Memorial-Service-13130808.php">[25]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, former <b><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a></b> US Representative and mayor of Oakland, known for his fiery anti-<a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> oratory and progressive politics, dies at his home in Washington, D.C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/obituaries/ron-dellums-forceful-liberal-in-congress-for-27-years-dies-at-82.html">[26]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://apnews.com/f34899d5d77a4ff89f6530e2506cd589">[27]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_States#August" title="2018 in the United States">August</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Inc">Apple Inc</a></b> becomes the first company in history to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in value <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/investing/apple-one-trillion-market-value/index.html">[28]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Transbay_Transit_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Transbay Transit Center">Transbay Transit Center</a></b> opens in San Francisco, initially as a hub for bus lines including <b><a href="/wiki/MUNI" class="mw-redirect" title="MUNI">MUNI</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/AC_Transit" title="AC Transit">AC Transit</a></b>, and eventually nearly a dozen other transit agencies, including <b><a href="/wiki/BART" class="mw-redirect" title="BART">BART</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/CalTrain" class="mw-redirect" title="CalTrain">CalTrain</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/08/bay-area-gains-new-icon-with-san-franciscos-grand-central-station-of-the-west/">[29]</a></li> <li>A study by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Association_of_Realtors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="California Association of Realtors (page does not exist)">California Association of Realtors</a> shows that only about 1 in 5 Bay Area residents can afford the median purchase price for a home, with state home affordability rates at a 10 year low <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/report-1-in-5-people-can-afford-to-buy-home-in-bay-area/1358393951">[30]</a></li> <li>A jury in San Francisco awards 46-year-old former school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>289m in <a href="/wiki/Monsanto_legal_cases#Roundup" title="Monsanto legal cases">damages against</a> <a href="/wiki/Monsanto" title="Monsanto">Monsanto</a>, after alleging that it had spent decades hiding the cancer-causing dangers of its <a href="/wiki/Glyphosate#Legal_cases" title="Glyphosate">Roundup herbicides</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/11/one-mans-suffering-exposed-monsantos-secrets-to-the-world">[31]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2017"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/173" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/173">2017</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2017</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Starr,_Kevin_(IMLS).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kevin Starr"><img alt="Kevin Starr" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg/120px-Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg/180px-Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg/240px-Starr%2C_Kevin_%28IMLS%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption>Kevin Starr</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Trump inauguration protest SF Jan 20 2017"><img alt="Trump inauguration protest SF Jan 20 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg/150px-Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg/225px-Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg/300px-Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017_23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5442" data-file-height="3131" /></a><figcaption>Trump inauguration protest SF Jan 20 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bridge_Together,_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Bridge Together Golden Gate""><img alt=""Bridge Together Golden Gate"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg/150px-Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg/225px-Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg/300px-Bridge_Together%2C_Inauguration_Day_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3832" data-file-height="2555" /></a><figcaption>"Bridge Together Golden Gate"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SanBrunoFireNight.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Bruno explosion and fires, at night"><img alt="San Bruno explosion and fires, at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/SanBrunoFireNight.jpg/200px-SanBrunoFireNight.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/SanBrunoFireNight.jpg/300px-SanBrunoFireNight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/SanBrunoFireNight.jpg/400px-SanBrunoFireNight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3393" data-file-height="1510" /></a><figcaption>San Bruno explosion and fires, at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_(32617010165).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Protesters at San Francisco International Airport, 2017"><img alt="Protesters at San Francisco International Airport, 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg/200px-SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg/300px-SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg/400px-SFO_Muslim_Ban_Protest_%2832617010165%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Protesters at San Francisco International Airport, 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Representative Mike Honda speaks at a San Francisco protest of Executive_Order_13769 in February 2017"><img alt="Representative Mike Honda speaks at a San Francisco protest of Executive_Order_13769 in February 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg/150px-Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg/225px-Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg/300px-Mike_Honda_20170204-1865.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1315" data-file-height="1610" /></a><figcaption>Representative Mike Honda speaks at a San Francisco protest of Executive_Order_13769 in February 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Series of Storms Battering California Tracked by NASA's AIRS Instrument"><img alt="Series of Storms Battering California Tracked by NASA's AIRS Instrument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif/200px-PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif/300px-PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif/400px-PIA21209_-_Series_of_Storms_Battering_California_Tracked_by_NASA%27s_AIRS_Instrument.gif 2x" data-file-width="826" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption>Series of Storms Battering California Tracked by NASA's AIRS Instrument</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_Street,_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Third Street, San Francisco"><img alt="Third Street, San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/120px-Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/180px-Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/240px-Third_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3965" data-file-height="7315" /></a><figcaption>Third Street, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anderson Lake dam and spillway"><img alt="Anderson Lake dam and spillway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg/250px-Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg/375px-Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg/500px-Anderson-Dam-SantaClaraCounty-CA_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="1004" /></a><figcaption>Anderson Lake dam and spillway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Warm Springs BART station on opening day"><img alt="Warm Springs BART station on opening day" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg/200px-Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg/300px-Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg/400px-Entrance_of_Warm_Springs_South_Fremont_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Warm Springs BART station on opening day</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Szyk_(1894-1951)._Visual_History_of_Nations,_The_United_States_of_America_(1945),_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The United States of America, Arthur Szyk (1945)"><img alt="The United States of America, Arthur Szyk (1945)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg/160px-Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg/240px-Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg/320px-Arthur_Szyk_%281894-1951%29._Visual_History_of_Nations%2C_The_United_States_of_America_%281945%29%2C_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2922" /></a><figcaption><i>The United States of America</i>, Arthur Szyk (1945)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Taylor in 2008"><img alt="Robert Taylor in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg/200px-Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg/300px-Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg/400px-Bob_Taylor_in_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Robert Taylor in 2008</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Customers waiting to purchase the Tesla 3 in Walnut Creek, California"><img alt="Customers waiting to purchase the Tesla 3 in Walnut Creek, California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg/200px-People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg/300px-People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg/400px-People_in_line_to_reserve_Tesla_Model_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption>Customers waiting to purchase the Tesla 3 in Walnut Creek, California</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_fires_ESA385120.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Satellite image of smoke from California wildfires"><img alt="Satellite image of smoke from California wildfires" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/California_fires_ESA385120.jpg/200px-California_fires_ESA385120.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/California_fires_ESA385120.jpg/300px-California_fires_ESA385120.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/California_fires_ESA385120.jpg/400px-California_fires_ESA385120.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image of smoke from California wildfires</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fist.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="If not now, when?"><img alt="If not now, when?" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Fist.svg/200px-Fist.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Fist.svg/300px-Fist.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Fist.svg/400px-Fist.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="1596" /></a><figcaption>If not now, when?</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Breed.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acting San Francisco Mayor London Breed"><img alt="Acting San Francisco Mayor London Breed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/London_Breed.jpg/180px-London_Breed.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/London_Breed.jpg/270px-London_Breed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/London_Breed.jpg/360px-London_Breed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a><figcaption>Acting San Francisco Mayor London Breed</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#January" title="2017 in the United States">January</a> <ul><li>After a series of storms hit California, including January storms causing flooding on the <b><a href="/wiki/Russian_River_(California)" title="Russian River (California)">Russian River</a></b>, Northern California, including the Bay Area, is no longer in drought <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Storms-Drought-California-Rain-Snowpack-410516095.html">[32]</a></li> <li>The Land Trust of <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County</a></b>, with The Trust for Public Land, secures the largest conservation easement in its history, 7,260 acres northeast of <b><a href="/wiki/Calistoga,_California" title="Calistoga, California">Calistoga</a></b> known as Montesol Ranch, near <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_St._Helena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount St. Helena">Mount St. Helena</a></b>, and contiguous to <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_State_Park" title="Robert Louis Stevenson State Park">Robert Louis Stevenson State Park</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/large-swath-of-napa-county-land-near-calistoga-protected/article_789f630b-e990-54f3-988c-40a0815d2aef.html">[33]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Starr" title="Kevin Starr">Kevin Starr</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a> and California's State Librarian, best known for his multi-volume series on the <a href="/wiki/History_of_California" title="History of California">history of California</a>, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream", dies in San Francisco, the home of his birth as a seventh-generation Californian <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article126755054.html">[34]</a></li> <li>Protests of the presidential inauguration of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> occur in cities across the Bay Area <i>(SF protest pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Donald-Trump-Inauguration-Bay-Area-Protests-411326205.html">[35]</a>, including local versions of the <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March" title="2017 Women's March">Women's March on Washington</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/20/bay-area-womens-marches-where-when-and-why/">[36]</a>, a human chain along the span of the <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/inauguration-agitation-scenes-bay-area-rising">[37]</a>, and a 90% no show of dockworkers at the <b><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Oakland" title="Port of Oakland">Port of Oakland</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://kron4.com/2017/01/20/several-port-of-oakland-workers-skip-work-in-protest-of-president-trump/">[38]</a></li> <li>Due to severe storms, Governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> declares states of emergency in multiple counties, including all nine Bay Area counties: <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a></b>, San Francisco, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a></b>, and <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma counties</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7.com/weather/gov-brown-declares-state-of-emergency-for-ca-after-damaging-rainstorms/1717685/">[39]</a></li> <li>The cities of <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b>, San Francisco, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b>, and <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> affirm their formal (for San Jose, informal) status as <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">Sanctuary cities</a>, after a <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump Administration</a> executive order is issued that will require cities to cooperate with <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> orders, or face cuts to federal spending, more than $1 billion in the Bay Area alone <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Four-Bay-Area-Sanctuary-Cities-Could-Lose-12-Billion-Experts-Say-Move-is-Unconstitutional-411887305.html">[40]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Gas and Electric">Pacific Gas and Electric</a></b> is ordered by U.S. District Judge <a href="/wiki/Thelton_Henderson" title="Thelton Henderson">Thelton Henderson</a> to publicly advertise its guilt in violating pipeline safety laws, and obstruction of justice, in the <b><a href="/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 San Bruno explosion">2010 San Bruno explosion</a></b> <i>(fires that night pictured)</i>, pay $3 million in fines, and make its employees perform 10,000 hours of community service, including at least 2,000 hours by high-level officials <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-ordered-to-advertise-its-guilt-for-pipeline-10886889.php">[41]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Google,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Google, Inc.">Google, Inc.</a></b> recalls all staff travelling overseas who may be affected by President Trump's <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">executive order suspending all entry of citizens from certain Middle Eastern nations</a>, out of concern they may be barred from re-entry to the US <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Google-Recalls-Staff-to-U-S-After-Trump-10890744.php">[42]</a></li> <li>Protesters of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">executive order suspending entry of certain foreign nationals</a> are joined at <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a></b> by <b><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Brin" title="Sergey Brin">Sergey Brin</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></b> co-founder and president of <b><a href="/wiki/Alphabet_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphabet (company)">Alphabet</a></b>, who states "I'm here because I'm a refugee" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/29/googles-sergey-brin-joins-anti-travel-ban-protests-at-san-francisco-airport-says-im-a-refugee.html">[43]</a>, while the airport issues a statement in support of the protesters, saying "We share [[their]] concerns deeply, as our highest obligation is to the millions of people from around the world whom we serve. Although Customs and Border Protection services are strictly federal and operate outside the jurisdiction of all U.S. airports, including SFO, we have requested a full briefing from this agency to ensure our customers remain the top priority. We are also making supplies available to travelers affected by this Executive Order, as well as to the members of the public who have so bravely taken a stand against this action by speaking publicly in our facilities." <i>(protesters pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/29/1627008/-San-Francisco-s-airport-issues-statement-supporting-protesters-Trump-s-business-advisors-clam-up">[44]</a></li> <li>San Francisco becomes the first city to sue the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump Administration</a> over his executive order to deny federal funds to <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a>, joining 2 states that have sued <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/31/san-francisco-sues-trump-over-order-on-sanctuary-cities/">[45]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#February" title="2017 in the United States">February</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b> cancels a talk by inflammatory speaker and <a href="/wiki/Breitbart" class="mw-redirect" title="Breitbart">Breitbart</a> writer <a href="/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" title="Milo Yiannopoulos">Milo Yiannopoulos</a>, and puts the campus on lockdown, due to massive protests, violence, property destruction and fire-setting <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/02/01/berkeley-cancels-speech-by-breitbrart-writer-milo-amid-intense-protests/">[46]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Arregu%C3%ADn" title="Jesse Arreguín">Jesse Arreguín</a></b> receives thousands of hateful, racist, abusive and threatening messages, including death threats, following his criticism of <a href="/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" title="Milo Yiannopoulos">Milo Yiannopoulos</a>' attempted talk at <b><a href="/wiki/UC_Berkeley" class="mw-redirect" title="UC Berkeley">UC Berkeley</a></b>, initially describing him as a <a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">white nationalist</a>, then apologizing and changing the description to “<a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-rightist</a>” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/08/mayor-getting-death-threats-in-wake-of-yiannopoulos-violence/">[47]</a></li> <li>Thousands attend a protest at <b><a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center, San Francisco</a></b> to <a href="/wiki/List_of_protests_against_Executive_Order_13769" title="List of protests against Executive Order 13769">protest the immigration/travel ban on seven majority-Muslim nations</a> <i>(US Representative <b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Honda" title="Mike Honda">Mike Honda</a></b>, pictured at event)</i>, one of a number of nationwide protests against the ban <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Protesters-rally-at-SF-Civic-Center-against-10908931.php">[48]</a></li> <li>In San Francisco, three judges on the <b><a href="/wiki/9th_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Circuit Court of Appeals">9th Circuit Court of Appeals</a></b> unanimously reject the US Government argument that a stay of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">executive order barring nationals from seven majority-Muslim nations</a> should be lifted, stating that any argument limiting or dismissing the courts ability to serve as a check on <a href="/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Article Two of the United States Constitution">Executive Branch</a> power “runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-appeals-court-maintains-suspension-of-trumps-immigration-order/2017/02/09/e8526e70-ed47-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html">[49]</a></li> <li>Historically strong <a href="/wiki/Pineapple_Express" title="Pineapple Express">Pineapple Express</a> storms bring flooding and mudslides to the Bay Area, destroying homes and closing numerous roads, including <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_17" title="California State Route 17">State Route 17</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_35" title="California State Route 35">State Route 35</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_37" title="California State Route 37">State Route 37</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_California" title="Interstate 80 in California">Interstate 80</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_12" title="California State Route 12">State Route 12</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_1" title="California State Route 1">State Route 1</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_84" title="California State Route 84">State Route 84</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_9" title="California State Route 9">State Route 9</a></b>, and <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_152" title="California State Route 152">State Route 152</a></b> <i>(storm systems pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/news/at-least-8-bay-area-highways-closed-due-to-flooding/1742177/">[50]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/09/bay-area-storm-when-will-heavy-rain-arrive-today/">[51]</a></li> <li>California Governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> requests a <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Disaster_Relief_and_Emergency_Assistance_Act" title="Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act">Presidential Major Disaster Declaration</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, following a series of storms that hit California, including the Bay Area <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6653958-181/gov-brown-seeks-disaster-declaration?ref=related&artslide=0">[52]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Kunal_Patel_San_Francisco_Open" title="Kunal Patel San Francisco Open">Kunal Patel San Francisco Open</a></b> has its first tournament, at the Bay Club SF Tennis Center, part of the <a href="/wiki/ATP_Challenger_Tour" title="ATP Challenger Tour">ATP Challenger Tour</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/san-francisco-challenger-2017-feature">[53]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Patent_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Patent Office">United States Patent Office</a> rules that the <a href="/wiki/Broad_Institute" title="Broad Institute">Broad Institute</a>'s patent claims on the <a href="/wiki/CRISPR" title="CRISPR">CRISPR</a> gene manipulation technology are valid for <a href="/wiki/Eukaryotic_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="Eukaryotic cell">Eukaryotic cells</a> (plants and animals), ruling against claims made by the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b>, and granting UC Berkeley a patent limited to its use on <a href="/wiki/Prokaryotic_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokaryotic cell">Prokaryotic cells</a> (bacteria) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nature.com/news/broad-institute-wins-bitter-battle-over-crispr-patents-1.21502">[54]</a></li> <li>Thousands gather at <b><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="Ocean Beach, San Francisco">Ocean Beach</a></b> in San Francisco, to stand together <a href="/wiki/Protests_against_Donald_Trump" title="Protests against Donald Trump">in protest against Donald Trump</a> and spell out the word "<a href="/wiki/Civil_resistance" title="Civil resistance">Resist !!</a>", with overflow crowds creating an underline <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sfist.com/2017/02/11/photo_du_jour_people_spell_out_resi.php">[55]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_Without_Immigrants_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Day Without Immigrants 2017">A Day without Immigrants</a>, modeled on the <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Boycott" title="Great American Boycott">Great American Boycott</a> of 2006, protesting the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump Administration</a> immigration policy, has businesses across the Bay Area closing in solidarity with the nationwide day of action <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/16/map-a-day-without-immigrants-protests-around-the-bay-area/">[56]</a></li> <li>San Francisco is ranked third in traffic congestion of all major US cities, according to the traffic and driver analytics company <a href="/wiki/INRIX" title="INRIX">INRIX</a> <i>(Third Street congestion pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/20/los-angeles-new-york-and-san-francisco-most-congested-us-cities/98133702/">[57]</a></li> <li>More than 200 residents are rescued by boat, in the Rocksprings neighborhood of San Jose, due to flooding at <b><a href="/wiki/Coyote_Creek_(San_Mateo_County)" title="Coyote Creek (San Mateo County)">Coyote Creek</a></b> from storm water released at <b><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Lake_(California)" title="Anderson Lake (California)">Anderson Lake</a></b> <i>(dam and spillway pictured)</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/weather/more-than-200-san-jose-residents-evacuated-in-floods-/1765560/">[58]</a> Over 14,000 households are subject to mandatory evacuation due to widespread flooding that exceeds the <a href="/wiki/100-year_flood" title="100-year flood">100-year flood zone</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/22/us/san-jose-flood/">[59]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></b> is the first city in the United States to pass a resolution calling on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> to investigate, and if necessary, impeach, President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, for violating the <a href="/wiki/Title_of_Nobility_Clause" class="mw-redirect" title="Title of Nobility Clause">Foreign Emoluments Clause</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> in his international business relations <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Richmond-City-Council-Passes-Resolution-Calling-for-Trump-Impeachment--414514223.html">[60]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></b> is the first county in the nation to file a motion requesting that a Federal judge halt implementation of the Trump Administration's executive order withholding federal funding for <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/politics/santa-clara-co-asks-federal-judge-to-stop-trumps-sanctuary-city-order/1770203/">[61]</a></li> <li>The Jewish <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> offices in San Francisco receive two consecutive bomb threats, as do other Bay Area <a href="/wiki/Jewish_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish community">Jewish community</a> centers, part of a widespread wave of over 100 threats and criminal actions directed against the US Jewish community in 2017 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/ADL-receives-second-bomb-threat-at-San-Francisco-office-482793">[62]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/us/bomb-threats-jewish-centers-jcc/index.html">[63]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.jweekly.com/2017/02/28/bomb-threats-palo-alto-jcc-adls-san-francisco-office/">[64]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#March" title="2017 in the United States">March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_Minority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Minority Leader">House Minority Leader</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a></b>, from <b><a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="California's 12th congressional district">California's 12th congressional district</a></b> in San Francisco, and other senior Democratic congressional leaders, call on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a> to resign, following reports that he had lied under oath to Congress about phone contacts he had had with Russian officials prior to taking his post, and during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, for who he campaigned <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/02/democrats-call-for-sessionss-resignation-and-a-special-prosecutor-on-alleged-trump-russia-ties/">[65]</a></li> <li>Violence at a <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> <a href="/wiki/March_4_Trump" title="March 4 Trump">March 4 Trump</a> rally results in injuries to 7, and the arrests of 10 people <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-04/the-latest-2-arrested-at-pro-trump-rally-in-tennessee">[66]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Warm_Springs/South_Fremont_station" title="Warm Springs/South Fremont station">Warm Springs / South Fremont</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a></b> station <i>(pictured)</i> begins operating in <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> is the first city in the US to declare they will refuse to conduct business with companies that are involved with the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13767" title="Executive Order 13767">US/Mexico border wall proposed by President Trump</a>, and will move to divest from those companies that they have investments in <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/17/berkeley-calif-to-boycott-companies-involved-in-building-trumps-wall/">[67]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> approves the <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders_relocation_to_Las_Vegas" title="Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas">move from Oakland to Las Vegas, Nevada</a></b>, once a new stadium is constructed there, despite efforts by Oakland Mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Libby_Schaaf" title="Libby Schaaf">Libby Schaaf</a></b> to create financing for a new stadium complex in Oakland <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/03/27/nfl-approves-raiders-move-to-las-vegas/">[68]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#April" title="2017 in the United States">April</a> <ul><li>A collection of the works of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Szyk" title="Arthur Szyk">Arthur Szyk</a> <i>(work pictured)</i>, consisting of 450 paintings, drawings and sketches owned by <b><a href="/wiki/Burlingame,_California" title="Burlingame, California">Burlingame</a></b> Rabbi Irvin Ungar, is purchased for $10.1 million by the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>'s</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Magnes_Collection_of_Jewish_Art_and_Life" title="Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life">Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life</a></b>, through a donation by Taube Philanthropies, the largest single monetary gift to acquire art in UC Berkeley history <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Magnes-museum-gets-big-collection-of-Jewish-art-11044902.php">[69]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/04/03/gift-to-the-magnes-collection-of-jewish-art-and-life/">[70]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></b> and San Francisco ask U.S. District Judge <b><a href="/wiki/William_H._Orrick_III" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Orrick III">William Orrick</a></b> to <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13768" title="Executive Order 13768">block an executive order</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> that threatens to deny federal funding to <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a> and counties, arguing that it violates the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> and federal laws <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/14/trump-sanctuary-cities-lawsuit-san-francisco-santa-clara-county/">[71]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_barrier" title="Suicide barrier">Suicide barriers</a> begin to be installed under the <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a></b> after years of debate and delays. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/13/suicide-barriers-to-go-up-at-golden-gate-bridge-after-1-5k-deaths/">[72]</a></li> <li>At least 21 people are arrested, and 7 hospitalized, at a <b><a href="/wiki/2017_Berkeley_protests" title="2017 Berkeley protests">clash between approximately 200 Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump demonstrators</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b>, at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, during which numerous fights broke out, with reports of the use of firecrackers and pepper spray <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/15/berkeley-braces-for-planned-pro-anti-trump-rallies/">[73]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/us/berkeley-protests-trump/">[74]</a></li> <li>Computer scientist <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(computer_scientist)" title="Robert Taylor (computer scientist)">Robert W. Taylor</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, who was integral in the development of the Internet, and who founded the <b><a href="/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/DEC_Systems_Research_Center" title="DEC Systems Research Center">Systems Research Center</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></b>, dies at his home in <b><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_California" title="Woodside, California">Woodside</a></b><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/robert-w-taylor-whose-early-vision-helped-create-the-internet-dies-at-85/2017/04/15/b0884346-21f6-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html">[75]</a></li> <li>Women's clothing retailer <b><a href="/wiki/Bebe_Stores" title="Bebe Stores">Bebe</a></b> begins closing all 175 of its stores, to become an exclusively online retailer <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/21/list-of-bebe-stores--closing/100737254/">[76]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/21/retailer-bebe-to-close-all-175-of-its-stores.html">[77]</a></li> <li>The area's first officially sanctioned "<a href="/wiki/Weed_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Weed Day">Weed Day</a>" takes place in San Francisco's <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/22/how-san-francisco-celebrated-the-first-official-weed-day-this-week.html">[78]</a></li> <li>Tens of thousands turn out in San Francisco on <a href="/wiki/Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a> at the local <a href="/wiki/March_for_Science" title="March for Science">March for Science</a>, to protest federal budget cuts to science research, with <a href="/wiki/Mythbusters" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythbusters">Mythbusters</a> host <b><a href="/wiki/Adam_Savage" title="Adam Savage">Adam Savage</a></b> saying "The enemy of science isn't politics or a party or an ideology or a law — it is bias, and bias is everywhere. Science is the rigorous elimination of bias. That is a good thing." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/22/thousands-in-sf-join-nationwide-march-for-science-on-earth-day/">[79]</a></li> <li>In response to requests by <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></b> and San Francisco, U.S. District Judge <b><a href="/wiki/William_H._Orrick_III" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Orrick III">William Orrick</a></b> temporarily blocks <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13768" title="Executive Order 13768">Executive Order 13768</a>, which had threatened to deny federal funding to <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a>, writing "The statements of the President, his press secretary and the Attorney General belie the Government's argument in the briefing that the Order does not change the law. They have repeatedly indicated an intent to defund sanctuary jurisdictions in compliance with the Executive Order."..."The threat of the Order and the uncertainty it is causing impermissibly interferes with the Counties’ ability to operate, to provide key services, to plan for the future, and to budget." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/2017/04/25/c9e212c8-29f7-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html">[80]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/26/sanctuary-cities-ruling-when-a-judge-quotes-sean-spicer-its-not-a-good-sign-for-the-white-house/">[81]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#May" title="2017 in the United States">May</a> <ul><li>At least 80 <a href="/wiki/Leopard_shark" title="Leopard shark">leopard sharks</a> wash up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay, possibly due to a fungal infection, with likely as many as 1,000 dying and sinking since early March <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/13/major-shark-die-off-in-san-francisco-bay/">[82]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#June" title="2017 in the United States">June</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> become <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> champions over the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, with <b><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a></b> earning the <b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell MVP Award">M.V.P. Award</a>, with coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> joking, “We have very little talent, actually, it was most coaching”<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/sports/nba-finals-game-5-warriors-cavs.html">[83]</a></li> <li>A gunman kills 3 people at a San Francisco <a href="/wiki/United_Parcel_Service" title="United Parcel Service">UPS</a> facility before killing himself <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-swarm-UPS-building-in-SF-on-report-of-11219519.php">[84]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#July" title="2017 in the United States">July</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_3" title="Tesla Model 3">Tesla Model 3</a> electric car begins production at the <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Factory">Tesla Factory</a></b> <i>(customers pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/7/15934756/tesla-model-3-production-electric-car-musk">[85]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_759" title="Air Canada Flight 759">Air Canada Flight 759</a> narrowly misses a <a href="/wiki/Runway_incursion" title="Runway incursion">runway incursion</a> at <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a></b> that one retired pilot called "close to the greatest aviation disaster in history".<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/10/exclusive-sfo-near-miss-might-have-triggered-greatest-aviation-disaster-in-history/">[86]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#August" title="2017 in the United States">August</a> <ul><li>Bay Area rapper <b><a href="/wiki/Keak_Da_Sneak" class="mw-redirect" title="Keak Da Sneak">Keak Da Sneak</a></b> is shot and critically injured in <b><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></b>, in a targeted attack <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Popular-Bay-Area-Rapper-Keak-Da-Sneak-Shot-in-Richmond-Police-441318173.html">[87]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Consulate-General_of_Russia_in_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco">Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco</a></b> is ordered to close by the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump Administration</a>, in retaliation to Russia ordering staff reductions at the US Embassies there <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/31/us-shutters-russias-san-francisco-consulate-in-retaliation/">[88]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#September" title="2017 in the United States">September</a> <ul><li>San Francisco reaches a daytime temperature of 106 degrees Fahrenheit, its highest recorded temperature since record keeping began in 1874 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/01/san-francisco-smashes-all-time-record-high-temperature-hits-106-degrees/?utm_term=.c2cecd90550b">[89]</a></li> <li>Hiking and mountain bike trails open to the peak of <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_Umunhum" title="Mount Umunhum">Mount Umunhum</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></b>, a spur of the <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Ridge_Trail" title="Bay Area Ridge Trail">Bay Area Ridge Trail</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/16/long-awaited-mount-umunhum-opens-to-the-public/">[90]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#October" title="2017 in the United States">October</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_2017_Northern_California_wildfires" title="October 2017 Northern California wildfires">Fourteen large wildfires</a>, including the <b><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Fire" title="Atlas Fire">Atlas</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Tubbs_Fire" title="Tubbs Fire">Tubbs Fires</a></b>, spread over a 200-mile region north of San Francisco, in <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonoma County">Sonoma</a></b> and <a href="/wiki/Yuba_County,_California" title="Yuba County, California">Yuba</a> counties, kill at least 10 people and destroy over 1,500 structures <i>(satellite image of smoke from fires pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Wildfires-force-evacuations-in-Northern-California-12263073.php">[91]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#November" title="2017 in the United States">November</a> <ul><li>A rare <a href="/wiki/Mountain_lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain lion">mountain lion</a> spotted in San Francisco is tranquilized and released into the wild, far south of the city <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mountain-lion-spotted-cornered-in-San-Francisco-12348041.php">[92]</a></li> <li>The wealthiest 1% now owns more than 50% of the world's wealth, with younger people suffering some of the worst inequality. Per the <a href="/wiki/Credit_Suisse" title="Credit Suisse">Credit Suisse</a> report, "The outlook for the millionaire segment is more optimistic than for the bottom of the wealth pyramid." The Bay Area remains part of the world, according to most experts. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/14/richest-1-percent-now-own-half-the-worlds-wealth.html">[93]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/La_Honda_Creek_Open_Space_Preserve" title="La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve">La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve</a></b>, a 6,142-acre <a href="/wiki/Open_space_reserve" title="Open space reserve">open space reserve</a> in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County, California</a></b>, part of the <b><a href="/wiki/Midpeninsula_Regional_Open_Space_District" title="Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District">Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District</a></b>, opens to the public <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/29/huge-new-open-space-preserve-opens-to-public-friday/">[94]</a></li> <li>Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented immigrant, is found not guilty of murder for the 2015 <b><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Steinle" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Kathryn Steinle">shooting of Kathryn Steinle</a></b> on a San Francisco pier, in a case that had touched off a national immigration debate. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/san-francisco-pier-shooting-jury-ends-day-5-without-verdict/2017/11/29/967e320e-d569-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html?utm_term=.12ee73ba3f73">[95]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_States#December" title="2017 in the United States">December</a> <ul><li>A data breach at <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> reveals that the university <a href="/wiki/History_of_Stanford_University#21st_century" title="History of Stanford University">secretly ranked fellowship applicants on their potential value to the university</a>, rather than the university's publicly stated method of by need <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/01/stanfords-elite-business-school-caught-cheating-by-one-of-its-own-mba-students/">[96]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></b> software engineer <b><a href="/wiki/Susan_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Fowler">Susan Fowler</a></b> and San Francisco lobbyist Adama Iwu are featured, with other women, on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>'s</i> 2017 <a href="/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year" title="Time Person of the Year">Person of the Year</a> issue, this year given to "The Silence Breakers", people who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/society/two-bay-area-women-on-time-cover-for-person-of-the-year-/2750072/">[97]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">San Francisco Mayor</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lee_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Lee (politician)">Ed Lee</a></b>, the city's first <a href="/wiki/Asian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian-American">Asian-American</a> mayor, dies from a heart attack, with <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a></b> president <b><a href="/wiki/London_Breed" title="London Breed">London Breed</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> sworn in as acting mayor<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-65/?utm_term=.6a6f841f604a">[98]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/San-Francisco-Mayor-Ed-Lee-dead-at-65-12423708.php">[99]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ed-lee-successor-london-breed-san-francisco-on-housing-affordability-2017-12">[100]</a></li> <li>Senator <b><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a></b> formally asks <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> to investigate the <b><a href="/wiki/West_County_Detention_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="West County Detention Center">West County Detention Center</a></b>, where multiple federal detainees have stated that they were not allowed to use restrooms. Feinstein wrote, “It has been reported that the conditions are so deplorable that detainees are requesting deportation over pursuing claims in immigration court” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.correctionsone.com/jail-management/articles/467711187-Senator-asks-ICE-to-investigate-Calif-jail/">[101]</a></li> <li>Buddy's Cannabis Shop, in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b>, is the first California business to obtain a state Marijuana Micro-Business License, which, along with a city business license, will make it the first fully licensed <a href="/wiki/Adult_Use_of_Marijuana_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult Use of Marijuana Act">recreational marijuana shop in California</a>, when it becomes legal on 1 January 2018 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Joses-Buddys-Cannabis-Shop-is-First-in-the-State-Licenced-to-Sell-Marijuana-464552443.html">[102]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.criminallawyersandiego.com/california-marijuana-business-lawyer/microbusiness-license/">[103]</a></li> <li>Everitt Aaron Jameson, a 25-year-old former marine, is arrested by the FBI on suspicion of planning a terror attack in the <b><a href="/wiki/Pier_39" title="Pier 39">Pier 39</a></b> area of San Francisco over Christmas <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42462463">[104]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2016"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/172" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/172">2016</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2016</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Paul Kantner (1975)"><img alt="Paul Kantner (1975)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG/100px-Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG/150px-Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG/200px-Paul_Kantner_Jefferson_Starship_1975.JPG 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="857" /></a><figcaption>Paul Kantner (1975)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BAMPFA_entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Berkeley Art Museum"><img alt="The Berkeley Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BAMPFA_entrance.jpg/150px-BAMPFA_entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BAMPFA_entrance.jpg/225px-BAMPFA_entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BAMPFA_entrance.jpg/300px-BAMPFA_entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2626" data-file-height="1276" /></a><figcaption>The Berkeley Art Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lady Gaga and the Blue Angels at Super Bowl 50"><img alt="Lady Gaga and the Blue Angels at Super Bowl 50" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg/120px-Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg/180px-Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg/240px-Lady_Gaga_Super_Bowl_50.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="2163" /></a><figcaption>Lady Gaga and the Blue Angels at Super Bowl 50</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Grove.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Andrew Grove"><img alt="Andrew Grove" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Andrew_Grove.jpg/100px-Andrew_Grove.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Andrew_Grove.jpg/150px-Andrew_Grove.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Andrew_Grove.jpg/200px-Andrew_Grove.jpg 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="378" /></a><figcaption>Andrew Grove</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wreck of the USS Conestoga"><img alt="Wreck of the USS Conestoga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg/150px-Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg/225px-Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg/300px-Conestoga-stern-001_noaa-teledyne-seabotix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3850" data-file-height="2161" /></a><figcaption>Wreck of the USS <i>Conestoga</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="garlic fries at Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, originally based in San Jose"><img alt="garlic fries at Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, originally based in San Jose" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG/120px-Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG/180px-Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG/240px-Gordon_Biersch_garlic_fries.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>garlic fries at Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, originally based in San Jose</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Curry"><img alt="Stephen Curry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Stephen_Curry_dribbling_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="1351" /></a><figcaption>Stephen Curry</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Renee Davidson Courthouse"><img alt="Renee Davidson Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg/120px-Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg/180px-Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg/240px-Oakland_Court_House_California_USA2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1864" data-file-height="1736" /></a><figcaption>Renee Davidson Courthouse</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SFMOMA, with expansion"><img alt="SFMOMA, with expansion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/150px-San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/225px-San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/300px-San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>SFMOMA, with expansion</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Styrofoamhires.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Typical styrofoam pollution"><img alt="Typical styrofoam pollution" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Styrofoamhires.jpg/120px-Styrofoamhires.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Styrofoamhires.jpg/180px-Styrofoamhires.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Styrofoamhires.jpg/240px-Styrofoamhires.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Typical styrofoam pollution</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Stock value of Niantic during release of Pokémon GO"><img alt="Stock value of Niantic during release of Pokémon GO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png/120px-Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png/180px-Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png/240px-Nintendo_Stock_Value_July_2016.png 2x" data-file-width="1409" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Stock value of Niantic during release of Pokémon GO</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vinod_Khosla,_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vinod Khosla"><img alt="Vinod Khosla" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg/100px-Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg/150px-Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg/200px-Vinod_Khosla%2C_Web_2.0_Conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Vinod Khosla</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Millennium_Tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Millennium Tower, San Francisco"><img alt="Millennium Tower, San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Millennium_Tower.jpg/100px-Millennium_Tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Millennium_Tower.jpg/150px-Millennium_Tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Millennium_Tower.jpg/200px-Millennium_Tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Millennium Tower, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="European grapevine moth"><img alt="European grapevine moth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG/120px-Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG/180px-Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG/240px-Tortricidae_-_Lobesia_botrana.JPG 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="689" /></a><figcaption>European grapevine moth</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colin Kaepernick"><img alt="Colin Kaepernick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg/100px-Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg/150px-Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg/200px-Colin_Kaepernick_-_San_Francisco_vs_Green_Bay_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Colin Kaepernick</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dustin Moskovitz"><img alt="Dustin Moskovitz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg/120px-Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg/180px-Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg/240px-Dustin_Moskovitz_Headshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3765" data-file-height="3741" /></a><figcaption>Dustin Moskovitz</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Loma_Fire_201609026-0333PM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Loma Fire"><img alt="Loma Fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Loma_Fire_201609026-0333PM.jpg/120px-Loma_Fire_201609026-0333PM.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="nNew control tower at SFO"><img alt="nNew control tower at SFO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg/150px-SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg/225px-SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg/300px-SFO_-_New_Control_Tower_%26_A380.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5296" data-file-height="3531" /></a><figcaption>nNew control tower at SFO</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kearny_Street_(2588300082).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kearny Street, San Francisco"><img alt="Kearny Street, San 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decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Anti-Trump_Protest_San_Francisco.jpg/225px-Anti-Trump_Protest_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Anti-Trump_Protest_San_Francisco.jpg/300px-Anti-Trump_Protest_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Protesters against Donald Trump, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_warehouse_fire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oakland "Ghost Ship" warehouse fire"><img alt="Oakland "Ghost Ship" warehouse fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Oakland_warehouse_fire.jpg/100px-Oakland_warehouse_fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Uber_autonomous_vehicle_prototype_testing_in_San_Francisco.jpg/225px-Uber_autonomous_vehicle_prototype_testing_in_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Uber_autonomous_vehicle_prototype_testing_in_San_Francisco.jpg/300px-Uber_autonomous_vehicle_prototype_testing_in_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7366" data-file-height="4920" /></a><figcaption>Uber self driving car (October 2016)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#January" title="2016 in the United States">January</a> <ul><li>Researchers at the <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></b>, including <b><a href="/wiki/Peidong_Yang" title="Peidong Yang">Peidong Yang</a></b>, announce they were able to induce <i><a href="/wiki/Moorella_thermoacetica" title="Moorella thermoacetica">Moorella thermoacetica</a></i> to photosynthesize, despite its not being photosynthetic. It also synthesized semiconductor nanoparticles, thus using light to produce chemical products other than those produced in photosynthesis.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/01/01/how-to-train-your-bacterium/">[105]</a></li> <li>A federal court jury in San Francisco finds <b><a href="/wiki/Raymond_%22Shrimp_Boy%22_Chow" title="Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow">Raymond Chow Kwok-cheung</a></b> guilty of all 162 charges against him, including murder, after a five year long undercover federal operation <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Jury-reaches-verdict-in-Raymond-Shrimp-Boy-6745735.php">[106]</a></li> <li>William Del Monte, the last known survivor of the <b><a href="/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake" title="1906 San Francisco earthquake">1906 San Francisco earthquake</a></b>, dies in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a> at age 109 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-01-11/last-survivor-of-1906-san-francisco-earthquake-dies-at-109">[107]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Kantner" title="Paul Kantner">Paul Kantner</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, guitarist, vocalist and co-founder of <b><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane" title="Jefferson Airplane">Jefferson Airplane</a></b>, dies in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive" title="Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive">Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive</a></b> opens its new building to the public <i>(entrance pictured)</i><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://bampfa.org/event/community-day">[108]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#February" title="2016 in the United States">February</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a>, in <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a></b>, held at <b><a href="/wiki/Levi%27s_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a></b> <i>(halftime show pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Inc">Apple Inc</a></b> says it will not comply with an <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> request to provide unblocking software for an <a href="/wiki/IPhone#Encryption_and_Intelligence_agency_access" title="IPhone">IPhone</a> owned by one of the perpetrators of the <a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">2015 San Bernardino attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#March" title="2016 in the United States">March</a> <ul><li>An <b><a href="/wiki/Altamont_Corridor_Express" title="Altamont Corridor Express">Altamont Corridor Express</a></b> train derails in <b><a href="/wiki/Sunol,_California" title="Sunol, California">Sunol</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/07/us/ap-us-commuter-train-derails.html">[109]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bagdikian" title="Ben Bagdikian">Ben Bagdikian</a></b>, journalist, author, and dean emeritus at the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Graduate_School_of_Journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism">University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism</a></b>, dies in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ben-h-bagdikian-media-critic-and-journalist-with-key-role-in-pentagon-papers-case-dies-at-96/2016/03/11/9515bb8c-e7bb-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html">[110]</a></li> <li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley_Comic_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon Valley Comic Con">Silicon Valley Comic Con</a></b>, organized by <b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></b> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a>, is held at the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Convention_Center" title="San Jose Convention Center">San Jose Convention Center</a></b></li> <li>Former <b><a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></b> CEO and chairman <b><a href="/wiki/Andy_Grove" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy Grove">Andy Grove</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, one of the major figures in the growth of <b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></b>, dies</li> <li>The wreck of the <b><a href="/wiki/USS_Conestoga_(AT-54)" title="USS Conestoga (AT-54)">USS <i>Conestoga</i></a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is confirmed in the <b><a href="/wiki/Greater_Farallones_National_Marine_Sanctuary" title="Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary">Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary</a></b>, 95 years after it had gone missing</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> announces the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_3" title="Tesla Model 3">Model 3</a>, pre-orders of which reach 115,000 within 4 hours of the announcement <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-musk-model-3-orders-surpassed-115-000-within-24-hours-1459483890">[111]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#April" title="2016 in the United States">April</a> <ul><li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Tribune" title="Oakland Tribune">Oakland Tribune</a></b></i> ceases publication after 142 years, and is replaced by the <i><b><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_Times" title="East Bay Times">East Bay Times</a></b></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/As-Oakland-Tribune-disappears-a-city-mourns-its-7223729.php">[112]</a></li> <li>Hundreds of pages of <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b> records are released, showing a pattern of documented sexual harassment and firings of non-tenured staff <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/uc-berkeley-staff-sexual-harassment-scandal">[113]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a></b> passes a parental leave law requiring employers to offer six weeks of fully paid leave for new parents, the first city in the US to do so <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/05/san-francisco-passes-nations-most-generous-family-leave-law/82670058/">[114]</a></li> <li>The long closed <b><a href="/wiki/UC_Theatre" title="UC Theatre">UC Theatre</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley </a></b>, formerly a <a href="/wiki/Revival_house" title="Revival house">revival house</a> <a href="/wiki/Movie_theater" title="Movie theater">movie theater</a>, reopens as a <a href="/wiki/Music_venue" title="Music venue">music venue</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dailycal.org/2016/04/07/setting-the-stage-uc-theatre-re-opens-with-focus-on-community-involvement/">[115]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> win against the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, their 73rd win of the season, breaking the previous <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> record, held by the 1995-96 <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, for the most victories in a single season <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/sports/basketball/golden-state-warriors-set-record-for-most-victories-in-a-season.html?_r=0">[116]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a></b> founder and philanthropist <b><a href="/wiki/Sean_Parker" title="Sean Parker">Sean Parker</a></b> donates $250 million to create the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, with funds going to over 300 scientists at 40 laboratories, in 6 institutions, including the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at San Francisco">University of California at San Francisco</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/04/13/250-million-300-scientists-and-40-labs-sean-parkers-revolutionary-project-to-solve-cancer/">[117]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a></b> passes a law requiring all new buildings below 10 stories to have rooftop <a href="/wiki/Solar_panel" title="Solar panel">solar panels</a>, making it the <b><a href="/wiki/History_of_San_Francisco#2010s" title="History of San Francisco">first major US city to do so</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/474969107/san-francisco-requires-new-buildings-to-install-solar-panels">[118]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Weill" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanford Weill">Sanford and Joan Weill</a> donate $185 million to the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">University of California, San Francisco</a></b> to create the Weill Institute for Neurosciences <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/business/dealbook/sanford-weilland-his-wifedonate-185-million-to-uc-san-francisco.html?_r=0">[119]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#May" title="2016 in the United States">May</a> <ul><li>A poll of 1,000 people, by the <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Council" title="Bay Area Council">Bay Area Council</a></b>, showed that 34 percent are considering leaving the area, due primarily to the high costs of living and housing, and traffic <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29837065/one-third-bay-area-residents-hope-leave-soon">[120]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> tests <a href="/wiki/Garlic_fries" class="mw-redirect" title="Garlic fries">garlic fries</a> at four restaurants in the <b><a href="/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">South Bay</a></b>, using locally grown garlic from <b><a href="/wiki/Gilroy,_California" title="Gilroy, California">Gilroy</a></b> <i>(<b><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Biersch_Brewing_Company" title="Gordon Biersch Brewing Company">Gordon Biersch Brewing Company</a></b> garlic fries pictured)</i><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://time.com/4316105/mcdonalds-testing-garlic-fries/">[121]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>'</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is named <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA MVP</a>, in their first unanimous vote <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/curry-mvp-20160510">[122]</a></li> <li>It is revealed that the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> hid microphones outside an Oakland <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County_Superior_Court" title="Alameda County Superior Court">Alameda County Superior Court</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_C._Davidson_Courthouse" title="René C. Davidson Courthouse"><b>building</b></a> <i>(pictured)</i>, between March 2010 and January 2011, as part of an investigation into bid rigging and fraud by <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></b> real estate investors, this done without a warrant <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/13/hidden-microphones-exposed-as-part-of-government-surveillance-program-in-the-bay-area/">[123]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="San Francisco Museum of Modern Art">San Francisco Museum of Modern Art</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> reopens after the completion of a two-and-a-half-year expansion, by architecture firm <a href="/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)" title="Snøhetta (company)">Snøhetta</a>, more than doubling the gallery space <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sfmoma.org/press/release/expanded-and-transformed-sfmoma/">[124]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfmoma.org/our_expansion">[125]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_California" title="Pittsburg, California">Pittsburg</a></b> moves to install surveillance cameras along <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_4" title="California State Route 4">California State Route 4</a></b>, in response to a series of 20 freeway shootings in the area that have taken the lives of six people, and injured 11, in the past year <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/highway-716226-city-california.html">[126]</a></li> <li>Scientists find evidence of <a href="/wiki/Methanogen" title="Methanogen">methane-producing microbes</a> in water coming from underground at The Cedars, freshwater springs along <b><a href="/wiki/Austin_Creek" title="Austin Creek">Austin Creek</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></b>, the first time these <a href="/wiki/Methanogen" title="Methanogen">methanogens</a> that <a href="/wiki/Extremophiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Extremophiles">thrive in harsh environments</a> have been discovered beyond the ocean floor <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160524123447.htm">[127]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a></b> win against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2016 Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup ice hockey playoffs</a>, advancing them to the <a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2016 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>, their first trip to the finals since their founding in 1991</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Police">San Francisco Police</a></b> Chief Greg Suhr resigns after the officer-involved shooting death of a woman <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Police-Chief-Greg-Suhr-resigns-after-killing-of-7758122.php">[128]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> beat <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NBA Playoffs">National Basketball Association Playoffs</a>, and advance to the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">NBA Finals</a> for the second year in a row <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2016/05/30/thunder-warriors-game-7-nba-playoffs/85177778/">[129]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#June" title="2016 in the United States">June</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Restoration_Authority" title="San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority">San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority</a>'s</b> ballot measure, the San Francisco Bay Clean Water, Pollution Prevention, and Habitat Restoration Program, passes with 2/3 of the vote in the 9 Bay Area counties, providing $500 million in funding for wetland restoration and other projects <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Bay-restoration-Measure-AA-passing-in-early-7969468.php">[130]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Protests_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016#2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Protests of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016">Protesters attack Trump supporters</a></b> at a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> campaign stop in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b>, leaving one supporter bloodied after having their head bludgeoned <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/anti-trump-protesters-attacked-all-of-us-in-san-jose/485444/">[131]</a></li> <li>Public protest erupts over <b><a href="/wiki/People_v._Turner" title="People v. Turner">the sentencing</a></b> of former <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> swimmer Brock Turner, <b><a href="/wiki/People_v._Turner" title="People v. Turner">convicted of three charges</a></b> of felony <a href="/wiki/Sexual_assault" title="Sexual assault">sexual assault</a>, to six months of jail and three years of probation, by <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_Superior_Court" title="Santa Clara County Superior Court">Santa Clara County Superior Court</a></b> judge <b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Persky" title="Aaron Persky">Aaron Persky</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-Stanford-swimmer-to-serve-6-months-in-7960806.php">[132]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Police_Department" title="Oakland Police Department">Oakland Police Department</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Oakland_Police_Department" title="Chief of the Oakland Police Department">chief</a></b> Sean Whent steps down, while the department is being investigated for an alleged sex scandal possibly involving an underage girl, following the suicide of one officer associated with the scandal <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.eastbaytimes.com/my-town/ci_29999772/oakland-police-chief-whent-steps-down">[133]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b> mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Libby_Schaaf" title="Libby Schaaf">Libby Schaaf</a></b> appoints <a href="/wiki/City_Administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="City Administrator">City Administrator</a> Sabrina Landreth as head of the <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Police_Department" title="Oakland Police Department">Oakland Police Department</a></b>, putting it under civilian control, after 3 <b><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Oakland_Police_Department" title="Chief of the Oakland Police Department">police chiefs</a></b> resign within 9 days, while the department is under multiple investigations <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oakland-chief-figueroa-out-20160617-snap-story.html">[134]</a></li> <li>In San Francisco's highly volatile housing market, a <b><a href="/wiki/North_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="North Beach, San Francisco">North Beach</a></b> resident's rent is increased by 344%, from $1,800 a month to $8,000, with him facing eviction for nonpayment <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/San-Francisco-rent-increase-North-Beach-tenant-400-8325864.php">[135]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_City_Council" title="Oakland City Council">Oakland City Council</a></b> votes unanimously to ban the handling of <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coke_(fuel)" title="Coke (fuel)">coke</a> at the city’s shipping and storage facilities, including the as yet unfinished <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Oakland" title="Port of Oakland"><b>Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal</b></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/oakland-officials-vote-to-ban-coal-handling-and-storage-at-new-shipping-terminal-1467106207">[136]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> researchers, including study co-author <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Jackson_(earth_scientist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Jackson (earth scientist) (page does not exist)">Robert Jackson</a></b>, find evidence for new <a href="/wiki/Groundwater" title="Groundwater">groundwater</a> in the <a href="/wiki/California_Central_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="California Central Valley">California Central Valley</a>, tripling the previous estimates for deep <a href="/wiki/Aquifer" title="Aquifer">aquifer</a> reserves in the region <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-water-20160627-snap-story.html">[137]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Stompers" title="Sonoma Stompers">Sonoma Stompers</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> team add two female players to their roster, outfielder-pitcher Kelsie Whitmore and infielder Stacy Piagno, the first women to play professional baseball for a mixed-gender team in the US since the 1950s <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/5789822-181/sonoma-stompers-adding-2-women">[138]</a></li> <li>San Francisco bans the sale of products made from <a href="/wiki/Expanded_polystyrene" class="mw-redirect" title="Expanded polystyrene">expanded polystyrene</a> <i>(typical pollution pictured)</i>, including packing material, buoys and cups, the most stringent ban on <a href="/wiki/Styrofoam" title="Styrofoam">Styrofoam</a>-type plastics in the US <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/san-francisco-enacts-broad-ban-foam-cups-coolers-40457971">[139]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#July" title="2016 in the United States">July</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Augmented_reality" title="Augmented reality">augmented reality</a> mobile game <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go" title="Pokémon Go">Pokémon GO</a>, developed by San Francisco-based <b><a href="/wiki/Niantic,_Inc." title="Niantic, Inc.">Niantic, Inc.</a></b> <i>(stock value at release pictured)</i>, is published by <a href="/wiki/The_Pok%C3%A9mon_Company" title="The Pokémon Company">The Pokémon Company</a>, reaching 15 million downloads within one week <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cnet.com/news/pokemon-go-catches-15-million-users/">[140]</a></li> <li>More than 140 <b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></b> technology figures, including <b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Khosla" title="Vinod Khosla">Vinod Khosla</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, and <b><a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></b> co-founder <b><a href="/wiki/Evan_Williams_(Internet_entrepreneur)" title="Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur)">Evan Williams</a></b>, sign a statement opposing <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>’s campaign for the presidency, saying it will potentially have a negative impact on innovation <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/technology/silicon-valley-writes-a-protest-letter-against-trump.html?_r=0">[141]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon Communications</a> announces their intent to acquire <b><a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo's</a></b> internet business for <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>4.8 billion <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/yahoo-sale.html">[142]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#August" title="2016 in the United States">August</a> <ul><li>The San Francisco <b><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)" title="Millennium Tower (San Francisco)">Millennium Tower</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is found to have sunk 16 inches since construction, and is tilting 2 inches towards the northwest <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-landmark-tower-for-rich-and-famous-is-8896563.php?t=1ef0887a20">[143]</a></li> <li>California declares that <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County</a></b>, and California, are free of the invasive species <i><b><a href="/wiki/Lobesia_botrana" title="Lobesia botrana">Lobesia botrana</a></b></i> <i>(pictured)</i>, known as the "European grapevine moth", with no moths found since June 2014 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-and-california-declared-free-of-vine-harming-pest/article_a1ef66dc-c40d-56df-80b3-9a0abdca69e4.html">[144]</a></li> <li>A statue of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> is unveiled outside the <b><a href="/wiki/Fairmont_San_Francisco" title="Fairmont San Francisco">Fairmont Hotel</a></b>, the venue at which he first sang "<b><a href="/wiki/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco" title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco">I Left My Heart in San Francisco</a></b>" in 1961 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/San-Francisco-to-honor-Tony-Bennett-with-statue-9172361.php">[145]</a></li> <li>Governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> signs legislation banning the use of state transportation funds for new coal export terminals, in response to a developer's failed proposal to build a coal terminal at the <b><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Oakland" title="Port of Oakland">Port of Oakland</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4283673-155/california-governor-signs-bill-banning-coal-export">[146]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> quarterback <b><a href="/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick" title="Colin Kaepernick">Colin Kaepernick</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> refuses to stand for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_anthem" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national anthem">national anthem</a> at a preseason football game, in protest of <a href="/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States">police brutality</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States" title="Racism in the United States">racism in the United States</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/sports/football/colin-kaepernicks-anthem-protest-underlines-union-of-sports-and-patriotism.html">[147]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#September" title="2016 in the United States">September</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley, California">Napa Valley</a>'s</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Margrit_Mondavi" title="Margrit Mondavi">Margrit Mondavi</a></b>, the widow of wine pioneer <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mondavi" title="Robert Mondavi">Robert Mondavi</a></b>, and advocate for the culture of the region, dies at her home in Napa at age 91 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-margrit-mondovi-20160903-snap-story.html">[148]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></b> co-founder <b><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz" title="Dustin Moskovitz">Dustin Moskovitz</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> donates $20 million to a number of elections organizations, with the express purpose of supporting <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> candidates and issues, and defeating <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, making him the 3rd largest donor in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 United States Presidential election">2016 campaigns</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/facebook-cofounder-gift-democrats/">[149]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Bay,_California" title="Discovery Bay, California">Discovery Bay</a></b> former realtor Marco Gutierrez, the co-founder of Latinos for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>, says to <a href="/wiki/Joy_Reid" title="Joy Reid">Joy Reid</a> on <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> that Mexican culture in the US is "dominant" and that “If you don’t do something about it, you’re going to have <a href="/wiki/Taco_trucks_on_every_corner" title="Taco trucks on every corner">taco trucks on every corner</a>" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/09/02/taco-trucks-on-every-corner-latino-bay-area-trump-supporters-warning-goes-viral/">[150]</a></li> <li>Influential San Francisco political activist and broker <b><a href="/wiki/Rose_Pak" title="Rose Pak">Rose Pak</a></b>, an advocate for the <b><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown community</a></b>, dies in San Francisco <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-19/news/24011467_1_free-e-editions-sfgly-subscribers">[151]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative" title="Chan Zuckerberg Initiative">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a></b> announces a new science program, Chan Zuckerberg Science, with $3 billion in investment over the next decade, with the goal of helping to cure, manage, or prevent all disease by the year 2100. $600 million is to be spent on Biohub, a location in San Francisco's <b><a href="/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco" title="Mission Bay, San Francisco">Mission Bay District</a></b> near the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">University of California, San Francisco</a></b><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/technology/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-3-billion-pledge-fight-disease.html?_r=0">[152]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/21/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-announces-investment-to-cure-disease/">[153]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sawmill_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sawmill Fire">Sawmill Fire</a></b> breaks out in rural <b><a href="/wiki/Cloverdale,_California" title="Cloverdale, California">Cloverdale</a></b>, near <b><a href="/wiki/The_Geysers" title="The Geysers">The Geysers</a></b>, in <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Evacuations-ordered-as-Sawmill-Fire-in-Sonoma-9283782.php">[154]</a>, followed by the <b><a href="/wiki/Loma_Fire" title="Loma Fire">Loma Fire</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains" title="Santa Cruz Mountains">Santa Cruz Mountains</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Cal-Fire-Responding-to-Fire-in-Santa-Cruz-Mountains-394872431.html">[155]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients</a> are announced, including <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> bioengineering professor and inventor <b><a href="/wiki/Manu_Prakash" title="Manu Prakash">Manu Prakash</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> graphic novelist <b><a href="/wiki/Gene_Luen_Yang" title="Gene Luen Yang">Gene Luen Yang</a></b>, and San Francisco sculptor <b><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Fecteau" title="Vincent Fecteau">Vincent Fecteau</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/class-2016/">[156]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a></b> passes a law, authored by <b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wiener" title="Scott Wiener">Scott Wiener</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_San_Francisco#After_2000_-_same-sex_marriage_and_Trans_awareness" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in San Francisco">barring the city from doing business</a></b> with companies that have a home base in states such as <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>, that forbid civil rights protections for <a href="/wiki/Lesbian,_gay,_bisexual_and_transgender" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender">lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender</a> people <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2016/09/29/san-francisco-anti-lgbt-states.html">[157]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#October" title="2016 in the United States">October</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Theranos" title="Theranos">Theranos</a></b> announces it will close its laboratory operations, shutter its wellness centers and lay off around 40 percent of its work force, while focusing on an initiative to create miniature medical testing machines <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/business/theranos-to-close-labs-and-lay-off-340-workers.html">[158]</a></li> <li>Researchers led by <b><a href="/wiki/Ali_Javey" title="Ali Javey">Ali Javey</a></b>, including <b><a href="/wiki/Chenming_Hu" title="Chenming Hu">Chenming Hu</a></b>, at the <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></b> announce the creation of a transistor with a working 1-<a href="/wiki/Nanometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanometer">nanometer</a> <a href="/wiki/Gate_(transistor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gate (transistor)">gate</a>, the smallest transistor reported to date <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/10/06/smallest-transistor-1-nm-gate/">[159]</a></li> <li>A new California law, authored by <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">Assemblywoman</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Nora_Campos" title="Nora Campos">Nora Campos</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, will allow San Jose to be the first California city to create <a href="/wiki/Tiny_house_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiny house movement">"tiny homes"</a> for the homeless, bypassing some state building codes <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/07/san-jose-new-law-would-make-city-first-to-allow-tiny-homes-for-homeless/">[160]</a></li> <li>The new <a href="/wiki/Control_tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Control tower">control tower</a> <i>(pictured)</i> at <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a></b> (SFO) begins operating <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-International-Cuts-the-Ribbon-on-New-Air-Traffic-Control-Tower-396720451.html">[161]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/US_Justice_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="US Justice Department">US Justice Department</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Community_Oriented_Policing_Services" title="Community Oriented Policing Services">Office of Community Oriented Policing Services</a> releases a 432 page report stating that the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a></b> stops and searches African Americans at a higher rate than other groups, and inadequately investigates officers use of force. The report details "numerous indicators of implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups," with a large majority of suspects killed by police being people of color <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-report-blasts-san-francisco-police/2016/10/12/becb841c-90a2-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop_b">[162]</a></li> <li><b>Peninsula Clean Energy</b> begins providing electricity to 20 percent of residential customers in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></b>, all municipalities, and all small- to mid-size businesses, as a <a href="/wiki/Community_Choice_Aggregation" title="Community Choice Aggregation">Community Choice Aggregation</a> program, an alternative to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Gas and Electric">Pacific Gas and Electric</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/02/san-mateo-county-ditches-pge-starts-buying-cheaper-greener-energy/">[163]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells Fargo</a></b> chairman and CEO John Stumpf announces he will retire, shortly after the bank is issued $185 million in fines for creating over 1.5 million checking and savings accounts and 500,000 credit cards that its customers never authorized. This includes $100 million in fines from the <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" title="Consumer Financial Protection Bureau">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a>, the largest in the agency's history <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/08/wells-fargo-fined-185m-over-unauthorized-accounts/90003212/">[164]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> posts a profitable quarter, their first in 8 quarters, defying industry expectations <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/tesla-s-rare-profit-delivers-pie-musk-ordered-for-his-skeptics">[165]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#November" title="2016 in the United States">November</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland%E2%80%93Hayward,_CA_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area">San Francisco - Oakland Metropolitan Region</a></b> has the worst road conditions of any major US metropolitan area (71% rated "poor"), with the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa_Clara,_CA_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area">San Jose region</a></b> rated third nationwide (59%) <i>(street in San Francisco pictured)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Area-Home-to-Roughest-Roads-in-United-States-399488851.html">[166]</a></li> <li>The nine Bay Area counties all vote overwhelmingly for <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> for president, from 62% (<b><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a></b>) to 85% (<b>San Francisco</b>) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/election-results/">[167]</a></li> <li>Hundreds of people turn out in San Francisco <i>(pictured)</i>, <b><a href="/wiki/2016_Oakland_riots" title="2016 Oakland riots">Oakland</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b>, protesting the election of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> to the presidency, blocking freeways, lighting fires and chanting, "Not our president" and "Fuck Trump" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Protests-Erupt-in-Bay-Area-After-Trumps-Presidential-Victory-400509211.html">[168]</a></li> <li>Half the students at <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_High_School_(Berkeley,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California)">Berkeley High School</a></b>, as well as students at <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Technical_High_School" title="Oakland Technical High School">Oakland Technical High School</a></b>, Oakland's <b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_O%27Dowd_High_School" title="Bishop O'Dowd High School">Bishop O'Dowd High School</a></b>, and high schools in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Walk_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Walk out">walk out</a> of classes the morning after Donald Trump is elected president <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Berkeley-High-School-Walks-Out-After-Donald-Trump-Named-President-400558221.html">[169]</a></li> <li>The cities of San Francisco, <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Albany,_California" title="Albany, California">Albany</a></b> pass 1 cent/ounce <a href="/wiki/Soda_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Soda tax">soda taxes</a>, to combat health risks from excessive sugar consumption <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/09/501472007/souring-on-sweet-voters-in-4-cities-pass-soda-tax-measures">[170]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protests_against_Donald_Trump" title="Protests against Donald Trump">Protesters against President-Elect Donald Trump</a> join hands around <b><a href="/wiki/Lake_Merritt" title="Lake Merritt">Lake Merritt</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/news/peaceful-anti-trump-demonstrators-march-through-oakland/1605265/">[171]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lee_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Lee (politician)">Ed Lee</a></b> declares that San Francisco will remain a <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary city</a>, in response to the election of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> as president, stating, "I know that there are a lot of people who are angry and frustrated and fearful, but our city's never been about that. We have been and always have been a city of refuge, a city of sanctuary, a city of love." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.kcra.com/article/san-francisco-vows-to-remain-sanctuary-city/8289059">[172]</a></li> <li>With the approval of both company's shareholders, <b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> will merge with <b><a href="/wiki/SolarCity" title="SolarCity">SolarCity</a></b>, which will expedite <b><a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a>'s</b> plans to introduce solar roofing tiles to integrate with home automobile charging <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/business/dealbook/tesla-and-solarcity-shareholders-approve-merger.html?_r=0">[173]</a></li> <li>An American-born, non-Muslim woman in <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></b>, finds a note on her car, reading “Hijab wearing bitch this is our nation now get the fuck out", after making a <a href="/wiki/Peace_walk" title="Peace walk">peace walk</a> to the top of <b><a href="/wiki/Mission_Peak" title="Mission Peak">Mission Peak</a></b>, where presumably the note writer had observed her wearing a head scarf, which she wears to protect her scalp from the sun, due to having <a href="/wiki/Lupus" title="Lupus">Lupus</a>. The incident is part of a wave of 437 incidents of hateful intimidation or harassment, since the presidential election, according to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center" title="Southern Poverty Law Center">Southern Poverty Law Center</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/This-is-Our-Nation-Now-Get-the-F----Out-Anti-Muslim-Mexican-Notes-Left-in-Fremont-Campbell-401491465.html">[174]</a></li> <li>During a concert at the <b><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center at San Jose</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> is booed by shoe-throwing fans, as he goes on a political tirade, including stating that he had not voted in the presidential election, but that “If I would have voted, I would have voted for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/18/kanye-west-would-have-voted-for-trump/">[175]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> teacher and transgender activist Dana Rivers (formerly David Warfield), who made headlines in 1999 for fighting unsuccessfully to keep a teaching position in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> after sharing her transition with her high school students, is arrested in <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b>, charged with the murders of 3 acquaintances: married couple Patricia Wright and Charlotte Reed, and their 19 year old son, Toto Diambu-Wright <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/11/17/oakland-triple-murder-suspect-was-admired-educator-transgender-activist/">[176]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/news/woman-charged-with-murdering-3-people-in-oakland-/1611096/">[177]</a></li> <li>Robert P. Goldman, professor of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> at the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b>, publishes the 7th and final volume of his translation of the <a href="/wiki/Critical_edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Critical edition">critical edition</a> of <a href="/wiki/Valmiki" title="Valmiki">Valmikis</a> epic poem, the <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i>, one of the foundational texts in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">history of India</a>, with core themes dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period">Vedic period</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dailycal.org/2016/11/20/uc-berkeley-researchers-complete-decades-long-translation-project/">[178]</a></li> <li>Copies of an <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">anti-Muslim</a> letter are sent to the Evergreen Islamic Center in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b>, and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Center">Islamic Centers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claremont,_California" title="Claremont, California">Claremont</a>, reading, in part, "Your day of reckoning has arrived, there’s a new sheriff in town — President Donald Trump. He’s going to cleanse America and make it shine again. And, he’s going to start with you Muslims... [he is] going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the jews [sic].” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mosque-letters-trump-20161126-story.html">[179]</a></li> <li>A liberal household in <b><a href="/wiki/Concord,_California" title="Concord, California">Concord</a></b> is targeted at night by vandals, who plant 56 United States flags defaced with <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">pro-Trump</a> remarks such as "<a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump#U.S.–Mexico_border_wall_proposal" title="Political positions of Donald Trump">Build The Damn Wall</a>" and "I Luv The Donald", and who then cut the house's power, causing a loud explosion <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Concord-Familys-Home-Vandalized-With-Pro-Trump-Flags-403177776.html">[180]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Municipal_Transportation_Agency" title="San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency">San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency</a></b> is hit by <a href="/wiki/Hacker" title="Hacker">hackers</a>, using <a href="/wiki/Ransomware" title="Ransomware">ransomware</a>, demanding $70,000 in <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">bitcoins</a>, with fare machines reading “OUT OF SERVICE”, resulting in passengers riding for free <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/28/san-franciscos-light-rail-system-was-held-hostage-by-hackers/">[181]</a></li> <li>San Francisco area activist <b><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Lee_Johnson" title="Gregory Lee Johnson">Gregory Lee Johnson</a></b>, the defendant in the landmark 1989 <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> decision <a href="/wiki/Texas_v._Johnson" title="Texas v. Johnson">Texas v. Johnson</a> abolishing laws against flag burning on free speech grounds, declares that <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> is "using the bully pulpit for fascism and forced patriotism", after Trump tweets "Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/flag-burner-trump-fascist-free-speech-article-1.2891612">[182]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_States#December" title="2016 in the United States">December</a> <ul><li>A <b><a href="/wiki/2016_Oakland_warehouse_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Oakland warehouse fire">fire at an Oakland warehouse</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, which was hosting a music event, kills 36 people, the deadliest fire in <a href="/wiki/History_of_Oakland,_California" title="History of Oakland, California">Oakland history</a>.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Death-toll-from-Oakland-warehouse-fire-rises-to-36-10691827.php">[183]</a></li> <li>The Biomimetic Millisystems Lab at the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b> designs a wall-jumping robot, called Salto (Latin for jump), modelled after the <a href="/wiki/Galago" title="Galago">galago</a>, and which is described as the most vertically agile robot ever built <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/12/06/wall-jumping-robot-is-most-vertically-agile-ever-built/">[184]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/uc-berkeley-salto-is-the-most-agile-jumping-robot-ever">[185]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/12/07/this-adorable-jumping-robot-is-totally-off-wall.html">[186]</a></li> <li>John Stewart, chief judge at the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Superior_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Superior Court">San Francisco Superior Court</a></b>, discards 66,000 arrest warrants for criminal infractions, like sleeping on the sidewalk, public urination and public drunkenness, stating "You’re putting somebody in jail because they’re poor and can’t pay a fine. We got a lot of criticism, but we thought it was the right thing to do.” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-judge-explains-why-66-000-arrest-warrants-10645460.php">[187]</a></li> <li>More than 300 <b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></b> technology company employees sign a letter <a href="/wiki/Never_Again_pledge" title="Never Again pledge">declaring they will not help build a registry</a>, for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump Administration</a>, to be used to track <a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslims in the United States">Muslims in the United States</a>, stating "We refuse to build a database of people based on their Constitutionally-protected religious beliefs. We refuse to facilitate mass deportations of people the government believes to be undesirable" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/13/tech-workers-vow-not-build-trump-muslim-registry/95407242/">[188]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a></b> rolls out <a href="/wiki/Self-driving_car" title="Self-driving car">self-driving cars</a> <i>(test vehicle pictured)</i> in San Francisco, its headquarter city, and is almost immediately ordered to stop the service by the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Motor_Vehicles" title="California Department of Motor Vehicles">California Department of Motor Vehicles</a>, which cited it as illegal until an autonomous vehicle testing permit is acquired <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/uber-self-driving-car-san-francisco.html?_r=0">[189]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yahoo" title="Yahoo">Yahoo</a></b> reports that hackers had, in 2013, stolen data on more than 1 billion user accounts, the largest hack worldwide to date <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/14/yahoo-hit-with-new-data-breach-of-a-billion-user-accounts/">[190]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple,_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple, Inc">Apple</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Uber_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uber (company)">Uber</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></b> all <a href="/wiki/Never_Again_pledge" title="Never Again pledge">declare that they will not support the development</a> of a "<a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslims in the United States">Muslim registry</a>" as proposed by President-Elect <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/16/13990234/google-muslim-registry-refusal-donald-trump-silicon-valley">[191]</a></li> <li>Scientists at <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> and the <b><a href="/wiki/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory" title="SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory">SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory</a></b> create the worlds thinnest wire, 3 atoms thick, using <a href="/wiki/Diamondoids" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamondoids">diamondoids</a> to aid the manufacturing process <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://phys.org/news/2016-12-world-smallest-diamonds-wires-atoms.html">[192]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2015"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/171" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/171">2015</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Patch_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department.png/135px-Patch_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Patch_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department.png/180px-Patch_of_the_San_Francisco_Police_Department.png 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="689" /></a><figcaption>SFPD insignia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Independence_(CVL-22)_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_(80-G-74436).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Independence in the San Francisco Bay"><img alt="USS Independence in the San Francisco Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg/90px-USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg/135px-USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg/180px-USS_Independence_%28CVL-22%29_in_San_Francisco_Bay_on_15_July_1943_%2880-G-74436%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5320" data-file-height="3990" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Independence</i> in the San Francisco Bay</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Curry_(16640524995).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Curry in 2015"><img alt="Stephen Curry in 2015" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg/80px-Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg/120px-Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg/160px-Stephen_Curry_%2816640524995%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1281" data-file-height="1811" /></a><figcaption>Stephen Curry in 2015</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Next_Thing_Co._logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Next Thing Co. logo"><img alt="Next Thing Co. logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Next_Thing_Co._logo.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="45" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="43" /></a><figcaption>Next Thing Co. logo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wragg Fire"><img alt="Wragg Fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/350px-2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/525px-2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/700px-2015_Wragg_Fire_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1945" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Wragg Fire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tesla_Model_X_front_view_(16042113157).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tesla Model X"><img alt="Tesla Model X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg/150px-Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg/225px-Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg/300px-Tesla_Model_X_front_view_%2816042113157%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Tesla Model X</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Condor Club"><img alt="Condor Club" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg/150px-Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg/225px-Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg/300px-Condor_Club_North_Beach1973.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3104" data-file-height="1927" /></a><figcaption>Condor Club</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ian Murdock (2008)"><img alt="Ian Murdock (2008)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg/150px-Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg/225px-Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg/300px-Ian_Murdock_interview_at_Holiday_Club_hotel_2008_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3474" data-file-height="2314" /></a><figcaption>Ian Murdock (2008)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States" title="2015 in the United States">January</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_genomics" title="Personal genomics">Personal genomics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a> company <b><a href="/wiki/23andMe" title="23andMe">23andMe</a></b> announces a $60 million investment by <b><a href="/wiki/Genentech" title="Genentech">Genentech</a></b> for <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's</a> research<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/23andMe-and-Genentech-in-deal-to-research-5997703.php">[193]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a></b> closes to automobile traffic for the first time in its history, in order to install a <a href="/wiki/Barrier_transfer_machine" title="Barrier transfer machine">mobile concrete median</a> <i>(pictured)</i></li> <li>Birds coated with an unidentified sticky grey substance are found along the eastern shore of <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></b>, and are sent to <b><a href="/wiki/International_Bird_Rescue" title="International Bird Rescue">International Bird Rescue</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield</a> for cleanup efforts <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Number-of-birds-coated-with-mystery-goo-shoots-up-6025502.php#/0">[194]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> announces the creation of the <b><a href="/wiki/Ford_Research_and_Innovation_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Research and Innovation Center">Ford Research and Innovation Center</a></b>, located in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California"><b>Palo Alto</b></a> <i>(logo pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Eagle_Refinery" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Eagle Refinery">Tesoro refinery</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Martinez,_California" title="Martinez, California">Martinez</a></b> closes due to a strike affecting nine refineries in the US <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://news.yahoo.com/u-refinery-strike-enters-18th-day-talks-restart-172137492--finance.html">[195]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#February" title="2015 in the United States">February</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a> announces that due to the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9314_North_American_drought" class="mw-redirect" title="2012–14 North American drought">ongoing California drought</a>, San Francisco received no January rainfall for the first time in 165 years. The Bay Area had the driest January on record.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-francisco-no-rain-january-california-drought-20150201-story.html">[196]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/UCSF_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="UCSF Medical Center">University of California, San Francisco Medical Center</a></b> opens a new hospital in the <b><a href="/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco" title="Mission Bay, San Francisco">Mission Bay district</a></b> of San Francisco <i>(construction pictured)</i></li> <li>President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> attends the <a href="/w/index.php?title=White_House_Cybersecurity_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White House Cybersecurity Summit (page does not exist)">White House Cybersecurity Summit</a> at <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/02/13/obama-cybersecurity-summit-stanford/23328123/">[197]</a></li> <li>San Francisco resident Christie White, battling cancer, sues the state of California for the right to die at home, by <a href="/wiki/Physician_assisted_suicide" class="mw-redirect" title="Physician assisted suicide">physician assisted suicide</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/12/us/california-right-to-die-lawsuit/">[198]</a></li> <li>Shipowners at the <b><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Oakland" title="Port of Oakland">Port of Oakland</a></b> suspend the unloading of container and other cargo ships, due to a <a href="/wiki/Slowdown" title="Slowdown">slowdown</a> during contract negotiations with the <b><a href="/wiki/International_Longshore_and_Warehouse_Union" title="International Longshore and Warehouse Union">International Longshore and Warehouse Union</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/us/west-coast-labor-dispute-brings-crippling-delays-to-seaports.html">[199]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/UCSF_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="UCSF Medical Center">UCSF Medical Center</a></b> receives a philanthropic donation of $100 million from <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Feeney" title="Chuck Feeney">Chuck Feeney</a>, the largest gift by an individual in the history of the UC system. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ksbw.com/money/university-of-california-san-francisco-receives-100m-gift/31363462">[200]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Avaya_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Avaya Stadium">Avaya Stadium</a></b>, the new home of the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes" title="San Jose Earthquakes">San Jose Earthquakes</a></b> soccer team, stages its first Earthquakes soccer game</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#March" title="2015 in the United States">March</a> <ul><li>Scientists <i>(pictured)</i> at the <b><a href="/wiki/Ames_Research_Center" title="Ames Research Center">Ames Research Center</a></b> announce they have synthesized "...<a href="/wiki/Uracil" title="Uracil">uracil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cytosine" title="Cytosine">cytosine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thymine" title="Thymine">thymine</a>, all three components of <a href="/wiki/RNA" title="RNA">RNA</a> and <a href="/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a>, non-biologically in a laboratory under conditions found in space." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/05/nasa-scientists-create-ingredients-of-life-in-simulated-space-conditions/">[201]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">Patrick Willis</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> for eight years with the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b>, retires at age 30 due to a foot injury</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Healthcare_Services" title="Prime Healthcare Services">Prime Healthcare Services</a> rejects an offer to purchase <b><a href="/wiki/Daly_City,_California" title="Daly City, California">Daly City's</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Seton_Medical_Center" title="Seton Medical Center">Seton Medical Center</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose's</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/O%27Connor_Hospital" title="O'Connor Hospital">O'Connor Hospital</a></b> from the <a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Charity_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Daughters of Charity Health System">Daughters of Charity Health System</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Geological_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Geological Survey">U.S. Geological Survey</a> report, "Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast", estimates there is a 72 percent chance that a magnitude-6.7 or larger quake will strike the Bay Area before the year 2044 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27686200/big-bay-area-quake-two-three-chance-next">[202]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/College_of_Environmental_Design,_UC_Berkeley" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley">College of Environmental Design</a></b> at <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">UC Berkeley</a></b> unveils a 9' high <a href="/wiki/3D_printing" title="3D printing">3D printed</a> sculpture, entitled "Bloom", the first printed structure of its type.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/06/researchers-at-uc-berkeley-create-bloom-first-ever-3-d-printed-cement-structure-that-stands-9-feet-tall/">[203]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-3d-printed-building-made-from-powdered-cement-unveiled-at-uc-berkeley/3d-printed-bloom-pavilion-ronald-rael-uc-berkeley-15/?extend=1">[204]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2015/03/150306-Print-it-Real-Good-First-powder-based-3D-Print-Cement-Structure-unveiled-at-UC-Berkeley.asp">[205]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> more than doubles the size of the <b><a href="/wiki/Cordell_Bank_National_Marine_Sanctuary" title="Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary">Cordell Bank</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_the_Farallones_National_Marine_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary">Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuaries</a></b> <i>(underwater topography pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a></b> relocates its headquarters from the Hall of Justice to a new facility at <a href="/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco" title="Mission Bay, San Francisco">Mission Bay</a> <i>(insignia pictured)</i></li> <li>Lawyer and <b><a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a></b> executive <b><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Pao" title="Ellen Pao">Ellen Pao</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Pao_v._Kleiner_Perkins" title="Pao v. Kleiner Perkins">loses in a gender discrimination lawsuit</a></b> against Silicon Valley <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> firm <b><a href="/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers">Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#April" title="2015 in the United States">April</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a> reports that San Francisco has the wealthiest people, in the top 5% of its population, of any major U.S. city, and the fastest growing income inequality<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-s-richest-are-wealthiest-in-the-land-6165435.php">[206]</a></li> <li>Governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> imposes mandatory water rationing for the first time in state history, requiring all local water supply agencies, including the <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County_Water_District" title="Alameda County Water District">Alameda County</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Marin_Municipal_Water_District" title="Marin Municipal Water District">Marin</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County_Water_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonoma County Water Agency">Sonoma</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley_Water_District" title="Santa Clara Valley Water District">Santa Clara Valley Water Districts</a></b>, reduce water use by 25%, due to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_California" title="Climate change in California">drought in California</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/us/california-imposes-first-ever-water-restrictions-to-deal-with-drought.html?_r=0">[207]</a></li> <li>Author and community activist <b><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Zheng" title="Eddy Zheng">Eddy Zheng</a></b> is pardoned by governor Brown, for crimes he committed at age 16 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc30.com/politics/california-governor-pardons-83-people-for-past-crimes/630079/">[208]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Apple, Inc.">Apple, Inc.</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Watch" title="Apple Watch">Apple Watch</a> <i>(pictured)</i></li> <li>Over 100 prominent Bay Area Catholics sign a full page advertisement in the <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></b></i> appealing to <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> to replace <b><a href="/wiki/Salvatore_Cordileone" title="Salvatore Cordileone">Salvatore Cordileone</a></b> as archbishop of the <b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_San_Francisco" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco">San Francisco Archdiocese</a></b>, for fostering “an atmosphere of division and intolerance.” <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Prominent-Catholics-call-on-pope-to-oust-S-F-6202539.php">[209]</a></li> <li>The World War II era aircraft carrier <b><a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CVL-22)" title="USS Independence (CVL-22)">USS <i>Independence</i></a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is rediscovered near the <b><a href="/wiki/Farallon_Islands" title="Farallon Islands">Farallon Islands</a></b> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/sunken-aircraft-carrier-rediscovered-off-california-coast-30397211">[210]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Doctors_Medical_Center_San_Pablo_Campus" title="Doctors Medical Center San Pablo Campus">Doctors Medical Center</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Pablo,_California" title="San Pablo, California">San Pablo</a></b> closes <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_27796544/board-votes-close-doctors-medical-center-april">[211]</a></li> <li>The San Francisco-based <b><a href="/wiki/Heald_College" title="Heald College">Heald College</a></b> system shuts down, when its parent company, <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_Colleges" title="Corinthian Colleges">Corinthian Colleges</a>, goes out of business</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> announces the <a href="/wiki/Powerwall_(Tesla)" class="mw-redirect" title="Powerwall (Tesla)">Powerwall</a>, a battery system for home use</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#May" title="2015 in the United States">May</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> basketball player <b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player Award</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo%E2%80%93Hayward_Bridge" title="San Mateo–Hayward Bridge">San Mateo–Hayward Bridge</a></b> closes to traffic, for the first time since opening in 1967, for resurfacing and maintenance <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/traffic/san-mateo-bridge-closed-through-this-weekend/708546/">[212]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/projects2/sanmateobridge/">[213]</a></li> <li>San Francisco District Attorney <b><a href="/wiki/George_Gasc%C3%B3n" title="George Gascón">George Gascón</a></b> orders a review of at least 3,000 arrests over the last 10 years, in response to evidence that some <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a></b> officers may have shown racial bias, based on their having sent racist and homophobic text messages <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/us/san-francisco-police-texts/">[214]</a></li> <li>San Francisco becomes the first city in the United States to ban <a href="/wiki/Chewing_tobacco" title="Chewing tobacco">chewing tobacco</a> at sports venues, including <b><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a></b>, the home of the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/0509/First-in-the-US-San-Francisco-bans-chewing-tobacco-in-ball-parks">[215]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Regional_Renewable_Energy_Procurement_Project" title="Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project">Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project</a></b> dedicates its first project, a future <a href="/wiki/Solar_farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar farm">solar farm</a> at <b><a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward's</a></b> former landfill site <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_28130628/epa-chief-leads-dedication-hayward-solar-landfill-conversion">[216]</a></li> <li>Dead <a href="/wiki/Gray_Whale" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Whale">Gray Whales</a> wash ashore at <b><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay_(California)" title="Half Moon Bay (California)">Half Moon Bay</a></b>, then at <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Sonoma_County,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="List of beaches in Sonoma County, California">Portuguese Beach</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></b>, with a <a href="/wiki/Sperm_Whale" class="mw-redirect" title="Sperm Whale">Sperm Whale</a> also washing ashore at <b><a href="/wiki/Point_Reyes_National_Seashore" title="Point Reyes National Seashore">Point Reyes National Seashore</a></b>, the third, fourth and fifth dead whales found on Bay Area beaches (among eight in Northern California) in less than 2 months <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/19/dead-gray-whale-washes-onto-shore-in-half-moon-bay/">[217]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/local/3974690-181/dead-whale-washes-up-at">[218]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015/05/27/whale-washes-ashore-in-12th-recent-death-in-california">[219]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b> based <a href="/wiki/Start-up_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Start-up company">start-up</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Next_Thing_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Next Thing Co.">Next Thing Co.</a></b> raises over $1.5m in its <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> campaign for its forthcoming $9 miniature computer, Chip <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ktvu.com/story/29119393/oakland-company-creates-9-computer">[220]</a></li> <li>The population of <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> is now officially over 1,000,000, making it the tenth largest city in the United States, according to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census">U.S. Census</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_28163337/uncle-sam-agrees-san-jose-has-1-million">[221]</a></li> <li>Vandals damage an inflatable dam across <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_Creek" title="Alameda Creek">Alameda Creek</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></b>, releasing 50 million gallons of drinking water into San Francisco Bay <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/East-Bay-Loses-50-Million-Gallons-of-Water-After-Vandals-Destroy-Dam-304782741.html">[222]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Solar_Energy_Research_Center" title="Solar Energy Research Center">Solar Energy Research Center</a></b> opens at the newly built <b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Chu" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Chu">Chu Hall</a></b> at <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_28192804/berkeley-lab-unveils-new-solar-energy-center-aimed">[223]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> beat the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NBA Playoffs">National Basketball Association Playoffs</a>, and advance to the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">NBA Finals</a> for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#June" title="2015 in the United States">June</a> <ul><li>Surgeons at <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">University of California, San Francisco</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/California_Pacific_Medical_Center" title="California Pacific Medical Center">California Pacific Medical Center</a></b> successfully complete 18 surgeries in the nation's first nine-way, two-day kidney transplant chain in a single city <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://kron4.com/2015/06/04/9-way-kidney-transplant-chain-underway-in-san-francisco/">[224]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/health/18-people-involved-in-kidney-transplant-in-san-francisco/767699/">[225]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/kidney-664921-pacific-california.html">[226]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_balcony_collapse" title="Berkeley balcony collapse">Six people are killed and eight are injured</a></b>, some with life-threatening injuries, after a balcony collapses in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, near the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>; five of the casualties are <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> students. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/five-killed-balcony-collapses-fourth-floor-berkeley-n376181">(NBC News)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BERKELEY_BALCONY_COLLAPSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">(AP)</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> win the <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">National Basketball Association Finals</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, their first championship since 1975</li> <li>The surviving members of the <b><a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a></b> play the first concerts of their <b><a href="/wiki/Fare_Thee_Well:_Celebrating_50_Years_of_the_Grateful_Dead" title="Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead">Fare Thee Well</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Farewell_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Farewell tour">farewell tour</a>, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Dead, at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a>'s <b><a href="/wiki/Levi%27s_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#July" title="2015 in the United States">July</a> <ul><li>Former state senator <b><a href="/wiki/Leland_Yee" title="Leland Yee">Leland Yee</a></b> pleads guilty to a federal racketeering charge, confessing to using his bids for secretary of state and <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor of San Francisco</a> to extort bribes <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_28415152/leland-yee-pleads-guilty-corruption-case">[227]</a></li> <li>A gunman opens fire at Pier 14 in San Francisco's <b><a href="/wiki/Embarcadero_(San_Francisco)" title="Embarcadero (San Francisco)">Embarcadero</a></b> district, <b><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Steinle" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Kathryn Steinle">killing Kathryn Steinle</a></b>. An <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Illegal immigration to the United States">illegal immigrant</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, Francisco Sanchez, is subsequently arrested and charged with murder.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Wragg_Fire" title="Wragg Fire">Wragg Fire</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Wildland_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildland fire">wildland fire</a> <i>(pictured)</i> starts just off of <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_128" title="California State Route 128">California State Route 128</a> near <b><a href="/wiki/Lake_Berryessa" title="Lake Berryessa">Lake Berryessa</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#August" title="2015 in the United States">August</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alphabet_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphabet Inc">Alphabet</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a> owning several companies owned by or sprung from <b><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></b>, is founded</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#September" title="2015 in the United States">September</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Valley_Fire" title="Valley Fire">Valley Fire</a></b> encroaches into <a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma Counties</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> begins shipping the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_X" title="Tesla Model X">Model X</a> <a href="/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport utility vehicle">SUV</a> <i>(pictured)</i> from its <b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Factory">Fremont factory</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://fortune.com/2015/09/29/live-tesla-model-x-event/">[228]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UC_Berkeley" class="mw-redirect" title="UC Berkeley">UC Berkeley</a> chemistry and materials science professor <b><a href="/wiki/Peidong_Yang" title="Peidong Yang">Peidong Yang</a></b> is awarded a <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur "Genius" grant</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/2015/">[229]</a></li> <li>Filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Pelosi" title="Alexandra Pelosi">Alexandra Pelosi</a> releases the documentary <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_2.0" title="San Francisco 2.0">San Francisco 2.0</a></b></i>, chronicling the recent <a href="/wiki/High_tech" title="High tech">high tech</a> takeover and <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> of the City <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-tech-industry-gentrification-documentary-378628">[230]</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> finalize the purchase of 12 acres of land in <b><a href="/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco" title="Mission Bay, San Francisco">Mission Bay, San Francisco</a></b>, to house a future stadium <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-formally-purchase-Mission-Bay-site-6566548.php">[231]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#November" title="2015 in the United States">November</a> <ul><li>San Jose is the richest city in the United States, according to <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-05/these-are-the-20-richest-cities-in-america#media-3">[232]</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toplessness" title="Toplessness">Topless</a> <a href="/wiki/Stripper" title="Stripper">stripper</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Carol_Doda" title="Carol Doda">Carol Doda</a></b>, an iconic <b><a href="/wiki/Condor_Club" title="Condor Club">Condor Club</a></b> performer, dies in San Francisco <i>(Condor Club ca 1973 pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Hall (page does not exist)">Wang Hall</a></b>, housing the <b><a href="/wiki/National_Energy_Research_Scientific_Computing_Center" title="National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center">National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center</a></b>, opens at the <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/11/lawrence-berkeley-lab-opens-supercomputer-lab.html">[233]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_States#December" title="2015 in the United States">December</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">Artificial intelligence</a> laboratory <b><a href="/wiki/OpenAI" title="OpenAI">OpenAI</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> softward pioneer and <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> founder <b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Murdock" title="Ian Murdock">Ian Murdock</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> dies in San Francisco at age 42</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CMA_CGM_Benjamin_Franklin" title="CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin">CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin</a></i>, the largest container ship to visit a US port, comes to the <b><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Oakland" title="Port of Oakland">Port of Oakland</a></b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://abc7news.com/business/largest-cargo-ship-to-ever-visit-us-docks-at-oakland/1142294/">[234]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2014"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/170" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/170">2014</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2014</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mission Bay fire"><img alt="Mission Bay fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg/80px-Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg/120px-Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg/160px-Water_jets_attempt_to_contain_the_massive_China_Basin_blaze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Mission Bay fire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amelia Rose Earhart"><img alt="Amelia Rose Earhart" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg/100px-Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg/150px-Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg/200px-Amelia_Rose_Earhart_Media_Photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption>Amelia Rose Earhart</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Levi%27s_Stadium_from_air.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Levi's Stadium, from Great America"><img alt="Levi's Stadium, from Great America" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg/105px-Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg/140px-Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Robin Williams</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_(15014707736).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_%2815014707736%29.jpg/100px-2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_%2815014707736%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" 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E. Moerner"><img alt="W. E. Moerner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/WE_Moerner.jpg/70px-WE_Moerner.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/WE_Moerner.jpg/105px-WE_Moerner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/WE_Moerner.jpg/140px-WE_Moerner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="1516" /></a><figcaption>W. E. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg/100px-NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg/150px-NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg/200px-NewWhiteCoralDSCN3980_NOAA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1088" data-file-height="816" /></a><figcaption>White Coral off the Sonoma County coast</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marian_and_Vivian_Brown.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The San Francisco Twins"><img alt="The San Francisco Twins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Marian_and_Vivian_Brown.jpg/90px-Marian_and_Vivian_Brown.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" 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Permanente Medical Center (San Leandro, California)">Kaiser Permanente Medical Center</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/San_Leandro,_California" title="San Leandro, California">San Leandro</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Halliday" title="Barbara Halliday">Barbara Halliday</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li>San Francisco political consultant <b>Ryan Chamberlain</b> is apprehended by the FBI and the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a> after explosive materials are allegedly discovered in his apartment</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Rose_Earhart" title="Amelia Rose Earhart">Amelia Rose Earhart</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> departs from <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> on June 26, and lands back in Oakland on July 1, successfully recreating her namesake <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a>'s unsuccessful 1937 circumnavigation of the Earth</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Repertory_Theatre" title="San Jose Repertory Theatre">San Jose Repertory Theatre</a></b> ceases operations and files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#July" title="2014 in the United States">July</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Levi%27s_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a></b> as the new home of the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#August" title="2014 in the United States">August</a><br /> <ul><li>Actor and comedian <b><a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> dies from an apparent suicide at his home outside <b><a href="/wiki/Tiburon,_California" title="Tiburon, California">Tiburon</a></b><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani" title="Maryam Mirzakhani">Maryam Mirzakhani</a></b> of <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> becomes the first woman to be awarded the <a href="/wiki/Fields_Medal" title="Fields Medal">Fields Medal</a> in mathematics<br /></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_Municipal_Utility_District" title="East Bay Municipal Utility District">East Bay Municipal Utility District</a></b> and the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Public_Utilities_Commission" title="San Francisco Public Utilities Commission">San Francisco Public Utilities Commission</a></b> impose mandatory water rationing measures, as a consequence of the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9314_North_American_drought" class="mw-redirect" title="2012–14 North American drought">ongoing drought in California</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> plays a concert at <b><a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a></b>, the last event to be held at the venue, 50 years after <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> performed their last concert there<br /></li> <li>Two owners and two staff of the now defunct <b><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Feeding_Corporation" title="Rancho Feeding Corporation">Rancho Feeding Corporation</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Petaluma,_California" title="Petaluma, California">Petaluma</a></b> are indicted on federal charges of violating the 1906 <a href="/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act" title="Federal Meat Inspection Act">Federal Meat Inspection Act</a><br /></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">magnitude</a> 6.0 <b><a href="/wiki/2014_Napa_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Napa earthquake">earthquake strikes in Napa County</a></b> <i>(damage pictured)</i>, with an epicenter 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest of the city of <a href="/wiki/American_Canyon,_California" title="American Canyon, California">American Canyon</a>, the largest earthquake to hit the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> since the <a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a>, sending at least 172 people to the hospital<br /></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#September" title="2014 in the United States">September</a> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> city council passes an ordinance that mandates <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis">cannabis dispensaries</a> provide free <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis">medical cannabis</a> to some low-income patients</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a></b> <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook">Tim Cook</a></b> <i>(pictured, below)</i> presents the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Watch" title="Apple Watch">Apple Watch</a> <i>(pictured)</i>, the <a href="/wiki/IPhone_6" title="IPhone 6">iPhone 6</a> and the <a href="/wiki/IPhone_6_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="IPhone 6 Plus">iPhone 6 Plus</a> at the <b><a href="/wiki/De_Anza_College" title="De Anza College">Flint Performing Arts Center</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> social psychologist <b><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Eberhardt" title="Jennifer Eberhardt">Jennifer Eberhardt</a></b> is awarded a <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">Macarthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Larry_Ellison" title="Larry Ellison">Larry Ellison</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> steps down as CEO of <b><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Corporation</a></b>, to become <a href="/wiki/Chief_technical_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief technical officer">chief technical officer</a>, and executive chairman of the board of directors</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#October" title="2014 in the United States">October</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a></b> CEO <b><a href="/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman">Meg Whitman</a></b> announces plans for the company to split in two, forming <b>Hewlett-Packard Enterprise</b> and <b>HP, Inc.</b><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> professor <b><a href="/wiki/William_E._Moerner" title="William E. Moerner">William E. Moerner</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Betzig" title="Eric Betzig">Eric Betzig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Hell" title="Stefan Hell">Stefan Hell</a> are awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> for their use of fluorescence in microscopy</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore</a></b> golf coach Andrew Nisbet is sentenced to 27 years in prison on charges of molesting three of his juvenile students, and then plotting to kill them while being held in jail <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://news.yahoo.com/california-golf-coach-sentenced-27-years-murder-plot-103509996--golf.html">[235]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Charity_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Daughters of Charity Health System">Daughters of Charity Health System</a> approves the sale of <b><a href="/wiki/Daly_City,_California" title="Daly City, California">Daly City's</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Seton_Medical_Center" title="Seton Medical Center">Seton Medical Center</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose's</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/O%27Connor_Hospital" title="O'Connor Hospital">O'Connor Hospital</a></b> to <a href="/wiki/Prime_Healthcare_Services" title="Prime Healthcare Services">Prime Healthcare Services</a></li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Guardian" title="San Francisco Bay Guardian">San Francisco Bay Guardian</a></b></i> free weekly <a href="/wiki/Alternative_newspaper" title="Alternative newspaper">alternative newspaper</a> ceases publication after 48 years <i>(logo pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></b> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">World Series</a>, their third championship in five seasons</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ross_William_Ulbricht" class="mw-redirect" title="Ross William Ulbricht">Ross William Ulbricht</a></b> is arrested in San Francisco, charged with running the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)" title="Silk Road (marketplace)">Silk Road</a> <a href="/wiki/Dark_web" title="Dark web">dark web</a> online illicit marketplace</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Apple, Inc.">Apple, Inc.</a></b> CEO <b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook">Tim Cook</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> states in an editorial that he is "proud to be gay", becoming the first openly gay leader of a major U.S. company</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b> Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Dirks" title="Nicholas Dirks">Nicholas Dirks</a> announces plans for a <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Global_Campus_at_Richmond_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay">Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay</a></b>, to develop existing UC campuses in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></li> <li>Susan Xiao-Ping Su, founder and former president of the defunct <a href="/wiki/Pleasanton,_California" title="Pleasanton, California">Pleasanton</a>-based <b><a href="/wiki/Tri-Valley_University" title="Tri-Valley University">Tri-Valley University</a></b>, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for <a href="/wiki/Visa_(document)" class="mw-redirect" title="Visa (document)">visa</a> and mail fraud</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#November" title="2014 in the United States">November</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Libby_Schaaf" title="Libby Schaaf">Libby Schaaf</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, defeating incumbent mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Jean_Quan" title="Jean Quan">Jean Quan</a></b></li> <li>Measure D, a <a href="/wiki/Soda_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Soda tax">sugary drink tax</a>, is approved by <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> voters, the first such tax in the United States</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Honda" title="Mike Honda">Mike Honda</a></b> is elected to <b><a href="/wiki/California%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="California's 17th congressional district">California's 17th congressional district</a></b>, defeating <b><a href="/wiki/Ro_Khanna" title="Ro Khanna">Ro Khanna</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/David_Chiu_(politician)" title="David Chiu (politician)">David Chiu</a></b> is elected to <b><a href="/wiki/California%27s_17th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 17th State Assembly district">California's 17th State Assembly district</a></b>, defeating <b><a href="/wiki/David_Campos" title="David Campos">David Campos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sam_Liccardo" title="Sam Liccardo">Sam Liccardo</a></b> is elected mayor of <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b>, defeating <b><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cortese" title="Dave Cortese">Dave Cortese</a></b></li> <li>A new, unnamed species <i>(pictured)</i> in the coral <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Leptogorgia" title="Leptogorgia">Leptogorgia</a></i> is discovered off the coast of <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></b>, near the <b><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_the_Farallones_National_Marine_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary">Gulf of the Farallones</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Cordell_Bank_National_Marine_Sanctuary" title="Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary">Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries</a></b></li> <li>Up to 18,000 nurses from at least 21 <b><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente" title="Kaiser Permanente">Kaiser Permanente</a></b> hospitals and 35 clinics around the Bay Area go on strike, citing issues with patient care standards and <a href="/wiki/Ebola" title="Ebola">Ebola</a> safeguards</li> <li>The 27 story <b><a href="/wiki/535_Mission_Street" title="535 Mission Street">535 Mission Street</a></b> office <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a> opens in the <b><a href="/wiki/South_of_Market_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="South of Market (San Francisco)">South of Market district</a></b> of San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marian_and_Vivian_Brown" title="Marian and Vivian Brown">Marian Brown</a></b> of the <b><a href="/wiki/Marian_and_Vivian_Brown" title="Marian and Vivian Brown">San Francisco Twins</a></b>, dies, her sister Vivian having died in January 2013 <i>(sisters pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/BART_to_Oakland_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="BART to Oakland International Airport">BART to Oakland International Airport</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Automated_guideway_transit" title="Automated guideway transit">automated guideway transit</a> system begins operating between the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Coliseum Station">Oakland Coliseum Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oakland_International_Airport_(BART_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland International Airport (BART station)">Oakland International Airport</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Watershed_Alliance_of_Marin" title="Watershed Alliance of Marin">Watershed Alliance of Marin</a></b> reports that no <a href="/wiki/Coho_salmon" title="Coho salmon">coho salmon</a> had returned to <b><a href="/wiki/Redwood_Creek_(Marin_County)" title="Redwood Creek (Marin County)">Redwood Creek</a></b> in 2014, prompting concerns of likely local extinction of the species.</li> <li>The remains of the <i><b><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="SS City of Rio de Janeiro">SS City of Rio de Janeiro</a></b></i> <i>(pictured)</i>, which shipwrecked in 1901, are found off the shores of San Francisco at the <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_States#December" title="2014 in the United States">December</a> <ul><li>Protesters of the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Eric Garner">grand jury decision in the death of New Yorker Eric Garner</a> take to the streets in <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> and San Francisco</li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/December_2014_North_American_winter_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2014 North American winter storm">large storm</a></b> <i>(video shown)</i> leaves 150,000 households without power across the Bay Area</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> demolishes the "Jungle", the nation's largest homeless person encampment <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/us/california-san-jose-clearing-out-homeless-enclaves.html?_r=0">[236]</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></b> unveils a fully functioning prototype of the <a href="/wiki/Google_driverless_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Google driverless car">Google driverless car</a>, with plans to test it on Bay Area roads beginning in 2015</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2013"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/2" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/2">2013</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2013</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Oracle Team USA, 2013 America's Cup"><img alt="Oracle Team USA, 2013 America's Cup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG/150px-Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG/225px-Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG/300px-Oracle_Team_USA_in_the_2013_America%27s_Cup.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>Oracle Team USA, 2013 America's Cup</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Warren_hall_6.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Warren Hall, days prior to demolition"><img alt="Warren Hall, days prior to demolition" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Warren_hall_6.JPG/70px-Warren_hall_6.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Warren_hall_6.JPG/105px-Warren_hall_6.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Warren_hall_6.JPG/140px-Warren_hall_6.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Warren Hall, days prior to demolition</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SFJAZZ Center"><img alt="SFJAZZ Center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg/100px-SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg/150px-SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg/200px-SF_Jazz_Center_2013-05-06_20-22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>SFJAZZ Center</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of construction of the Tom Lantos Tunnels"><img alt="Aerial view of construction of the Tom Lantos Tunnels" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg/80px-Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg/120px-Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg/160px-Devil%27s_Slide_Tunnel_Entrance-aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of construction of the Tom Lantos Tunnels</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/2013_America%27s_Cup" title="2013 America's Cup">2013 America's Cup</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Team USA</a> yacht pictured)</i> is held in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214" title="Asiana Airlines Flight 214">Asiana Airlines Flight 214</a></b> crashes while landing at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a><br />  • An unofficial death certificate is issued for <b><a href="/wiki/Jahi_McMath_case" title="Jahi McMath case">Jahi McMath</a></b> by the <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a> coroner<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Andy_Lopez" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Andy Lopez">Andy Lopez</a></b> is shot and killed by a <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a> sheriff's deputy<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Warren_Hall" title="Warren Hall">Warren Hall</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, at <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_East_Bay" title="California State University, East Bay">California State University, East Bay</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Building_implosion" title="Building implosion">demolished by implosion</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Graton_Resort_%26_Casino" title="Graton Resort & Casino">Graton Resort & Casino</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Rohnert_Park,_California" title="Rohnert Park, California">Rohnert Park</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Russell_City_Energy_Center" title="Russell City Energy Center">Russell City Energy Center</a></b> goes online in <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/SFJAZZ_Center" title="SFJAZZ Center">SFJAZZ Center</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland_Bay_Bridge" title="Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge">new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge</a></b> opens<br />  • <a href="/wiki/Solar_Impulse" title="Solar Impulse">Solar Impulse</a> begins a cross-US flight, taking off from <b><a href="/wiki/Moffett_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Moffett Field">Moffett Field</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lantos_Tunnels" title="Tom Lantos Tunnels">Tom Lantos Tunnels</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, at <a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Slide_(California)" title="Devil's Slide (California)">Devil's Slide</a> near <a href="/wiki/Pacifica,_California" title="Pacifica, California">Pacifica</a>, open<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Gilead_Sciences" title="Gilead Sciences">Gilead Sciences</a>'</b> drug <a href="/wiki/Sofosbuvir" title="Sofosbuvir">Sovaldi</a>, for the treatment of hepatitis C, is approved by the <a href="/wiki/FDA" class="mw-redirect" title="FDA">FDA</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></b> physicist <b><a href="/wiki/Carl_Haber_(physicist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Haber (physicist)">Carl Haber</a></b> is awarded a <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="MacArthur Prize">MacArthur "Genius Grant"</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></b> is designated a <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Wetland of International Importance</a><br />  • Cancer patient Miles Scott becomes <b><a href="/wiki/Batkid" title="Batkid">Batkid</a></b> for a day in San Francisco, turning it into <a href="/wiki/Gotham_City" title="Gotham City">Gotham City</a>, with Mayor Ed Lee and others participating in the <a href="/wiki/Make-A-Wish" class="mw-redirect" title="Make-A-Wish">Make-A-Wish</a> project </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/3" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/3">2012</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2012</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Cain_debut.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matt Cain"><img alt="Matt Cain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matt_Cain_debut.jpg/70px-Matt_Cain_debut.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matt_Cain_debut.jpg/105px-Matt_Cain_debut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matt_Cain_debut.jpg/140px-Matt_Cain_debut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="952" data-file-height="1282" /></a><figcaption>Matt Cain</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CAMStrack1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Novato meteorite trajectory"><img alt="Novato meteorite trajectory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CAMStrack1.jpg/70px-CAMStrack1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CAMStrack1.jpg/105px-CAMStrack1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CAMStrack1.jpg/140px-CAMStrack1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>Novato meteorite trajectory</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chevron Refinery Fire"><img alt="Chevron Refinery Fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg/100px-Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg/150px-Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg/200px-Chevron_Richmond_Refinery_Fire_2012_-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3121" data-file-height="1788" /></a><figcaption>Chevron Refinery Fire</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></b> win the <b><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">World Series</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cain" title="Matt Cain">Matt Cain</a> <i>(pictured)</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cain%27s_perfect_game" title="Matt Cain's perfect game">pitches a perfect game</a></b> at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Ingleside,_San_Francisco_homicide" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Ingleside, San Francisco homicide">Five people are found dead</a></b> at a home in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ingleside_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingleside (San Francisco)">Ingleside</a> neighborhood</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Novato_meteorite" title="Novato meteorite">Novato meteorite</a></b> <i>(trajectory pictured)</i> crosses the <a href="/wiki/North_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" title="North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">North Bay</a></li> <li>A gunman <b><a href="/wiki/Oikos_University_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Oikos University shooting">kills 7 people inside Oikos University</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/South_San_Francisco_Ferry_Terminal" title="South San Francisco Ferry Terminal">South San Francisco Ferry Terminal</a></b> opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Lockyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadia Lockyer">Nadia Lockyer</a></b> resigns as <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Alameda County Board of Supervisors">Alameda County Supervisor</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gus_Morrison" title="Gus Morrison">Gus Morrison</a></b> is appointed mayor of <a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Swalwell" title="Eric Swalwell">Eric Swalwell</a></b> is <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012">elected</a> to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="California's 15th congressional district">California's 15th congressional district</a></li> <li>A large fire erupts at the <b><a href="/wiki/Chevron_Richmond_Refinery#2012_fire" title="Chevron Richmond Refinery">Chevron Richmond Refinery</a></b> <i>(smoke plume pictured)</i>, and a <a href="/wiki/Shelter_in_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelter in place">shelter in place</a> order is given by <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_S" title="Tesla Model S">Tesla Model S</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2011"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/4" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/4">2011</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>2011</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg/100px-Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg/150px-Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg/200px-Occupy_Oakland_99_Percent_signs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a></b> dies at his home in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a></b> owner <b><a href="/wiki/Al_Davis" title="Al Davis">Al Davis</a></b> dies in his suite at the <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_International_Airport" title="Oakland International Airport">Oakland Airport</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilton Hotel">Hilton Hotel</a></li> <li>A gunman kills 3 co-workers and wounds 6 others at <b><a href="/wiki/Permanente_Quarry" title="Permanente Quarry">Permanente Quarry</a></b> in <b><a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Occupy_Oakland" title="Occupy Oakland">Occupy Oakland</a></b> protests and demonstrations <i>(pictured)</i> at <a href="/wiki/Frank_H._Ogawa_Plaza" title="Frank H. Ogawa Plaza">Frank H. Ogawa Plaza</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lee_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Lee (politician)">Ed Lee</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 2011">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a> solar panel manufacturer <b><a href="/wiki/Solyndra" title="Solyndra">Solyndra</a></b> closes</li> <li>Former <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_District_Attorney%27s_Office" title="San Francisco District Attorney's Office">San Francisco District Attorney</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a></b> begins serving as California's first female <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_California" title="Attorney General of California">Attorney General</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/5" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/5">2010</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2010</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Damage from San Bruno pipeline explosion"><img alt="Damage from San Bruno pipeline explosion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg/100px-Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg/150px-Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg/200px-Pipe-from-Sanbruno-explosion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption>Damage from San Bruno pipeline explosion</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jean Quan"><img alt="Jean Quan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg/70px-Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg/105px-Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg/140px-Jean_Quan_at_Lake_Merritt_during_her_Campaign_for_Mayor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>Jean Quan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tesla_auto_bots.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tesla Factory interior"><img alt="Tesla Factory interior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tesla_auto_bots.jpg/100px-Tesla_auto_bots.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tesla_auto_bots.jpg/150px-Tesla_auto_bots.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tesla_auto_bots.jpg/200px-Tesla_auto_bots.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5100" data-file-height="3564" /></a><figcaption>Tesla Factory interior</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>A <b><a href="/wiki/AC_Transit_Bus_fight" class="mw-redirect" title="AC Transit Bus fight">fight on an AC Transit Bus</a></b> is recorded on video and uploaded to <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion">pipeline explosion in San Bruno</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> registers a shock wave equivalent to a magnitude 1.1 earthquake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Sun_acquisition_by_Oracle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun acquisition by Oracle">is acquired by Oracle</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Calistoga_AVA" title="Calistoga AVA">Calistoga AVA</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station" title="Onizuka Air Force Station">Onizuka Air Force Station</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a> closes</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jean_Quan" title="Jean Quan">Jean Quan</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sweeney_(politician)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Michael Sweeney (politician)">Michael Sweeney</a></b> is re-elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> win the <b><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">World Series</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/NUMMI" title="NUMMI">NUMMI</a></b> automobile manufacturing plant in <a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a> closes, then reopens as the <b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Factory">Tesla Factory</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/6" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/6">2009</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2009</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/100px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/150px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/200px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg/70px-Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg/105px-Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg/140px-Millennium_Tower_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Oscar Grant <b><a href="/wiki/BART_Police_shooting_of_Oscar_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant">is fatally shot by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle</a></b></li> <li>A convicted felon <b><a href="/wiki/2009_shootings_of_Oakland_police_officers" title="2009 shootings of Oakland police officers">shoots and kills four Oakland police officers</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jack%27s_Restaurant" title="Jack's Restaurant">Jack's Restaurant</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> closes in San Francisco after operating since 1863</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)" title="Millennium Tower (San Francisco)">Millenium Tower</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Infinity" title="The Infinity">The Infinity</a></b> complex, consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings in San Francisco, is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/7" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/7">2008</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2008</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mervyns_headquarters_Hayward.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mervyn's former headquarters, Hayward)"><img alt="Mervyn's former headquarters, Hayward)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mervyns_headquarters_Hayward.jpg/100px-Mervyns_headquarters_Hayward.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mervyns_headquarters_Hayward.jpg/150px-Mervyns_headquarters_Hayward.jpg 1.5x, 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data-file-height="1467" /></a><figcaption>The fire at about 7 a.m. on October 13, 2008</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2008_SiPort_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 SiPort murders">Three people are fatally shot at the office of SiPort</a></b>, a start-up company in <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a>-based <b><a href="/wiki/Mervyns" class="mw-redirect" title="Mervyns">Mervyns</a></b> department store chain is liquidated <i>(headquarters pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Outside_Lands_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival">Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival</a></b> premieres at <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Angel_Island_(California)#2008_fire" title="Angel Island (California)">fire on Angel Island</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> scorches a third of the island</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/One_Rincon_Hill" title="One Rincon Hill">One Rincon Hill South Tower</a></b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/555_Mission_Street" title="555 Mission Street">555 Mission Street</a></b> office tower in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_88_(San_Jose)" title="The 88 (San Jose)">The 88</a></b>, a residential skyscraper in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Roadster (2008)">Tesla Roadster</a>, the first fully electric sports car</li> <li>Vintner <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mondavi" title="Robert Mondavi">Robert Mondavi</a></b> dies in <b><a href="/wiki/Yountville,_California" title="Yountville, California">Yountville</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2007"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/8" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/8">2007</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2007</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gavin_Newsom.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mayor Gavin Newsom"><img alt="Mayor Gavin Newsom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gavin_Newsom.jpg/70px-Gavin_Newsom.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gavin_Newsom.jpg/105px-Gavin_Newsom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Gavin_Newsom.jpg/140px-Gavin_Newsom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="1874" /></a><figcaption>Mayor Gavin Newsom</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Elephant seals at Año Nuevo during the mating season in early February"><img alt="Elephant seals at Año Nuevo during the mating season in early February" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg/100px-Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg/150px-Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg/200px-Ano_Nuevo_seals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Elephant seals at Año Nuevo during the mating season in early February</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Marine_Corps_Recruiting_Center_protests" title="Berkeley Marine Corps Recruiting Center protests">Members of Code Pink begin protesting in front of a United States Marine Corps Recruiting Center</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hayward_teachers_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayward teachers strike">Teachers go on strike</a></b> against the <a href="/wiki/Hayward_Unified_School_District" title="Hayward Unified School District">Hayward Unified School District</a></li> <li>A tiger <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Zoo_tiger_attacks" title="San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks">escapes from her open-air enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three visitors</a></b>, killing one</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Village_Music" title="Village Music">Village Music</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley,_California" title="Mill Valley, California">Mill Valley</a> closes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Gavin_Newsom" title="Mayoralty of Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> <i>(pictured)</i> <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 2007">is re-elected mayor of San Francisco</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/A%C3%B1o_Nuevo_State_Marine_Conservation_Area" title="Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area">Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area</a></b> is established <i>(elephant seals pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Rock_State_Marine_Conservation_Area" title="Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area">Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area</a></b>, adjacent to Año Nuevo, is established</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zodiac_(film)" title="Zodiac (film)">Zodiac</a></b></i>, a film about the <a href="/wiki/Zodiac_killer" class="mw-redirect" title="Zodiac killer">Zodiac killer</a>, debuts</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">container ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Hanjin_Venezia" title="Hanjin Venezia"><i>Cosco Busan</i></a> strikes a base tower of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_%E2%80%93_Oakland_Bay_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge">San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge</a> in thick fog, <b><a href="/wiki/Cosco_Busan_oil_spill" title="Cosco Busan oil spill">spilling 53,569 US gal (202,780 L) of heavy fuel oil into San Francisco Bay</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)" title="IPhone (1st generation)">iPhone</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2006"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/9" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/9">2006</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2006</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ladyada_booth_@_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Exhibit at the 2006 Maker Faire"><img alt="Exhibit at the 2006 Maker Faire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg/100px-Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg/150px-Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg/200px-Ladyada_booth_%40_Maker_Faire_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Exhibit at the 2006 Maker Faire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg/70px-Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg/105px-Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg/140px-Senator_Ellen_M_Corbett_CA10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/Maker_Faire" title="Maker Faire">Maker Faire</a></b> <i>(exhibit pictured)</i> takes place at the <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California"> San Mateo County Event Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">Microblogging</a> site <b><a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Knight_Ridder" title="Knight Ridder">Knight Ridder</a></b>, a media company based in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, is purchased by <a href="/wiki/The_McClatchy_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The McClatchy Company">The McClatchy Company</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gayle_McLaughlin" title="Gayle McLaughlin">Gayle McLaughlin</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California_municipal_elections,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond, California municipal elections, 2006">is elected mayor of Richmond</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Reed" title="Chuck Reed">Chuck Reed</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Corbett" title="Ellen Corbett">Ellen Corbett</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="California State Senate election, 2006">is elected to the 10th State Senate district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leland_Yee" title="Leland Yee">Leland Yee</a></b> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="California State Senate election, 2006">is elected to the 8th State Senate district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George_Smoot" title="George Smoot">George Smoot</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a>, with <a href="/wiki/John_C._Mather" title="John C. Mather">John C. Mather</a> for work that led to the "discovery of the <a href="/wiki/Black_body" title="Black body">black body</a> form and <a href="/wiki/Anisotropy" title="Anisotropy">anisotropy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background_radiation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmic microwave background radiation">cosmic microwave background radiation</a>."</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/10" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/10">2005</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2005</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Solyndra_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Solyndra_logo.svg/150px-Solyndra_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Solyndra_logo.svg/225px-Solyndra_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Solyndra_logo.svg/300px-Solyndra_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="41" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjosecityhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Sanjosecityhall.jpg/100px-Sanjosecityhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Sanjosecityhall.jpg/150px-Sanjosecityhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Sanjosecityhall.jpg/200px-Sanjosecityhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2924" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thin-film_solar_cell" title="Thin-film solar cell">Thin-film solar cell</a> manufacturer <b><a href="/wiki/Solyndra" title="Solyndra">Solyndra</a></b> <i>(logo pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/San_Bruno,_California" title="San Bruno, California">San Bruno</a></li> <li>The <b>St. Regis Museum Tower</b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li>The new <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_City_Hall" title="San Jose City Hall">San Jose City Hall</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sobrato_Office_Tower" title="Sobrato Office Tower">Sobrato Office Tower</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/11" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/11">2004</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2004</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The line of same-sex couples applying for marriage licenses, stretching for blocks around San Francisco's City Hall in February 2004"><img alt="The line of same-sex couples applying for marriage licenses, stretching for blocks around San Francisco's City Hall in February 2004" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG/70px-SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG/105px-SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG/140px-SF-City_Hall_Line_SS-Marriage.JPG 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The line of same-sex couples applying for marriage licenses, stretching for blocks around San Francisco's City Hall in February 2004</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>San Francisco mayor <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_2004_same-sex_weddings" title="San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings">directs the city-county clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples</a></b> <i>(applicants pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wasserman" title="Bob Wasserman">Bob Wasserman</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Johan_Klehs" title="Johan Klehs">Johan Klehs</a></b> is elected to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_18th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 18th State Assembly district">California's 18th State Assembly district</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2003"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/12" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/12">2003</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2003</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tesla headquarters"><img alt="Tesla headquarters" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg/100px-TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg/150px-TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg/200px-TeslaMotors_HQ_PaloAlto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Tesla headquarters</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 2003">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Esteros_Critical_Energy_Facility" title="Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility">Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility</a></b> goes online in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Adobe_World_Headquarters" title="Adobe World Headquarters">Adobe World Headquarters, Almaden tower</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2002"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/13" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/13">2002</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2002</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the bridge looking east"><img alt="View of the bridge looking east" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg/100px-Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg/150px-Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg/200px-Berkeley_I-80_bridge_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>View of the bridge looking east</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayor_Bates.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mayor_Bates.jpeg/70px-Mayor_Bates.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mayor_Bates.jpeg/105px-Mayor_Bates.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Mayor_Bates.jpeg/140px-Mayor_Bates.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Gwen_Araujo" title="Murder of Gwen Araujo">Gwen Araujo is murdered</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_California" title="Newark, California">Newark</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laci_Peterson" title="Murder of Laci Peterson">Laci Peterson is murdered</a></b> at an unknown location along the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_I-80_bridge" title="Berkeley I-80 bridge">Berkeley I-80 bridge</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase_Building_(San_Francisco)" title="JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco)">JPMorgan Chase Building</a></b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bates" title="Tom Bates">Tom Bates</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Paramount,_San_Francisco" title="The Paramount, San Francisco">The Paramount</a></b> residential tower in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/555_City_Center" title="555 City Center">555 City Center</a></b>, a skyscraper in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2001"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/14" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/14">2001</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2001</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="2006 snowfall"><img alt="2006 snowfall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg/100px-P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg/150px-P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg/200px-P3040016MtHamiltonSnow_crwb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption>2006 snowfall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Apple_logo_black.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_logo_black.svg/70px-Apple_logo_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_logo_black.svg/105px-Apple_logo_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_logo_black.svg/140px-Apple_logo_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>30 inches (76 cm) of snow falls on <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hamilton_(California)" title="Mount Hamilton (California)">Mount Hamilton</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i></li> <li>The collapse of the <b><a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">Dot-com bubble</a></b> accelerates</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/City_Lights_Bookstore" title="City Lights Bookstore">City Lights Bookstore</a></b> is declared a <a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Designated_Landmarks" title="List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks">San Francisco Designated Landmark</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Chabon" title="Michael Chabon">Michael Chabon</a>'s</b> 2000 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Adventures_of_Kavalier_%26_Clay" title="The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</a></i> wins the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction" title="Pulitzer Prize for Fiction">Pulitzer Prize for Fiction</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Apple, Inc.">Apple, Inc.</a></b> releases <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, and later in the year introduces the <a href="/wiki/IPod" title="IPod">iPod</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/15" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/15">2000</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>2000</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, works on a ship under construction at Richmond, California"><img alt="Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, works on a ship under construction at Richmond, California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG/100px-Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG/150px-Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG/200px-Liberty_Ship_scaler_HD-SN-99-02466.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2379" /></a><figcaption>Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, works on a ship under construction at Richmond, California</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a></b> opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pandora_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandora Radio">Pandora Radio</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter/World_War_II_Home_Front_National_Historical_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park">Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park</a></b> is designated in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a> <i>(historic photo shown)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i> creator <b><a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz" title="Charles M. Schulz">Charles M. Schulz</a></b> dies at his home in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">Dot-com bubble</a></b>, affecting many <b><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_company" title="Dot-com company">internet companies</a>, peaks</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1999"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/16" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/16">1999</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1999</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WILLIEBROWN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brown in 1996"><img alt="Brown in 1996" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/WILLIEBROWN.jpg/70px-WILLIEBROWN.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/WILLIEBROWN.jpg/105px-WILLIEBROWN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/WILLIEBROWN.jpg/140px-WILLIEBROWN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="955" data-file-height="1469" /></a><figcaption>Brown in 1996</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1999">is re-elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_AVA" title="San Francisco Bay AVA">San Francisco Bay AVA</a></b> is designated</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Union_Landing_Shopping_Center" title="Union Landing Shopping Center">Union Landing Shopping Center</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Union_City,_California" title="Union City, California">Union City</a> is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1998"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/17" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/17">1998</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1998</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mayor Ron Gonzales"><img alt="Mayor Ron Gonzales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg/60px-Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg/90px-Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg/120px-Mayor-ron-gonzales.jpg 2x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="193" /></a><figcaption>Mayor Ron Gonzales</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Elihu M. Harris Office Building"><img alt="Elihu M. Harris Office Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg/60px-Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg/90px-Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg/120px-Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>Elihu M. Harris Office Building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Valley_Museum_of_Art" title="Sonoma Valley Museum of Art">Sonoma Valley Museum of Art</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Gonzales" title="Ron Gonzales">Ron Gonzales</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Elihu_M._Harris_State_Office_Building" title="Elihu M. Harris State Office Building">Elihu M. Harris State Office Building</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Computer</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/IMac_G3" title="IMac G3">iMac</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1997"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/18" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/18">1997</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1997</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Herb Caen"><img alt="Herb Caen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg/100px-HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg/150px-HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg/200px-HERBCAEN1990SFphotoNancyWong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1502" data-file-height="1129" /></a><figcaption>Herb Caen</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>... <b><a href="/wiki/Stanley_B._Prusiner" title="Stanley B. Prusiner">Stanley B. Prusiner</a></b> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco" title="University of California, San Francisco">University of California, San Francisco</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> for his research into <a href="/wiki/Prion" title="Prion">prions</a> ...</li> <li>... The <b><a href="/wiki/Googleplex" title="Googleplex">Silicon Graphics</a></b> campus in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a> is completed ...</li> <li>... <b><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Los_Gatos,_California" title="Los Gatos, California">Los Gatos</a> ...</li> <li>... <b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a></b> returns as CEO of <b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Computer">Apple Computer</a></b> ...</li> <li>... <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> columnist <b><a href="/wiki/Herb_Caen" title="Herb Caen">Herb Caen</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> dies ...</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1996"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/19" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/19">1996</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1996</b></div> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Computer_History_Museum" title="Computer History Museum">Computer History Museum</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></b> is established in San Francisco</li> <li>... <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> columnist <b><a href="/wiki/Herb_Caen" title="Herb Caen">Herb Caen</a></b> wins a <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_Special_Citations_and_Awards" title="Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards">Special Pulitzer Prize</a> for "his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city" ...</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1995"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/20" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/20">1995</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 1995"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1995</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="damage from the Mount Vision fire"><img alt="damage from the Mount Vision fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg/100px-Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg/150px-Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg/200px-Point_Reyes_burned_forest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>damage from the Mount Vision fire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Craig-newmark.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, in 2006"><img alt="Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, in 2006" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Craig-newmark.jpg/100px-Craig-newmark.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Craig-newmark.jpg/150px-Craig-newmark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Craig-newmark.jpg/200px-Craig-newmark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, in 2006</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vision_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vision fire">Mount Vision fire</a></b> <i>(damage pictured)</i> burns 12,000 acres (49 km²) at the <a href="/wiki/Point_Reyes_National_Seashore" title="Point Reyes National Seashore">Point Reyes National Seashore</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1995">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Craigslist" title="Craigslist">Craigslist</a></b> is founded by Craig Newmark <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes" title="San Jose Earthquakes">San Jose Earthquakes</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> team is established</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/St._Helena_AVA" title="St. Helena AVA">St. Helena AVA</a></b> is established</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon website</a></b> is established in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIX" title="Super Bowl XXIX">win the Super Bowl</a></b> for the fifth time</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/21" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/21">1994</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1994</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="I. Magnin building in San Francisco (now Macy's)"><img alt="I. Magnin building in San Francisco (now Macy's)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg/70px-IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg/105px-IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg/140px-IMagnin-Macy%27s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>I. Magnin building in San Francisco (now Macy's)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Employees of San Francisco's two major daily newspapers, the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> and The <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Examiner" title="San Francisco Examiner">San Francisco Examiner</a></i>, <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_newspaper_strike_of_1994" title="San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994">walk off the job for eleven days</a></b></li> <li>The San Francisco based <b><a href="/wiki/I._Magnin" title="I. Magnin">I. Magnin</a></b> department store chain is liquidated <i>(former SF building pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California" title="Sunnyvale, California">Sunnyvale</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1993"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/22" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/22">1993</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1993</b></div> <ul><li>Eight people are killed and six others injured by a gunman at <b><a href="/wiki/101_California_Street_shooting" title="101 California Street shooting">the 101 California Street building</a></b> in San Francisco</li> <li>Polly Hannah Klaas is kidnapped from her home in <a href="/wiki/Petaluma,_California" title="Petaluma, California">Petaluma</a> and <b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Polly_Klaas" title="Murder of Polly Klaas">subsequently strangled</a></b></li> <li>The magazine <i><b><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></b></i> begins publishing in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Yerba Buena Center for the Arts">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1992"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/23" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/23">1992</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1992</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BarbaraBoxer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Barbara Boxer"><img alt="Barbara Boxer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/BarbaraBoxer.jpg/70px-BarbaraBoxer.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/BarbaraBoxer.jpg/105px-BarbaraBoxer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/BarbaraBoxer.jpg/140px-BarbaraBoxer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption>Barbara Boxer</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in California, 1992">is elected to the United States Senate</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_C._Petris" title="Nicholas C. Petris">Nicholas C. Petris</a></b> is re-elected to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_9th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 9th State Senate district">the 9th State Senate district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Woolsey" title="Lynn Woolsey">Lynn Woolsey</a></b> is elected to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="California's 6th congressional district">the 6th congressional district</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1991"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/24" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/24">1991</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1991</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Remains of houses destroyed by the fire"><img alt="Remains of houses destroyed by the fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/90px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/135px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/180px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Remains of houses destroyed by the fire</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991" title="Oakland firestorm of 1991">Oakland and Berkeley Hills are hit by a firestorm</a></b> <i>(damage pictured, left)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Jordan" title="Frank Jordan">Frank Jordan</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1991" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1991">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a><br />  • Groundbreaking ceremonies take place at the <b><a href="/wiki/AIDS_Memorial_Grove" title="AIDS Memorial Grove">AIDS Memorial Grove</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(logo pictured, right)</i><br />  • San Francisco <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Striptease_club" class="mw-redirect" title="Striptease club">striptease club</a> pioneer <b><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_brothers" title="Mitchell brothers">Jim Mitchell kills his brother and business partner Artie</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></b><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Computer</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/PowerBook" title="PowerBook">PowerBook</a> line of <a href="/wiki/Subnotebook" title="Subnotebook">subnotebook</a> personal computers </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/25" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/25">1990</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1990</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg/100px-Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg/150px-Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg/200px-Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4512" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Discovery_Museum_of_San_Jose" title="Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose">Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a></b> is re-elected to the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="California's 8th congressional district">8th district of the United States Congress</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sweeney_(politician)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Michael Sweeney (politician)">Michael Sweeney</a></b> is elected mayor of <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIV" title="Super Bowl XXIV">win the Super Bowl</a></b> for the fourth time</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1989"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/26" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/26">1989</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1989</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cypress_collapsed.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct"><img alt="Collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Cypress_collapsed.jpg/100px-Cypress_collapsed.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Cypress_collapsed.jpg/150px-Cypress_collapsed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Cypress_collapsed.jpg/200px-Cypress_collapsed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="401" /></a><figcaption>Collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kezar Stadium"><img alt="Kezar Stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg/100px-View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg/150px-View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg/200px-View_over_Kezar_stadium_from_Mt._Olympus_in_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="411" /></a><figcaption>Kezar Stadium</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></b> win the <a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">World Series</a></li> <li>An earthquake centered near <a href="/wiki/Loma_Prieta" title="Loma Prieta">Loma Prieta</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains" title="Santa Cruz Mountains">Santa Cruz Mountains</a> <b><a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">causes significant damage in the Bay Area, kills 63 people throughout Northern California, and injures 3,757</a></b> <i>(damage pictured)</i></li> <li>The original <b><a href="/wiki/Kezar_Stadium" title="Kezar Stadium">Kezar Stadium</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is demolished</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley_AVA" title="Santa Clara Valley AVA">Santa Clara Valley AVA</a></b> is established</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">win the Super Bowl</a></b> for the third time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Sea_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="California Sea Lion">California Sea Lions</a> begin to haul out on docks at San Francisco's <b><a href="/wiki/Pier_39" title="Pier 39">Pier 39</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1988"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/27" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/27">1988</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1988</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg/70px-San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg/105px-San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg/140px-San_Francisco_Civic_Center_Historic_District_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Ashurbanipal_(sculpture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashurbanipal (sculpture)">sculpture of Ashurbanipal</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is installed at the <a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center, San Francisco</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Niles_Canyon_Railway" title="Niles Canyon Railway">Niles Canyon Railway</a></b> is reopened in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_East_Bay_Symphony" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland East Bay Symphony">Oakland East Bay Symphony</a></b> is established</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_Generation" title="Beat Generation">Beat Generation</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Renaissance" title="San Francisco Renaissance">San Francisco Renaissance</a> poet <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duncan_(poet)" title="Robert Duncan (poet)">Robert Duncan</a></b> dies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1987"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/28" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/28">1987</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 1987"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1987</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santa Clara VTA logo"><img alt="Santa Clara VTA logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg/100px-Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg/150px-Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg/200px-Santa_Clara_VTA_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="119" /></a><figcaption>Santa Clara VTA logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Art_Agnos" title="Art Agnos">Art Agnos</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1987" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1987">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li>Punk rock band <b><a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Billie_Joe_Armstrong" title="Billie Joe Armstrong">Billie Joe Armstrong</a> pictured)</i> forms in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a>, with early gigs at <a href="/wiki/924_Gilman" class="mw-redirect" title="924 Gilman">924 Gilman</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Security software">Security software</a> company <b><a href="/wiki/McAfee" title="McAfee">McAfee</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biotech" class="mw-redirect" title="Biotech">Biotech</a> pharmaceutical company <b><a href="/wiki/Gilead_Sciences" title="Gilead Sciences">Gilead Sciences</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Foster_City,_California" title="Foster City, California">Foster City</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley_Transportation_Authority_light_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail">Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail</a></b> system <i>(logo pictured)</i> begins operation</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Coast_AVA" title="Sonoma Coast AVA">Sonoma Coast AVA</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a></b> is elected to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="California's 5th congressional district">California's 5th congressional district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cleve_Jones" title="Cleve Jones">Cleve Jones</a></b> and Mike Smith begin work in San Francisco on a <b><a href="/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt" title="NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt">quilt project to memorialize people who had died from AIDS</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1986"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/29" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/29">1986</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1986</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Link80LiveatGilman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="924 Gilman"><img alt="924 Gilman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Link80LiveatGilman.jpg/100px-Link80LiveatGilman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Link80LiveatGilman.jpg/150px-Link80LiveatGilman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Link80LiveatGilman.jpg/200px-Link80LiveatGilman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1265" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>924 Gilman</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks,_San_Francisco_Bay,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nude woman at Baker Beach, evoking Burning Man"><img alt="Nude woman at Baker Beach, evoking Burning Man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg/100px-Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg/150px-Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg/200px-Nude_woman_posing_on_rocks%2C_San_Francisco_Bay%2C_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Nude woman at Baker Beach, evoking Burning Man</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Napa_River" title="Napa River">Napa River</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_River_flood_of_1986" title="Napa River flood of 1986">experiences its worst flooding of the 20th century</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Symphony" title="Oakland Symphony">Oakland Symphony</a></b> is dissolved</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a> club <b><a href="/wiki/924_Gilman_Street" title="924 Gilman Street">924 Gilman Street</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/Burning_Man" title="Burning Man">Burning Man</a></b> gathering occurs at <a href="/wiki/Baker_Beach" title="Baker Beach">Baker Beach</a> <i>(pictured, with typical apparel of later events)</i> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Shoreline_Amphitheatre" title="Shoreline Amphitheatre">Shoreline Amphitheatre</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Speier" title="Jackie Speier">Jackie Speier</a></b> is elected to the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1985"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/30" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/30">1985</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1985</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abandoned lighthouse-keeper building, Año Nuevo Island"><img alt="Abandoned lighthouse-keeper building, Año Nuevo Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg/100px-Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg/150px-Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg/200px-Ano_Nuevo_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="968" /></a><figcaption>Abandoned lighthouse-keeper building, Año Nuevo Island</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG/100px-Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG/150px-Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG/200px-Emeryville_mudflats_distant_San_Francisco.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="2406" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p> • A plane heading for <a href="/wiki/Buchanan_Field_Airport" title="Buchanan Field Airport">Buchanan Field Airport</a> loses control and <b><a href="/wiki/1985_Sunvalley_Mall_plane_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Sunvalley Mall plane crash">crashes into the roof of Macys, killing the pilot and two passengers, and seriously injuring 84 Christmas shoppers</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Valley_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Valley Mall">Sun Valley Mall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_California" title="Concord, California">Concord</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/A%C3%B1o_Nuevo_State_Park" title="Año Nuevo State Park">Año Nuevo State Park</a></b> is established at <a href="/wiki/A%C3%B1o_Nuevo_Island" title="Año Nuevo Island">Año Nuevo Island</a> <i>(pictured, left)</i> and points in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Emeryville_Crescent_State_Marine_Reserve" title="Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve">Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is established<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/NeXT" title="NeXT">NeXT</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City</a> by <a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Computer">Apple Computer</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>, after being forced out of Apple<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">win the Super Bowl</a></b> for the second time </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1984"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/31" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/31">1984</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1984</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Geraldine Ferraro, with Bob Matsui, Norman Mineta and Tom Hsieh"><img alt="Geraldine Ferraro, with Bob Matsui, Norman Mineta and Tom Hsieh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg/100px-GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg/150px-GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg/200px-GERALDINEFERRARO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1118" /></a><figcaption>Geraldine Ferraro, with Bob Matsui, Norman Mineta and Tom Hsieh</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NUMMI Plant"><img alt="NUMMI Plant" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg/180px-NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg/270px-NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg/360px-NUMMIplantMissionPeakPanorama_3199.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>NUMMI Plant</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Macintosh_128k_transparency.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png/70px-Macintosh_128k_transparency.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png/105px-Macintosh_128k_transparency.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png/140px-Macintosh_128k_transparency.png 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/1984_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1984 Democratic National Convention">1984 Democratic National Convention</a></b> <i>(Vice Presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro" title="Geraldine Ferraro">Geraldine Ferraro</a> pictured)</i> is held at <a href="/wiki/Moscone_Center" title="Moscone Center">Moscone Center</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>An earthquake with an <a href="/wiki/Epicenter" title="Epicenter">epicenter</a> near <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hamilton_(California)" title="Mount Hamilton (California)">Mount Hamilton</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/1984_Morgan_Hill_earthquake" title="1984 Morgan Hill earthquake">close to Morgan Hill</a></b> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">South Bay</a>, inflicts over <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>7 million in damage</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Valley_AVA" title="Alexander Valley AVA">Alexander Valley AVA</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Prison,_Solano" title="California State Prison, Solano">California State Prison, Solano</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Vacaville,_California" title="Vacaville, California">Vacaville</a> is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Art_Museum" title="Cartoon Art Museum">Cartoon Art Museum</a></b> in San Francisco is established by publisher <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Whyte" title="Malcolm Whyte">Malcolm Whyte</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NUMMI" title="NUMMI">New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens at the site of the former <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> <a href="/wiki/Fremont_Assembly" title="Fremont Assembly">Fremont Assembly</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Computer</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Macintosh_128K" title="Macintosh 128K">Macintosh</a> personal computer <i>(pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1983"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/32" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/32">1983</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1983</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein"><img alt="SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/70px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/105px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/140px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/1983_San_Jose_School_District_California_bankruptcy" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 San Jose School District California bankruptcy">San Jose School District declares bankruptcy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1983" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1983">is re-elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li>Tax preparation software company <b><a href="/wiki/Intuit" title="Intuit">Intuit</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_General_Hospital" title="San Francisco General Hospital">San Francisco General Hospital</a></b> establishes the first inpatient ward and outpatient clinic in the United States to treat <a href="/wiki/Acquired_Immune_Deficiency_Syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome">Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_McCabe" title="Charles McCabe">Charles McCabe</a></b>, writer of the "Fearless Spectator" and "Himself" columns for the <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></b></i>, dies at his home in <b><a href="/wiki/North_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="North Beach, San Francisco">North Beach</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1982"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/33" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/33">1982</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 1982"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1982</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="E-Trade San Francisco financial center"><img alt="E-Trade San Francisco financial center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg/70px-Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg/105px-Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg/140px-Etrade_financial_center_market_st_san_francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption>E-Trade San Francisco financial center</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Symantec headquarters in Mountain View (2013)"><img alt="Symantec headquarters in Mountain View (2013)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg/100px-Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg/150px-Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg/200px-Symantec_Headquarters_Mountain_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Symantec headquarters in Mountain View (2013)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fremont Assembly"><img alt="Fremont Assembly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg/100px-CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg/150px-CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg/200px-CALIFORNIA-NEAR_SAN_FRANCISCO_BAY_-_NARA_-_544723.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2019" /></a><figcaption>Fremont Assembly</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Caldecott_Tunnel_fire" title="Caldecott Tunnel fire">Caldecott Tunnel fire</a></b> kills seven people in the third, northernmost bore of the <a href="/wiki/Caldecott_Tunnel" title="Caldecott Tunnel">Caldecott Tunnel</a>, on <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_24" title="California State Route 24">State Route 24</a> between <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orinda,_California" title="Orinda, California">Orinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a> <b><a href="/wiki/The_Catch_(American_football)" title="The Catch (American football)">throws a memorable touchdown pass</a></b> to <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Clark" title="Dwight Clark">Dwight Clark</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1982_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="1982 California Golden Bears football team">University of California Golden Bears</a> perform <b><a href="/wiki/The_Play_(American_football)" title="The Play (American football)">The Play</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Kickoff_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickoff (American football)">kickoff</a> return during a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> game with the <a href="/wiki/1982_Stanford_Cardinal_football_team" title="1982 Stanford Cardinal football team">Stanford Cardinals</a>, which is among the most memorable events in <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States" title="Sports in the United States">American sports</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/E-Trade" title="E-Trade">E-Trade</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NortonLifeLock" class="mw-redirect" title="NortonLifeLock">Symantec</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>' <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont_Assembly" title="Fremont Assembly">Fremont Assembly</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> closes</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a></b> <b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">win the Super Bowl</a></b> for the first time</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cleve_Jones" title="Cleve Jones">Cleve Jones</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Conant" title="Marcus Conant">Marcus Conant</a></b> establish the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_AIDS_Foundation" title="San Francisco AIDS Foundation">Kaposi's Sarcoma Research and Education Foundation</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Floods_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Floods in California">Severe flooding</a></b> in the Bay Area results in 33 deaths and $280 million in losses.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1981"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/34" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/34">1981</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 1981"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1981</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="winery directional sign, Sonoma Valley"><img alt="winery directional sign, Sonoma Valley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg/60px-Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg/90px-Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg/120px-Sonoma_Valley_wine_sign_-_Stierch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1924" data-file-height="3180" /></a><figcaption>winery directional sign, Sonoma Valley</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Napa Valley winery historic marker"><img alt="Napa Valley winery historic marker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG/100px-Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG/150px-Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG/200px-Schramsberg_historical_landmark.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Napa Valley winery historic marker</figcaption></figure> <p> • The first <b><a href="/wiki/World_Games_1981" class="mw-redirect" title="World Games 1981">World Games</a></b> are held in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training" title="Erhard Seminars Training">Erhard Seminars Training</a></b> in San Francisco dissolved<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Valley_AVA" title="Sonoma Valley AVA">Sonoma Valley AVA</a></b> <i>(winery directional sign pictured, left)</i> is established<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley_AVA" title="Napa Valley AVA">Napa Valley AVA</a></b> <i>(historic marker pictured, right)</i> is established<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_the_Farallones_National_Marine_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary">Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary</a></b> is established in coastal waters off the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Schawlow" title="Arthur Leonard Schawlow">Arthur Leonard Schawlow</a></b> at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_Bloembergen" title="Nicolaas Bloembergen">Nicolaas Bloembergen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kai_Siegbahn" title="Kai Siegbahn">Kai Siegbahn</a>, share the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> for their work with <a href="/wiki/Laser" title="Laser">lasers</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/35" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/35">1980</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1980</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Daviessymphonyhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Davies Symphony Hall"><img alt="Davies Symphony Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Daviessymphonyhall.jpg/100px-Daviessymphonyhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Daviessymphonyhall.jpg/150px-Daviessymphonyhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Daviessymphonyhall.jpg/200px-Daviessymphonyhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="934" /></a><figcaption>Davies Symphony Hall</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Airwest" title="Hughes Airwest">Hughes Airwest</a></b>, based out of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a>, is acquired by <a href="/wiki/Republic_Airlines_(1979%E2%80%931986)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Airlines (1979–1986)">Republic Airlines</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Louise_M._Davies_Symphony_Hall" title="Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall">Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_HIV/AIDS#1980s" title="Timeline of HIV/AIDS">A medical patient in San Francisco</a></b> is reported to have both <a href="/wiki/Kaposi%27s_sarcoma" title="Kaposi's sarcoma">Kaposi's sarcoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cryptococcus_neoformans" title="Cryptococcus neoformans">Cryptococcus</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/KSAN_(FM)" title="KSAN (FM)">KSAN</a></b> radio switches formats from <a href="/wiki/Freeform_(radio_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeform (radio format)">freeform rock</a> to country music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> Slavic Languages and Literature Professor <b><a href="/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz" title="Czesław Miłosz">Czesław Miłosz</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1979"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/36" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/36">1979</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: 1979"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1979</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rioters at SF City Hall"><img alt="Rioters at SF City Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg/100px-Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg/150px-Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg/200px-Rioters_outside_San_Francisco_City_Hall_May_21_1979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="313" /></a><figcaption>Rioters at SF City Hall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein"><img alt="SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/70px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/105px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg/140px-Mayor_Diane_Feinstein_Cable_Car.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Tammy_Vincent" title="Murder of Tammy Vincent">body of Tammy Vincent</a></b> is found in <a href="/wiki/Tiburon,_California" title="Tiburon, California">Tiburon</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/White_Night_riots" title="White Night riots">White Night riots</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> erupt in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1979" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1979">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival" title="Gilroy Garlic Festival">Gilroy Garlic Festival</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News" title="Huey Lewis and the News">Huey Lewis and the News</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_music" title="Experimental music">Experimental music</a> group <b><a href="/wiki/Negativland" title="Negativland">Negativland</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_California" title="Concord, California">Concord</a></li> <li>Data storage company <b><a href="/wiki/Seagate_Technology" title="Seagate Technology">Seagate Technology</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/David_Carpenter" title="David Carpenter">David Carpenter</a></b> commits his first trailside killings in the Bay Area</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1978"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/37" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/37">1978</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: 1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1978</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_Ryan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Leo Ryan"><img alt="Leo Ryan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leo_Ryan.jpg/70px-Leo_Ryan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leo_Ryan.jpg/105px-Leo_Ryan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Leo_Ryan.jpg/140px-Leo_Ryan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2075" data-file-height="2470" /></a><figcaption>Leo Ryan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SF Chronicle headline of the assassinations of Moscone and Milk"><img alt="SF Chronicle headline of the assassinations of Moscone and Milk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg/100px-Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg/150px-Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg/200px-Cover_of_San_Francisco_Chronicle_November_28_1978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="471" /></a><figcaption>SF Chronicle headline of the assassinations of Moscone and Milk</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>909 members of the San Francisco-based <b><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Temple">People's Temple</a></b> die, primarily from cyanide poisoning, at an agricultural project coined <b><a href="/wiki/Jonestown" title="Jonestown">Jonestown</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, following the murder of five others by Temple members at <a href="/wiki/Port_Kaituma" title="Port Kaituma">Port Kaituma</a>, including United States Congressman <b><a href="/wiki/Leo_Ryan" title="Leo Ryan">Leo Ryan</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> of the Bay Area</li> <li>San Francisco Mayor <a href="/wiki/George_Moscone" title="George Moscone">George Moscone</a> and San Francisco Supervisor <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Milk" title="Harvey Milk">Harvey Milk</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Moscone%E2%80%93Milk_assassinations" title="Moscone–Milk assassinations">are shot and killed in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White</a></b> <i>(news headline pictured)</i></li> <li>Retailer <b><a href="/wiki/Banana_Republic" title="Banana Republic">Banana Republic</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley,_California" title="Mill Valley, California">Mill Valley</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Dead_Kennedys" title="Dead Kennedys">Dead Kennedys</a></b> are formed in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_French_Laundry" title="The French Laundry">The French Laundry</a></b> restaurant opens in <a href="/wiki/Yountville,_California" title="Yountville, California">Yountville</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Gay_Men%27s_Chorus" title="San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus">San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus</a></b> is formed</li> <li>The whaling ship <i><b><a href="/wiki/Niantic_(whaling_vessel)" title="Niantic (whaling vessel)">Niantic</a></b></i> is uncovered near the <a href="/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid" title="Transamerica Pyramid">Transamerica Pyramid</a> in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1977"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/38" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/38">1977</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: 1977"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1977</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dianne Feinstein"><img alt="Dianne Feinstein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg/70px-DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg/105px-DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg/140px-DIANNEFEINSTEIN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="1433" /></a><figcaption>Dianne Feinstein</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harvey Milk"><img alt="Harvey Milk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg/100px-Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg/150px-Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg/200px-Harvey_Milk_Campaigning_With_Longshormen_in_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>Harvey Milk</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors_election,_1977" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, 1977">San Francisco Board of Supervisors election</a></b> places <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Milk" title="Harvey Milk">Harvey Milk</a> <i>(pictured, far right)</i> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_White" title="Dan White">Dan White</a> on the board<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Corporation</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Victoria%27s_Secret" title="Victoria's Secret">Victoria's Secret</a></b> opens its first store at the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Shopping_Center" title="Stanford Shopping Center">Stanford Shopping Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a><br />  • Members of the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Boys">Joe Boys</a> gang <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Dragon_massacre" title="Golden Dragon massacre">open fire at the Golden Dragon Restaurant</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown</a>, in an assault on rival gang <a href="/wiki/Wah_Ching" title="Wah Ching">Wah Ching</a>, leaving 5 people dead and 11 others injured, none of whom are gang members.<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Computer</a></b> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Apple_II" title="Apple II">Apple II</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1976"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/39" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/39">1976</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: 1976"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1976</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Apple_first_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Apple Computer's first logo"><img alt="Apple Computer's first logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_first_logo.png/100px-Apple_first_logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_first_logo.png/150px-Apple_first_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Apple_first_logo.png/200px-Apple_first_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Apple Computer's first logo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chateau Montelena 1973"><img alt="Chateau Montelena 1973" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg/150px-1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg/225px-1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg/300px-1973_Judgement_of_Paris_Chateau_Montelena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Chateau Montelena 1973</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_Hill_killings" title="Gypsy Hill killings">Five unsolved murders of young women</a></b> are committed in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a> by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Wayne" title="Ronald Wayne">Ronald Wayne</a><br />  • <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> wineries <a href="/wiki/Stag%27s_Leap_Wine_Cellars" title="Stag's Leap Wine Cellars">Stag's Leap Wine Cellars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chateau_Montelena" title="Chateau Montelena">Chateau Montelena</a> <i>(pictured, right)</i> place best in the red and white wine categories respectively, against their traditionally first ranked French competitors, in the wine tasting that becomes known as the <b><a href="/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)" title="Judgment of Paris (wine)">Judgment of Paris</a></b><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/China_Camp_State_Park" title="China Camp State Park">China Camp State Park</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael</a><br />  • <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield</a>-based candy company Herman Goelitz sells their first <b><a href="/wiki/Jelly_Belly" title="Jelly Belly">Jelly Bellies</a></b><br />  • <a href="/wiki/Cyra_McFadden" title="Cyra McFadden">Cyra McFadden</a>'s <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Serial" title="The Serial">The Serial</a>'s</b></i> first installments are published in the <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Sun_(newspaper)" title="Pacific Sun (newspaper)">Pacific Sun</a></i> alternative newsweekly<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Richmond" title="Dennis Richmond">Dennis Richmond</a></b> becomes the lead anchor at <a href="/wiki/KTVU" title="KTVU">KTVU</a> news in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, an early African American news anchor in a major US television market<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/KPIX" class="mw-redirect" title="KPIX">KPIX</a></b> television in San Francisco debuts a locally-produced magazine program called <i><b><a href="/wiki/Evening_Magazine" title="Evening Magazine">Evening: The MTWTF Show</a></b></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1975"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/40" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/40">1975</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: 1975"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1975</b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/George_Moscone" title="George Moscone">George Moscone</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_mayoral_election,_1975" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco mayoral election, 1975">is elected mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Marine_Mammal_Center" title="The Marine Mammal Center">The Marine Mammal Center</a></b> is established in the <a href="/wiki/Marin_Headlands" title="Marin Headlands">Marin Headlands</a> at a former <a href="/wiki/MIM-3_Nike_Ajax" title="MIM-3 Nike Ajax">Nike Missile site</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gary_Snyder" title="Gary Snyder">Gary Snyder</a>'s</b> 1974 <i><a href="/wiki/Turtle_Island_(book)" title="Turtle Island (book)">Turtle Island</a></i> (after the <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Goano'ganoch'sa'jeh'seroni</a> <a href="/wiki/Turtle_Island_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Turtle Island (North America)">name for the lands of North America</a>) wins the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry" title="Pulitzer Prize for Poetry">Pulitzer Prize for Poetry</a></li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Review_of_Books" title="San Francisco Review of Books">San Francisco Review of Books</a></b></i> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Nowicki" title="Ronald Nowicki">Ronald Nowicki</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> win the <b><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1974"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/41" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/41">1974</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: 1974"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1974</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Patty Hearst with gun"><img alt="Patty Hearst with gun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg/100px-Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg/150px-Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg/200px-Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="932" /></a><figcaption>Patty Hearst with gun</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_College_of_Natural_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Berkeley College of Natural Resources">University of California, Berkeley College of Natural Resources</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army" title="Symbionese Liberation Army">Symbionese Liberation Army</a></b> members hold up a <a href="/wiki/Hibernia_Bank_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hibernia Bank (San Francisco)">Hibernia Bank in San Francisco</a>, where an iconic image <i>(pictured)</i> of kidnapped heiress <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Hearst" class="mw-redirect" title="Patricia Hearst">Patricia Hearst</a> is caught on security footage</li> <li>The serial <i><b><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_City" title="Tales of the City">Tales of the City</a></b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Armistead_Maupin" title="Armistead Maupin">Armistead Maupin</a> appears in the <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Sun_(newspaper)" title="Pacific Sun (newspaper)">Pacific Sun</a></i> alternative newsweekly</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1973"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/42" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/42">1973</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: 1973"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1973</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield,_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Travis Air Force Base"><img alt="Travis Air Force Base" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/100px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/150px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/200px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Travis Air Force Base</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Burst_of_Joy" title="Burst of Joy">Burst of Joy</a></b></i>, depicting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lt. Col.</a> Robert L. Stirm being reunited with his family, after spending more than five years in captivity as a prisoner of war in <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a>, is taken at <a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis Air Force Base</a> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a></li> <li>16 people are killed, during a string of racially motivated attacks, dubbed the <b><a href="/wiki/Zebra_murders" title="Zebra murders">Zebra murders</a></b>, committed by African-American men against mostly white victims, in San Francisco, continuing into 1974</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> win the <b><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">World Series</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Owens_(photographer)" title="Bill Owens (photographer)">Bill Owens</a>' photoessay <i><b><a href="/wiki/Suburbia_(book)" title="Suburbia (book)">Suburbia</a></b></i>, featuring images of <a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore</a>, is published by <a href="/wiki/Straight_Arrow_Press" title="Straight Arrow Press">Straight Arrow Press</a> in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1972"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/43" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/43">1972</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: 1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1972</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Playland in San Francisco"><img alt="Playland in San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/100px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/150px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/200px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2854" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>Playland in San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Early model BART car"><img alt="Early model BART car" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg/100px-Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg/150px-Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg/200px-Bart_A_car_Oakland_Coliseum_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="2748" /></a><figcaption>Early model BART car</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PrideParade1983_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gay Firefighters float at Gay Pride 1983"><img alt="Gay Firefighters float at Gay Pride 1983" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/PrideParade1983_01.jpg/100px-PrideParade1983_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/PrideParade1983_01.jpg/150px-PrideParade1983_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/PrideParade1983_01.jpg/200px-PrideParade1983_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1462" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption>Gay Firefighters float at Gay Pride 1983</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment" title="Stanford marshmallow experiment">Stanford marshmallow experiment</a></b> results are published</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Building_(San_Francisco)" title="Tiffany Building (San Francisco)">Tiffany Building</a></b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Playland_(San_Francisco)" title="Playland (San Francisco)">Playland</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco closes</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a></b> <i>(early car model pictured)</i> begins operations</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Haas-Lilienthal_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Haas-Lilienthal House">Haas-Lilienthal House</a></b> in San Francisco opens to the public</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_capital_firm" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture capital firm">Venture capital firm</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins_Caufield_%26_Byers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers">Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stag%27s_Leap_Wine_Cellars" title="Stag's Leap Wine Cellars">Stag's Leap Wine Cellars</a></b> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley, California">Napa Valley</a> produces its first vintage</li> <li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Pride" title="San Francisco Pride">San Francisco Pride</a></b> festival, then called <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Street" title="Christopher Street">Christopher Street</a> West, attracts an estimated 54,000 attendees <i>(1983 parade pictured)</i></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> win the <b><a href="/wiki/1972_World_Series" title="1972 World Series">World Series</a></b></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film" title="Pornographic film">pornographic film</a> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Green_Door" title="Behind the Green Door">Behind the Green Door</a></b></i> is released, directed by the San Francisco based <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitchell Brothers">Mitchell Brothers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1971"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/44" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/44">1971</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: 1971"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1971</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lupines at Annadel State Park"><img alt="Lupines at Annadel State Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg/90px-Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg/135px-Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg/180px-Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Lupines at Annadel State Park</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tao House, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site"><img alt="Tao House, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg/90px-Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg/135px-Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg/180px-Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="100" /></a><figcaption>Tao House, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChezPanisse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chez Panisse"><img alt="Chez Panisse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/ChezPanisse.jpg/90px-ChezPanisse.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/ChezPanisse.jpg/135px-ChezPanisse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/ChezPanisse.jpg/180px-ChezPanisse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Chez Panisse</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Two <a href="/wiki/Standard_Oil" title="Standard Oil">Standard Oil</a> tankers collide in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/1971_San_Francisco_Bay_oil_spill" title="1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill">spilling 800,000 gallons of oil</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Annadel_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Annadel State Park">Annadel State Park</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in the <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Valley" title="Sonoma Valley">Sonoma Valley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training" title="Erhard Seminars Training">Erhard Seminars Training</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_National_Historic_Site" title="Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site">Eugene O'Neill's Tao House</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_California" title="Danville, California">unincorporated Contra Costa County</a>, is declared a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chez_Panisse" title="Chez Panisse">Chez Panisse</a></b> restaurant <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li>Filmmaker <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> founds <b><a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael</a>, the same year he releases <i><b><a href="/wiki/THX_1138" title="THX 1138">THX 1138</a></b></i>, filmed in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a></li> <li>Japanese American city councilman <b><a href="/wiki/Norman_Mineta" title="Norman Mineta">Norman Mineta</a></b> is elected <b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Jose,_California" title="Mayor of San Jose, California">Mayor of San Jose</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Art_Center" title="Palo Alto Art Center">Palo Alto Community Cultural Center</a></b> is founded in <b><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1970"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/45" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/45">1970</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: 1970"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1970</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Berkeley Art Museum"><img alt="Berkeley Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/100px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/150px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/200px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Berkeley Art Museum</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_P._Jackson" title="Jonathan P. Jackson">Jonathan Jackson</a> attempts to negotiate the freedom of the <a href="/wiki/Soledad_Brothers" title="Soledad Brothers">Soledad Brothers</a> (which included his older brother <a href="/wiki/George_Jackson_(Black_Panther)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Jackson (Black Panther)">George</a>) by kidnapping Superior Court judge <a href="/wiki/Harold_Haley" title="Harold Haley">Harold Haley</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center" title="Marin County Civic Center">Marin County Civic Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael</a>. The <b><a href="/wiki/Marin_County_courthouse_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Marin County courthouse incident">resulting shootout</a></b> leaves four men dead, including both Jackson and Judge Haley.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/People_v._Newton" title="People v. Newton">People v. Newton</a></b> reverses the voluntary manslaughter conviction of <a href="/wiki/Huey_P._Newton" title="Huey P. Newton">Huey P. Newton</a> in the death of an <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Police_Department" title="Oakland Police Department">Oakland Police officer</a></li> <li>A pipe bomb filled with <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(weaponry)" title="Fragmentation (weaponry)">shrapnel</a> <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department_Park_Station_bombing" title="San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing">detonates on the ledge of a window at the San Francisco Police Department's Golden Gate Park station</a></b>, killing one officer and wounding nine</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive" title="Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive">Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a></b> is elected to <a href="/wiki/California%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="California's 7th congressional district">California's 7th congressional district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose's</a></b> population is 459,913, an increase by 125% from 1960's 204,196</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1969"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/46" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/46">1969</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: 1969"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1969</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sentinel Building, American Zoetrope HQ"><img alt="Sentinel Building, American Zoetrope HQ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg/100px-Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg/150px-Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg/200px-Cafe_Zoetrope_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2206" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Sentinel Building, American Zoetrope HQ</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blowing_Smoke.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Children experimenting with vapor, Exploratorium"><img alt="Children experimenting with vapor, Exploratorium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Blowing_Smoke.jpg/100px-Blowing_Smoke.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Blowing_Smoke.jpg/150px-Blowing_Smoke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Blowing_Smoke.jpg/200px-Blowing_Smoke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Children experimenting with vapor, Exploratorium</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gap_1972_service_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Logo for The Gap"><img alt="Logo for The Gap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Gap_1972_service_mark.svg/100px-Gap_1972_service_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Gap_1972_service_mark.svg/150px-Gap_1972_service_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Gap_1972_service_mark.svg/200px-Gap_1972_service_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="130" /></a><figcaption>Logo for The Gap</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Jose Museum of Art"><img alt="San Jose Museum of Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg/100px-San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg/150px-San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg/200px-San_Jose_Museum_of_Art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4148" data-file-height="1750" /></a><figcaption>San Jose Museum of Art</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:People%27s-Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="People's Park, Berkeley"><img alt="People's Park, Berkeley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/People%27s-Park.jpg/100px-People%27s-Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/People%27s-Park.jpg/150px-People%27s-Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/People%27s-Park.jpg/200px-People%27s-Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="496" /></a><figcaption>People's Park, Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert" title="Altamont Free Concert">Altamont Free Concert</a></b> is held at the <a href="/wiki/Altamont_Raceway_Park" title="Altamont Raceway Park">Altamont Speedway</a> between <a href="/wiki/Tracy,_California" title="Tracy, California">Tracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Micro Devices">Advanced Micro Devices</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California" title="Sunnyvale, California">Sunnyvale</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/American_Zoetrope" title="American Zoetrope">American Zoetrope</a></b> <i>(headquarters at the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Tower_(San_Francisco)" title="Columbus Tower (San Francisco)">Sentinal Building</a> pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Exploratorium" title="Exploratorium">Exploratorium</a></b> <i>(interior pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • Clothing retailer <b><a href="/wiki/Gap_Inc." title="Gap Inc.">The Gap</a></b> <i>(early logo pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Museum_of_California" title="Oakland Museum of California">Oakland Museum of California</a></b> is established<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Museum_of_Art" title="San Jose Museum of Art">San Jose Museum of Art</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established<br />  • A <b>"<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Park_(Berkeley)" title="People's Park (Berkeley)">People's Park</a>"</b> <i>(pictured)</i> is created by community activists on <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> property, off <a href="/wiki/Telegraph_Avenue" title="Telegraph Avenue">Telegraph Avenue</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/555_California_Street" title="555 California Street">Bank of America Center</a></b> building in San Francisco is completed<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz" title="Occupation of Alcatraz">Occupation of Alcatraz</a></b> by <a href="/wiki/Native_American_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American people">Native American</a> activists begins<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a></b> is first proposed by <a href="/wiki/John_McConnell_(peace_activist)" title="John McConnell (peace activist)">John McConnell</a> at a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> conference in San Francisco<br />  • An unidentified person sends letters to the <i><a href="/wiki/Vallejo_Times_Herald" title="Vallejo Times Herald">Vallejo Times Herald</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_San_Francisco_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="The San Francisco Examiner">The San Francisco Examiner</a></i>, taking credit for two fatal shooting incidents, then sends a fourth letter to the <i>Examiner</i> with the salutation "Dear Editor This is the <b><a href="/wiki/Zodiac_Killer" title="Zodiac Killer">Zodiac</a></b> speaking." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1968"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/47" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/47">1968</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: 1968"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1968</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Computer mouse, based on Englebart's demo"><img alt="Computer mouse, based on Englebart's demo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg/100px-SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg/150px-SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg/200px-SRI_Computer_Mouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Computer mouse, based on Englebart's demo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lawrence Hall of Science"><img alt="Lawrence Hall of Science" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg/100px-LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg/150px-LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg/200px-LawrenceHallofScience2007_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1793" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption>Lawrence Hall of Science</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>In the last minute of a <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> game between the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a>, Oakland scores two <a href="/wiki/Touchdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="Touchdowns">touchdowns</a> to overcome a 32–29 New York lead, just as the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> Television Network <b><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Game" title="Heidi Game">breaks away from the game, with the Jets still winning, to air the television film <i>Heidi</i></a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Airlines Flight 2">Japan Airlines Flight 2</a></b> flying from <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo International Airport</a> to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a> lands in the shallow waters of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a>, two and a half miles short of the runway, with no injuries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Englebart" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Englebart">Douglas Englebart</a> presents <b><a href="/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" title="The Mother of All Demos">a demonstration of potential new computer technology</a></b> <i>(prototype based on the demo pictured)</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Computer_Conference" title="Joint Computer Conference">Fall Joint Computer Conference</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Hall_of_Science" title="Lawrence Hall of Science">Lawrence Hall of Science</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li>KSFR, 94.9 FM, changes to call letters <b><a href="/wiki/KSAN_(FM)" title="KSAN (FM)">KSAN</a></b>, and switches formats from classical music to <a href="/wiki/Freeform_(radio_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeform (radio format)">freeform rock</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Luis_Walter_Alvarez" title="Luis Walter Alvarez">Luis Walter Alvarez</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1967"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/48" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/48">1967</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: 1967"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/30px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/45px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/60px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="363" /></a></span><big><b>1967</b></big><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/30px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/45px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg/60px-Love_Heart_rainbow_01.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5,_January_1967.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Human Be-In poster reprinted for the San Francisco Oracle"><img alt="Human Be-In poster reprinted for the San Francisco Oracle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg/100px-San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg/150px-San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg/200px-San_Francisco_Oracle_Cover_Vol.1_No.5%2C_January_1967.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6397" data-file-height="9293" /></a><figcaption>Human Be-In poster reprinted for the San Francisco Oracle</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="CCR in 1968"><img alt="CCR in 1968" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg/100px-Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg/150px-Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg/200px-Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="842" data-file-height="641" /></a><figcaption>CCR in 1968</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rolling_Stone_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rolling Stone logo"><img alt="Rolling Stone logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rolling_Stone_logo.svg/100px-Rolling_Stone_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rolling_Stone_logo.svg/150px-Rolling_Stone_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rolling_Stone_logo.svg/200px-Rolling_Stone_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption><i>Rolling Stone</i> logo</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santana_1973.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carlos Santana in 1973"><img alt="Carlos Santana in 1973" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Santana_1973.jpg/100px-Santana_1973.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Santana_1973.jpg/150px-Santana_1973.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Santana_1973.jpg/200px-Santana_1973.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1872" data-file-height="1191" /></a><figcaption>Carlos Santana in 1973</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo%E2%80%93Hayward_Bridge" title="San Mateo–Hayward Bridge">San Mateo–Hayward Bridge</a></b> opens to traffic<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Mantra-Rock_Dance" title="Mantra-Rock Dance">Mantra-Rock Dance</a></b> concert takes place at the <a href="/wiki/Avalon_Ballroom" title="Avalon Ballroom">Avalon Ballroom</a> in San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Human_Be-In" title="Human Be-In">Human Be-In</a></b> <i>(poster artwork from magazine cover depicted, left)</i> occurs at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a>, a prelude to the <a href="/wiki/Summer_of_Love" title="Summer of Love">Summer of Love</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Graduate_School_of_Journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism">University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism</a></b> is established<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival" title="Creedence Clearwater Revival">Creedence Clearwater Revival</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is formed in <a href="/wiki/El_Cerrito,_California" title="El Cerrito, California">El Cerrito</a><br />  • <i><b><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></b></i> magazine <i>(current logo pictured, right)</i> begins publishing in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Santana_(band)" title="Santana (band)">Santana</a></b> is formed in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a> <i>(pictured, right)</i><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Summer_of_Love" title="Summer of Love">Summer of Love</a></b> comes to San Francisco </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1966"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/49" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/49">1966</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: 1966"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1966</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Railing pillar w/female figure, Asian Art Museum"><img alt="Railing pillar w/female figure, Asian Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG/100px-Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG/150px-Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG/200px-Railing_pillar_with_female_figure_Asian_Art_Museum_SF_B69S13.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Railing pillar w/female figure, Asian Art Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChivalryTournament.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="SCA participants"><img alt="SCA participants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ChivalryTournament.JPG/100px-ChivalryTournament.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ChivalryTournament.JPG/150px-ChivalryTournament.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ChivalryTournament.JPG/200px-ChivalryTournament.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2914" data-file-height="1951" /></a><figcaption>SCA participants</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Zun in shape of rhinoceros, China, 1100s–1050 BCE"><img alt="Zun in shape of rhinoceros, China, 1100s–1050 BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg/100px-Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg/150px-Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg/200px-Zun_in_shape_of_Rhino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption>Zun in shape of rhinoceros, China, 1100s–1050 BCE</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:McAfeecoliseumsat.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Satellite photograph of the Oakland Coliseum"><img alt="Satellite photograph of the Oakland Coliseum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McAfeecoliseumsat.png/100px-McAfeecoliseumsat.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McAfeecoliseumsat.png/150px-McAfeecoliseumsat.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McAfeecoliseumsat.png/200px-McAfeecoliseumsat.png 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="653" /></a><figcaption>Satellite photograph of the Oakland Coliseum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PeetsStore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The original Peet's Coffee, Berkeley"><img alt="The original Peet's Coffee, Berkeley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/PeetsStore.jpg/100px-PeetsStore.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/PeetsStore.jpg/150px-PeetsStore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/PeetsStore.jpg/200px-PeetsStore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The original Peet's Coffee, Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Love_Pageant_Rally" title="Love Pageant Rally">Love Pageant Rally</a></b> is held, on the day <a href="/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide" class="mw-redirect" title="Lysergic acid diethylamide">LSD</a> becomes illegal, in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a>, by the creators of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Oracle" title="San Francisco Oracle">San Francisco Oracle</a></i><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Society_for_Creative_Anachronism" title="Society for Creative Anachronism">Society for Creative Anachronism</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> forms in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, with a parade down <a href="/wiki/Telegraph_Avenue" title="Telegraph Avenue">Telegraph Avenue</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/George_Paul_Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="George Paul Miller">George Paul Miller</a></b> is re-elected to <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_1966" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966">California's 8th congressional district</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Asian_Art_Museum_of_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Art Museum of San Francisco">Asian Art Museum of San Francisco</a></b> <i>(artifacts pictured)</i> opens as a wing of the <a href="/wiki/M._H._de_Young_Memorial_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="M. H. de Young Memorial Museum">M. H. de Young Memorial Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a><br />  • High-end clothier <b><a href="/wiki/Wilkes_Bashford" title="Wilkes Bashford">Wilkes Bashford</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Union_Square,_San_Francisco" title="Union Square, San Francisco">Union Square, San Francisco</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party for Self-Defense</a></b> is formed in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> by <a href="/wiki/Huey_Newton" class="mw-redirect" title="Huey Newton">Huey Newton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Seale" title="Bobby Seale">Bobby Seale</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Moby_Grape" title="Moby Grape">Moby Grape</a></b> is formed in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Skip_Spence" title="Skip Spence">Skip Spence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Katz" title="Matthew Katz">Matthew Katz</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/O.co_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="O.co Coliseum">Oakland Coliseum</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Peet%27s_Coffee_%26_Tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Peet's Coffee & Tea">Peet's Coffee & Tea</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Print_Mint" title="Print Mint">Print Mint</a></b> begins publishing and distributing posters and <a href="/wiki/Underground_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground comics">underground comics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a><br />  • The <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Guardian" title="San Francisco Bay Guardian">San Francisco Bay Guardian</a></b></i> weekly <a href="/wiki/Alternative_newspaper" title="Alternative newspaper">alternative newspaper</a> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/American_Conservatory_Theater" title="American Conservatory Theater">American Conservatory Theater</a></b> moves to San Francisco </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1965"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/50" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/50">1965</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: 1965"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1965</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grateful_Dead_(1970).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Grateful Dead"><img alt="Grateful Dead" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png/100px-Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png/150px-Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png/200px-Grateful_Dead_%281970%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption>Grateful Dead</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jefferson_Airplane.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jefferson Airplane"><img alt="Jefferson Airplane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Jefferson_Airplane.jpg/70px-Jefferson_Airplane.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Jefferson_Airplane.jpg/105px-Jefferson_Airplane.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Jefferson_Airplane.jpg/140px-Jefferson_Airplane.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1313" data-file-height="1256" /></a><figcaption>Jefferson Airplane</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> forms in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane" title="Jefferson Airplane">Jefferson Airplane</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> forms in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Acid_Tests" title="Acid Tests">Acid Tests</a></b> begin to be given by author and Merry Prankster <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kesey" title="Ken Kesey">Ken Kesey</a> in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the West Coast</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Condominium_1" title="Condominium 1">Condominium 1</a></b> is built at <a href="/wiki/Sea_Ranch,_California" title="Sea Ranch, California">Sea Ranch</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a> coast</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1964"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/51" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/51">1964</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: 1964"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1964</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Don_Edwards.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Don Edwards"><img alt="Don Edwards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Don_Edwards.jpg/70px-Don_Edwards.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Don_Edwards.jpg/105px-Don_Edwards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Don_Edwards.jpg/140px-Don_Edwards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>Don Edwards</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oakland Temple"><img alt="Oakland Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg/100px-Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg/150px-Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg/200px-Oakland_Mormon_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3143" data-file-height="2104" /></a><figcaption>Oakland Temple</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/1964_Republican_National_Convention" title="1964 Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a></b> is held at the <a href="/wiki/Cow_Palace" title="Cow Palace">Cow Palace</a>, San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Christmas_flood_of_1964" title="Christmas flood of 1964">Christmas flood</a></b> hits <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement" title="Free Speech Movement">Free Speech Movement</a></b> begins at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Lines_Flight_773" title="Pacific Air Lines Flight 773">Pacific Air Lines Flight 773</a></b> crashes near <a href="/wiki/San_Ramon,_California" title="San Ramon, California">San Ramon</a> after a gunman kills the pilot and co-pilot, with no survivors</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Don_Edwards" title="Don Edwards">Don Edwards</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected to <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964">California's 9th congressional district</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_California_Temple" title="Oakland California Temple">Oakland California Temple</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1963"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/52" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/52">1963</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: 1963"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1963</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Contemporary BAM/PFA building"><img alt="Contemporary BAM/PFA building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/100px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/150px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/200px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Contemporary BAM/PFA building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive" title="Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive">Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Committee_(improv_group)" title="The Committee (improv group)">The Committee</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Improvisational_theatre" title="Improvisational theatre">improvisational theatre</a> group is formed in San Francisco</li> <li>The Reverend <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Williams_(pastor)" title="Cecil Williams (pastor)">Cecil Williams</a> becomes pastor of <b><a href="/wiki/Glide_Memorial_Church" title="Glide Memorial Church">Glide Memorial Church</a></b> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_automotive_manufacturing_plants" title="List of former automotive manufacturing plants">General Motors Oakland Assembly</a></b> closes</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1962"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/53" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/53">1962</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: 1962"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1962</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MarineWorld1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marine World show, 1970"><img alt="Marine World show, 1970" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/MarineWorld1970.jpg/100px-MarineWorld1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/MarineWorld1970.jpg/150px-MarineWorld1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/MarineWorld1970.jpg/200px-MarineWorld1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Marine World show, 1970</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanford Linear Accelerator"><img alt="Stanford Linear Accelerator" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/150px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/225px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/300px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5900" data-file-height="1480" /></a><figcaption>Stanford Linear Accelerator</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Marine_World/Africa_USA" title="Marine World/Africa USA">Marine World</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in <a href="/wiki/Redwood_Shores,_California" title="Redwood Shores, California">Redwood Shores</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ramparts_(magazine)" title="Ramparts (magazine)">Ramparts</a></b></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Left-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-wing">left-wing</a> political and literary magazine, is founded in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory" title="SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory">Stanford Linear Accelerator Center</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sproul_Plaza" title="Sproul Plaza">Sproul Plaza</a></b> is completed at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>' <b><a href="/wiki/Fremont_Assembly" title="Fremont Assembly">Fremont Assembly</a></b> plant opens</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1961"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/54" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/54">1961</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: 1961"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1961</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chabot_College_07819.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial photograph of Chabot College"><img alt="Aerial photograph of Chabot College" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chabot_College_07819.JPG/100px-Chabot_College_07819.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chabot_College_07819.JPG/150px-Chabot_College_07819.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chabot_College_07819.JPG/200px-Chabot_College_07819.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Aerial photograph of Chabot College</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Moore_Dry_Dock_Company" title="Moore Dry Dock Company">Moore Dry Dock Company</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> ceases operations</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chabot_College" title="Chabot College">Chabot College</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Village" title="Frontier Village">Frontier Village</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Calvin" title="Melvin Calvin">Melvin Calvin</a></b> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Benson" title="Andrew Benson">Andrew Benson</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Bassham" title="James Bassham">James Bassham</a> are awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> for their discovery of the <a href="/wiki/Calvin_cycle" title="Calvin cycle">Calvin cycle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1960"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/55" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/55">1960</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: 1960"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1960</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The "Blue Cube""><img alt="The "Blue Cube"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg/80px-Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg/120px-Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg/160px-Lockheed%27s_%22Blue_Cube%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2680" data-file-height="2240" /></a><figcaption>The "Blue Cube"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SSU_sign_4625.png" class="mw-file-description" title="SSU sign"><img alt="SSU sign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SSU_sign_4625.png/100px-SSU_sign_4625.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SSU_sign_4625.png/150px-SSU_sign_4625.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SSU_sign_4625.png/200px-SSU_sign_4625.png 2x" data-file-width="1645" data-file-height="846" /></a><figcaption>SSU sign</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/George_Paul_Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="George Paul Miller">George Miller</a></b> is re-elected to <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_1960" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1960">California's 8th congressional district</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bothe-Napa_Valley_State_Park" title="Bothe-Napa Valley State Park">Bothe-Napa Valley State Park</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a></b> opens in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station" title="Onizuka Air Force Station">Air Force Satellite Test Center</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a>, becomes operational</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_State_University" title="Sonoma State University">Sonoma State University</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_A._Glaser" title="Donald A. Glaser">Donald A. Glaser</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> for his invention of the <a href="/wiki/Bubble_chamber" title="Bubble chamber">bubble chamber</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose's</a></b> population is 204,196, an increase by 114% from 1950's 95,280</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1959"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/56" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/56">1959</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: 1959"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1959</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Embarcadero Freeway"><img alt="Embarcadero Freeway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg/80px-San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg/120px-San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg/160px-San_Francisco_Skyline_with_Embarcadero_Feb_1982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2588" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption>Embarcadero Freeway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Montgomery_Block,_1862.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Montgomery Block, 1862"><img alt="Montgomery Block, 1862" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg/70px-Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg/105px-Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg/140px-Montgomery_Block%2C_1862.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="992" /></a><figcaption>Montgomery Block, 1862</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryCoe11.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry Coe skyline"><img alt="Henry Coe skyline" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HenryCoe11.jpg/80px-HenryCoe11.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HenryCoe11.jpg/120px-HenryCoe11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HenryCoe11.jpg/160px-HenryCoe11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>Henry Coe skyline</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Embarcadero_Freeway" class="mw-redirect" title="Embarcadero Freeway">Embarcadero Freeway</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco, the same year the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Highway_revolts#San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="Highway revolts">votes to cancel seven of ten planned freeways</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Block" title="Montgomery Block">Montgomery Block</a></b> building <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is demolished</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Coe_State_Park" title="Henry W. Coe State Park">Henry W. Coe State Park</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, in the <a href="/wiki/Diablo_Range" title="Diablo Range">Diablo Range</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_County,_California" title="Stanislaus County, California">Stanislaus</a> counties, is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_London_State_Historic_Park" title="Jack London State Historic Park">Jack London State Historic Park</a></b>, on the eastern slope of <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Mountain" title="Sonoma Mountain">Sonoma Mountain</a>, is established</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Crown-Zellerbach_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown-Zellerbach Building">Crown-Zellerbach Building</a></b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Mime_Troupe" title="San Francisco Mime Troupe">San Francisco Mime Troupe</a></b> is formed in San Francisco, performing (despite its name) musical <a href="/wiki/Political_satire" title="Political satire">political satire</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Union_City,_California" title="Union City, California">Union City</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Owen_Chamberlain" title="Owen Chamberlain">Owen Chamberlain</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Emilio_Segr%C3%A8" title="Emilio Segrè">Emilio Segrè</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> are awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> for their discovery of the <a href="/wiki/Antiproton" title="Antiproton">antiproton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1958"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/57" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/57">1958</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: 1958"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1958</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="SF Giants logo"><img alt="SF Giants logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg/70px-San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg/105px-San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg/140px-San_Francisco_Giants_Cap_Insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>SF Giants logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Rice-A-Roni" title="Rice-A-Roni">Rice-A-Roni</a></b>, "The San Francisco Treat", is introduced</li> <li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/Cost_Plus,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Cost Plus, Inc.">Cost Plus</a></b> store opens at <a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Wharf,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California">Fisherman's Wharf</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> move to San Francisco and become the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></b> <i>(logo pictured)</i></li> <li>San Francisco columnist <b><a href="/wiki/Herb_Caen" title="Herb Caen">Herb Caen</a></b> coins the term <b><a href="/wiki/Beat_Generation" title="Beat Generation">Beatnik</a></b>, adding the suffix "-nik" from <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Sputnik I">Sputnik I</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Beat_Generation" title="Beat Generation">Beat Generation</a>, or "Beats"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1957"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/58" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/58">1957</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: 1957"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1957</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IC_Plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commemorative plaque to the Fairchild team"><img alt="Commemorative plaque to the Fairchild team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/IC_Plaque.jpg/120px-IC_Plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/IC_Plaque.jpg/180px-IC_Plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/IC_Plaque.jpg/240px-IC_Plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption>Commemorative plaque to the Fairchild team</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Film_Festival" title="San Francisco International Film Festival">San Francisco International Film Festival</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild Semiconductor</a></b> <i>(historic plaque pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_East_Bay" title="California State University, East Bay">The State College for Alameda County</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Flower_Drum_Song" title="The Flower Drum Song">The Flower Drum Song</a></b></i> (the basis of 1958 musical <i><a href="/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song" title="Flower Drum Song">Flower Drum Song</a></i>) by <a href="/wiki/C._Y._Lee_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Y. Lee (author)">C. Y. Lee</a>, is published</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Trio" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston Trio">Kingston Trio</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a> group forms in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1956"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/59" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/59">1956</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: 1956"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1956</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:091226_trieste_8406_(4221902054).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Caffe Trieste interior"><img alt="Caffe Trieste interior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg/100px-091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg/150px-091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg/200px-091226_trieste_8406_%284221902054%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="861" /></a><figcaption>Caffe Trieste interior</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Half Moon Bay State Beach"><img alt="Half Moon Bay State Beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg/100px-Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg/150px-Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg/200px-Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Half Moon Bay State Beach</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Caffe_Trieste" title="Caffe Trieste">Caffe Trieste</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/1956_Republican_National_Convention" title="1956 Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a></b> is held at the <a href="/wiki/Cow_Palace" title="Cow Palace">Cow Palace</a> in San Francisco</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Argonaut" title="The Argonaut">The Argonaut</a></b></i> ceases publication in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay_State_Beach" title="Half Moon Bay State Beach">Half Moon Bay State Beach</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Hayward_Area_Historical_Society" title="Hayward Area Historical Society">Hayward Area Historical Society</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Williams-Sonoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams-Sonoma">Williams-Sonoma</a></b> opens its first store in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George_Christopher" class="mw-disambig" title="George Christopher">George Christopher</a></b> is elected mayor of San Francisco</li> <li>While living with poet <a href="/wiki/Gary_Snyder" title="Gary Snyder">Gary Snyder</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley,_California" title="Mill Valley, California">Mill Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> works on a book centering around Snyder, which he considers calling <i><b><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Bums" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma Bums">Visions of Gary</a></b></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1955"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/60" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/60">1955</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: 1955"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1955</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ginsberg signature"><img alt="Ginsberg signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg/250px-Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg/375px-Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg/500px-Allen_Ginsberg_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption>Ginsberg signature</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cupertino,_California.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cupertino flag"><img alt="Cupertino flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg/100px-Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg/150px-Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg/200px-Flag_of_Cupertino%2C_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="354" /></a><figcaption>Cupertino flag</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Howl_and_Other_Poems" title="Howl and Other Poems">Howl</a></b></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg" title="Allen Ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a> <i>(signature pictured)</i>, is written, then recited at the <a href="/wiki/Six_Gallery_reading" title="Six Gallery reading">Six Gallery reading</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Medical_Facility" title="California Medical Facility">California Medical Facility</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/List_of_California_state_prisons" title="List of California state prisons">state prison</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vacaville,_California" title="Vacaville, California">Vacaville</a>, opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cazadero_Performing_Arts_Camp" title="Cazadero Performing Arts Camp">Cazadero Performing Arts Camp</a></b> is established in western <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></li> <li>The city of <b><a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a></b> <i>(flag pictured)</i> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Bilitis" title="Daughters of Bilitis">Daughters of Bilitis</a></b>, the first <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil and political rights</a> organization in the United States, is formed in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Newark,_California" title="Newark, California">Newark</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1954"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/61" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/61">1954</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: 1954"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1954</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryCowell1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Redwood Grove Trail (old-growth loop) in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park"><img alt="The Redwood Grove Trail (old-growth loop) in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HenryCowell1.jpg/100px-HenryCowell1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HenryCowell1.jpg/150px-HenryCowell1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HenryCowell1.jpg/200px-HenryCowell1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="346" /></a><figcaption>The Redwood Grove Trail (old-growth loop) in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Merritt_College" title="Merritt College">Merritt College</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cowell_Redwoods_State_Park" title="Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains" title="Santa Cruz Mountains">Santa Cruz Mountains</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Doctors_Medical_Center_San_Pablo_Campus" title="Doctors Medical Center San Pablo Campus">Brookside Hospital</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/San_Pablo,_California" title="San Pablo, California">San Pablo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1953"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/62" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/62">1953</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: 1953"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1953</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="City Lights"><img alt="City Lights" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg/150px-City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg/225px-City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg/300px-City_Lights_Bookstore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>City Lights</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Poet <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti" title="Lawrence Ferlinghetti">Lawrence Ferlinghetti</a>'s <b><a href="/wiki/City_Lights_Bookstore" title="City Lights Bookstore">City Lights Bookstore</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kan" title="Johnny Kan">Johnny Kan</a></b> opens an early "<a href="/wiki/Kitchen#Open_kitchens" title="Kitchen">open kitchen</a>" Chinese restaurant in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laney_College" title="Laney College">Laney College</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Survey_of_California_and_Other_Indian_Languages" title="Survey of California and Other Indian Languages">Survey of California and Other Indian Languages</a></b></i> begins publication at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1952"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/63" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/63">1952</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: 1952"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1952</b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Purple_Onion" title="The Purple Onion">The Purple Onion</a></b> nightclub opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dwinelle_Hall" title="Dwinelle Hall">Dwinelle Hall</a></b> is completed at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory">Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore</a></li> <li>Russ Harvey adds hamburgers to the menu of his <a href="/wiki/San_Pablo,_California" title="San Pablo, California">San Pablo</a> hot dog stand, and renames it <b><a href="/wiki/Nation%27s_Giant_Hamburgers" title="Nation's Giant Hamburgers">Harvey's Giant Hamburgers</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1951"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/64" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/64">1951</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: 1951"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1951</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg/70px-Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg/105px-Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg/140px-Seaborg_in_lab.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3214" data-file-height="3999" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yoshida signs San Francisco Peace Treaty"><img alt="Yoshida signs San Francisco Peace Treaty" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg/120px-Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg/180px-Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg/240px-Yoshida_signs_San_Francisco_Peace_Treaty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>Yoshida signs San Francisco Peace Treaty</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco" title="Treaty of San Francisco">Treaty of San Francisco</a></b>, between <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied Powers</a>, is officially signed by 48 nations at the <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Opera_House" title="War Memorial Opera House">War Memorial Opera House</a> in San Francisco <i>(signing pictured, right)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Research_Park" title="Stanford Research Park">Stanford Industrial Park</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a> is completed<br />  • A <b><a href="/wiki/Trader_Vic%27s" title="Trader Vic's">Trader Vic's</a></b> opens in San Francisco<br />  • <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_chemistry" title="Nuclear chemistry">Nuclear scientist</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn T. Seaborg</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> shares the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> with <a href="/wiki/Edwin_McMillan" title="Edwin McMillan">Edwin McMillan</a> for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1950"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/65" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/65">1950</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: 1950"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1950</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FairylandAesop.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Contemporary performance at Children's Fairyland"><img alt="Contemporary performance at Children's Fairyland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/FairylandAesop.JPG/100px-FairylandAesop.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/FairylandAesop.JPG/150px-FairylandAesop.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/FairylandAesop.JPG/200px-FairylandAesop.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Contemporary performance at Children's Fairyland</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Fairyland" title="Children's Fairyland">Children's Fairyland</a></b> <i>(child performance pictured)</i> opens at <a href="/wiki/Lake_Merritt" title="Lake Merritt">Lake Merritt</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_College" title="Contra Costa College">Contra Costa College</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/San_Pablo,_California" title="San Pablo, California">San Pablo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Californium" title="Californium">Californium</a></b> is synthesized at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1949"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/66" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/66">1949</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: 1949"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1949</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mervyns_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mervyns logo"><img alt="Mervyns logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mervyns_Logo.png/170px-Mervyns_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Mervyns_Logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="35" /></a><figcaption>Mervyns logo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adc-regions.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ADF regions (Western ADF in pink)"><img alt="ADF regions (Western ADF in pink)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Adc-regions.jpg/120px-Adc-regions.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Adc-regions.jpg/180px-Adc-regions.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Adc-regions.jpg/240px-Adc-regions.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="452" /></a><figcaption>ADF regions (Western ADF in pink)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/KPFA" title="KPFA">KPFA</a></b> community supported radio is founded in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diablo_Valley_College" title="Diablo Valley College">East Contra Costa Junior College</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_California" title="Pleasant Hill, California">Pleasant Hill</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Records" title="Fantasy Records">Fantasy Records</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/Mervyns" class="mw-redirect" title="Mervyns">Mervyns</a></b> department store opens in <a href="/wiki/San_Lorenzo,_California" title="San Lorenzo, California">San Lorenzo</a> <i>(contemporary logo pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Defense_Force" title="Western Air Defense Force">Western Air Defense Force</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is established at the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Army Airfield">Hamilton Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berkelium" title="Berkelium">Berkelium</a></b> is synthesized at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1948"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/67" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/67">1948</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: 1948"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1948</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco Boy's Chorus"><img alt="San Francisco Boy's Chorus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg/100px-San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg/150px-San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg/200px-San-Francisco-Boys-Chorus-Dec-2013-a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco Boy's Chorus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vesuvio_Cafe,_San_Francisco_(2013).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Vesuvio Cafe"><img alt="Vesuvio Cafe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG/100px-Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG/150px-Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG/200px-Vesuvio_Cafe%2C_San_Francisco_%282013%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Vesuvio Cafe</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Point_Reyes_Light_(newspaper)" title="Point Reyes Light (newspaper)">The Point Reyes Light</a></b> weekly newspaper begins publishing in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Boys_Chorus" title="San Francisco Boys Chorus">San Francisco Boys Chorus</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is formed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_School_of_Humanities_and_Sciences" title="Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences">Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences</a></b> is created from the merger of the Schools of Biological Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_Generation" title="Beat Generation">Beat Generation</a> hangout <b><a href="/wiki/Vesuvio_Cafe" title="Vesuvio Cafe">Vesuvio Cafe</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Westlake_Shopping_Center" title="Westlake Shopping Center">Westlake Shopping Center</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Daly_City,_California" title="Daly City, California">Daly City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn" title="Richard Diebenkorn">Richard Diebenkorn</a></b> has his first art exhibit at the <a href="/wiki/California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="California Palace of the Legion of Honor">California Palace of the Legion of Honor</a> in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1947"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/68" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/68">1947</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: 1947"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1947</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="UC Berkeley logo"><img alt="UC Berkeley logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>UC Berkeley logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Contra Costa Times">Contra Costa Times</a></b></i> begins publishing in <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek,_California" title="Walnut Creek, California">Walnut Creek</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mel%27s_Drive-In" title="Mel's Drive-In">Mel's Drive-In</a></b> opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trans_International_Airlines" title="Trans International Airlines">Trans International Airlines</a></b> begins service out of <a href="/wiki/Oakland_International_Airport" title="Oakland International Airport">Oakland International Airport</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California Police Department">University of California Police Department</a></b> is created at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> <i>(logo pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1946"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/69" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/69">1946</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: 1946"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1946</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alcatraz shelling damage"><img alt="Alcatraz shelling damage" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg/100px-Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg/150px-Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg/200px-Battle_of_Alactraz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Alcatraz shelling damage</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SRI_International_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SRI International building"><img alt="SRI International building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/SRI_International_Building.jpg/100px-SRI_International_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/SRI_International_Building.jpg/150px-SRI_International_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/SRI_International_Building.jpg/200px-SRI_International_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1640" data-file-height="1113" /></a><figcaption>SRI International building</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-3,_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Southwest Airways plane"><img alt="Southwest Airways plane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg/150px-Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg/200px-Douglas_DC-3%2C_Southwest_Airways_JP7765769.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="687" /></a><figcaption>Southwest Airways plane</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Two guards and three inmates die during <b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alcatraz" title="Battle of Alcatraz">an unsuccessful escape attempt</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> from <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary" title="Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary">Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cargo_airline" title="Cargo airline">Cargo airline</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Emery_Worldwide" title="Emery Worldwide">Emery Worldwide</a></b> begins operating out of <a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City</a></li> <li>Potato chip maker <b><a href="/wiki/Granny_Goose" title="Granny Goose">Granny Goose</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>Overstock and government surplus <b><a href="/wiki/Grocery_Outlet" title="Grocery Outlet">Cannery Sales</a></b> stores open in San Francisco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American">Japanese American</a> newspaper <i><b><a href="/wiki/Nichi_Bei_Times" title="Nichi Bei Times">Nichi Bei Times</a></b></i> begins publishing in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Pacifica_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacifica Radio">Pacifica Foundation</a></b> is created by World War II <a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">conscientious objectors</a> E. John Lewis and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hill" class="mw-disambig" title="Lewis Hill">Lewis Hill</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/SRI_International" title="SRI International">Stanford Research Institute</a></b> <i>(contemporary building pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Books" title="Sunset Books">Sunset Books</a></b> is founded by the San Francisco-based publishers of <a href="/wiki/Sunset_(magazine)" title="Sunset (magazine)"><i>Sunset</i> magazine</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Lines" title="Pacific Air Lines">Southwest Airways</a></b> <i>(plane pictured)</i> begins operations out of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1945"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/70" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/70">1945</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1945</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel Penfield Taylor gravesite"><img alt="Samuel Penfield Taylor gravesite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg/70px-TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg/105px-TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg/140px-TaylorGraveMarker3372.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1771" /></a><figcaption>Samuel Penfield Taylor gravesite</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Charter">United Nations Charter</a></b> is signed at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_War_Memorial_and_Performing_Arts_Center" title="San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center">San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Tonga_Room" title="Tonga Room">Tonga Room</a></b> restaurant and <a href="/wiki/Tiki_bar" title="Tiki bar">tiki bar</a> opens at the <a href="/wiki/Fairmont_San_Francisco" title="Fairmont San Francisco">Fairmont San Francisco</a></li> <li>San Francisco-based <b><a href="/wiki/Western_Pipe_and_Steel_Company" title="Western Pipe and Steel Company">Western Pipe and Steel Company</a></b> ends operations</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Council" title="Bay Area Council">Bay Area Council</a></b> for economic development is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Taylor_State_Park" title="Samuel P. Taylor State Park">Samuel P. Taylor State Park</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a> <i>(gravesite of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Penfield_Taylor" title="Samuel Penfield Taylor">Samuel Penfield Taylor</a>, at park, pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1944"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/71" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/71">1944</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: 1944"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1944</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fred Korematsu"><img alt="Fred Korematsu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg/60px-Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg/90px-Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Fred_Korematsu_NPS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="101" data-file-height="127" /></a><figcaption>Fred Korematsu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portchicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Port Chicago disaster aftermath"><img alt="Port Chicago disaster aftermath" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Portchicago.jpg/100px-Portchicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Portchicago.jpg/150px-Portchicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Portchicago.jpg/200px-Portchicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption>Port Chicago disaster aftermath</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>In <b><a href="/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States" title="Korematsu v. United States">Korematsu v. United States</a></b> <i>(plaintiff Fred Korematsu pictured)</i>, concerning the constitutionality of <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9066" title="Executive Order 9066">Executive Order 9066</a>, which ordered <a href="/wiki/Japanese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American">Japanese Americans</a> into <a href="/wiki/Japanese_American_internment" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American internment">internment camps</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> regardless of citizenship, the Supreme Court sides with the government, ruling that the exclusion order was <a href="/wiki/Constitutionality" title="Constitutionality">constitutional</a></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">munitions</a> <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explosion</a> <i>(pictured)</i> at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in <a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago,_California" title="Port Chicago, California">Port Chicago</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster" title="Port Chicago disaster">kills 320 sailors and civilians and injures 390 others</a></b>, with most of the dead and injured enlisted <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African-American</a> sailors.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George_P._Miller" title="George P. Miller">George P. Miller</a></b> is elected to <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_1944" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944">California's 6th congressional district</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Hayward_Area_Recreation_and_Park_District" title="Hayward Area Recreation and Park District">Hayward Area Recreation and Park District</a></b> is created</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Americium" title="Americium">Americium</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Curium" title="Curium">Curium</a></b> are synthesized at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, with the discovery kept secret due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1943"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/72" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/72">1943</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: 1943"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1943</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield,_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Travis Air Force Base"><img alt="Travis Air Force Base" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/90px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/135px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/180px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Travis Air Force Base</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens,_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Edwin Hawkins Singers"><img alt="Edwin Hawkins Singers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg/100px-Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg/150px-Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg/200px-Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3607" data-file-height="2416" /></a><figcaption>Edwin Hawkins Singers</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i>, near <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a>, is officially activated<br />  • <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a> superintendent <b><a href="/wiki/John_McLaren_(horticulturist)" title="John McLaren (horticulturist)">John McLaren</a></b> dies<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Hawkins" title="Edwin Hawkins">Edwin Hawkins</a></b> is born in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Edwin_Hawkins_Singers" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin Hawkins Singers">Edwin Hawkins Singers</a> pictured, left)</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1942"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/73" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/73">1942</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: 1942"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1942</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hayward,_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Japanese American girl, waiting for transport"><img alt="Japanese American girl, waiting for transport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg/100px-Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg/150px-Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg/200px-Hayward%2C_California._A_young_member_of_an_evacuee_family_awaiting_evacuation_bus._Evacuees_of_Jap_._._._-_NARA_-_537509.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2873" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Japanese American girl, waiting for transport</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_Field_Airport" title="Buchanan Field Airport">Concord Army Air Base</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a> begins operations</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz%E2%80%93Sonoma_County_Airport" title="Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport">Santa Rosa Army Air Field</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a> begins operations</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">transport of Japanese Americans to "War Relocation Camps"</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> begins in the San Francisco Bay Area</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1941"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/74" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/74">1941</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: 1941"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1941</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco,_California,_December_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco recruiting office"><img alt="San Francisco recruiting office" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg/100px-Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg/150px-Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg/200px-Men_waiting_to_enlist_at_recruiting_headquarters_in_San_Francisco%2C_California%2C_December_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4304" data-file-height="4250" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco recruiting office</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island,_San_Francisco" title="Treasure Island, San Francisco">Treasure Island</a></b> is leased to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, which opens <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Treasure_Island" title="Naval Station Treasure Island">Naval Station Treasure Island</a> the next year</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></b> enlistment commences in the Bay Area <i>(San Francisco recruiting office pictured)</i></li> <li>A two-masted schooner, <i>Benicia</i>, built in <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> by a shipwright who had worked in <b><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Turner_(shipbuilder)" title="Matthew Turner (shipbuilder)">Matthew Turner's</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Benicia,_California" title="Benicia, California">Benicia</a> shipyard, arrives in San Francisco under the French flag</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Xerces_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerces Blue">Xerces Blue</a></b> butterfly is last observed in San Francisco either this year, or in 1943</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1940"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/75" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/75">1940</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: 1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1940</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:601_California,_SF.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="601 California Street, San Francisco"><img alt="601 California Street, San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/601_California%2C_SF.jpg/70px-601_California%2C_SF.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/601_California%2C_SF.jpg/105px-601_California%2C_SF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/601_California%2C_SF.jpg/140px-601_California%2C_SF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1742" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>601 California Street, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Anshen_%26_Allen" title="Anshen & Allen">Anshen + Allen</a></b> architectural firm <i>(the <a href="/wiki/601_California_Street" title="601 California Street">International Building</a> in San Francisco, designed by firm, pictured)</i> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright" title="Frank Lloyd Wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> disciple Rob Anshen, and Steve Allen, in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Airport_of_Santa_Clara_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County">Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County</a></b> begins operations</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Neptunium" title="Neptunium">Neptunium</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">Plutonium</a></b> are synthesized at the <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Radiation_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Berkeley Radiation Laboratory">Berkeley Radiation Laboratory</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1939"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/76" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/76">1939</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: 1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1939</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers,_New_Mexico,_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition,_San_Francisco,_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Poster from the Golden Gate International Exhibition"><img alt="Poster from the Golden Gate International Exhibition" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg/100px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg/150px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg/200px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Pueblo_turtle_dancers%2C_New_Mexico%2C_WPA_poster_for_Golden_Gate_International_Exposition%2C_San_Francisco%2C_1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2368" data-file-height="3436" /></a><figcaption>Poster from the Golden Gate International Exhibition</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HP_garage_front.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="HP Garage"><img alt="HP Garage" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HP_garage_front.JPG/100px-HP_garage_front.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HP_garage_front.JPG/150px-HP_garage_front.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HP_garage_front.JPG/200px-HP_garage_front.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>HP Garage</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Top of the Mark"><img alt="Top of the Mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg/100px-2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg/150px-2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg/200px-2009-0722-TopoftheMark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Top of the Mark</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_International_Exposition" title="Golden Gate International Exposition">Golden Gate International Exposition</a></b> <i>(poster pictured, left)</i> opens at newly created <b><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasure Island, California">Treasure Island</a></b><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Neptune_Beach_(California)" title="Neptune Beach (California)">Neptune Beach</a></b> amusement park closes in <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a></b> is founded in a <a href="/wiki/HP_Garage" title="HP Garage">garage</a> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Blue_Shield_of_California" title="Blue Shield of California">Blue Shield of California</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by the <a href="/wiki/California_Medical_Association" title="California Medical Association">California Medical Association</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Consumers%27_Cooperative_of_Berkeley" title="Consumers' Cooperative of Berkeley">Consumers' Cooperative of Berkeley</a></b> opens, having formed from the Berkeley Buyers' Club, which was associated with the <a href="/wiki/End_Poverty_in_California_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="End Poverty in California movement">End Poverty in California movement</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Mark" title="Top of the Mark">Top of the Mark</a></b> rooftop bar <i>(pictured)</i> is established at the top of the <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hopkins_Hotel" title="Mark Hopkins Hotel">Mark Hopkins Hotel</a> on <a href="/wiki/Nob_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Nob Hill">Nob Hill</a> in San Francisco<br />  • <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_chemistry" title="Nuclear chemistry">Nuclear scientist</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lawrence" title="Ernest Lawrence">Ernest Lawrence</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize for Physics">Nobel Prize for Physics</a> for his invention of the <a href="/wiki/Cyclotron" title="Cyclotron">cyclotron</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1938"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/77" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/77">1938</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: 1938"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1938</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="49 Mile Scenic Drive sign"><img alt="49 Mile Scenic Drive sign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg/70px-San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg/105px-San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg/140px-San_Francisco_CA_49-Mile_Scenic_Drive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>49 Mile Scenic Drive sign</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The beach at Lake Anza"><img alt="The beach at Lake Anza" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg/100px-Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg/150px-Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg/200px-Lake_Anza_Beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The beach at Lake Anza</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/49-Mile_Scenic_Drive" title="49-Mile Scenic Drive">49-Mile Scenic Drive</a></b> <i>(road sign pictured, left)</i> is created in San Francisco for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_International_Exposition" title="Golden Gate International Exposition">Golden Gate International Exposition</a> by the San Francisco Down Town Association<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Lake_Anza" title="Lake Anza">Lake Anza</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is created in <a href="/wiki/Tilden_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Tilden Park">Tilden Park</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Hills" title="Berkeley Hills">Berkeley Hills</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1937"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/78" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/78">1937</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: 1937"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1937</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Berkeley Rose Garden"><img alt="Berkeley Rose Garden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg/100px-Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg/150px-Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg/200px-Berkeley_Rose_Garden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Berkeley Rose Garden</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge"><img alt="Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg/100px-GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg/150px-GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg/200px-GoldenGateBridge_openingday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1171" data-file-height="1667" /></a><figcaption>Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanna_House_10.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hanna-Honeycomb House"><img alt="Hanna-Honeycomb House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hanna_House_10.JPG/100px-Hanna_House_10.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hanna_House_10.JPG/150px-Hanna_House_10.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hanna_House_10.JPG/200px-Hanna_House_10.JPG 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="259" /></a><figcaption>Hanna-Honeycomb House</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco Mint"><img alt="San Francisco Mint" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg/100px-San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg/150px-San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg/200px-San_Francisco_Mint_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3686" data-file-height="1810" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco Mint</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Rose_Garden" title="Berkeley Rose Garden">Berkeley Rose Garden</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i>, built with funds from the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Works_Administration" title="Civil Works Administration">Civil Works Administration</a>, opens to the public<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a></b> <i>(opening day pictured, left)</i> opens to the public<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Hanna%E2%80%93Honeycomb_House" title="Hanna–Honeycomb House">Hanna–Honeycomb House</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i>, built by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright" title="Frank Lloyd Wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, is completed<br />  • The new <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint" title="San Francisco Mint">San Francisco Mint</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is completed<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Memorial_Auditorium" title="Stanford Memorial Auditorium">Stanford Memorial Auditorium</a></b> is completed<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Cemetery" title="Golden Gate National Cemetery">Golden Gate National Cemetery</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Bruno,_California" title="San Bruno, California">San Bruno</a> is dedicated<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Malloch_Building" title="Malloch Building">Malloch Building</a></b> in San Francisco is completed </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1936"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/79" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/79">1936</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: 1936"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1936</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commemorative coin"><img alt="Commemorative coin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg/100px-Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg/150px-Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg/200px-Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="862" data-file-height="845" /></a><figcaption>Commemorative coin</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Oakland_Bay_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge">San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge</a></b> opens to traffic, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>, among others <i>(Bridge commemorative coin from 1936 pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cliff%27s_Variety_Store" title="Cliff's Variety Store">Cliff's Variety Store</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/The_Castro" class="mw-redirect" title="The Castro">The Castro</a>, San Francisco opens for business</li> <li>Former San Francisco political boss <b><a href="/wiki/Abe_Ruef" title="Abe Ruef">Abe Ruef</a></b> dies</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Park_(San_Francisco)" title="Lafayette Park (San Francisco)">Lafayette Park</a></b> is created in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1935"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/80" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/80">1935</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: 1935"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1935</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Woman with a Hat, from the SFMOMA collection"><img alt="Woman with a Hat, from the SFMOMA collection" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/100px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/150px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/200px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1860" data-file-height="2532" /></a><figcaption><i>Woman with a Hat</i>, from the SFMOMA collection</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Former capitol building, Benicia"><img alt="Former capitol building, Benicia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG/100px-Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG/150px-Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG/200px-Benicia_state_capitol_exterior.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Former capitol building, Benicia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1941 trolleybus model"><img alt="1941 trolleybus model" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg/100px-San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg/150px-San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg/200px-San_Francisco_Muni_St_Louis-built_trolleybus_506_on_display_in_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3114" data-file-height="2064" /></a><figcaption>1941 trolleybus model</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="San Francisco Museum of Modern Art">San Francisco Museum of Art</a></b> opens at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_War_Memorial_and_Performing_Arts_Center" title="San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center">War Memorial Veterans Building</a> on <a href="/wiki/Van_Ness_Avenue_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)">Van Ness Avenue</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Woman_with_a_Hat" title="Woman with a Hat">Woman with a Hat</a> by Matisse, from the museum collection, pictured, left)</i><br />  • Benjamin Franklin Davis, grandson of the man who helped develop <a href="/wiki/Levi%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Levi's">Levi's</a> jeans, opens his <b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Davis_(clothing)" title="Ben Davis (clothing)">eponymous clothing store</a></b> in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Benicia_Capitol_State_Historic_Park" title="Benicia Capitol State Historic Park">Benicia Capitol State Historic Park</a></b> opens at the site of California’s third capital building <i>(pictured, right)</i>, where the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a> convened from February 3, 1853 to February 24, 1854<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/City_College_of_San_Francisco" title="City College of San Francisco">San Francisco Junior College</a></b> is established<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Stores" title="Lucky Stores">Lucky Stores</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_San_Francisco" title="Trolleybuses in San Francisco">Trolleybuses</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> begin operating in San Francisco<br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1934"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/81" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/81">1934</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: 1934"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1934</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Menu,_Trader_Vic,_Oakland_(cover)_(12001586684).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Trader Vic's menu"><img alt="Trader Vic's menu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg/90px-Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg/135px-Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg/180px-Menu%2C_Trader_Vic%2C_Oakland_%28cover%29_%2812001586684%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption>Trader Vic's menu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Warden%27s_notebook_page,_with_%22mug_shot,%22_of_Robert_Stroud,_594-AZ,_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Warden's notebook page on Robert Stroud"><img alt="Warden's notebook page on Robert Stroud" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif/lossy-page1-70px-Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif/lossy-page1-105px-Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif/lossy-page1-140px-Warden%27s_notebook_page%2C_with_%22mug_shot%2C%22_of_Robert_Stroud%2C_594-AZ%2C_aka_%22The_Birdman_of_Alcatraz.%22_-_NARA_-_296722.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2696" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Warden's notebook page on Robert Stroud</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Billy club used at the strike in Seattle"><img alt="Billy club used at the strike in Seattle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg/100px-Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg/150px-Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg/200px-Battle_of_Smith_Cove_commemorative_billy_club_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Billy club used at the strike in Seattle</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary" title="Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary">Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary</a></b> is opened <i>(Mugshot of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stroud" title="Robert Stroud">Robert Stroud</a> pictured, right)</i></li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/1934_West_Coast_waterfront_strike" title="1934 West Coast waterfront strike">waterfront strike along the West Coast</a></b> begins in San Francisco <i>(billy club used at the strike in Seattle pictured, right)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/American_Musical_Theatre_of_San_Jose" title="American Musical Theatre of San Jose">San Jose Light Opera Association</a></b> is established</li> <li>Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opens a small bar/restaurant across from his parents' grocery store at San Pablo Avenue and 65th Street in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, calling it <b><a href="/wiki/Trader_Vic%27s" title="Trader Vic's">"Hinky Dink's"</a></b> <i>(Trader Vic's menu pictured, left)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Wine_Institute_(California)" title="Wine Institute (California)">Wine Institute</a></b> in San Francisco is cofounded by wine historian <a href="/wiki/Leon_Adams" title="Leon Adams">Leon Adams</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1933"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/82" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/82">1933</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: 1933"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1933</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior mural at Coit Tower"><img alt="Interior mural at Coit Tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg/90px-Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg/135px-Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg/180px-Coit_Mural_Agriculture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Interior mural at Coit Tower</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Alley, today"><img alt="The Alley, today" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg/90px-The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg/135px-The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg/180px-The_Alley_bar_in_Oakland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The Alley, today</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Coit_Tower" title="Coit Tower">Coit Tower</a></b> in San Francisco is completed <i>(interior mural pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Alley" title="The Alley">The Alley</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, a restaurant and <a href="/wiki/Piano_bar" title="Piano bar">piano bar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, opens</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Symphony" title="Oakland Symphony">Oakland Symphony</a></b> is formed as a volunteer community orchestra</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Clinic" title="San Francisco City Clinic">San Francisco City Clinic</a></b> for treating <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexually transmitted disease">sexually transmitted diseases</a> is established</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Black_Cat_Bar" title="Black Cat Bar">Black Cat Bar</a></b> reopens in San Francisco, upon the repeal of <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1932"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/83" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/83">1932</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: 1932"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1932</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="War Memorial Opera House"><img alt="War Memorial Opera House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg/100px-War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg/150px-War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg/200px-War_Memoria_Opera_House_at_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3010" data-file-height="1849" /></a><figcaption>War Memorial Opera House</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Opera_House" title="War Memorial Opera House">War Memorial Opera House</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens, becoming the new home of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Opera" title="San Francisco Opera">San Francisco Opera</a></li> <li>Air Corps Station, <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael</a>, begins formal development, and is renamed <b><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Army Airfield">Hamilton Army Airfield</a></b></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Doelger_Building" title="Doelger Building">Doelger Building</a></b> is built as the offices for local developer <a href="/wiki/Henry_Doelger" title="Henry Doelger">Henry Doelger</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1931"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/84" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/84">1931</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: 1931"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1931</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MountDiablo.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Diablo"><img alt="Mount Diablo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/MountDiablo.JPG/100px-MountDiablo.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/MountDiablo.JPG/150px-MountDiablo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/MountDiablo.JPG/200px-MountDiablo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Mount Diablo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Stern_Recreation_Grove" title="Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove">Stern Grove</a></b> in the <a href="/wiki/Sunset_District,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunset District, San Francisco, California">Sunset District, San Francisco</a> opens to the public</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bimbo%27s_365_Club" title="Bimbo's 365 Club">Bal Tabarin</a></b> nightclub opens, the same year as the <b>365 Club</b> opens at 365 <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(San_Francisco)" title="Market Street (San Francisco)">Market Street, San Francisco</a></li> <li>The state of California acquires enough land to create a small state park around the peak of <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_Diablo" title="Mount Diablo">Mount Diablo</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory" title="Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory">Radiation Laboratory</a></b> is established at <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_O._Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest O. Lawrence">Ernest O. Lawrence</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1930"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/85" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/85">1930</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: 1930"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1930</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Berkeley Public Library building, downtown Berkeley"><img alt="Berkeley Public Library building, downtown Berkeley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg/100px-Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg/150px-Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg/200px-Berkeley_Public_Library-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Berkeley Public Library building, downtown Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> downtown <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Public_Library" title="Berkeley Public Library">Berkeley Public Library</a></b> building is completed <i>(pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/International_House_Berkeley" title="International House Berkeley">International House Berkeley</a></b> is established by <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a> official Harry Edmonds</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1929"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/86" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/86">1929</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: 1929"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1929</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Berkeley City Club building"><img alt="The Berkeley City Club building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG/110px-Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="110" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG/165px-Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG/220px-Berkeley_Women%27s_City_Club_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The Berkeley City Club building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Zoo" title="San Francisco Zoo">Fleishhacker Zoo</a></b> opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Army Airfield">Air Corps Station, San Rafael</a></b> begins service</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_West_Financial" title="Golden West Financial">Golden West Savings and Loan Association</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> opens</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_City_Club" title="Berkeley City Club">Berkeley Women's City Club</a></b> building <i>(pictured)</i> is built by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Morgan" title="Julia Morgan">Julia Morgan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1928"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/87" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/87">1928</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: 1928"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1928</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fox Oakland Theatre"><img alt="Fox Oakland Theatre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg/70px-Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg/105px-Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg/140px-Fox_Oakland_Theatre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Fox Oakland Theatre</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Fox_Oakland_Theatre" title="Fox Oakland Theatre">West Coast Oakland</a></b> movie theatre <i>(renamed theatre pictured)</i>, built by <a href="/wiki/Weeks_and_Day" title="Weeks and Day">Weeks and Day</a>, opens</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge,_Highway_and_Transportation_District" title="Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District">Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District</a></b> incorporates, its purpose to design, construct, and finance the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Spencer_Lewis" title="Harvey Spencer Lewis">Harvey Spencer Lewis</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Mystical_Order_Rosae_Crucis" title="Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis">Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis</a> presents his first exhibit of Egyptian antiquities, <b><a href="/wiki/Rosicrucian_Egyptian_Museum" title="Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum">"The Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum"</a></b>, at the Rosicrucian headquarters in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dreyer%27s" title="Dreyer's">Edy's Grand Ice Cream</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Shell_Development_Emeryville" title="Shell Development Emeryville">Emeryville Research Center of Shell Development Company</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Emeryville,_California" title="Emeryville, California">Emeryville</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell Oil Company">Shell Oil Company</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1927"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/88" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/88">1927</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: 1927"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1927</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Moss Beach Distillery today"><img alt="Moss Beach Distillery today" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg/100px-Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg/150px-Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg/200px-Moss_Beach_Distillery_08-15-2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Moss Beach Distillery today</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>During <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a>, Frank Torres builds <b>“<a href="/wiki/Moss_Beach_Distillery" title="Moss Beach Distillery">Frank’s Place</a>”</b> <i>(pictured)</i> as a <a href="/wiki/Speakeasy" title="Speakeasy">speakeasy</a> and clandestine liquor smuggling center on the cliffs above <a href="/wiki/Moss_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Moss Beach">Moss Beach</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></li> <li>Governor <a href="/wiki/C._C._Young" title="C. C. Young">C. C. Young</a> signs the State Bar Act into law, establishing the <b><a href="/wiki/State_Bar_of_California" title="State Bar of California">State Bar of California</a></b>, which begins operating out of San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a> is incorporated</li> <li>680 acres of land in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> are purchased to create an airport runway, which, when finished in time for the <a href="/wiki/Dole_Air_Race" title="Dole Air Race">Dole Air Race</a>, at 7,020 feet, becomes the longest in the world. Later in the year the <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_International_Airport" title="Oakland International Airport">airport</a></b> is dedicated by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1926"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/89" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/89">1926</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: 1926"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1926</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Big Dipper at Playland"><img alt="Big Dipper at Playland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/100px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/150px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/200px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2854" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>Big Dipper at Playland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TheDons_Detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mural detail from the Mark Hopkins"><img alt="Mural detail from the Mark Hopkins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/TheDons_Detail.jpg/100px-TheDons_Detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/TheDons_Detail.jpg/150px-TheDons_Detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/TheDons_Detail.jpg/200px-TheDons_Detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>Mural detail from the Mark Hopkins</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>George Whitney becomes general manager of a variously named complex of seaside attractions next to <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="Ocean Beach, San Francisco">Ocean Beach</a> in San Francisco, and christens it <b><a href="/wiki/Playland_(San_Francisco)" title="Playland (San Francisco)">"Playland-at-the-Beach"</a></b> <i>(Big Dipper pictured)</i></li> <li>The law firm of <b><a href="/wiki/Brobeck,_Phleger_%26_Harrison" title="Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison">Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/College_of_Marin" title="College of Marin">Marin Junior College</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Kentfield,_California" title="Kentfield, California">Kentfield</a> is founded</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Leimert_Bridge" title="Leimert Bridge">Leimert Bridge</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cement" title="Cement">cement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> <a href="/wiki/Arch_bridge" title="Arch bridge">arch bridge</a> spanning 357 feet and rising 117 feet above <a href="/wiki/Sausal_Creek_(Alameda_County,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sausal Creek (Alameda County, California)">Sausal Creek</a>, becomes the largest single span bridge on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Weeks_and_Day" title="Weeks and Day">Weeks and Day</a> designed <b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hopkins_Hotel" title="Mark Hopkins Hotel">Mark Hopkins Hotel</a></b> opens on <a href="/wiki/Nob_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Nob Hill">Nob Hill</a> in San Francisco <i>(interior mural pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1925"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/90" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/90">1925</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: 1925"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fleischhacker Pool, defunct (1979)"><img alt="Fleischhacker Pool, defunct (1979)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg/100px-Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg/150px-Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg/200px-Fleischhacker_Pool_%26_Bath_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4723" data-file-height="3679" /></a><figcaption>Fleischhacker Pool, defunct (1979)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Replica of original Kezar Stadium entrance"><img alt="Replica of original Kezar Stadium entrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg/100px-Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg/150px-Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg/200px-Kezar_Stadium_Replica_Entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Replica of original Kezar Stadium entrance</figcaption></figure> <p> • The heated, saltwater <b><a href="/wiki/Fleishhacker_Pool" title="Fleishhacker Pool">Fleishhacker Pool</a></b> in San Francisco opens <i>(pictured, left)</i><br />  • The original <b><a href="/wiki/Kezar_Stadium" title="Kezar Stadium">Kezar Stadium</a></b> in San Francisco opens <i>(replica arch pictured, right)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/San_Carlos,_California" title="San Carlos, California">San Carlos</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a><br />  • The <a href="/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement" title="Arts and Crafts movement">California Arts and Crafts</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Ainsley_House" title="Ainsley House">Ainsley House</a></b> is built in <a href="/wiki/Campbell,_California" title="Campbell, California">Campbell</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1924"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/91" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/91">1924</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: 1924"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1924</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor,_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Legion of Honor"><img alt="Legion of Honor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG/100px-California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG/150px-California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG/200px-California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor%2C_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Legion of Honor</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor_(museum)" title="Legion of Honor (museum)">The California Palace of the Legion of Honor</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(pictured)</i>, modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Palais_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Palais de la Légion d'Honneur">Palais de la Légion d'Honneur</a> in Paris, opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/KGO_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KGO (AM)">KGO Radio</a></b> begins broadcasting from <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> electrical facility</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Colma,_California" title="Colma, California">Lawndale</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a>, at the behest of the cemetery owners in the area, which had been established after San Francisco banned all cemeteries in 1900, and removed most existing ones from the city</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Berkeley,_California)" title="Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, California)">Congregation Beth Israel</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li>San Francisco is reported to have the highest average per capita income of any city in the world<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/rich-fast-growing-and-convinced-it-would-never-end-san-francisco-1924-was-almost">[237]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1923"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/92" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/92">1923</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: 1923"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1923</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Original poster for La bohème"><img alt="Original poster for La bohème" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG/90px-La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG" decoding="async" width="90" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG/135px-La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG/180px-La_Boheme_poster_by_Hohenstein.PNG 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="843" /></a><figcaption>Original poster for La bohème</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Berkeley Fire"><img alt="The Berkeley Fire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg/100px-1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg/150px-1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg/200px-1923_Berkeley_Fire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="629" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption>The Berkeley Fire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cal,_Stanford_football_game,_Memorial_Stadium,_1930.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Memorial Stadium in 1930"><img alt="Memorial Stadium in 1930" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg/180px-Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg/270px-Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg/360px-Cal%2C_Stanford_football_game%2C_Memorial_Stadium%2C_1930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2163" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Memorial Stadium in 1930</figcaption></figure> <p> • A <b><a href="/wiki/1923_Berkeley_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="1923 Berkeley Fire">large fire in Berkeley</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> consumes some 640 structures, before being extinguished by cool, humid afternoon air coming through the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a> across the bay<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Atherton,_California" title="Atherton, California">Atherton</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/California_Memorial_Stadium" title="California Memorial Stadium">California Memorial Stadium</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> opens in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, as the home field for the <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California Golden Bears football</a> team of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_Municipal_Utility_District" title="East Bay Municipal Utility District">East Bay Municipal Utility District</a></b> is formed to provide water and sewage treatment services to the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Opera" title="San Francisco Opera">San Francisco Opera Ballet</a></b> gives its first performance, of <i><a href="/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me" title="La bohème">La bohème</a></i> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, with Queena Mario and <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Martinelli" title="Giovanni Martinelli">Giovanni Martinelli</a>, conducted by founder <a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Merola" title="Gaetano Merola">Gaetano Merola</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_Civic_Auditorium" title="Bill Graham Civic Auditorium">San Francisco Civic Auditorium</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1922"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/93" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/93">1922</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: 1922"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1922</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Huntington Hotel"><img alt="Huntington Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg/90px-2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg/135px-2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg/180px-2009-0722-HuntingtonHotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="2158" /></a><figcaption>Huntington Hotel</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/KNBR_(AM)" title="KNBR (AM)">KPO</a></b>, owned by the Hale Brothers department store and the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, begins broadcasting out of San Francisco</li> <li>Naturalist Henry A. Snow establishes the <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Zoo" title="Oakland Zoo">Oakland Zoo</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/College_of_San_Mateo" title="College of San Mateo">San Mateo Junior College</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Hotel_(San_Francisco)" title="Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)">Huntington Apartments</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(pictured)</i>, named after <a href="/wiki/Collis_Potter_Huntington" title="Collis Potter Huntington">Collis Potter Huntington</a> of the "<a href="/wiki/Big_Four_(Central_Pacific_Railroad)" title="Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)">Big Four</a>", is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1921"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/94" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/94">1921</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: 1921"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>1921</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanford Stadium in 1921"><img alt="Stanford Stadium in 1921" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg/120px-Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg/180px-Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg/240px-Stanford_Stadium_1921_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Stanford Stadium in 1921</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Conestoga_(AT-54)_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Conestoga"><img alt="USS Conestoga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg/100px-USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg/150px-USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg/200px-USS_Conestoga_%28AT-54%29_at_San_Diego_c1921.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5686" data-file-height="3310" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Conestoga</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> engineer <a href="/wiki/Charles_Herrold" title="Charles Herrold">Charles Herrold</a>, after experimenting with radio broadcasting since 1909, receives a <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_license" title="Broadcast license">commercial license</a> under the callsign <b><a href="/wiki/KCBS_(AM)" title="KCBS (AM)">KQW</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/KKSF_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KKSF (AM)">KLX</a></b>, owned by <i><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Tribune" title="Oakland Tribune">Oakland Tribune</a></i> publisher <a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Knowland" title="Joseph R. Knowland">Joseph R. Knowland</a>, begins broadcasting out of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_City_College" title="San Jose City College">San Jose Junior College</a></b> is established</li> <li>The original <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is completed on the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> campus, as the home of the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford Cardinal football</a> team</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Museum_of_Paleontology" title="University of California Museum of Paleontology">University of California Museum of Paleontology</a></b> opens at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, to hold fossils gathered during the 1860-1867 <a href="/wiki/California_Geological_Survey" title="California Geological Survey">California Geological Survey</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/USS_Conestoga_(AT-54)" title="USS Conestoga (AT-54)">USS <i>Conestoga</i></a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> goes missing after leaving <b><a href="/wiki/Mare_Island" title="Mare Island">Mare Island</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1920"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/95" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/95">1920</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: 1920"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1920</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Democratic Convention guest pass"><img alt="Democratic Convention guest pass" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg/100px-GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg/150px-GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg/200px-GuestPassDemNatlConvSanFran06281920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="861" /></a><figcaption>Democratic Convention guest pass</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/1920_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1920 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a></b> <i>(guest pass pictured)</i> is held at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Civic_Auditorium" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Civic Auditorium">San Francisco Civic Auditorium</a>, with their platform supporting the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">women's suffrage</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cooley_LLP" title="Cooley LLP">Cooley LLP</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by attorneys Arthur Cooley and Louis Crowley</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Schlage" title="Schlage">Schlage</a></b> lock company is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Schlage" title="Walter Schlage">Walter Schlage</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Solon_and_Schemmel_Tile_Company" title="Solon and Schemmel Tile Company">Solon and Schemmel Tile Company</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1919"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/96" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/96">1919</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: 1919"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1919</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RidgeBottles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Early vintages from Wine Country"><img alt="Early vintages from Wine Country" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/RidgeBottles.jpg/100px-RidgeBottles.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/RidgeBottles.jpg/150px-RidgeBottles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/RidgeBottles.jpg/200px-RidgeBottles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Early vintages from Wine Country</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wines_%26_Vines" title="Wines & Vines">Wines & Vines</a></b></i>, a journal devoted to the North American wine business <i>(early Wine Country vintages pictured)</i>, begins publishing in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duncan_(poet)" title="Robert Duncan (poet)">Edward Howard Duncan Jr.</a></b> is born in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">18th Amendment</a></b> results in <a href="/wiki/California_Wine#Phylloxera_and_Prohibition" class="mw-redirect" title="California Wine">Bay Area vineyards</a> uprooted and cellars destroyed, with some vineyards and wineries converting to <a href="/wiki/Table_grape" title="Table grape">table grape</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grape_juice" title="Grape juice">grape juice</a> production, or providing churches with sacramental wine</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1918"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/97" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/97">1918</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: 1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1918</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Twin Peaks Tunnell"><img alt="Twin Peaks Tunnell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg/100px-Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg/150px-Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg/200px-Twin_Peaks_Tunnel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Twin Peaks Tunnell</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The 2.27-mile (3.65 km)-long <b><a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks_Tunnel" title="Twin Peaks Tunnel">Twin Peaks Tunnel</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens to <a href="/wiki/Streetcar" class="mw-redirect" title="Streetcar">streetcar</a> service under <a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks_(San_Francisco)" title="Twin Peaks (San Francisco)">Twin Peaks, San Francisco</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Junior_College" title="Santa Rosa Junior College">Santa Rosa Junior College</a></b> is established</li> <li>Historian and ethnologist <b><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Howe_Bancroft" title="Hubert Howe Bancroft">Hubert Howe Bancroft</a></b> dies in <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek,_California" title="Walnut Creek, California">Walnut Creek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1917"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/98" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/98">1917</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: 1917"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1917</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salame_cotto.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Italian style Cotto Salame"><img alt="Italian style Cotto Salame" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Salame_cotto.jpg/100px-Salame_cotto.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Salame_cotto.jpg/150px-Salame_cotto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Salame_cotto.jpg/200px-Salame_cotto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="406" /></a><figcaption>Italian style Cotto Salame</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Salame" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbus Salame">San Francisco Sausage Company</a></b> is established by Italian immigrants Peter Domenici and Enrico Parducci</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Neptune_Beach_(California)" title="Neptune Beach (California)">Neptune Beach</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda</a> with private picnic areas, barbecue pits, a clubhouse for dancing, and vacation cottages</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/El_Cerrito,_California" title="El Cerrito, California">El Cerrito</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a> is incorporated</li> <li>During World War I, a major explosion of barges loaded with munitions at <b><a href="/wiki/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard#World_War_I" title="Mare Island Naval Shipyard">Mare Island Naval Shipyard</a></b> killes 6 people, wounds another 31, and destroys some port facilities.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1916"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/99" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/99">1916</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: 1916"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1916</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jack London in 1914"><img alt="Jack London in 1914" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg/100px-Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg/150px-Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg/200px-Jack_London_1914_Sunset_Magazine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption>Jack London in 1914</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>During a parade on Preparedness Day, prior to entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Suitcase_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Suitcase bomb">suitcase bomb</a> detonates, <b><a href="/wiki/Preparedness_Day_Bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Preparedness Day Bombing">killing ten and wounding forty, the worst such attack in San Francisco's history</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_Cafe" title="Buena Vista Cafe">Buena Vista Cafe</a></b> opens in San Francisco on the first floor of a boardinghouse converted into a saloon</li> <li>Thomaso Castagnola opens the <b><a href="/wiki/Castagnola%27s" title="Castagnola's">first crab stand</a></b> on <a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Wharf,_San_Francisco" title="Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco">Fisherman's Wharf</a> in San Francisco, selling fresh crab to passersby</li> <li>Writer <b><a href="/wiki/Jack_London" title="Jack London">Jack London</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> dies at his <a href="/wiki/Jack_London_State_Historic_Park" title="Jack London State Historic Park">ranch</a> on the eastern slope of <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Mountain" title="Sonoma Mountain">Sonoma Mountain</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_automotive_manufacturing_plants" title="List of former automotive manufacturing plants">General Motors Oakland Assembly</a></b> opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fageol" title="Fageol">Fageol Motors</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b> establishes the first program in the US for the study of criminal justice, headed by <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></b> police chief <b><a href="/wiki/August_Vollmer" title="August Vollmer">August Vollmer</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1915"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/100" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/100">1915</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: 1915"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1915</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts,_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palace of Fine Arts"><img alt="Palace of Fine Arts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/110px-Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/165px-Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/220px-Colin_Campbell_Cooper_-_Palace_of_Fine_Arts%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1010" /></a><figcaption>Palace of Fine Arts</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="City Hall in 1921"><img alt="City Hall in 1921" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg/100px-Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg/150px-Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg/200px-Collier%27s_1921_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2443" data-file-height="1392" /></a><figcaption>City Hall in 1921</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Pavilion with the Tower of Jewels, left"><img alt="Pavilion with the Tower of Jewels, left" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png/100px-Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png/150px-Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png/200px-Panama-Pacific_International_Exposition_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_17625.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>Pavilion with the Tower of Jewels, left</figcaption></figure> <p> • The new <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a> style <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">San Francisco City Hall</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> opens at the <a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center</a>, San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition" title="Panama–Pacific International Exposition">Panama–Pacific International Exposition</a></b> is held in San Francisco, to celebrate the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>. It features the <b><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Fine_Arts" title="Palace of Fine Arts">Palace of Fine Arts</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, the <b><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Jewels_(PPIE)" title="Tower of Jewels (PPIE)">Tower of Jewels</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i>, and The <b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_Civic_Auditorium" title="Bill Graham Civic Auditorium">San Francisco Civic Auditorium</a></b>. <a href="/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder" title="Laura Ingalls Wilder">Laura Ingalls Wilder</a> <b><a href="/wiki/West_from_Home" title="West from Home">writes about the exposition</a></b> during her visit to the city that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1914"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/101" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/101">1914</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: 1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1914</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sather Tower"><img alt="Sather Tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Berkeley_tower.jpg/70px-Berkeley_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Berkeley_tower.jpg/105px-Berkeley_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Berkeley_tower.jpg/140px-Berkeley_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>Sather Tower</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Temple Sinai"><img alt="Temple Sinai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG/110px-Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG" decoding="async" width="110" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG/165px-Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG/220px-Temple_Sinai_First_Hebrew_Congregation_of_Oakland2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Temple Sinai</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/Sather_Tower" title="Sather Tower">Sather Tower</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Campanile" class="mw-redirect" title="Campanile">campanile</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is completed<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Temple_Sinai_(Oakland,_California)" title="Temple Sinai (Oakland, California)">Temple Sinai</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> is completed<br />  • The Baby Hospital Association (organized September 1912), and the Baby Hospital Association of Alameda County (organized September 1913), establish <b><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hospital_Oakland" title="Children's Hospital Oakland">The Children's Hospital of the East Bay</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1913"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/102" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/102">1913</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: 1913"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1913</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hearst Castle detail, with faience tiles from California Faience"><img alt="Hearst Castle detail, with faience tiles from California Faience" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg/70px-Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg/105px-Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg/140px-Hearst_Castle_Casa_Grande.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Hearst Castle detail, with faience tiles from California Faience</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Chauncey Thomas opens <b><a href="/wiki/California_Faience" title="California Faience">The Tile Shop</a></b> on San Pablo Avenue in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a> to make and sell <a href="/wiki/Faience" title="Faience">faience</a> tiles <i>(<a href="/wiki/Hearst_Castle" title="Hearst Castle">Hearst Castle</a> tower, decorated with tiles from California Faience, pictured)</i></li> <li><b>Dewing Park</b> in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a> is renamed <b><a href="/wiki/Saranap,_California" title="Saranap, California">Saranap</a></b> after the local inter-urban commuter rail system developer's mother, Sara Napthaly</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Swett" title="John Swett">John Swett</a></b>, former Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools, and "Father of the California public school", dies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1912"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/103" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/103">1912</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: 1912"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1912</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Wo_Restaurant,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sam Wo (closed, 2013)"><img alt="Sam Wo (closed, 2013)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg/60px-Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg/90px-Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg/120px-Sam_Wo_Restaurant%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2322" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>Sam Wo (closed, 2013)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Newspaper account of the first race in 1912"><img alt="Newspaper account of the first race in 1912" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg/180px-Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg/270px-Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg/360px-Bay_to_Breakers_1912_newspaper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="317" /></a><figcaption>Newspaper account of the first race in 1912</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_to_Breakers" title="Bay to Breakers">Bay to Breakers</a></b> <i>(news headline on race pictured, right)</i> is run in San Francisco for the first time<br />  • Chinese restaurant <b><a href="/wiki/Sam_Wo" title="Sam Wo">Sam Wo</a></b> <i>(pictured, left. translation: "Three Harmonies Porridge and Noodles")</i> in San Francisco's <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown</a> opens<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California" title="Sunnyvale, California">Sunnyvale</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a> is incorporated<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Society_of_Printmakers" title="California Society of Printmakers">California Society of Etchers</a></b> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Essanay_Studios" title="Essanay Studios">Essanay Studios</a></b> opens the Essanay-West studio in <a href="/wiki/Niles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Niles, California">Niles</a>, at the foot of <a href="/wiki/Niles_Canyon" title="Niles Canyon">Niles Canyon</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1911"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/104" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/104">1911</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: 1911"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1911</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryHadley.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry Hadley"><img alt="Henry Hadley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/HenryHadley.png/70px-HenryHadley.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/HenryHadley.png/105px-HenryHadley.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/HenryHadley.png/140px-HenryHadley.png 2x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Henry Hadley</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a></b>, conducted by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kimball_Hadley" title="Henry Kimball Hadley">Henry Kimball Hadley</a> <i>(pictured)</i>, is founded</li> <li>Italian immigrant Ambrogio Soracco opens <b><a href="/wiki/Liguria_Bakery" title="Liguria Bakery">Liguria Bakery</a></b> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Daly_City,_California" title="Daly City, California">Daly City</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1910"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/105" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/105">1910</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: 1910"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1910</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="current Berkeley Farms logo"><img alt="current Berkeley Farms logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg/120px-Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg/180px-Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg/240px-Berkeley_Farms_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>current Berkeley Farms logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>John Sabatte opens the <b><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Farms" class="mw-redirect" title="Berkeley Farms">South Berkeley Creamery</a></b> <i>(current logo pictured)</i>, selling milk from local farmers in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Contra Costa County">Contra Costa counties</a> (including "<b><a href="/wiki/Don_Sherwood_(disc_jockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Sherwood (disc jockey)">farms in Berkeley?</a></b>") <i>(sound clip shown, simulating radio ad for company)</i></li></ul> <p><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="3" data-mwtitle="Mudchute_cow_1.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Mudchute_cow_1.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Mudchute_cow_1.ogg/Mudchute_cow_1.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </p> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Police_Department_(California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond Police Department (California)">Richmond Police Department</a></b> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_California" title="Hillsborough, California">Hillsborough</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1909"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/106" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/106">1909</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: 1909"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1909</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1909 race program"><img alt="1909 race program" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg/110px-Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg/165px-Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg/220px-Oakland_Portola_Road_Race_1909_program.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1344" /></a><figcaption>1909 race program</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AlbanyHill.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Albany Hill in Albany"><img alt="Albany Hill in Albany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/AlbanyHill.JPG/120px-AlbanyHill.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/AlbanyHill.JPG/180px-AlbanyHill.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/AlbanyHill.JPG/240px-AlbanyHill.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Albany Hill in Albany</figcaption></figure> <p> • The first <b><a href="/wiki/Portola_Road_Race" title="Portola Road Race">Portola Road Race</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i> is run through <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Oakland,_California" title="Melrose, Oakland, California">Melrose</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Leandro,_California" title="San Leandro, California">San Leandro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a>, with at least 250,000 attending<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Albany,_California" title="Albany, California">Albany</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Albany_Hill" title="Albany Hill">Albany Hill</a> pictured, right)</i> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ross_State_Historic_Park" title="Fort Ross State Historic Park">Fort Ross State Historic Park</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a> to protect <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ross,_California" title="Fort Ross, California">Fort Ross</a>, founded in 1812 as the southernmost point in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_colonization_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian colonization of the Americas">Russian colonization of the Americas</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Roxie_Theater" title="Roxie Theater">C. H. Brown Theater</a></b> opens in the <a href="/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisco" title="Mission District, San Francisco">Mission District, San Francisco</a><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Merritt_University" title="Samuel Merritt University">Samuel Merritt College</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> as a hospital school of nursing<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Law_School" title="San Francisco Law School">San Francisco Law School</a></b> is founded<br />  • The neighborhood of <b><a href="/wiki/Thousand_Oaks,_Berkeley,_California" title="Thousand Oaks, Berkeley, California">Thousand Oaks</a></b>, a refugee camp from the <a href="/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_Earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 San Francisco Earthquake">1906 San Francisco Earthquake</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Albany,_California" title="Albany, California">Albany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, is first <a href="/wiki/Subdivision_(land)" title="Subdivision (land)">subdivided</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1908"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/107" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/107">1908</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: 1908"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1908</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MUWO4193.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Redwood canopy undergrowth, Muir Woods"><img alt="Redwood canopy undergrowth, Muir Woods" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MUWO4193.JPG/100px-MUWO4193.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MUWO4193.JPG/150px-MUWO4193.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MUWO4193.JPG/200px-MUWO4193.JPG 2x" data-file-width="607" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Redwood canopy undergrowth, Muir Woods</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Brisbane,_California" title="Brisbane, California">Brisbane</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a> on the lower slopes of <a href="/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain" title="San Bruno Mountain">San Bruno Mountain</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Muir_Woods_National_Monument" title="Muir Woods National Monument">Muir Woods National Monument</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens" title="Sequoia sempervirens">coast redwood</a> undergrowth pictured)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooper Medical College">Cooper Medical College</a></b> is acquired by <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> and renamed the <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine" title="Stanford University School of Medicine">Stanford University School of Medicine</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1907"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/108" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/108">1907</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: 1907"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1907</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz"><img alt="San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg/70px-Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg/105px-Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg/140px-Eugene_E._Schmitz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>By the end of a violent <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Streetcar_Strike_of_1907" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Streetcar Strike of 1907">streetcar operator strike in San Francisco</a></b>, thirty-one people had been killed and about 1100 injured.</li> <li>San Francisco Mayor <b><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Schmitz" title="Eugene Schmitz">Eugene Schmitz</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is found guilty of extortion, and the office of mayor is declared vacant</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_College_of_the_Arts" title="California College of the Arts">School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a> during the height of the <a href="/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement" title="Arts and Crafts movement">Arts and Crafts movement</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_California" title="Piedmont, California">Piedmont</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Whaling_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Whaling ship">whaling bark</a> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(whaling_bark)" title="Lydia (whaling bark)">Lydia</a></b></i> wrecks on the shore of San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1906"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/109" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/109">1906</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: 1906"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span><b>1906</b><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Burnham's plan for San Francisco"><img alt="Burnham's plan for San Francisco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg/90px-Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg/135px-Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg/180px-Burnham_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2179" data-file-height="1833" /></a><figcaption>Burnham's plan for San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The City in flames"><img alt="The City in flames" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg/350px-San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg/525px-San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg/700px-San_francisco_fire_1906.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="208" /></a><figcaption>The City in flames</figcaption></figure> <p> • On April 17, <b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Burnham" title="Daniel Burnham">Daniel Burnham</a></b> delivers plans <i>(pictured, left)</i> for the redesign of San Francisco<br />  • The next day, <b><a href="/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake" title="1906 San Francisco earthquake">a massive earthquake</a></b> hits San Francisco, starting fires which burn much of the city to the ground. 3,000 people die during the disaster. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1905"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/110" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/110">1905</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=115" title="Edit section: 1905"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1905</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The "Big Four" graft prosecutors (left to right) Frances J. Heney, William J. Burns, Fremont Older and Rudolph Spreckels."><img alt="The "Big Four" graft prosecutors (left to right) Frances J. Heney, William J. Burns, Fremont Older and Rudolph Spreckels." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg/100px-San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg/150px-San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg/200px-San_Francisco_graft_prosecutors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption>The "Big Four" graft prosecutors (left to right) Frances J. Heney, William J. Burns, Fremont Older and Rudolph Spreckels.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_of_Pinole_(Pinole,_CA).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Original Bank of Pinole building"><img alt="Original Bank of Pinole building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG/100px-Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG/150px-Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG/200px-Bank_of_Pinole_%28Pinole%2C_CA%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1373" data-file-height="931" /></a><figcaption>Original Bank of Pinole building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_graft_trials" title="San Francisco graft trials">Graft trials begin in San Francisco</a></b> against mayor <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Schmitz" title="Eugene Schmitz">Eugene Schmitz</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Board_of_Supervisors" title="San Francisco Board of Supervisors">San Francisco Board of Supervisors</a>, and attorney and political boss <a href="/wiki/Abe_Ruef" title="Abe Ruef">Abe Ruef</a>, who were receiving bribes, and business owners who were paying the bribes. <i>(prosecutors pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Concord,_California" title="Concord, California">Concord</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></b> are incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Mechanics_Bank" title="Mechanics Bank">Bank of Pinole</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Theater" title="Phoenix Theater">Hill Opera House</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Petaluma,_California" title="Petaluma, California">Petaluma</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bancroft_Library" title="Bancroft Library">Bancroft Library</a></b> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is founded when the university purchases <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Howe_Bancroft" title="Hubert Howe Bancroft">Hubert Howe Bancroft</a>'s 50,000 volumes on the <a href="/wiki/History_of_California" title="History of California">history of California</a> and the North American West</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1904"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/111" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/111">1904</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=116" title="Edit section: 1904"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1904</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flood Building"><img alt="Flood Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg/70px-San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg/105px-San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg/140px-San_Francisco_-_Flood_Building_from_Hallidie_Plaza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption>Flood Building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Italy_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of Italy (United States)">Bank of Italy</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Amadeo_Giannini" title="Amadeo Giannini">A.P. Giannini</a>, a <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> born son of Italian immigrants.</li> <li>The 12-story <b><a href="/wiki/Flood_Building" title="Flood Building">Flood Building</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is completed.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Merchants_Exchange_Building_(San_Francisco)" title="Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco)">Merchants Exchange Building</a></b> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Motorcycle_Club" title="San Francisco Motorcycle Club">San Francisco Motorcycle Club</a></b> is founded</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1903"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/112" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/112">1903</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=117" title="Edit section: 1903"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1903</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanford Memorial Church"><img alt="Stanford Memorial Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg/100px-Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg/150px-Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg/200px-Stanford_Memorial_Church_May_2011_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4368" data-file-height="2912" /></a><figcaption>Stanford Memorial Church</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Memorial_Church" title="Stanford Memorial Church">Stanford Memorial Church</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Shepley,_Rutan_and_Coolidge" title="Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge">Charles A. Coolidge</a>, is dedicated</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George_A._Wyman" title="George A. Wyman">George A. Wyman</a></b> becomes the first person to ride a motorcycle (and the first using any motor vehicle) across the US, from San Francisco to New York City</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_Free_Library" title="Alameda Free Library">Alameda Free Library</a></b> is completed</li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/California_Pelican" title="California Pelican">California Pelican</a></b></i> student humor magazine begins publishing at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_California" title="Pittsburg, California">Pittsburg</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1902"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/113" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/113">1902</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=118" title="Edit section: 1902"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1902</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hotel Majestic"><img alt="Hotel Majestic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG/100px-Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG/150px-Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG/200px-Hotel_Majestic_Gough_SF_CA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4261" data-file-height="3195" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Majestic</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Majestic_(San_Francisco)" title="Hotel Majestic (San Francisco)">Hotel Majestic</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is built.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Carpenter_Gothic" title="Carpenter Gothic">Carpenter Gothic</a> <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a> <b><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Aquinas_Church_(Palo_Alto,_California)" title="St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Palo Alto, California)">St. Thomas Aquinas Church</a></b> is completed in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Big_Basin_Redwoods_State_Park" title="Big Basin Redwoods State Park">Big Basin Redwoods State Park</a></b> is established in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains" title="Santa Cruz Mountains">Santa Cruz Mountains</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1901"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/114" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/114">1901</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=119" title="Edit section: 1901"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1901</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Phoebe Hearst"><img alt="Phoebe Hearst" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg/70px-PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg/105px-PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/PhoebeAppersonHearst.jpg 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="151" /></a><figcaption>Phoebe Hearst</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Lowie_Museum_of_Anthropology" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowie Museum of Anthropology">Lowie Museum of Anthropology</a></b> is established in San Francisco by patron <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Hearst" title="Phoebe Hearst">Phoebe Hearst</a> <i>(pictured)</i>, to house items for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Family_(club)" title="The Family (club)">The Family</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club" title="Gentlemen's club">private club</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, is formed by newspapermen who had left the <a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Club" title="Bohemian Club">Bohemian Club</a></li> <li>The <b>California Society of Artists</b> is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Xavier Martínez">Xavier Martínez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maynard_Dixon" title="Maynard Dixon">Maynard Dixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gottardo_Piazzoni" title="Gottardo Piazzoni">Gottardo Piazzoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matteo_Sandona" class="mw-redirect" title="Matteo Sandona">Matteo Sandona</a> and other artists disaffected with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Art_Association" title="San Francisco Art Association">San Francisco Art Association</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_University" title="Golden Gate University">YMCA Evening College</a></b> in San Francisco opens its law school, becoming a full fledged college</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Winery" title="Mountain Winery">Paul Masson Mountain Winery</a></b> is established by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Masson" title="Paul Masson">Paul Masson</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saratoga,_California" title="Saratoga, California">Saratoga</a></li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="SS City of Rio de Janeiro">SS City of Rio de Janeiro</a></b></i> shipwrecks off the shores of San Francisco at the <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1900"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/115" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/115">1900</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=120" title="Edit section: 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1900</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Political cartoon during the plague years"><img alt="Political cartoon during the plague years" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg/100px-Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg/150px-Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg/200px-Kinyoun_injected_in_the_head_1900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Political cartoon during the plague years</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_plague_of_1900%E2%80%9304" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco plague of 1900–04">An epidemic of bubonic plague centered on San Francisco's Chinatown</a></b> begins, the first plague epidemic in the continental United States <i>(reviled investigator <a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Kinyoun" title="Joseph J. Kinyoun">Joseph J. Kinyoun</a> pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Automobile_Company" title="California Automobile Company">California Automobile Company</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sempervirens_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Sempervirens Club">Sempervirens Club</a></b> is founded with the goal of preserving <a href="/wiki/Big_Basin_Redwoods_State_Park" title="Big Basin Redwoods State Park">old growth coast redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Drinks_And_How_To_Mix_Them" class="mw-redirect" title="The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them">The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them</a></b></i>, by <a href="/wiki/William_%22Cocktail%22_Boothby" class="mw-redirect" title="William "Cocktail" Boothby">William "Cocktail" Boothby</a>, is published by the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Hotel,_San_Francisco" title="Palace Hotel, San Francisco">Palace Hotel, San Francisco</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1899"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/116" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/116">1899</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=121" title="Edit section: 1899"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1899</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Architectural detail from the SF Teacher's College period"><img alt="Architectural detail from the SF Teacher's College period" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG/100px-SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG/150px-SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG/200px-SFSTC_IMG_6967.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Architectural detail from the SF Teacher's College period</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State Normal School</a></b> <i>(later architectural element pictured)</i> is established</li> <li>Botanist <b><a href="/wiki/Willis_Linn_Jepson" title="Willis Linn Jepson">Willis Linn Jepson</a></b> receives his Ph.D. degree from, and is made assistant professor at, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/McTeague" title="McTeague">McTeague</a></b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Norris" title="Frank Norris">Frank Norris</a> is published</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1898"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/117" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/117">1898</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=122" title="Edit section: 1898"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1898</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WongKimArk.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Wong Kim Ark"><img alt="Wong Kim Ark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WongKimArk.gif/110px-WongKimArk.gif" decoding="async" width="110" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WongKimArk.gif/165px-WongKimArk.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WongKimArk.gif/220px-WongKimArk.gif 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Wong Kim Ark</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Ferry_Depot,_where_all_passengers_land,_San_Francisco,_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Early Ferry building stereoscope, prior to the 1906 earthquake"><img alt="Early Ferry building stereoscope, prior to the 1906 earthquake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/90px-The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/135px-The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/180px-The_Union_Ferry_Depot%2C_where_all_passengers_land%2C_San_Francisco%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="1411" /></a><figcaption>Early Ferry building stereoscope, prior to the 1906 earthquake</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Columbarium-500.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Neptune Society Columbarium"><img alt="Neptune Society Columbarium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Columbarium-500.jpg/90px-Columbarium-500.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Columbarium-500.jpg/135px-Columbarium-500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Columbarium-500.jpg/180px-Columbarium-500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>Neptune Society Columbarium</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baldwin Hotel"><img alt="Baldwin Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/90px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/135px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/180px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4490" data-file-height="3592" /></a><figcaption>Baldwin Hotel</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark" title="United States v. Wong Kim Ark">United States v. Wong Kim Ark</a></b> is decided in favor of Wong Kim Ark <i>(pictured, left)</i>, who is thus considered a U.S. citizen<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Ferry_Building" title="San Francisco Ferry Building">San Francisco Ferry Building</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i>, designed by <a href="/wiki/A._Page_Brown" title="A. Page Brown">A. Page Brown</a>, opens<br />  • A <b><a href="/wiki/Neptune_Society_Columbarium" class="mw-redirect" title="Neptune Society Columbarium">columbarium</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is built at Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_J._S._Cahill" title="Bernard J. S. Cahill">Bernard J. S. Cahill</a>, to complement an earlier columbarium built by him<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Hotel_(San_Francisco)" title="Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco)">Baldwin Hotel</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> in San Francisco, built in 1876, burns down<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Francis_K._Shattuck" title="Francis K. Shattuck">Francis K. Shattuck</a></b> dies after being knocked down by a man exiting from a train that Shattuck was attempting to board on the eponymous <a href="/wiki/Shattuck_Avenue" title="Shattuck Avenue">Shattuck Avenue</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1897"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/118" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/118">1897</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=123" title="Edit section: 1897"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1897</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Penicillin_core.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Penicillin chemical structure, a Cutter labs product"><img alt="Penicillin chemical structure, a Cutter labs product" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penicillin_core.svg/100px-Penicillin_core.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penicillin_core.svg/150px-Penicillin_core.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Penicillin_core.svg/200px-Penicillin_core.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>Penicillin chemical structure, a Cutter labs product</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cutter_Laboratories" title="Cutter Laboratories">Cutter Laboratories</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a> is founded <i>(penicillin chemical structure pictured)</i></li> <li>The <i>Evening Press</i> and <i>Sonoma Democrat</i> are merged to create <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Press_Democrat" title="The Press Democrat">The Press Democrat</a></b></i> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Californio" class="mw-redirect" title="Californio">Californio</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors">Contra Costa County Supervisor</a> <b><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Castro" class="mw-disambig" title="Víctor Castro">Víctor Castro</a></b> dies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1896"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/119" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/119">1896</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=124" title="Edit section: 1896"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1896</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sutro Baths"><img alt="Sutro Baths" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg/100px-Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg/150px-Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg/200px-Sutrobaths-1894-lookingnorth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8968" data-file-height="5416" /></a><figcaption>Sutro Baths</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James D. Phelan"><img alt="James D. Phelan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg/70px-James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg/105px-James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg/140px-James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="1031" /></a><figcaption>James D. Phelan</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Sutro_Baths" title="Sutro Baths">Sutro Baths</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> north of <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Beach,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California">Ocean Beach, San Francisco</a> open to the public</li> <li>Native son <b><a href="/wiki/James_D._Phelan" title="James D. Phelan">James D. Phelan</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected mayor of San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Molinari%27s" title="Molinari's">Molinari's</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Delicatessen" title="Delicatessen">delicatessen</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="North Beach, San Francisco">San Francisco's North Beach</a> is founded</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Baking_Company" title="Colombo Baking Company">Colombo Baking Company</a></b> is founded in the Bay Area</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Anchor_Brewing_Company" title="Anchor Brewing Company">Anchor Brewing Company</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1895"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/120" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/120">1895</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=125" title="Edit section: 1895"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1895</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="M. H. de Young and the San Francisco Chronicle in 1885"><img alt="M. H. de Young and the San Francisco Chronicle in 1885" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg/70px-M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg/105px-M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg/140px-M._H._de_Young_1885.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1722" /></a><figcaption>M. H. de Young and the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> in 1885</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/De_Young_(museum)" class="mw-redirect" title="De Young (museum)">De Young</a></b> museum is founded in San Francisco by <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> publisher <a href="/wiki/M._H._de_Young" title="M. H. de Young">M. H. de Young</a> <i>(pictured)</i> as an outgrowth of the <a href="/wiki/California_Midwinter_International_Exposition_of_1894" title="California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894">California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894</a></li> <li>Landscape designer <b><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Hagiwara" title="Makoto Hagiwara">Makoto Hagiwara</a></b> creates the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Tea_Garden_(San_Francisco,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco, California)">Japanese Tea Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Chinese_American_Citizens_Alliance" title="Chinese American Citizens Alliance">Native Sons of the Golden State</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Kongsi" title="Kongsi">Chinese benevolent society</a>, is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Denburgh" title="John Van Denburgh">John Van Denburgh</a></b> completes his organizing of the <a href="/wiki/Herpetology" title="Herpetology">herpetology</a> department of the <a href="/wiki/California_Academy_of_Sciences" title="California Academy of Sciences">California Academy of Sciences</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1894"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/121" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/121">1894</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=126" title="Edit section: 1894"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1894</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adolph Sutro"><img alt="Adolph Sutro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg/70px-Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg/105px-Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg/140px-Adolph_Sutro_by_Brady.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="4168" /></a><figcaption>Adolph Sutro</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Sutro" title="Adolph Sutro">Adolph Sutro</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco" title="Mayor of San Francisco">Mayor of San Francisco</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fentons_Creamery" title="Fentons Creamery">Fentons Creamery</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> is founded</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Midwinter_International_Exposition_of_1894" title="California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894">California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894</a></b> is held in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Pleasanton,_California" title="Pleasanton, California">Pleasanton</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a>, and <b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo,_California" title="San Mateo, California">San Mateo</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a> are incorporated</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1893"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/122" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/122">1893</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=127" title="Edit section: 1893"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1893</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Harrison_(official_Presidential_portrait,_1895).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanford Law School founder Benjamin Harrison"><img alt="Stanford Law School founder Benjamin Harrison" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg/70px-Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg/105px-Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg/140px-Benjamin_Harrison_%28official_Presidential_portrait%2C_1895%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1993" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Stanford Law School founder Benjamin Harrison</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Church_Divinity_School_of_the_Pacific" title="Church Divinity School of the Pacific">Church Divinity School of the Pacific</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo,_California" title="San Mateo, California">San Mateo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a></b> <i>(founder and former U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> pictured)</i> is established at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a></b> is established at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1892"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/123" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/123">1892</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=128" title="Edit section: 1892"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1892</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Le Petit Trianon"><img alt="Le Petit Trianon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg/100px-Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg/150px-Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg/200px-Le_Petit_Trianon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3023" data-file-height="1682" /></a><figcaption>Le Petit Trianon</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Le_Petit_Trianon" title="Le Petit Trianon">Le Petit Trianon</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> near <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley" title="Santa Clara Valley">Santa Clara Valley</a> is built for Charles A. Baldwin and his wife Ellen Hobart Baldwin, as the center of their wine-producing estate</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford Cardinal football</a></b> play the first game of their first season, 1891-1892, and shortly into the season win in <b><a href="/wiki/Big_Game_(American_football)" title="Big Game (American football)">their first game</a></b> against <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California Golden Bears football</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Graduate_School_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education">University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education</a></b> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Masson" title="Paul Masson">Paul Masson</a>'s</b> first <a href="/wiki/Sparkling_wine" title="Sparkling wine">sparkling wine</a> under the name "<a href="/wiki/Champagne_(wine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Champagne (wine)">champagne</a>" is introduced at <a href="/wiki/Almaden_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Almaden Valley">Almaden Valley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Owl_Drug_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Owl Drug Company">The Owl Drug Company</a></b> is established in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1891"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/124" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/124">1891</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=129" title="Edit section: 1891"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1891</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roe Island Light"><img alt="Roe Island Light" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg/100px-USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg/150px-USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg/200px-USCGroeisland_1924a_300.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1309" data-file-height="745" /></a><figcaption>Roe Island Light</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford,_Jr._University_(no_51253)_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanford Quadrangle, ca 1896"><img alt="Stanford Quadrangle, ca 1896" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg/100px-East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg/150px-East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg/200px-East_side_of_quadrangle_of_Leland_Stanford%2C_Jr._University_%28no_51253%29_-_Detroit_Photographic_Company.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="803" /></a><figcaption>Stanford Quadrangle, ca 1896</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Roe_Island_Light" title="Roe Island Light">Roe Island Light</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is built at the east end of <a href="/wiki/Suisun_Bay" title="Suisun Bay">Suisun Bay</a> across from <a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago" class="mw-disambig" title="Port Chicago">Port Chicago</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a>, with 21 departments, including the <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Graduate_School_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Graduate School of Education">Department of the History and Art of Education</a></b></li> <li>King <b><a href="/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua" title="Kalākaua">Kalākaua</a></b> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hawaii">Hawaii</a> dies at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Hotel,_San_Francisco" title="Palace Hotel, San Francisco">Palace Hotel</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalist_Church_of_Berkeley" title="Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley">First Unitarian Church of Berkeley</a></b> is founded</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1890"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/125" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/125">1890</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=130" title="Edit section: 1890"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1890</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCGoaklandharbor.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Oakland Harbor Light"><img alt="Oakland Harbor Light" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USCGoaklandharbor.JPG/100px-USCGoaklandharbor.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USCGoaklandharbor.JPG/150px-USCGoaklandharbor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USCGoaklandharbor.JPG/200px-USCGoaklandharbor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="295" /></a><figcaption>Oakland Harbor Light</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Jacob Gillig opens a <b><a href="/wiki/Gillig_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillig Corporation">carriage and wagon shop</a></b> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Harbor_Light" title="Oakland Harbor Light">Oakland Harbor Light</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is built at the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Estuary" title="Oakland Estuary">Oakland Estuary</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dominican_University_of_California" title="Dominican University of California">Dominican College</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nichelini_Family_Winery" title="Nichelini Family Winery">Nichelini Winery</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1889"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/126" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/126">1889</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=131" title="Edit section: 1889"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1889</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Flood_Mansion_(San_Francisco)_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="James Flood Mansion, headquarters of the Pacific-Union Club"><img alt="James Flood Mansion, headquarters of the Pacific-Union Club" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG/100px-James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG/150px-James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG/200px-James_Flood_Mansion_%28San_Francisco%29_4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1597" data-file-height="904" /></a><figcaption>James Flood Mansion, headquarters of the Pacific-Union Club</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StPaulsWC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plaque at St. Paul's Episcopal Church"><img alt="Plaque at St. Paul's Episcopal Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/StPaulsWC.jpg/100px-StPaulsWC.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/StPaulsWC.jpg/150px-StPaulsWC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/StPaulsWC.jpg/200px-StPaulsWC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption>Plaque at St. Paul's Episcopal Church</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Pacific-Union_Club" title="Pacific-Union Club">Pacific-Union Club</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(pictured)</i> is founded as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854)</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_Society_of_the_Pacific" title="Astronomical Society of the Pacific">Astronomical Society of the Pacific</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayacamas_Vineyards" title="Mayacamas Vineyards">Mayacamas Vineyards</a></b> is established on the <a href="/wiki/Mayacamas_Mountains" title="Mayacamas Mountains">Mayacamas Mountains</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Walnut_Creek,_California)" title="St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Walnut Creek, California)">St. Paul's Episcopal Church</a></b> <i>(historical plaque pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek,_California" title="Walnut Creek, California">Walnut Creek</a> is completed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livermore_Valley" title="Livermore Valley">Livermore Valley</a> winery <b><a href="/wiki/Cresta_Blanca_Winery" title="Cresta Blanca Winery">Cresta Blanca</a>'s</b> first vintage, an 1884 dry <a href="/wiki/White_wine" title="White wine">white wine</a>, wins Grand Prize at the <a href="/wiki/1889_Paris_Exposition" class="mw-redirect" title="1889 Paris Exposition">Paris Exposition</a>, becoming the first <a href="/wiki/California_wine" title="California wine">California wine</a> to win a competition in France</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1888"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/127" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/127">1888</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=132" title="Edit section: 1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1888</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Collision of the SS City of Chester and the RMS Oceanic"><img alt="Collision of the SS City of Chester and the RMS Oceanic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG/100px-%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG/150px-%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG/200px-%22City_of_Chester%22_Hit_and_Sunk_By_%22Oceanic%22.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="455" /></a><figcaption>Collision of the SS City of Chester and the RMS Oceanic</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Chester" title="SS City of Chester">SS City of Chester</a></b> sinks after a collision <i>(pictured)</i> with <a href="/wiki/RMS_Oceanic_(1870)" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Oceanic (1870)">RMS <i>Oceanic</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hunt%27s" title="Hunt's">Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Co.</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Sebastopol,_California" title="Sebastopol, California">Sebastopol</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Swinerton" title="Swinerton">Swinerton</a></b> construction is founded in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1887"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/128" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/128">1887</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=133" title="Edit section: 1887"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1887</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McLaren.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of John McLaren at Golden Gate Park"><img alt="Statue of John McLaren at Golden Gate Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/John_McLaren.jpg/70px-John_McLaren.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/John_McLaren.jpg/105px-John_McLaren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/John_McLaren.jpg/140px-John_McLaren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Statue of John McLaren at Golden Gate Park</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Haight_Street_Grounds" title="Haight Street Grounds">California League Baseball Grounds</a></b> baseball park opens in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_McLaren_(horticulturist)" title="John McLaren (horticulturist)">John McLaren</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is appointed superintendent of the developing <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a> in San Francisco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst" title="William Randolph Hearst">William Randolph Hearst</a> takes over management of the <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Examiner" title="San Francisco Examiner">San Francisco Examiner</a></b></i>, which his father had received in 1880 as payment for a gambling debt</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1886"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/129" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/129">1886</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=134" title="Edit section: 1886"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1886</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leuschner_plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plaque at original site of Student's Observatory"><img alt="Plaque at original site of Student's Observatory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leuschner_plaque.jpg/100px-Leuschner_plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leuschner_plaque.jpg/150px-Leuschner_plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leuschner_plaque.jpg/200px-Leuschner_plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Plaque at original site of Student's Observatory</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Aegis_(newspaper)" title="Aegis (newspaper)">Aegis</a></b></i> high school newspaper is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Leuschner_Observatory" title="Leuschner Observatory">Students' Observatory</a></b> <i>(historical plaque pictured)</i> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> is constructed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trefethen_Vineyards" title="Trefethen Vineyards">Eshcol</a></b> vineyards and winery in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> is established</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1885"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/130" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/130">1885</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=135" title="Edit section: 1885"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1885</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V_Sattui_Winery,_St._Helena,_California,_USA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Exterior of V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena"><img alt="Exterior of V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg/70px-V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg/105px-V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg/140px-V_Sattui_Winery%2C_St._Helena%2C_California%2C_USA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>Exterior of V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alcazar_Theatre_(1885)" title="Alcazar Theatre (1885)">Alcazar Theatre</a></b> in San Francisco opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/V._Sattui_Winery" title="V. Sattui Winery">V. Sattui Winery</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Leland Stanford Junior University</a></b> is founded (on paper) by <a href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford" title="Leland Stanford">Leland Stanford</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">governor</a> of and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. senator</a> from California and leading railroad tycoon, and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Stanford" title="Jane Stanford">Jane Lathrop Stanford</a>, in memory of their only child, <a href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Leland Stanford, Jr.">Leland Stanford, Jr.</a>, who died of <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_fever" title="Typhoid fever">typhoid fever</a> at age 15 the previous year.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1884"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/131" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/131">1884</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=136" title="Edit section: 1884"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1884</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Norton Felton"><img alt="Charles Norton Felton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg/70px-Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg/105px-Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg/140px-Charles_Norton_Felton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="189" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Charles Norton Felton</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_N._Felton" title="Charles N. Felton">Charles N. Felton</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> of <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a> is elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_and_Nevada_Railroad" title="California and Nevada Railroad">California and Nevada Railroad</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow gauge</a> steam railroad in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a>, is incorporated</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a> opens a <b><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Home_of_California_Yountville" title="Veterans Home of California Yountville">home for war veterans</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1883"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/132" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/132">1883</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=137" title="Edit section: 1883"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1883</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Concannon_Vineyard.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Victorian house at Concannon"><img alt="Victorian house at Concannon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Concannon_Vineyard.jpg/100px-Concannon_Vineyard.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Concannon_Vineyard.jpg/150px-Concannon_Vineyard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Concannon_Vineyard.jpg/200px-Concannon_Vineyard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Victorian house at Concannon</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Concannon_Vineyard" title="Concannon Vineyard">Concannon Vineyard</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Livermore_Valley" title="Livermore Valley">Livermore Valley</a> is established</li> <li>Firemen on coal-burning steamers found the <b><a href="/wiki/Marine_Firemen%27s_Union" title="Marine Firemen's Union">Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association</a></b> in San Francisco</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Silverado_Squatters" title="The Silverado Squatters">The Silverado Squatters</a></b></i>, about <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>'s travels in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a>, is published</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Turner_(shipbuilder)" title="Matthew Turner (shipbuilder)">Matthew Turner</a></b>, his brother, and John Eckley form the Matthew Turner Shipyard at <a href="/wiki/Benicia,_California" title="Benicia, California">Benicia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1882"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/133" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/133">1882</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=138" title="Edit section: 1882"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1882</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Original building at Cresta Blanca Winery"><img alt="Original building at Cresta Blanca Winery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg/70px-Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg/105px-Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg/140px-Original_Cresta_Blanca_winery_at_Wente.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Original building at Cresta Blanca Winery</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chateau_Montelena" title="Chateau Montelena">Chateau Montelena</a></b>, at the foot of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Saint_Helena" title="Mount Saint Helena">Mount Saint Helena</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a>, is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cresta_Blanca_Winery" title="Cresta Blanca Winery">Cresta Blanca Winery</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Livermore_Valley" title="Livermore Valley">Livermore Valley</a> is established</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1881"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/134" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/134">1881</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=139" title="Edit section: 1881"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1881</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Early MJB Coffee building"><img alt="Early MJB Coffee building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg/100px-Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg/150px-Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg/200px-Early_MJB_Coffee_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption>Early MJB Coffee building</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/MJB_(coffee)" title="MJB (coffee)">Max J. Brandenstein</a></b> begins producing coffee in San Francisco <i>(early M.J. Brandenstein facility pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/A._Schilling_%26_Company" title="A. Schilling & Company">A. Schilling & Company</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by August Schilling and George F. Volkmann, both natives of <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1880"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/135" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/135">1880</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=140" title="Edit section: 1880"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1880</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emperor Norton in full regalia"><img alt="Emperor Norton in full regalia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg/70px-Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg/105px-Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg/140px-Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="866" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption>Emperor Norton in full regalia</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Abraham_Norton" class="mw-redirect" title="Joshua Abraham Norton">Joshua Abraham Norton</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, self-declared "<a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">Emperor</a> of these United States" and subsequently "Protector of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>", collapses and dies in front of <a href="/wiki/Old_Saint_Mary%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Saint Mary's Cathedral">Old St. Mary's Church</a> while on his way to a lecture at the <a href="/wiki/California_Academy_of_Sciences" title="California Academy of Sciences">California Academy of Sciences</a></li> <li>Famed Scottish writer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_State_Park" title="Robert Louis Stevenson State Park">honeymoons for 2 months at a played out mine</a></b> on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Saint_Helena" title="Mount Saint Helena">Mount Saint Helena</a> in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, and <b><a href="/wiki/The_Silverado_Squatters" title="The Silverado Squatters">writes a memoir about his travels</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1879"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/136" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/136">1879</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=141" title="Edit section: 1879"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1879</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Conservatory of Flowers in 1879"><img alt="Conservatory of Flowers in 1879" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg/100px-Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg/150px-Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg/200px-Conservatory_of_Flowers_1879.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2388" data-file-height="1330" /></a><figcaption>Conservatory of Flowers in 1879</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers" title="Conservatory of Flowers">Conservatory of Flowers</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a>, San Francisco, opens to the public</li> <li>Finnish fur trader <a href="/wiki/Gustave_Niebaum" title="Gustave Niebaum">Gustave Niebaum</a> founds <b><a href="/wiki/Inglenook_(winery)" title="Inglenook (winery)">Inglenook Winery</a></b> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> village of <a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_California" title="Rutherford, California">Rutherford</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Croll_Building" title="Croll Building">Croll's Gardens and Hotel</a></b> is built in <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1878"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/137" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/137">1878</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=142" title="Edit section: 1878"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1878</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Gate_Park,_San_Francisco,_Cal,_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Construction at the Conservatory of Flowers"><img alt="Construction at the Conservatory of Flowers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png/100px-Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png/150px-Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png/200px-Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="1435" /></a><figcaption>Construction at the Conservatory of Flowers</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mhmansion5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark Hopkins mansion"><img alt="Mark Hopkins mansion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Mhmansion5.jpg/100px-Mhmansion5.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Mhmansion5.jpg/150px-Mhmansion5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Mhmansion5.jpg/200px-Mhmansion5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Mark Hopkins mansion</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers" title="Conservatory of Flowers">Conservatory of Flowers</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a>, San Francisco is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hopkins_Hotel" title="Mark Hopkins Hotel">Mark Hopkin's mansion</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Street_Cable_Railroad" title="California Street Cable Railroad">California Street Cable Railroad</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Cable_car_(railway)" title="Cable car (railway)">cable car</a> company, is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford" title="Leland Stanford">Leland Stanford</a></li> <li>Austin Herbert Hills and R. W. Hills begin <b><a href="/wiki/Hills_Brothers_Coffee" class="mw-redirect" title="Hills Brothers Coffee">selling coffee and tea</a></b> from a market stall in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1877"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/138" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/138">1877</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=143" title="Edit section: 1877"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1877</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frank M. Pixley, founder & editor of The Argonaut"><img alt="Frank M. Pixley, founder & editor of The Argonaut" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg/70px-Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg/105px-Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg/140px-Frank_Morrison_Pixley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="1201" /></a><figcaption>Frank M. Pixley, founder & editor of <i>The Argonaut</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Riot_of_1877" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Riot of 1877">A two day pogrom</a></b> waged against <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Chinese</a> immigrants in San Francisco by the city's majority <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">white</a> population, resulting in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property belonging to the city's Chinese immigrant population.</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Argonaut" title="The Argonaut">The Argonaut</a></b></i> <a href="/wiki/Literary_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Literary journal">literary journal</a> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Frank_M._Pixley" title="Frank M. Pixley">Frank M. Pixley</a> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1876"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/139" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/139">1876</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=144" title="Edit section: 1876"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1876</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baldwin Hotel and Theatre"><img alt="Baldwin Hotel and Theatre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/100px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/150px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg/200px-Baldwin%27s_Hotel_and_Theatre_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4490" data-file-height="3592" /></a><figcaption>Baldwin Hotel and Theatre</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Hotel_(San_Francisco)" title="Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco)">Baldwin Hotel</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is built in San Francisco as an addition to the Baldwin Theatre</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a> is incorporated</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1875"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/140" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/140">1875</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=145" title="Edit section: 1875"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1875</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery,_2000_Main_St.,_St._Helena,_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Beringer Brothers historic building"><img alt="Beringer Brothers historic building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG/100px-Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG/150px-Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG/200px-Beringer_Brothers-Los_Hermanos_Winery%2C_2000_Main_St.%2C_St._Helena%2C_CA_10-16-2011_2-18-03_PM.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Beringer Brothers historic building</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russet_potato.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russet Burbank potatoes"><img alt="Russet Burbank potatoes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Russet_potato.jpg/100px-Russet_potato.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Russet_potato.jpg/150px-Russet_potato.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Russet_potato.jpg/200px-Russet_potato.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Russet Burbank potatoes</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Beringer_Vineyards" title="Beringer Vineyards">Beringer Vineyards</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Napa_State_Hospital" title="Napa State Hospital">Napa State Hospital</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Napa,_California" title="Napa, California">Napa</a> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Point_Montara_Light" title="Point Montara Light">Point Montara Light</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Montara,_California" title="Montara, California">Montara</a> begins operating using a kerosene lantern</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Luther_Burbank" title="Luther Burbank">Luther Burbank</a></b> moves to <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a> from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, with money from selling the rights to a potato cultivar <i>(<a href="/wiki/Russet_Burbank_potato" class="mw-redirect" title="Russet Burbank potato">Russet Burbank potatoes</a> pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1874"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/141" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/141">1874</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=146" title="Edit section: 1874"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1874</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Old San Francisco Mint"><img alt="Old San Francisco Mint" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg/100px-Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg/150px-Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg/200px-Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Old San Francisco Mint</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse,_San_Pablo_Bay,_CA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="East Brother Island Lighthouse"><img alt="East Brother Island Lighthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg/100px-East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg/150px-East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg/200px-East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1297" data-file-height="910" /></a><figcaption>East Brother Island Lighthouse</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The second <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint" title="San Francisco Mint">San Francisco Mint</a></b> building <i>(pictured)</i> is completed</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Markham_Vineyards" title="Markham Vineyards">Markham Vineyards</a></b> is founded in the <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/East_Brother_Island_Light" title="East Brother Island Light">East Brother Island Light</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is built on <b>East Brother Island</b> near the tip of <a href="/wiki/Point_San_Pablo" class="mw-redirect" title="Point San Pablo">Point San Pablo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Tribune" title="Oakland Tribune">Oakland Tribune</a></b></i> begins publishing</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1873"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/142" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/142">1873</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=147" title="Edit section: 1873"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1873</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LLOYD(1876)_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Early cable cars"><img alt="Early cable cars" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg/100px-LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg/150px-LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg/200px-LLOYD%281876%29_VIEW_OF_CLAY_STREET_SHOWING_THE_WIRE_RAILROAD_pg191.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2419" data-file-height="1473" /></a><figcaption>Early cable cars</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Hall, UC Berkeley"><img alt="South Hall, UC Berkeley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/100px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/150px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/200px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5764" data-file-height="2970" /></a><figcaption>South Hall, UC Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Street_Hill_Railroad" title="Clay Street Hill Railroad">Clay Street Hill Railroad</a></b>, the first in the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system" title="San Francisco cable car system">San Francisco cable car system</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, begins operations<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/South_Hall_(UC_Berkeley)" title="South Hall (UC Berkeley)">South Hall</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is built in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, thus becoming the new location of the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b>, formerly located in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1872"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/143" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/143">1872</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=148" title="Edit section: 1872"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1872</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BohemianClubOwl2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Owl plaque at Bohemian Club"><img alt="Owl plaque at Bohemian Club" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BohemianClubOwl2.jpg/100px-BohemianClubOwl2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BohemianClubOwl2.jpg/150px-BohemianClubOwl2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BohemianClubOwl2.jpg/200px-BohemianClubOwl2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption>Owl plaque at Bohemian Club</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_(Berkeley,_CA).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hearst Gym, UC Berkeley"><img alt="Hearst Gym, UC Berkeley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg/120px-Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg/180px-Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg/240px-Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>Hearst Gym, UC Berkeley</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Club" title="Bohemian Club">Bohemian Club</a></b> <i>(plaque pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alum_Rock_Park" title="Alum Rock Park">Alum Rock Park</a></b>, the first municipal park in California, is established at a valley in the <a href="/wiki/Diablo_Range" title="Diablo Range">Diablo Range</a> foothills on the east side of <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Napa,_California" title="Napa, California">Napa</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Julia_Morgan" title="Julia Morgan">Julia Morgan</a></b> is born in San Francisco <i>(<a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Alameda_County,_California" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California">Hearst Gymnasium for Women</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1871"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/144" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/144">1871</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=149" title="Edit section: 1871"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1871</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Daily Californian kiosk"><img alt="Daily Californian kiosk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG/70px-Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG/105px-Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG/140px-Daily_Cal_plastic_rack.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><i>Daily Californian</i> kiosk</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Historical_Society" title="California Historical Society">California Historical Society</a></b> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Californian" title="The Daily Californian">The Daily Californian</a></b></i> student-run newspaper <i>(contemporary kiosk pictured)</i> is founded at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Art_Association" title="San Francisco Art Association">San Francisco Art Association</a></b> is founded by a group of landscape painters led by <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Williams" title="Virgil Williams">Virgil Williams</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1870"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/145" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/145">1870</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=150" title="Edit section: 1870"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1870</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial photo of San Francisco showing Golden Gate Park"><img alt="Aerial photo of San Francisco showing Golden Gate Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg/80px-Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg/120px-Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg/160px-Golden_Gate_Park_air_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Aerial photo of San Francisco showing Golden Gate Park</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park">Golden Gate Park</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(contemporary aerial photo shown)</i> is surveyed and mapped</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Gold_Bank_Note" title="National Gold Bank Note">The First National Gold Bank</a></b> in San Francisco begins producing <a href="/wiki/National_Bank_Note" title="National Bank Note">National Bank Notes</a> redeemable in gold</li> <li>San Francisco's population is 149,473, an increase by 163% from 1860's 56,802</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1869"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/146" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/146">1869</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=151" title="Edit section: 1869"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1869</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meek_Mansion_(Hayward,_CA).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Meek Mansion"><img alt="Meek Mansion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG/90px-Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG/135px-Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG/180px-Meek_Mansion_%28Hayward%2C_CA%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1373" data-file-height="1001" /></a><figcaption>Meek Mansion</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Ballon_(3037235290).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hermes Avitor Jr. replica"><img alt="Hermes Avitor Jr. replica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg/90px-Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg/135px-Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg/180px-Big_Ballon_%283037235290%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption>Hermes Avitor Jr. replica</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Meek_Mansion" title="Meek Mansion">Meek Mansion</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a> is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Japanese_in_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Japanese in San Francisco">first Japanese immigrants arrive in San Francisco</a></b></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Theatre_(San_Francisco)" title="California Theatre (San Francisco)">California Theatre</a></b> in San Francisco opens</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Marriott" title="Frederick Marriott">Frederick Marriott</a>'s</b> unmanned, <a href="/wiki/Lighter-than-air" class="mw-redirect" title="Lighter-than-air">lighter-than-air</a> craft the <i>Hermes Avitor Jr.</i> <i>(replica pictured)</i> takes to the air at the Shellmound Park racetrack in <a href="/wiki/Emeryville,_California" title="Emeryville, California">Emeryville</a>, flying at about 5 miles per hour</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laurentine_Hamilton" title="Laurentine Hamilton">Laurentine Hamilton</a></b> is charged with heresy and resigns from his ordination in the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian church">Presbyterian church</a>, with most of his parishioners joining him in forming the <a href="/wiki/First_Unitarian_Church_of_Oakland" title="First Unitarian Church of Oakland">First Independent Presbyterian Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1868"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/147" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/147">1868</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=152" title="Edit section: 1868"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1868</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="University of California logo"><img alt="University of California logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/140px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/210px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg/280px-Seal_of_the_University_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>University of California logo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Damage from the Great San Francisco Earthquake, in Haywards area"><img alt="Damage from the Great San Francisco Earthquake, in Haywards area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg/100px-Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg/150px-Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg/200px-Hayward_earthquake_1868_damaged_building_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="819" /></a><figcaption>Damage from the Great San Francisco Earthquake, in Haywards area</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1884 Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart"><img alt="1884 Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg/100px-Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg/150px-Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg/200px-Convent_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Sacred_Heart_1884.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="431" /></a><figcaption>1884 Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/1868_Hayward_earthquake" title="1868 Hayward earthquake">An earthquake estimated at 6.8–7.0 on the Richter scale hits the Bay Area</a></b>, with an epicenter in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a>. It causes significant damage throughout the region, and comes to be known as the "Great San Francisco Earthquake". <i>(damage in the <a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Haywards</a> area pictured, right)</i><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Holy_Names_University" title="Holy Names University">Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> is established by members of the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Holy_Names_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary">Sisters of the Holy Names</a> from Canada<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California" title="University of California">University of California</a></b> <i>(logo pictured, left)</i> is established in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, along with the first campus in the system, the <b><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></b><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a> is incorporated<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a> is incorporated<br />  • <a href="/wiki/Bret_Harte" title="Bret Harte">Bret Harte</a> begins publishing the <i><b><a href="/wiki/Overland_Monthly" title="Overland Monthly">Overland Monthly</a></b></i> in San Francisco<br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Guittard_Chocolate_Company" title="Guittard Chocolate Company">Guittard Chocolate Company</a></b> is founded in San Francisco </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1867"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/148" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/148">1867</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=153" title="Edit section: 1867"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1867</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Mateo County History Museum, formerly the San Mateo County Courthouse"><img alt="San Mateo County History Museum, formerly the San Mateo County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg/100px-San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg/150px-San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg/200px-San_Mateo_County_History_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>San Mateo County History Museum, formerly the San Mateo County Courthouse</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Ezra Decoto, a <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a> landowner, sells land to the railroads, and an <b><a href="/wiki/Decoto,_California" title="Decoto, California">eponymous small settlement</a></b> begins at the location</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a> is incorporated <i>(historic building pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_Park" title="Buena Vista Park">Hill Park</a></b> is established in San Francisco</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1866"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/149" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/149">1866</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=154" title="Edit section: 1866"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of a rolling mill, 1855"><img alt="Interior of a rolling mill, 1855" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg/100px-PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg/150px-PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg/200px-PSM_V38_D611_Interior_of_a_rolling_mill_1855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2943" data-file-height="1669" /></a><figcaption>Interior of a rolling mill, 1855</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FoundersRock.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Founder's Rock"><img alt="Founder's Rock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/FoundersRock.JPG/70px-FoundersRock.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/FoundersRock.JPG/105px-FoundersRock.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/FoundersRock.JPG/140px-FoundersRock.JPG 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption>Founder's Rock</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rolling_Mill_Company" title="Pacific Rolling Mill Company">Pacific Rolling Mill Company</a></b>, the West’s first iron and steel producing foundry <i>(rolling mill of the period pictured)</i>, is established in San Francisco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Billings" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Billings">Frederick Billings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_California" title="College of California">College of California</a>, while walking with fellow collegians through land purchased in 1860 for the new location of the college, <b><a href="/wiki/Founders%27_Rock" title="Founders' Rock">stops at a spot</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Hills" title="Berkeley Hills">Contra Costa Range</a> astride <a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Creek" title="Strawberry Creek">Strawberry Creek</a>, with a view of the Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean through the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a>. While watching two ships standing out to sea, he remembers a line by Anglican Bishop <a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley" title="George Berkeley">George Berkeley</a>, "westward the course of empire takes its way", and suggests <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">Berkeley's name for the college</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">the town to grow around it</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1865"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/150" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/150">1865</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=155" title="Edit section: 1865"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1865</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="SF Chronicle logo"><img alt="SF Chronicle logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg/250px-San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg/375px-San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg/500px-San_Francisco_Chronicle_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="106" /></a><figcaption>SF Chronicle logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">The Daily Dramatic Chronicle</a></b></i> <i>(later logo pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco by teenage brothers Charles de Young and <a href="/wiki/M._H._de_Young" title="M. H. de Young">Michael H. de Young</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Pacific_Railroad" title="California Pacific Railroad">California Pacific Rail Road Company</a></b> is incorporated in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Mining_and_Mineral_Museum" title="California State Mining and Mineral Museum">California State Mineral Collection</a></b> is begun in San Francisco, driven by the mineral finds of the <a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marin_French_Cheese_Company" title="Marin French Cheese Company">Jefferson Thompson</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/West_Marin" title="West Marin">West Marin</a> begins making a fresh <a href="/wiki/Brie" title="Brie">Brie</a> "breakfast cheese" that is transported by horse-drawn carriage to <a href="/wiki/Petaluma,_California" title="Petaluma, California">Petaluma</a>, then shipped by <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamboat</a> down the <a href="/wiki/Petaluma_River" title="Petaluma River">Petaluma River</a> to San Francisco where it is sold to waterfront <a href="/wiki/Stevedore" class="mw-redirect" title="Stevedore">dockworkers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1864"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/151" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/151">1864</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=156" title="Edit section: 1864"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1864</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fairmont Hospital entrance"><img alt="Fairmont Hospital entrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg/90px-Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg/135px-Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg/180px-Fairmonthospitalentranceclose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Fairmont Hospital entrance</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bank of California"><img alt="Bank of California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg/90px-Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg/135px-Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg/180px-Bank_of_California_Building_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="729" /></a><figcaption>Bank of California</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_Health_System" title="Alameda Health System">Alameda County Infirmary</a></b> is established <i>(Fairmont Hospital pictured)</i></li> <li>literary newspaper <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Californian_(1860s_newspaper)" title="The Californian (1860s newspaper)">The Californian</a></b></i> begins publishing in San Francisco, with <a href="/wiki/Bret_Harte" title="Bret Harte">Bret Harte</a> as editor, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a> as a writer</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_California" title="Bank of California">Bank of California</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston" title="William Chapman Ralston">William Chapman Ralston</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oakville,_California" title="Oakville, California">The Napa Valley Railroad Company</a></b> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Brannan" title="Samuel Brannan">Samuel Brannan</a> to shuttle tourists between <a href="/wiki/Ferries_of_San_Francisco_Bay" title="Ferries of San Francisco Bay">ferry boats</a> docked in <a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo</a> to the resort town of <a href="/wiki/Calistoga,_California" title="Calistoga, California">Calistoga</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_and_San_Jose_Railroad" title="San Francisco and San Jose Railroad">San Francisco and San Jose Railroad</a></b> completes its 49.5-mile (80 km) route from San Francisco to <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> along the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula" title="San Francisco Peninsula">San Francisco Peninsula</a>, becoming the first railroad to link the two cities</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1863"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/152" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/152">1863</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=157" title="Edit section: 1863"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1863</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeanty at Jack's"><img alt="Jeanty at Jack's" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/100px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/150px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG/200px-Jeanty_at_Jack%27s_front.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Jeanty at Jack's</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MountainViewPanorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mountain View Cemetery"><img alt="Mountain View Cemetery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MountainViewPanorama.jpg/180px-MountainViewPanorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MountainViewPanorama.jpg/270px-MountainViewPanorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MountainViewPanorama.jpg/360px-MountainViewPanorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2472" data-file-height="552" /></a><figcaption>Mountain View Cemetery</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_San_Francisco_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="The San Francisco Examiner">Democratic Press</a></b></i> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Teachers_Association" title="California Teachers Association">California Educational Society</a></b> is established in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jack%27s_Restaurant" title="Jack's Restaurant">Jack's Restaurant</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> opens in San Francisco</li> <li>The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley_Register" title="Napa Valley Register">Napa Valley Register</a></b></i> is established</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mountain_View_Cemetery_(Oakland,_California)" title="Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)">Mountain View Cemetery</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" title="Frederick Law Olmsted">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>, is established in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1862"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/153" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/153">1862</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=158" title="Edit section: 1862"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1862</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jacob_Schram_(Schramsberg).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Jacob Schram"><img alt="Jacob Schram" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png/70px-Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png/105px-Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png/140px-Jacob_Schram_%28Schramsberg%29.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>Jacob Schram</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boothby_Cocktail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William "Cocktail" Boothby"><img alt="William "Cocktail" Boothby" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Boothby_Cocktail.jpg/70px-Boothby_Cocktail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Boothby_Cocktail.jpg/105px-Boothby_Cocktail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Boothby_Cocktail.jpg/140px-Boothby_Cocktail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="829" data-file-height="1221" /></a><figcaption>William "Cocktail" Boothby</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/Schramsberg_Vineyards" title="Schramsberg Vineyards">Schramsberg Vineyards</a></b> is established in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a> by Jacob Schram <i>(pictured, left)</i><br />  • The state capitol is moved from <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> to San Francisco, due to <b><a href="/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862#Flooding_of_the_Central_Valley" title="Great Flood of 1862">Flooding of the Central Valley</a></b><br />  • <a href="/wiki/Minns_Evening_Normal_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Minns Evening Normal School">Minns Evening Normal School</a> in San Francisco is taken over by the state and moved to <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> as the <b><a href="/wiki/California_State_University" title="California State University">California State Normal School</a></b><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/William_%22Cocktail%22_Boothby" class="mw-redirect" title="William "Cocktail" Boothby">William Boothby</a></b> <i>(pictured, right)</i> is born in San Francisco </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1861"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/154" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/154">1861</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=159" title="Edit section: 1861"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1861</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gumps_Buddha.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Iconic Gump's Buddha"><img alt="Iconic Gump's Buddha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Gumps_Buddha.jpg/70px-Gumps_Buddha.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Gumps_Buddha.jpg/105px-Gumps_Buddha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Gumps_Buddha.jpg/140px-Gumps_Buddha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>Iconic Gump's Buddha</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gump%27s" title="Gump's">S & G Gump</a></b> is established in San Francisco as a mirror and frame shop by Solomon Gump and his brother, Gustav <i>(contemporary display pictured)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hutchings%27_Illustrated_California_Magazine" title="Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine">Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine</a></b></i> in San Francisco ceases publishing</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Krug" title="Charles Krug">Charles Krug</a></b> founds the first winery in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Halleck,_Peachy_%26_Billings" title="Halleck, Peachy & Billings">Halleck, Peachy & Billings</a></b> law firm in San Francisco is dissolved</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1860"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/155" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/155">1860</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=160" title="Edit section: 1860"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1860</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nahl_Bros._1855,_The_Olympic_Club.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nahl brothers in SF"><img alt="Nahl brothers in SF" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg/100px-Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg/150px-Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg/200px-Nahl_Bros._1855%2C_The_Olympic_Club.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="228" /></a><figcaption>Nahl brothers in SF</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Israel-Judea" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation Beth Israel-Judea">Congregation Beth Israel-Judea</a></b> forms in San Francisco from the merger of the Conservative Congregation Beth Israel and the Reform Temple Judea</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Club" title="Olympic Club">San Francisco Olympic Club</a></b> is founded <i>(founder <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Wilhelm_Arthur_Nahl" title="Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl">Arthur Nahl</a> pictured working out with his brother in 1855)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Grand_Casino" title="California Grand Casino">Woodford Hotel and Saloon</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a> becomes a <a href="/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express">Pony Express</a> stop <i>(historical plaque pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/James_Lick_Mansion" title="James Lick Mansion">James Lick Mansion</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a>, the estate of <a href="/wiki/James_Lick" title="James Lick">James Lick</a>, is completed</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Nortonville,_California" title="Nortonville, California">Black Diamond coal mine</a></b> is started by <a href="/wiki/Noah_Norton" title="Noah Norton">Noah Norton</a></li> <li>San Francisco's population is 56,802, an increase by 63% from 1852's 34,776</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1859"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/156" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/156">1859</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=161" title="Edit section: 1859"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1859</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alcatraz Citadel, 1908"><img alt="Alcatraz Citadel, 1908" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg/100px-Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg/150px-Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg/200px-Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>Alcatraz Citadel, 1908</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Citadel" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcatraz Citadel">Alcatraz Citadel</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> is built on <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Island" title="Alcatraz Island">Alcatraz Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laurentine_Hamilton" title="Laurentine Hamilton">Laurentine Hamilton</a></b> comes to <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> to preach at the First Presbyterian Church of San Jose</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Norton" title="Emperor Norton">Emperor Norton</a></b> declares himself "NORTON I, Emperor of the United States" in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_K._Shattuck" title="Francis K. Shattuck">Francis K. Shattuck</a></b> is <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Oakland,_California" title="List of mayors of Oakland, California">elected the fifth mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1858"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/157" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/157">1858</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=162" title="Edit section: 1858"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1858</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dragon"><img alt="Dragon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg/100px-SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg/150px-SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg/200px-SF_Chinese_new_year_p1060794.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2384" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Dragon</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The first <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chinese_New_Year_Festival_and_Parade" title="San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade">San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade</a></b> is held in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown</a>, combining elements of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Lantern_Festival" title="Lantern Festival">Lantern Festival</a> with a typical American <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parade</a> <i>(contemporary parade dragon pictured)</i></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/William_Hood_House" title="William Hood House">William Hood House</a></b> is built in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a>, using bricks made on the property</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine" title="Stanford University School of Medicine">Medical Department of the University of the Pacific</a></b>, the first medical school on the West Coast, is founded in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bolinas-Stinson_Union_School_District" title="Bolinas-Stinson Union School District">Bolinas School</a></b> opens in <a href="/wiki/Bolinas,_California" title="Bolinas, California">Marin County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1857"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/158" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/158">1857</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=163" title="Edit section: 1857"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1857</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Mary's hospital after the 1906 earthquake"><img alt="St. Mary's hospital after the 1906 earthquake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg/100px-No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg/150px-No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg/200px-No._315._St._Mary%27s_Hospital.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>St. Mary's hospital after the 1906 earthquake</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Champagne_Corking.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Champagne Corking", by Eadweard Muybridge"><img alt=""Champagne Corking", by Eadweard Muybridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Champagne_Corking.jpg/100px-Champagne_Corking.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Champagne_Corking.jpg/150px-Champagne_Corking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Champagne_Corking.jpg/200px-Champagne_Corking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1373" data-file-height="1116" /></a><figcaption>"Champagne Corking", by Eadweard Muybridge</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Mercy" title="Sisters of Mercy">Sisters of Mercy</a> open St. Mary's Hospital on <a href="/wiki/Stockton_Street_(San_Francisco)" title="Stockton Street (San Francisco)">Stockton Street</a> in San Francisco, the first Catholic hospital west of the Rocky Mountains <i>(hospital ruins in 1906 pictured)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/California_State_University" title="California State University">Minns Evening Normal School</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by <a href="/wiki/George_W._Minns" title="George W. Minns">George W. Minns</a></li> <li>George Kenny starts construction of <b><a href="/wiki/Feusier_Octagon_House" title="Feusier Octagon House">an octagonal house</a></b> at <a href="/wiki/Russian_Hill,_San_Francisco" title="Russian Hill, San Francisco">Russian Hill</a> in San Francisco</li> <li>Landscape painter <b><a href="/wiki/Fortunato_Arriola" title="Fortunato Arriola">Fortunato Arriola</a></b> moves to San Francisco from <a href="/wiki/Cosala" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosala">Cosala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinaloa" title="Sinaloa">Sinaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_California" title="Lafayette, California">Lafayette</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_Winery" title="Buena Vista Winery">Buena Vista Winery</a></b> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Agoston_Haraszthy" title="Agoston Haraszthy">Agoston Haraszthy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Valley" title="Sonoma Valley">Sonoma Valley</a> <i>(early champagne production pictured)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1856"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/159" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/159">1856</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=164" title="Edit section: 1856"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1856</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of San Mateo County, 1878"><img alt="Map of San Mateo County, 1878" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg/70px-San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg/105px-San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg/140px-San_Mateo_County_Map_1878.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3555" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Map of San Mateo County, 1878</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Église Notre Dame Des Victoires"><img alt="Église Notre Dame Des Victoires" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg/70px-NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg/105px-NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg/140px-NDdesVictoiresSF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2215" data-file-height="2862" /></a><figcaption>Église Notre Dame Des Victoires</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a></b> is incorporated <i>(1878 map pictured)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hutchings%27_Illustrated_California_Magazine" title="Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine">Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine</a></b></i> is founded in San Francisco</li> <li>Early San Francisco developer <b><a href="/wiki/William_A._Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="William A. Richardson">William A. Richardson</a></b> dies</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Call" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Call">Daily Evening Bulletin</a></b></i> editor <b><a href="/wiki/James_King_of_William" title="James King of William">James King of William</a></b> is shot and killed at <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Street" title="Montgomery Street">Montgomery Street</a> in San Francisco</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Notre-Dame-des-Victoires,_San_Francisco" title="Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco">Église Notre Dame Des Victoires</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in San Francisco is completed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1855"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/160" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/160">1855</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=165" title="Edit section: 1855"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1855</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Ignatius.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St Ignatius Church"><img alt="St Ignatius Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/St_Ignatius.jpg/100px-St_Ignatius.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/St_Ignatius.jpg/150px-St_Ignatius.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/St_Ignatius.jpg/200px-St_Ignatius.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>St Ignatius Church</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Francisco" title="University of San Francisco">Saint Ignatius Academy</a></b> is founded in San Francisco by the <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> Jesuits Rev. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Maraschi" title="Anthony Maraschi">Anthony Maraschi</a>, Rev. Joseph Bixio, and Rev. Michael Accolti <i>(present <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ignatius_Church_(San_Francisco)" title="Saint Ignatius Church (San Francisco)">St. Ignatius Church</a>, on campus, pictured)</i></li> <li>With gold only profitably retrieved by medium to large groups of workers, either in partnerships or as employees, the <b><a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a></b> ends</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/College_of_California" title="College of California">College of California</a></b> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1854"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/161" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/161">1854</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=166" title="Edit section: 1854"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1854</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1866"><img alt="Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1866" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg/100px-Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg/150px-Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg/200px-Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_1866.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1501" data-file-height="1029" /></a><figcaption>Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1866</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photocopy_of_Photograph_(From_Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Ltd.,_New_York,_New_York,_1919)_C.1918_PHOTOGRAPH_OF_CONSTRUCTION_WORK_IN_PROGRESS_WITH_MACHINE_SHOP_IN_BACKGROUND_-_Union_HAER_CAL,1-ALAM,2-18.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Union Ironworks shipyard, Alameda, ca 1918"><img alt="Union Ironworks shipyard, Alameda, ca 1918" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Photocopy_of_Photograph_%28From_Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Ltd.%2C_New_York%2C_New_York%2C_1919%29_C.1918_PHOTOGRAPH_OF_CONSTRUCTION_WORK_IN_PROGRESS_WITH_MACHINE_SHOP_IN_BACKGROUND_-_Union_HAER_CAL%2C1-ALAM%2C2-18.tif/lossy-page1-100px-thumbnail.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Photocopy_of_Photograph_%28From_Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Ltd.%2C_New_York%2C_New_York%2C_1919%29_C.1918_PHOTOGRAPH_OF_CONSTRUCTION_WORK_IN_PROGRESS_WITH_MACHINE_SHOP_IN_BACKGROUND_-_Union_HAER_CAL%2C1-ALAM%2C2-18.tif/lossy-page1-150px-thumbnail.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Photocopy_of_Photograph_%28From_Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Ltd.%2C_New_York%2C_New_York%2C_1919%29_C.1918_PHOTOGRAPH_OF_CONSTRUCTION_WORK_IN_PROGRESS_WITH_MACHINE_SHOP_IN_BACKGROUND_-_Union_HAER_CAL%2C1-ALAM%2C2-18.tif/lossy-page1-200px-thumbnail.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="3982" /></a><figcaption>Union Ironworks shipyard, Alameda, ca 1918</figcaption></figure> <p> • <b><a href="/wiki/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard" title="Mare Island Naval Shipyard">Mare Island Naval Shipyard</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i>, the first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">base</a> established on the Pacific Ocean, is established in <a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Mechanics%27_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Mechanics' Institute">Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room</a></b> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • The city of <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Alameda_Works_Shipyard" title="Alameda Works Shipyard">Alameda Works Shipyard</a> pictured, right)</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1853"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/162" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/162">1853</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=167" title="Edit section: 1853"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1853</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monarch_the_bear.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monarch the bear at the Academy of Sciences"><img alt="Monarch the bear at the Academy of Sciences" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Monarch_the_bear.jpg/100px-Monarch_the_bear.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Monarch_the_bear.jpg/150px-Monarch_the_bear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Monarch_the_bear.jpg/200px-Monarch_the_bear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Monarch the bear at the Academy of Sciences</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Levi_Strauss_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Levi Strauss"><img alt="Levi Strauss" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/70px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/105px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/140px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1327" data-file-height="1514" /></a><figcaption>Levi Strauss</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/California_Academy_of_Sciences" title="California Academy of Sciences">California Academy of Natural Sciences</a></b> <i>(modern display pictured, left)</i> is founded in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co." title="Levi Strauss & Co.">Levi Strauss & Co.</a></b> is established when <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss">Levi Strauss</a> <i>(pictured, right)</i> arrives from <a href="/wiki/Buttenheim" title="Buttenheim">Buttenheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, in San Francisco to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York <a href="/wiki/Dry_goods" title="Dry goods">dry goods</a> business<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a></b> is incorporated </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1852"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/163" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/163">1852</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=168" title="Edit section: 1852"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1852</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ghirardelli ad, 1864"><img alt="Ghirardelli ad, 1864" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg/180px-The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg/270px-The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg/360px-The_California_Miner%27s_Almanac_-_1864_-_Ghirardelli_Chocolate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1580" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption>Ghirardelli ad, 1864</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wells Fargo stagecoach"><img alt="Wells Fargo stagecoach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg/100px-Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg/150px-Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg/200px-Concord_Coach_no._251.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3748" data-file-height="2967" /></a><figcaption>Wells Fargo stagecoach</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santa Clara in 1910"><img alt="Santa Clara in 1910" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg/100px-PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg/150px-PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg/200px-PostcardSantaClaraCAMainStCirca1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="403" /></a><figcaption>Santa Clara in 1910</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_Oakland,_7th_and_Adeline_Streets,_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot,_by_William_Keith,_1867.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oakland train depot, 1867"><img alt="Oakland train depot, 1867" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg/100px-Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg/150px-Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg/200px-Early_Oakland%2C_7th_and_Adeline_Streets%2C_The_Southern_Pacific_Depot%2C_by_William_Keith%2C_1867.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>Oakland train depot, 1867</figcaption></figure> <p> • After opening a number of businesses in Peru and California, Italian <a href="/wiki/Chocolatier" title="Chocolatier">chocolatier</a> <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Ghirardelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Domenico Ghirardelli">Domenico Ghirardelli</a> imports 200 pounds of cocoa beans and establishes <b><a href="/wiki/Ghirardelli_Chocolate_Company" title="Ghirardelli Chocolate Company">D. Ghirardelli & Co</a></b> in San Francisco <i>(1864 advertisement pictured, left)</i><br />  • <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wells" title="Henry Wells">Henry Wells</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_G._Fargo" class="mw-redirect" title="William G. Fargo">William G. Fargo</a> establish <b><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells, Fargo & Company</a></b> in San Francisco, a <a href="/wiki/Joint_stock_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint stock company">joint-stock</a> association with an initial capitalization of $300,000, to provide express and banking services <i>(iconic stagecoach pictured, right)</i><br />  • The city of <b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a> <i>(1910 postcard pictured, right)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County</a> <i>(1867 painting shown, right)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Francis_K._Shattuck" title="Francis K. Shattuck">Francis K. Shattuck</a></b>, George Blake, and two partners they met in the gold fields, William Hillegass and James Leonard, <a href="/wiki/Kellersberger%27s_Map" title="Kellersberger's Map">lay claim to four adjoining 160-acre (0.65 km<sup>2</sup>) strips of land</a> <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">north of Oakland</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1851"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/164" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/164">1851</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=169" title="Edit section: 1851"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1851</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ida B. Wells High School"><img alt="Ida B. Wells High School" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg/100px-Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg/150px-Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg/200px-Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4860" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Ida B. Wells High School</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1851 hanging by the Vigilance Committee"><img alt="1851 hanging by the Vigilance Committee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg/70px-Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg/105px-Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg/140px-Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1083" data-file-height="1737" /></a><figcaption>1851 hanging by the Vigilance Committee</figcaption></figure> <p> • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Unified_School_District" title="San Francisco Unified School District">San Francisco Unified School District</a></b> is established, as the first public <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">school district</a> in California <i>(historic Ida B. Wells High School building pictured, right)</i><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Committee_of_Vigilance" title="San Francisco Committee of Vigilance">San Francisco Committee of Vigilance</a></b> is formed in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal government <i>(1851 hanging pictured, left)</i><br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Congregation_Emanu-El_(San_Francisco)" title="Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco)">Congregation Emanu-El</a></b> is chartered in San Francisco </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1850"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/165" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/165">1850</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=170" title="Edit section: 1850"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_California,_1928,_Marc_Rowe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/40px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/60px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/80px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="1549" /></a></span><big> <b>1850</b> </big><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_California,_1928,_Marc_Rowe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/40px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/60px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg/80px-Seal_of_California%2C_1928%2C_Marc_Rowe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="1549" /></a></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gearysfmayor.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="John W. Geary"><img alt="John W. Geary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gearysfmayor.jpeg/70px-Gearysfmayor.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gearysfmayor.jpeg/105px-Gearysfmayor.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gearysfmayor.jpeg/140px-Gearysfmayor.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>John W. Geary</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street,_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png" class="mw-file-description" title="First Street, San Jose, ca. 1868-1885"><img alt="First Street, San Jose, ca. 1868-1885" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/120px-From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/180px-From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png/240px-From_the_Plaza_looking_South_on_First_Street%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.png 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="1460" /></a><figcaption>First Street, San Jose, ca. 1868-1885</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitol building, Benicia"><img alt="Capitol building, Benicia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg/100px-CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg/150px-CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg/200px-CABeniciaCapitol0152.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1676" data-file-height="1359" /></a><figcaption>Capitol building, Benicia</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> is part of the new state of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, which is admitted into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">City and County of San Francisco</a></b> is incorporated <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/John_W._Geary" title="John W. Geary">John W. Geary</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> becomes the first mayor of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a></b> is incorporated</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a></b> is incorporated</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County</a></b> is incorporated</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a></b> is incorporated <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County</a> <i>(First Street, ca. 1868-1885, pictured)</i></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a></b> is incorporated <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Benicia,_California" title="Benicia, California">Benicia</a></b> is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County</a> <i>(Benicia's State Capitol building from 1853 pictured)</i></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></b> is incorporated</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1849"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/166" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/166">1849</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=171" title="Edit section: 1849"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1849</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Menu,_Tadich_Grill,_San_Francisco_1983_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1983 Tadich Grill menu"><img alt="1983 Tadich Grill menu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>1983 Tadich Grill menu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bread_in_Boudin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Decorative sourdough bread at Boudin Bakery"><img alt="Decorative sourdough bread at Boudin Bakery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Bread_in_Boudin.jpg/100px-Bread_in_Boudin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Bread_in_Boudin.jpg/150px-Bread_in_Boudin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Bread_in_Boudin.jpg/200px-Bread_in_Boudin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Decorative sourdough bread at Boudin Bakery</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California,_Potrero_Point.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Union Iron Works"><img alt="Union Iron Works" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg/150px-Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg/225px-Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg/300px-Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6253" data-file-height="2623" /></a><figcaption>Union Iron Works</figcaption></figure> <p> • A <b><a href="/wiki/Tadich_Grill" title="Tadich Grill">small coffee stand</a></b> <i>(1983 menu pictured, left)</i> opens on Clay Street in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Boudin_Bakery" title="Boudin Bakery">Boudin Bakery</a></b> is established in San Francisco, producing <a href="/wiki/Sourdough#History_of_sourdough" title="Sourdough">San Francisco sourdough</a> <i>(loaves pictured, right)</i><br />  • <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Alta_California" title="The Daily Alta California">The Alta California</a></b></i> begins publishing in San Francisco<br />  • <b><a href="/wiki/Bayard_Taylor" title="Bayard Taylor">Bayard Taylor</a></b> visits San Francisco and the Gold Country, writing about the Gold Rush<br />  • The <i><b><a href="/wiki/Niantic_(whaling_vessel)" title="Niantic (whaling vessel)">Niantic</a></b></i> whaling ship is stranded by its crew on the shore of San Francisco, who desert it to join the Gold Rush<br />  • Irish immigrants <a href="/wiki/Peter_Donahue_(businessman)" title="Peter Donahue (businessman)">Peter</a> and James Donahue found <b><a href="/wiki/Union_Iron_Works" title="Union Iron Works">Union Iron Works</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in <a href="/wiki/South_of_Market,_San_Francisco" title="South of Market, San Francisco">South of Market, San Francisco</a><br />  • San Francisco's population is 25,000, an increase by 2,400% from 1848's 1,000 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1848"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/167" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/167">1848</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=172" title="Edit section: 1848"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_(1847%E2%80%931848).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/53px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/70px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span><big> <b>1848</b> </big><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_(1847%E2%80%931848).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/53px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg/70px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281847%E2%80%931848%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo"><img alt="Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg/100px-TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg/150px-TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg/200px-TreatyOfGuadalupeHidalgoCover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2160" data-file-height="1820" /></a><figcaption>Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_Clipper_500.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ad for sea transport to the Gold Rush"><img alt="Ad for sea transport to the Gold Rush" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/California_Clipper_500.jpg/150px-California_Clipper_500.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/California_Clipper_500.jpg/225px-California_Clipper_500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/California_Clipper_500.jpg/300px-California_Clipper_500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3887" data-file-height="2430" /></a><figcaption>Ad for sea transport to the Gold Rush</figcaption></figure> <p> • <a href="/wiki/James_W._Marshall" title="James W. Marshall">James W. Marshall</a> finds several flakes of gold at a <a href="/wiki/Sutter%27s_Mill" title="Sutter's Mill">lumber mill</a> he owned in partnership <a href="/wiki/John_Sutter" title="John Sutter">John Sutter</a>, at the bank of the South Fork of the <a href="/wiki/American_River" title="American River">American River</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">news of which quickly travels around the world</a></b> <i>(advertisement for transportation to the Gold Rush pictured, right)</i><br />  • The <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Alta_California" title="The Daily Alta California">California Star</a></b></i> and the <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Californian_(1840s_newspaper)" title="The Californian (1840s newspaper)">Californian</a></b></i> both cease publication in San Francisco due to losing all their staff to the <b><a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a></b><br />  • The <b><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo" title="Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</a></b> <i>(pictured, left)</i> ends the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>, and cedes the territory of California (including the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>) to the United States from <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/25px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/38px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/50px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> Mexico <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/25px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/38px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/50px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span><br />  • San Francisco's population is 1,000 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1847"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/168" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/168">1847</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=173" title="Edit section: 1847"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>1847</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_Brannan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sam Brannan"><img alt="Sam Brannan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Samuel_Brannan.jpg/70px-Samuel_Brannan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Samuel_Brannan.jpg/105px-Samuel_Brannan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Samuel_Brannan.jpg/140px-Samuel_Brannan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption>Sam Brannan</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Brannan" title="Samuel Brannan">Samuel Brannan</a>'s <i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Alta_California" title="The Daily Alta California">California Star</a></b></i> begins publishing in <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a> <i>(Sam Brannan pictured)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Californian_(1840s_newspaper)" title="The Californian (1840s newspaper)">The Californian</a></b></i> moves to <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a> from <a href="/wiki/Monterey,_California" title="Monterey, California">Monterey</a>, shortly after the <i>California Star</i> debuts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcalde" title="Alcalde">Alcalde</a> <a href="/wiki/Washington_Allon_Bartlett" title="Washington Allon Bartlett">Washington Allon Bartlett</a> proclaims that <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a> will henceforth be known as <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Coombs" title="Nathan Coombs">Nathan Coombs</a> purchases a 325 acres (1.3 km<sup>2</sup>) farm on <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Napa" title="Rancho Napa">Rancho Napa</a> from <a href="/wiki/Salvador_Vallejo" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvador Vallejo">Salvador Vallejo</a>, and 80 acres (0.3 km<sup>2</sup>) of <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Entre_Napa" title="Rancho Entre Napa">Rancho Entre Napa</a> from Nicholas Higuera</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1846"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/169" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/169">1846</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=174" title="Edit section: 1846"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><big><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/23px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/35px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/46px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="321" /></span></span></span> <b>1846</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/23px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/35px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg/46px-First_Bear_Flag_of_California_%281846%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="321" /></span></span></span></big></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bear Flag"><img alt="Bear Flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg/100px-Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg/150px-Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg/200px-Original_Todd_bear_flag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Bear Flag</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>American immigrants in <a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a> rebel against the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Mexico">Mexican</a> department’s government, raise a <a href="/wiki/Bear_Flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Bear Flag">flag featuring a grizzly bear</a> <i>(pictured)</i> at <b><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Barracks" title="Sonoma Barracks">El Cuartel de Sonoma</a></b>, and establish the short-lived (and unrecognized) <b><a href="/wiki/California_Republic" title="California Republic">California Republic</a></b></li> <li>US Navy Commodore <a href="/wiki/John_D._Sloat" title="John D. Sloat">John D. Sloat</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yerba_Buena" title="Battle of Yerba Buena">claims</a></b> California for the United States during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a>, and US Navy Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Berrien_Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" title="John Berrien Montgomery">John Berrien Montgomery</a> and <a href="/wiki/US_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="US Marine">US Marine</a> <a href="/wiki/Second_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a> Henry Bulls Watson of the <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Portsmouth_(1843)" title="USS Portsmouth (1843)">USS Portsmouth</a></i> arrives to claim <b><a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a></b> two days later by raising the American flag over the town plaza</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Allon_Bartlett" title="Washington Allon Bartlett">Washington Allon Bartlett</a></b> is named <a href="/wiki/Alcalde" title="Alcalde">alcalde</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a></b> doubles in population when about 240 Mormon pioneers arrive, among them <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Brannan" title="Samuel Brannan">Samuel Brannan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_prior_to_1846"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/1" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/1">History prior to 1846</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Years/Archive&action=edit&section=175" title="Edit section: History prior to 1846"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>History prior to 1846</b></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Andreas Fault"><img alt="San Andreas Fault" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg/70px-San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg/105px-San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg/140px-San_Andreas_Fault_Sequential_Diagrams_Atwater_1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1043" /></a><figcaption>San Andreas Fault</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Andreas Fault in the Bay Area"><img alt="San Andreas Fault in the Bay Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg/90px-Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg/135px-Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg/180px-Sfbay_srt_1906108.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>San Andreas Fault in the Bay Area</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mission San Jose (Ohlone) people"><img alt="Mission San Jose (Ohlone) people" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg/90px-Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg/135px-Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg/180px-Mission_San_Jose_natives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>Mission San Jose (Ohlone) people</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drake_CA_1590.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Drake's landing"><img alt="Drake's landing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Drake_CA_1590.jpg/90px-Drake_CA_1590.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Drake_CA_1590.jpg/135px-Drake_CA_1590.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Drake_CA_1590.jpg/180px-Drake_CA_1590.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2109" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption>Drake's landing</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reconstructed Fort Ross chapel"><img alt="Reconstructed Fort Ross chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg/90px-FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg/135px-FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg/180px-FortRoss-chapel-reconstructed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2032" data-file-height="1354" /></a><figcaption>Reconstructed Fort Ross chapel</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Richardson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Richardson"><img alt="William Richardson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William_Richardson.jpg/70px-William_Richardson.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William_Richardson.jpg/105px-William_Richardson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/William_Richardson.jpg/140px-William_Richardson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="297" /></a><figcaption>William Richardson</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault" title="San Andreas Fault">San Andreas Fault</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> begins to form in the mid <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a> about 30 <a href="/wiki/Mya_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mya (unit)">million years ago</a></li> <li>9.5 million years ago, the <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sibley_Volcanic_Regional_Preserve" title="Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve">Moraga Volcanics</a></b> produces most of the lavas that underlie the East Bay ridges from present day <a href="/wiki/Tilden_Regional_Park" title="Tilden Regional Park">Tilden Regional Park</a> to <a href="/wiki/Moraga,_California" title="Moraga, California">Moraga</a></li> <li>During the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation" title="Quaternary glaciation">Quaternary glaciation</a> beginning 2.58 million years ago, the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay#Geology" title="San Francisco Bay">basin now filled by the bay</a></b> is a large linear valley with small hills, similar to most of the valleys of the <a href="/wiki/Coast_Ranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Ranges">Coast Ranges</a>. The rivers of the Central Valley run out to sea through a canyon that is now the Golden Gate. As the ice sheets melt, sea levels rise 300 feet (91 m) over the next 4,000 years, and the valley fills with water from the Pacific.</li> <li>Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_California" title="Indigenous peoples of California">human occupation of California</a> dates from at least 17,000 BCE.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Ohlone_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohlone people">Ohlone people</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> inhabit the Bay Area region as early as 6,000 year ago, with a 1770 estimated population of 10,000–20,000</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Coast_Miwok" title="Coast Miwok">Coast Miwok</a></b> inhabit the <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> region as early as 4,000 years ago, with a 1770 estimated population of 2,000</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Patwin_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Patwin people">Patwin people</a></b> inhabit the northern Bay region as early as early as 1,500 years ago, with a 1770 estimated population of 12,000</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Bay_Miwok" title="Bay Miwok">Bay Miwok</a></b> inhabit the region that is now <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa County</a>, with a 1770 estimated population of approximately 1,700</li> <li>In 1539, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo" title="Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo">Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo</a> lands on islands off the coast of California, and names them <b><a href="/wiki/Farallones" class="mw-redirect" title="Farallones">Farallones</a></b>, Spanish for cliffs or small pointed islets</li> <li>On 13 November 1542, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo" title="Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo">Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo</a> sights a peninsula from his ship and names it <b>"<a href="/wiki/Point_Reyes" title="Point Reyes">Cabo de Pinos</a>"</b>, while missing the entrance to San Francisco Bay</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a></b> lands at what is now known as <a href="/wiki/Drakes_Bay" title="Drakes Bay">Drakes Bay</a> in 1579 <i>(pictured)</i>, and claims the land for <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">England</a>, as <a href="/wiki/New_Albion" title="New Albion">New Albion</a></li> <li>During the 17th century, despite numerous sailing vessels traveling along the coast, no ships discover the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a> and the San Francisco Bay, due to factors such as fog and ships avoiding sailing close to shore <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Discovery_of_San_Francisco_Bay_%281542-1769%29">[238]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Californias" title="The Californias">Las Californias</a> is established in 1768 by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a>, encompassing the Bay Area</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaspar_de_Portol%C3%A0" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaspar de Portolà">Gaspar de Portolà</a></b> arrives in the Bay Area in 1769</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs" title="Mission San Francisco de Asís">Mission San Francisco de Asís</a></b> is founded in 1776 in <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California" title="Yerba Buena, California">Yerba Buena</a></li> <li>Baptisms of the <b><a href="/wiki/Yelamu" title="Yelamu">Yelamu</a></b> by Spanish missionaries begin in 1777</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mission_Santa_Clara_de_As%C3%ADs" title="Mission Santa Clara de Asís">La Misión Santa Clara de Thamien</a></b> is established in 1777 on the <a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_River_(California)" title="Guadalupe River (California)">Guadalupe River</a></li> <li>In 1786, <b><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse#California" title="Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse">Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse</a></b> sails to San Francisco and maps the Bay Area</li> <li>In 1792, British explorer <a href="/wiki/George_Vancouver" title="George Vancouver">George Vancouver</a> <b><a href="/wiki/History_of_San_Francisco#Arrival_of_Europeans_and_early_settlement" title="History of San Francisco">stops in San Francisco</a></b>, in part, according to his journal, to spy on the Spanish settlements in the area</li> <li>In 1804, The Bay Area is part of the newly created <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Russian-American_Company" title="Russian-American Company">Russian-American Company</a> establishes <b><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ross,_California" title="Fort Ross, California">Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, tr. Krepostʹ Ross)</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> in 1812, in what is now <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County</a></li> <li>In 1821, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a> cedes <a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a>, including the Bay Area, to the newly created <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg/25px-Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg/38px-Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg/50px-Bandera_del_Primer_Imperio_Mexicano.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">Mexican Empire</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/William_A._Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="William A. Richardson">William A. Richardson</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> arrives in San Francisco in 1822, and in 1838 is given <b><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Saucelito" title="Rancho Saucelito">Rancho Saucelito</a></b> in present day <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a> by Mexican Governor <a href="/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Alvarado" title="Juan Bautista Alvarado">Juan Alvarado</a></li> <li>In 1836, a 6.8 <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">Richter scale</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California" title="List of earthquakes in California">earthquake strikes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a>, likely on the <b><a href="/wiki/Hayward_Fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayward Fault">Hayward Fault</a></b></li> <li>In 1837, Antonio Ortega begins operating a <b><a href="/wiki/Blue_Wing_Inn" title="Blue Wing Inn">pulqueria (tavern)</a></b> north of San Francisco, on the former site of <b><a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_Solano_(California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission San Francisco Solano (California)">Mission San Francisco Solano</a></b></li> <li>In 1838, a 7.0 <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">Richter scale</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California" title="List of earthquakes in California">earthquake strikes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula" title="San Francisco Peninsula">Peninsula</a>, on or near the <b><a href="/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault" title="San Andreas Fault">San Andreas Fault</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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