query: When was the San Francisco fire?

title: San Francisco Fire of 1851

text: San Francisco Fire of 1851 The San Francisco Fire of 1851 (May 3–4, 1851) was a catastrophic conflagration that destroyed as much as three-quarters of San Francisco, California. During the height of the California Gold Rush, between December 1849 and June 1851, San Francisco endured a sequence of seven bad fires, of which this was the sixth and by far the most damaging. In terms of property value, it did three times as much damage as the next most destructive of the seven fires. Around 11 pm on the night of May 3, 1851, a fire (possibly arson) broke out

title: The San Francisco Examiner

text: of the Philippines. William Randolph Hearst created the masthead with the "Hearst Eagle" and the slogan "Monarch of the Dailies" by 1889 at the latest. After the great earthquake and fire of 1906 destroyed much of San Francisco, the "Examiner" and its rivals — the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "San Francisco Call" — brought out a joint edition. The "Examiner" offices were destroyed on April 18, 1906, but when the city was rebuilt, a new structure, the Hearst Building, arose in its place at Third and Market streets. It opened in 1909, and in 1937 the facade, entranceway and

title: San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System

text: San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System The Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS, though often referred to on manhole covers and hydrants as HPFS for High Pressure Fire System) is a high pressure water supply network built for the city of San Francisco in response to the failure of the existing emergency water system during the 1906 earthquake. It was originally proposed by San Francisco Fire Department chief engineer Dennis T. Sullivan in 1903, with construction beginning in 1909 and finishing in 1913. The system is made up of a collection of water reservoirs, pump stations, cisterns, suction connections

title: San Francisco

text: the time. San Francisco became a consolidated city-county in 1856. San Francisco's status as the West Coast's largest city peaked between 1870 and 1900, when around 25% of California's population resided in the city proper. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. In World War II, San Francisco was a major port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. It then became the birthplace of the United Nations in 1945. After the war, the confluence of returning

title: Barbary Coast, San Francisco

text: outrageous nuisances and nurseries of crime. When looting San Francisco's neighborhoods, the Sydney Ducks even set fire to San Francisco six times between 1849 and 1851 in order to distract citizens from their pillaging and murdering. Whenever they planned to start a fire, they waited for south westerly winds so that Sydney Town would not also catch fire. The citizens of San Francisco became enraged and in 1851 they formed a first Vigilance Committee. Two of the Sydney Ducks, Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie, were then arrested for arson, robbery, and burglary. The vigilantes then held a quick trial, and

title: Jackson Square, San Francisco

text: that gave San Francisco its start. Buildings on Jackson between Montgomery and Sansome retain cast iron shutters as protection against fire, but when the city burned, in one case, a warehouse's contents turned out to be more significant in saving the building in the 1906 earthquake and fire: Walking tours regularly assemble for the sights and recounting of history, even as the neighborhood changes with new development. With few vacancies, there is plenty of evidence of neighborhood vitality. For decades this was the interior designer's district (predating the San Francisco Design Center), and the well-heeled still order elegant furnishings, wall

title: San Francisco

text: this attack were gang members. Five members of the Joe Boys gang were arrested and convicted of the crime. In 1990, a gang-related shooting killed one man and wounded six others outside a nightclub near Chinatown. In 1998, six teenagers were shot and wounded at the Chinese Playground; a 16-year-old boy was subsequently arrested. The San Francisco Police Department was founded in 1849. The portions of Golden Gate National Recreation Area located within the city, including the Presidio and Ocean Beach, are patrolled by the United States Park Police. The San Francisco Fire Department provides both fire suppression and emergency

title: Newspaper Row (San Francisco)

text: Newspaper Row (San Francisco) Newspaper Row referred to the intersections of Market Street, Kearny Street, Third Street and Geary Street, where three of San Francisco's largest daily newspapers were headquartered. By 1902, "The San Francisco Call", "The San Francisco Examiner" and the "San Francisco Chronicle" were in buildings on the corner, with the "Chronicle" in the Chronicle Building, the "Call" in the Spreckels Building and the "Examiner" in the Examiner building. The row became known as the "Times Square of the West". It was partially destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Fire. The "Call" and "Examiner" buildings were slowly gutted

title: Twin Peaks (San Francisco)

text: Tree Point lies some below the North Peak and offers vistas of San Francisco and San Francisco Bay. The view to the north extends no farther than Cobb Mountain () 120 km away, but looking southeast down the Santa Clara Valley on a clear day, Santa Ana Mountain is just visible 143 km away. To the north is one of the city's many reservoirs. It is owned by the San Francisco Fire Department, and supplies water to the Fire Department's independent HPFS water system for fighting fires, established after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The top of Twin Peaks is

title: San Francisco Athletic Club

text: Dempsey, Joe Choynski, and brothers Abe Attell and Monte Attell. Others who fought at the venue included Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, and Tom Sharkey. On June 15, 1888, Australia's Peter Jackson sparred with a San Francisco deputy sheriff in an exhibition match before his American debut. The San Francisco Athletic Club, located in the neighborhood of what is now known as SoMa, was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The Italian Athletic Club, then San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, used the name San Francisco Athletic Club once Italy was involved in the conflict in Europe in

title: San Francisco

text: in the US, the San Francisco CSA had the highest GDP per capita in 2017, at $99,347 per capita. San Francisco was ranked 14th in the world and third in the United States on the Global Financial Centres Index as of September 2018. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, all named for St. Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at

title: History of San Francisco

text: History of San Francisco The history of the city of San Francisco, California, and its development as a center of maritime trade, were shaped by its location at the entrance to a large natural harbor. San Francisco is the name of both the city and the county; the two share the same boundaries. Starting overnight as the base for the gold rush of 1849, the city quickly became the largest and most important population, commercial, naval, and financial center in the American West. San Francisco was devastated by a great earthquake and fire in 1906 but was quickly rebuilt. The

title: History of San Francisco

text: to do so. History of San Francisco The history of the city of San Francisco, California, and its development as a center of maritime trade, were shaped by its location at the entrance to a large natural harbor. San Francisco is the name of both the city and the county; the two share the same boundaries. Starting overnight as the base for the gold rush of 1849, the city quickly became the largest and most important population, commercial, naval, and financial center in the American West. San Francisco was devastated by a great earthquake and fire in 1906 but was

title: The Emporium (San Francisco)

text: location at 835 Market Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, was a destination for generations of northern California shoppers. It was designed by San Francisco architect Albert Pissis, one of the first Americans to be trained at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. It withstood the 1906 earthquake, but was destroyed by the subsequent fire and rebuilt in 1908. Many additions and renovations were made in the decades following. It was also well-known locally for the holiday carnival on its roof and the annual parade when Santa Claus arrived by stagecoach or cable car to open the holiday season.

title: San Francisco Residence Parks

text: residence parks had curving boulevards and lush landscaping -trees, greens, and neoclassical ornamentation such as pillars, gateways, public stairways, and sundials." San Francisco's residence parks all had significant restrictions, including prohibitions on commercial activity, yard size, minimum construction costs, and, initially, racial covenants. After the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, residence parks in San Francisco were promoted to white collar residents as an alternative to new housing developments in the East Bay and South Bay Peninsula. Sales increased significantly in the 1920s, and by the 1930s most tracks in San Francisco residence parks were already constructed. San Francisco

title: San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association

text: San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association SPUR, formally known as the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, is a non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization focused on issues of planning and governance in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. SPUR's history dates back to 1910, when a group of young city leaders came together to improve the quality of housing after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. That group, the San Francisco Housing Association, authored a hard-hitting report which led to the State Tenement House Act of 1911. In the 1930s, SFHA continued

title: 1906 San Francisco earthquake

text: 2016), who died 11 days shy of his 110th birthday, was thought to be the last survivor. In 2005 the National Film Registry added "San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18, 1906", a newsreel documentary made soon after the earthquake, to its list of American films worthy of preservation. 1906 San Francisco earthquake The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ("Extreme"). High intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas

title: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco)

text: Pissis in the Beaux-Arts style, and was referred to by San Franciscans as "The Paragon". In a poll of 20 artists made by the "San Francisco Call" shortly after the building was completed, 14 of the artists voted for the new building as the "best" in San Francisco; the next building (the Mills Building) received only 4 votes. Pissis also designed an expansion of the building, which was completed in 1908. The building largely survived the 1906 earthquake and fire, taking some damage from the fire. It was one of the first buildings to be restored afterwards, re-opening on May

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: Palace Hotel, San Francisco The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. The hotel is also referred to as the "New" Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the original 1875 Palace Hotel, which had been demolished after being gutted by the fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The present structure opened on December 19, 1909, on the same site as its predecessor. The hotel was closed from January 1989 to April 1991 to undergo a two-year renovation and seismic retrofit. Occupying most of

title: Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906

text: Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906 Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906 is a black and white photograph taken by Arnold Genthe in San Francisco, California on the morning of April 18, 1906 in the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Looking Down Sacramento St., 1906. [verso:] "San Francisco: April 18, 1906." From "As I Remember" by Arnold Genthe: This photograph shows "the results of the earth quake, the beginning of the fire and the attitude of the people." It was taken the morning of the first day of the fire. Shows Sacramento

title: Fairmont San Francisco

text: been featured in many films, including "The Rock". Exterior and interior shots of the hotel were used as stand-ins for the fictional St. Gregory Hotel in the television series "Hotel". The Fairmont San Francisco was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#02000373) on 17 April 2002. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The hotel was nearly completed before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Although the structure survived, the interior was heavily damaged by fire, and opening was delayed until 1907. Architect and engineer Julia Morgan

title: Dogpatch, San Francisco

text: "Dogpatch" was first used for this area of San Francisco before World War II. There is no definitive explanation for the name; popular hypotheses are: Because it survived the 1906 earthquake and fire relatively undamaged, and until recently had not been redeveloped, Dogpatch has some of the oldest houses in San Francisco, dating from the 1860s. Between the 1860s and 1880s, the marshes at the edge of the bay were filled, and the area was connected to the main part of the city by bridges across what was then Mission Bay (which has since been filled in). Located nearby was

title: San Francisco Mint

text: San Francisco Mint The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States Mint, also known affectionately as The Granite Lady, is one of the few that survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It served until 1937, when the present facility was opened. Within the first year of its operation, the San Francisco mint turned $4 million in gold bullion into coins.

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: Best Historic Hotel in the over 400 guest room category by Historic Hotels of America, an initiative of the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Palace Hotel, San Francisco The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. The hotel is also referred to as the "New" Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the original 1875 Palace Hotel, which had been demolished after being gutted by the fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The present structure opened on December 19, 1909, on the same

title: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco)

text: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco) The Hibernia Bank, headquartered in San Francisco, California, was founded in April 1859 as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. In 1892, the company built a Beaux-Arts headquarters at 1 Jones Street at the corner of McAllister and Market Streets, designed by Albert Pissis. Slightly damaged in the 1906 earthquake and fire, it re-opened again just five weeks after the calamity; Pissis designed an addition to the building in 1908. The bank left the building in 1985, and, after a brief period in which it was used by the San Francisco Police Department, the building

title: History of San Francisco

text: bankrupt." On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake resulted from the rupture of over 270 miles of the San Andreas Fault, from San Juan Bautista to Eureka, centered immediately offshore of San Francisco. The quake is estimated by the USGS to have had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. Water mains ruptured throughout San Francisco, and the fires that followed burned out of control for days, destroying approximately 80% of the city, including almost all of the downtown core. Many residents were trapped between the water on three sides and the approaching fire, and a mass evacuation across

title: San Francisco Fire Department

text: Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County. All apparatus at SFO go by the 'Rescue' call sign, whether Engine, Truck, ARFF Crash, Medic Unit, or Command SUV. Throughout the history of the San Francisco Fire Department there have been several fire companies which have been closed due to budget cuts and the restructuring of engine company numbers in 1972–1973. San Francisco Fire Department The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) provides fire and emergency medical services to the City and County of San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Fire Department, along with the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco Sheriff's

title: San Francisco Fire Department

text: San Francisco Fire Department The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) provides fire and emergency medical services to the City and County of San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Fire Department, along with the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco Sheriff's Department, serves an estimated population of 1.4 million people, which includes the approximately 850,000 citizens residing in the of San Francisco (including Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the San Francisco International Airport, and the Presidio of San Francisco/Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Volunteer companies were first formed in the city

title: San Francisco Fire of 1851

text: who would go on to found the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company; and all half dozen of the city's newspapers apart from "Alta Californian". At least nine lives were lost in the fire, some of them in new, supposedly fireproof iron buildings whose doors and shutters expanded with the heat, trapping people inside. A vivid description of the fire occurs in author Frank Marryat's memoir "Molehills and Mountains": List of fires San Francisco Fire of 1851 The San Francisco Fire of 1851 (May 3–4, 1851) was a catastrophic conflagration that destroyed as much as three-quarters of San Francisco, California. During the height

title: San Francisco Fire Department

text: in 1954 and is fitted with three deck monitors, a water town and two under pier monitors. Fireboat 2, the "Guardian", was constructed in 1950 and is the oldest fireboat in the fleet. Both boats are and outfitted with two engines giving them top speeds of ("Guardian") and ("Phoenix"). A third new 85-foot fireboat (Fireboat 3) was christened the "St. Francis" in October 2016. Below is a full listing of all fire station and company locations in the City & County of San Francisco according to division and battalion. There are also three SFFD-operated fire stations located at the San

title: The Montgomery (San Francisco)

text: The Montgomery (San Francisco) The Montgomery is a residential highrise located at 74 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California. The building was designed by the Reid Brothers architects in 1914 and served as headquarters and the offices of newspaper, "The San Francisco Call" after its building The Call Building was damaged in the great fire. The site was selected for its central location, which quickly became a regional media hub during that time period. From 1914 to 1950 The Montgomery was the home to "The San Francisco Call" and at times the offices of rival publications as well. From

title: Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System

text: Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included a contributing building and three contributing structures. It is a crucial component of the San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System, which provided a water-supply system separate from the domestic water supply system. Too late to help in the great San Francisco fire following the earthquake, oh well. It was designed by City Engineer Marsden Manson

title: 1906 San Francisco earthquake

text: used in the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt at Sonoma, which at the time was being stored in a state building in San Francisco, was also destroyed in the fire. The fire following the earthquake in San Francisco, cost an estimated $350 million at the time, equivalent to $8.97 billion. The devastating quake levelled about 80% of the city. The city's fire chief, Dennis T. Sullivan, was gravely injured when the earthquake first struck and later died from his injuries. The interim fire chief sent an urgent request to the Presidio, an army post on the edge of the stricken city,

title: The San Francisco Call

text: Bulletin". In 1965 the paper merged with the "San Francisco Examiner". Bulletin Call Call-Bulletin The San Francisco Call The San Francisco Call was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be called The San Francisco Call & Post, the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, and the News-Call Bulletin before finally merging with the "San Francisco Examiner" and losing "news," "call," and "bulletin." Between December 1856 and March 1895 "The San Francisco Call" was named "The Morning Call", but its name was changed when it

title: The San Francisco Call

text: The San Francisco Call The San Francisco Call was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be called The San Francisco Call & Post, the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, and the News-Call Bulletin before finally merging with the "San Francisco Examiner" and losing "news," "call," and "bulletin." Between December 1856 and March 1895 "The San Francisco Call" was named "The Morning Call", but its name was changed when it was purchased by John D. Spreckels. In the period from 1863 to 1864 Mark

title: San Francisco Fire of 1851

text: in a paint and upholstery store above a hotel on the south side of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco. Fueled by increasingly high winds, the fire was initially carried down Kearny St. and then, as the winds shifted to the south, into the downtown area, where the elevated wood-plank sidewalks provided extra fuel. The fire, which was visible for miles out to sea, continued for about 10 hours and eventually extended to at least 18 blocks of the main business district, an area three-quarters of a mile long by a third of a mile wide. Before it was checked by

title: The San Francisco Call

text: (1913), Hearst merged "The San Francisco Call" with the "Evening Post" and the papers became "The San Francisco Call & Post". Its most famous editor, crusading journalist Fremont Older agitated for years against civic corruption and colluded with wealthy San Franciscan sugar baron Rudolph Spreckels to bring down the Mayor, Eugene Schmitz and political boss, Abe Ruef. On 29 August 1929, the newspaper name was changed again to the "San Francisco Call-Bulletin", when the "San Francisco Call & Post" merged with the "San Francisco Bulletin". In 1959 the "San Francisco Call-Bulletin" merged with Scripps-Howard's "San Francisco News" becoming the "News-Call

text: and was built by contractor Caldwell & Co.. The building is in Mission Revival style, and has large windows (about wide and about from sill to top of arch). Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included a contributing building and three contributing structures. It is a crucial component of the San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System, which provided a water-supply system separate

title: Francisco de San Roman

text: through Christ as the only mediator, and condemned the doctrines of the mass, auricular confession, purgatory and prayers to the saints. No efforts of the friars succeeded in convincing him to retract himself. When San Roman was burned at the stake, he made an involuntary movement of the head, which was mistaken by the friars for a recantation. However, when they removed him from the flames he recovered and calmly asked them, "Do you envy my happiness?". He was returned to the fire, leaving a lasting impression on many spectators. Francisco de San Roman Francisco de San Roman († 1540)

title: San Francisco Freedom

text: the league had funds available for three complete seasons. In the end, the franchise ceased operations when the Pro Cricket league folded after one season. San Francisco Freedom The San Francisco Freedom was a professional cricket team that played for the United States Pro Cricket league. It was one of eight founding teams in the league in 2004. This was the only year that the team played as the league was disbanded following the season. The team won the Western Conference and went on to the final where they defeated Eastern Conference champions New Jersey Fire to win the inaugural,

title: San Francisco Independent

text: as mayor of San Francisco and encouraged diversity among department heads including the first gay man to run the SF Department of Public Works and the first African American to serve as Fire Chief. The San Francisco Police Department also made great strides, with its first Asian American police chief, first African American police chief and first female police chief during this period. The Fang family heavily protested the proposed purchase by Hearst, owner of the "San Francisco Examiner", of the "San Francisco Chronicle," saying it would hurt the "Independent." Eventually, the "Examiner" was sold to "The Independent" by Hearst

title: San Francisco Police Department

text: San Francisco Police Department The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the city police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California. The department's motto is the same as that of the city and county: "Oro en paz, fierro en guerra", Spanish for "Gold in peace, iron in war". The SFPD should not be confused with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which is another county law enforcement agency within San Francisco. The SFPD (along with the San Francisco Fire Department and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department) serves an estimated population of 1.2 million, including the daytime-commuter population and

title: San Francisco Church (Valparaíso)

text: Chile earthquake, the church was severely damaged by a fire in September 2010. It was once again affected by a fire in August 2013 close to its re-inauguration by President Sebastián Piñera. San Francisco Church suffered a fire on 4 February 1983. It was reconstructed in the following years. San Francisco Church suffered a great fire on 2 September 2010, in the middle of a reconstruction process which had started in June 2010. The fire was started in the attic of the church, and damaged most of the roofing of the church. It also damaged Luis Beltrán School. The church

title: San Francisco Yacht Club

text: San Francisco Yacht Club The San Francisco Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Belvedere, California, United States. They were formerly located in San Francisco. Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the Pacific Coast. The original anchorage and clubhouse were located in San Francisco near Mission Rock, but inadequate depth of water and increasing industrial growth in the area resulted in a move to Sausalito. Waterfront property was purchased and a new clubhouse erected, but it was subsequently destroyed by fire in 1897. The rebuilt building is still standing and now houses

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: fire, at an initial range of only . At about 0200, "San Francisco" trained her guns on . At the same time, she became the target of off her starboard bow and of a destroyer which had crossed her bow and was passing down her port side. The enemy battleship joined the cruiser and the destroyer in firing on "San Francisco" whose port battery engaged the destroyer but was put out of action except for one mount. The battleship put the starboard battery out of commission. "San Francisco" swung left while her main battery continued to fire on the battleships

title: Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area

text: new Beaux-Arts style San Francisco City Hall "(pictured, right)" opens at the Civic Center, San Francisco<br> The Panama–Pacific International Exposition is held in San Francisco, to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. It features the Palace of Fine Arts "(pictured, left)", the Tower of Jewels "(pictured, right)", and The San Francisco Civic Auditorium. Laura Ingalls Wilder writes about the exposition during her visit to the city that year. 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 A large fire in Berkeley "(pictured, right)" consumes some 640 structures, before being extinguished by cool, humid afternoon air coming through the Golden

title: Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area

text:
in San Francisco
 A fire destroys large swaths of San Francisco 1852 After opening a number of businesses in Peru and California, Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli imports 200 pounds of cocoa beans and establishes D. Ghirardelli & Co in San Francisco "(1864 advertisement pictured, left)"
 Henry Wells and William G. Fargo establish Wells, Fargo & Company in San Francisco, a joint-stock association with an initial capitalization of $300,000, to provide express and banking services "(iconic stagecoach pictured, right)"
 The city of Santa Clara is incorporated in Santa Clara County "(1910 postcard pictured, right)"
 Oakland is incorporated in Alameda County "(1867

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: air raid. "San Francisco" downed a Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bomber. Dawn of 7 April brought another air raid, during which a "kamikaze" attempted to crash the cruiser. It was splashed off the starboard bow. After the raid, "San Francisco" shifted to TF 51 for fire support missions on the east coast of Okinawa, rejoining TF 54 on the west coast in late afternoon. On 11 April, air attacks increased, and the next day, "San Francisco" set an Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber on fire. The plane then glanced off a merchant ship and hit the water, enveloped in flames.

title: San Francisco (magazine)

text: San Francisco (magazine) San Francisco is an American monthly magazine devoted to the people, culture, food, politics, and arts of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published monthly by Modern Luxury publications. There have been two separate "San Francisco" magazines published in San Francisco. One was started in the 1970s and published for many years, under a series of different publishers, until it went out of business around 1985. The magazine known as "San Francisco" has its roots starting in 1955, when San Francisco public broadcasting station KQED-TV began publishing a programming guide called "KQED in Focus". The program

title: San Francisco

text: Academy of Sciences. , San Francisco is the highest rated American city on world liveability rankings. The earliest archaeological evidence of human habitation of the territory of the city of San Francisco dates to 3000 BC. The Yelamu group of the Ohlone people resided in a few small villages when an overland Spanish exploration party, led by Don Gaspar de Portolà, arrived on November 2, 1769, the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay. Seven years later, on March 28, 1776, the Spanish established the Presidio of San Francisco, followed by a mission, Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission

title: 1906 San Francisco earthquake

text: when firefighters, untrained in the use of dynamite, attempted to demolish buildings to create firebreaks. The dynamited buildings themselves often caught fire. The city's fire chief, Dennis T. Sullivan, who would have been responsible, had died from injuries sustained in the initial quake. In all, the fires burned for four days and nights. Due to a widespread practice by insurers to indemnify San Francisco properties from fire, but not earthquake damage, most of the destruction in the city was blamed on the fires. Some property owners deliberately set fire to damaged properties, in order to claim them on their insurance.

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: enemy cruiser off her starboard beam. At 0151, she trained her guns on a small cruiser or large destroyer off her starboard bow. Then in an attempt to locate other targets, "San Francisco" accidentally targeted . "San Francisco"s gunfire caused extensive damage to "Atlanta", killing Admiral Scott and most of "Atlanta"s bridge crew. Belatedly, "San Francisco" realized she was firing on a "friendly" ship and ceased fire. The green dye that "San Francisco" used to distinguish her shells from those of other ships, was later found stained on "Atlanta"s superstructure before she sank. Shortly thereafter, was sighted and taken under

title: NWA San Francisco

text: NWA San Francisco NWA San Francisco was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in San Francisco, California in the United States. Founded in 1935 by "The Utica Panther" Joe Malcewicz (1897–1962), the promotion joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1949. It traded until 1961, when it folded due to competition from the upstart Big Time Wrestling promotion. The promotion's heartland was San Francisco, with the San Francisco Civic Auditorium as its core venue, but it also ran shows in other Northern Californian cities including Fresno, Oakland, Richmond, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Vallejo. "The Utica Panther" Joe Malcewicz was

title: San Francisco, Bohol

text: established. San Francisco, Bohol San Francisco is one of the 44 barangays of the municipality of Ubay, in the province of Bohol, Philippines. The barangay's total land area is . According to the , it has a population of . San Francisco celebrates its annual fiesta on 27 June in honor of their patron saint. Before 1910, San Francisco was part of sitio Ilihan, itself part of the large barangay of San Pascual. When Ilihan became a separate barrio in 1910, San Francisco was named as one of its sitios. It was only on June 24, 1968 that it became

title: San Francisco, Bohol

text: San Francisco, Bohol San Francisco is one of the 44 barangays of the municipality of Ubay, in the province of Bohol, Philippines. The barangay's total land area is . According to the , it has a population of . San Francisco celebrates its annual fiesta on 27 June in honor of their patron saint. Before 1910, San Francisco was part of sitio Ilihan, itself part of the large barangay of San Pascual. When Ilihan became a separate barrio in 1910, San Francisco was named as one of its sitios. It was only on June 24, 1968 that it became an

title: History of the San Francisco Giants

text: As with the New York years, the Giants' fortunes in San Francisco have been mixed. Though recently the club has enjoyed relatively sustained success, there have also been prolonged stretches of mediocrity along with two instances when the club's ownership threatened to move the team away from San Francisco. When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons. The stadium, which was located at 16th & Bryant Streets across from Stempel's Bakery, had been the home of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) San Francisco Seals, in their last years the AAA minor

title: Irish Hill (San Francisco)

text: neighborhood. Irish Hill (San Francisco) Irish Hill was a neighborhood in San Francisco near the intersection of 22nd Street and Illinois Avenue. It consisted of a population of about 800 people living in boarding houses, mostly working class Irish and their families, who worked in the nearby industrial area known as the Dogpatch. Irish Hill was the site of a major fire in 1887 and over the next few decades the area declined, and the hill itself was mostly excavated away, flattened and dumped into San Francisco Bay by the year 1918. The area is now considered part of the

title: Irish Hill (San Francisco)

text: Irish Hill (San Francisco) Irish Hill was a neighborhood in San Francisco near the intersection of 22nd Street and Illinois Avenue. It consisted of a population of about 800 people living in boarding houses, mostly working class Irish and their families, who worked in the nearby industrial area known as the Dogpatch. Irish Hill was the site of a major fire in 1887 and over the next few decades the area declined, and the hill itself was mostly excavated away, flattened and dumped into San Francisco Bay by the year 1918. The area is now considered part of the Dogpatch

title: Girls Club (San Francisco)

text: brown shingles. The theatre has small stage, a beamed ceiling and a balcony level. After a fire in the 1940s a sprinkler system was added. Girls Club (San Francisco) The Girls Club in San Francisco, California, also known as Mission Neighborhood Capp St. Center, was built in 1911 in the Bay Area Tradition version of Shingle Style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. According to its NRHP nomination:The Mission Neighborhood Capp Street Center is significant for the quality of its design and its role in the history of social movements in San Francisco.

title: The San Francisco Examiner

text: The San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, published since 1863. The longtime "Monarch of the Dailies" and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the "Examiner" converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by the San Francisco Media Company LLC. "The San Francisco Examiner" was sold to Black Press Group, a Canadian media publisher, in 2011. As of 2014, The San Francisco Media Company LLC is held under, Oahu Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press Group Ltd. The "Examiner" was founded in 1863

title: San Francisco Curb Exchange

text: San Francisco Curb Exchange The San Francisco Curb Exchange was a curb exchange opened in 1928, formed out of a re-organization of the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and the San Francisco Mining Exchange. The San Francisco Curb Exchange replaced the Mining Exchange at the 350 Bush Street building. The Curb Exchange later left the building in 1938, when the Curb Exchange was absorbed by the San Francisco Stock Exchange. By April 23, 1927, the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and the San Francisco Stock Exchange, mining, were negotiating over the establishment of the former as purely listed

title: San Francisco Chief

text: San Francisco Chief The San Francisco Chief was a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago, Illinois and the San Francisco Bay Area. It ran from 1954 until 1971. The "San Francisco Chief" was the last new streamliner introduced by the Santa Fe, its first full train between Chicago and the Bay, the only Chicago-Bay Area train running over just one railroad, and at the longest run in the country on one railroad. The "San Francisco Chief" was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971. The Santa Fe

title: San Francisco Church (Valparaíso)

text: affected by a fire on 2 August 2013. The fire started at 04:30 local time (08:30 UTC) for reasons under investigation, in the Faculty of Mathematics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Firefighters told "La Tercera" the building had no risk of collapsing. The church was being repaired at the time, and was close to being inaugurated by President Piñera. San Francisco Church (Valparaíso) San Francisco Church () is a Catholic church located in Barón Hill, Valparaíso, Chile. The church served as lighthouse to the navigants who were arriving Valparaíso until the early 20th century, being the first recognizable

title: The San Francisco Examiner

text: content ~ comic strips, feature columnists ~ for Wednesday. The San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, published since 1863. The longtime "Monarch of the Dailies" and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the "Examiner" converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by the San Francisco Media Company LLC. "The San Francisco Examiner" was sold to Black Press Group, a Canadian media publisher, in 2011. As of 2014, The San Francisco Media Company LLC is held under, Oahu Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Black

title: San Francisco Chronicle Magazine

text: San Francisco Chronicle Magazine The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine is a Sunday magazine published on the first Sunday of every month as an insert in the "San Francisco Chronicle". The current magazine was born out of the ashes of "The San Francisco Examiner Magazine" when the staff of the "Chronicle" and "The San Francisco Examiner" were combined in 2000 following the sale of the "Examiner". Prior to the creation of the magazine, the first issue of which appeared Sunday, November 26, 2000, readers of the "San Francisco Chronicle" and "The San Francisco Examiner" were served by "The San Francisco Examiner

title: San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

text: to one fire fighter per 421 residents in San Francisco. Currently, the San Diego Fire Department is the lowest paid department in southern California. In comparison with other major cities with populations over 1 million, such as Los Angeles, the starting pay for a City of San Diego Fire Fighter is around $46,000. The City of San Diego no longer offers newly hired fire fighters a retirement pension after 20 years of service, new-hire recruits are offered a 401K plan instead. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the

title: San Francisco Javier de Satevó

text: born in San Francisco Javier de Satevó in 1875. On 24 December 1918, General Francisco Villa, at the head of a column of some 900 men of the División del Norte, attacked San Francisco Javier de Satevó. The settlement's defence, comprising 70 men under Pedro Alonso, refused to yield. The Villistas gradually forced back the defenders into the parish church, to which they set fire before sacking the village. San Francisco Javier de Satevó San Francisco Javier de Satevó (frequently apocopated to Satevó) is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the

title: San Francisco in the 1970s

text: San Francisco in the 1970s San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptance of diverse cultures in the city. It grew as one of world's biggest centres for the LGBT community and LGBT rights. The "Daily Mail" described flamboyant 1970s San Francisco as being characterized by "hippy street life when buskers, bongo players and impressive bouffants thronged the city by the bay." The rock music known

title: San Francisco in the 1970s

text: the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love", Simon and Schuster, 2012, . San Francisco in the 1970s San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptance of diverse cultures in the city. It grew as one of world's biggest centres for the LGBT community and LGBT rights. The "Daily Mail" described flamboyant 1970s San Francisco as being characterized by "hippy street life when

title: History of the Japanese in San Francisco

text: History of the Japanese in San Francisco There is a Japanese American and a Japanese national population in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area. The history of the Japanese in San Francisco begins in 1869 when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in San Francisco Bay. In 1900 there were 90 Japanese businesses. By 1909 this figure increased to 545. San Jose's Japantown was founded due to the need of combining comradeship and resources to survive as immigrants in the United States. Initially, it was known as Heinlenville Chinatown between Jackson and Taylor east of Sixth Street. However, John

title: San Francisco Peninsula

text: is distinct from that denoted by "The City", and refers to the portion south of San Francisco. The appellation may date to the period, prior to 1856, when the City of San Francisco and the County of San Francisco were separate entities, the latter then coextensive with contemporary San Mateo County and San Francisco City-County. The City-County owns several disjunct properties along the whole of the Peninsula (mostly water pumping stations connected to the Hetch Hetchy Valley on which San Francisco has a permanent leasehold); thus, most of the larger communities in San Mateo County are "de facto" suburbs of

title: San Francisco Freedom

text: San Francisco Freedom The San Francisco Freedom was a professional cricket team that played for the United States Pro Cricket league. It was one of eight founding teams in the league in 2004. This was the only year that the team played as the league was disbanded following the season. The team won the Western Conference and went on to the final where they defeated Eastern Conference champions New Jersey Fire to win the inaugural, and only Pro Cricket title. There were plans at the end of 2004 season for the continuation of the league. It had been stated that

title: The Summit (San Francisco)

text: Secretary of State George Shultz and his wife, San Francisco's chief of protocol, Charlotte Smith Mailliard Swig Shultz. The couple hosted British prime minister Tony Blair at their two-floor penthouse home when Blair visited California in July 2006. The Summit (San Francisco) The Summit is a highrise condominium tower developed by Joseph Eichler, located near the top of the upscale Russian Hill in San Francisco, California, at 999 Green Street. The tower was designed by Niell Smith and Associates. Above ground, it has 4 floors of parking and 25 floors of residential condominiums. The tower, completed in 1965, has some

title: San Francisco values

text: Francisco values" was used by conservative pundits during the conservative movement of the mid-1990s, and has since been popularized by Bill O'Reilly and Newt Gingrich. It is possibly a successor to then-Democrat Jeane Kirkpatrick's condemnation of "San Francisco Democrats" for a "blame America first" mentality at the 1984 Republican National Convention (the Democrats had just held their convention in San Francisco). While O'Reilly claimed to have coined the term, it dates back at least to 1996, when Rep. Frank Riggs attacked his Democratic rival Michela Alioto over her "San Francisco values." With the ascendancy of San Francisco representative Nancy Pelosi

title: San Francisco Plaza, New Mexico

text: San Francisco Plaza. San Francisco Plaza, New Mexico San Francisco Plaza was the name of three towns in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. Located in the San Francisco River Valley, the towns were settled by Spanish settlers in the 1860s. Today Middle San Francisco Plaza is called Middle Frisco, Lower San Francisco is called Lower Frisco, and Upper San Francisco was renamed Reserve when U.S. Forest Service headquarters were built there. Located in the San Francisco Valley, Reserve was named Upper San Francisco Plaza by its original Hispanic settlers in 1874. Apaches made frequent attacks on the community, which

title: The Women's Building (San Francisco)

text: The Women's Building (San Francisco) The Women's Building is a women-led non-profit arts and education community center located in San Francisco, California, United States, which advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. The building has served as an event and meeting space since 1979, when it was purchased by the San Francisco Women's Center. The building is shielded from rising real estate costs in the Mission district because that group has owned the building since 1995. The four-story building rents to multiple tenants and serves over 20,000 women a year. The structure was built in 1910 and was originally known

title: San Francisco Golf Club

text: San Francisco Golf Club The San Francisco Golf Club is an athletic club and private social club in San Francisco, California, with a portion of the course extending into neighboring Daly City. It is one of the most exclusive private membership clubs in the United States. In Golfdigest's 2015-2016 ranking of America's best golf courses, San Francisco Golf Club secured the 35th best course. The San Francisco Golf Club was one of seven golf clubs West of the Allegheny Mountains when it was founded in 1885. It had its beginning at the Presidio of San Francisco as a nine-hole course.

title: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

text: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a public agency of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water, wastewater, and electric power services to the city and an additional 1.9 million customers within three San Francisco Bay Area counties. The SFPUC manages a complex water supply system consisting of reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines and treatment facilities and is the third largest municipal utility agency in California. The SFPUC protects its watershed properties with security utility trucks and fire apparatus painted white over green. The SFPUC provides fresh water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

title: San Francisco crime family

text: San Francisco crime family The San Francisco crime family, also known as the Lanza crime family, was an American Mafia crime syndicate in San Francisco. The syndicate was organized in the early 1930s by Francesco "Frank" Lanza. The San Francisco family was a small organization with 20–25 made members. On April 28, 1928, a gang war started in San Francisco when bootlegger, Jerry Feri, San Francisco's leading crime lord, was murdered in his apartment. His suspected murderer, Alfredo Scariso, was an accomplished bootlegger as well, and he too was murdered on December 19 of that year. His body was found

title: History of the San Francisco Police Department

text: a state of emergency, assumed legislative powers, and granted the strikers' demands. City Supervisors and taxpayers sued but the court found that a contract obtained through an illegal strike is still legally enforceable. In 1997, the San Francisco International Airport Police merged with SFPD, becoming the SFPD Airport Bureau. As of September 8, 2011, ground was broken for San Francisco's new Public Safety Building (PSB) down in Mission Bay. A replacement facility for the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Headquarters and Southern District Police Station currently located at 850 Bryant, the PSB will also contain a fire station to serve

title: San Francisco Giants

text: blue. As with the New York years, the Giants' fortune in San Francisco has been mixed. Though recently the club has enjoyed sustained success there have also been prolonged stretches of mediocrity along with two instances when the club's ownership threatened to move the team away from San Francisco. When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons. The stadium, located at 16th & Bryant Streets across from Stempel's Bakery, had been the home of the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals in their last years the AAA minor league affiliate of

title: San Francisco City Hall

text: taking Paul Newman to the Glass Tower is shown flying over the building. Other films that feature City Hall include: The scene from "A View to a Kill" (the last James Bond film to star Roger Moore) is particularly memorable for the blaze which tore through the building as a result of an attempt to kill Bond and Stacey Sutton, however they managed to escape, stealing a fire truck in the process. San Francisco City Hall San Francisco City Hall is the seat of government for the City and County of San Francisco, California. Re-opened in 1915 in its open

title: Third Street (San Francisco)

text: of murder in a fire engine driven by Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) and cut himself off from pursuing patrol cars by jumping over the rising Lefty O'Doul Drawbridge. Third Street (San Francisco) Third Street, formerly Kentucky Street in the Dogpatch and Railroad Avenue in the Bayview, is a north-south street running through the Downtown, Mission Bay, Potrero Point, Dogpatch, and the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The road turns into Kearny Street north of Market Street and connects into Bayshore Boulevard, south of Meade Avenue Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants play at AT&T Park on the intersection

title: South San Francisco, California

text: School, Mater Dolorosa School (recently closed), and St. Veronica's School. The city is served by the South San Francisco Public Library which is part of the Peninsula Library System. South San Francisco Fire Department currently has five fire stations. Station 61 is home to Engine 61, Rescue 61, Battalion 17, and a basic life support ambulance. Station 62 is home to the brand new Quint 62. Station 63 is home to Engine and Rescue 63. Its nickname is "The Bunker". Station 64 is home to Engine 64. Station 65 is home to E65 and US&R 165 (Heavy Rescue) . Urban

title: San Francisco Plaza, New Mexico

text: San Francisco Plaza, New Mexico San Francisco Plaza was the name of three towns in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. Located in the San Francisco River Valley, the towns were settled by Spanish settlers in the 1860s. Today Middle San Francisco Plaza is called Middle Frisco, Lower San Francisco is called Lower Frisco, and Upper San Francisco was renamed Reserve when U.S. Forest Service headquarters were built there. Located in the San Francisco Valley, Reserve was named Upper San Francisco Plaza by its original Hispanic settlers in 1874. Apaches made frequent attacks on the community, which sit within Apache

title: South San Francisco, California

text: has a park and marina along the shore of San Francisco Bay, named Oyster Point, which is also home to the private Oyster Point Yacht Club. South San Francisco has walkways and bike trails adjacent to the San Francisco Bay, from which runners are able to view San Francisco International Airport operations, while wind-surfers and kayakers may launch their watercraft. South San Francisco is home to many hotels as well, since it is close to San Francisco and actually directly next to SFO. A unique opportunity was created when BART expanded down the Peninsula to create a "linear park" on

title: San Francisco Symphony

text: the Shoreline Amphitheatre. San Francisco Symphony The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra is resident at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the City's Hayes Valley neighborhood. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (founded in 1981) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1972) are part of the organization. Since 1995, Michael Tilson Thomas has been the orchestra's music director. Tilson Thomas is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director in 2020, when Esa-Pekka Salonen is scheduled to become the orchestra's next music

title: San Francisco Symphony

text: San Francisco Symphony The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra is resident at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the City's Hayes Valley neighborhood. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (founded in 1981) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1972) are part of the organization. Since 1995, Michael Tilson Thomas has been the orchestra's music director. Tilson Thomas is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director in 2020, when Esa-Pekka Salonen is scheduled to become the orchestra's next music director. Among the

text: As a final measure to counter any outright failure of the AWSS piping, a network of 177 independent underground water cisterns is present. Sizes vary from to over depending on location with a total storage capacity of over 11 million gallons of water. These cisterns are easily spotted at street level by red brick circles or rectangles complete with manholes labeled "CISTERN S.F.F.D" San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System The Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS, though often referred to on manhole covers and hydrants as HPFS for High Pressure Fire System) is a high pressure water supply network

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: and support fire for operations against Burton, Berlin, and Beverly islands. On 8 February, the cruiser sailed for Majuro, whence she would operate as a unit of TF 58, the fast carrier task force. On 12 February, "San Francisco", in TG 58.2, cleared Majuro lagoon. Four days later, the carriers launched their planes as part of Operation Hailstone. On the night of 16–17 February, was torpedoed. "San Francisco", with others, was assigned to escort her eastward. On 19 February, the group split; "Intrepid", with two destroyers, continued toward Pearl Harbor, while "San Francisco" and the remaining ships headed for Majuro.

title: San Francisco Ballet School

text: San Francisco Ballet School San Francisco Ballet School was founded in 1933 as part of the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School when Gaetano Merola, the founder of the San Francisco Opera, perceived a need for an institution where dancers could be trained to perform in opera productions. Under the direction of founding ballet director, Adolph Bolm, the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School opened in 1933 and offered classes in ballet, tap, modern, and interpretive dance. The school was located in the William Taylor Hotel, with affiliate branch schools in nearby Bay Area locations Berkeley, Burlingame, Marin County, San

title: The Daily News (San Francisco)

text: In 1919 it had a circulation of about 18,000. It changed its name to "The San Francisco News" in 1927, and in August 1959 merged with Hearst's "The Call Bulletin" to form the "San Francisco News-Call Bulletin". The Daily News (San Francisco) The Daily News, later titled The San Francisco News, was a newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1903 by E. W. Scripps as a four-page penny paper. In its early years, it was the smallest of the several newspapers in San Francisco. It advertised itself as the "friend of the working man." It was

title: San Francisco 49ers

text: San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team currently plays its home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located southeast of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley. Since 1988, the 49ers have been headquartered in Santa Clara. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1949 when the leagues

title: NWA San Francisco

text: the short territorial battle, with his roster – built around the flamboyant aerial performer Ray Stevens – proving more popular than the slower-moving heavyweights who made up Malcewicz's roster, and Malcewicz folded NWA San Francisco in 1961. He died on April 20, 1962 of a heart attack. NWA San Francisco NWA San Francisco was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in San Francisco, California in the United States. Founded in 1935 by "The Utica Panther" Joe Malcewicz (1897–1962), the promotion joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1949. It traded until 1961, when it folded due to competition from the upstart Big

title: International Settlement (San Francisco)

text: in San Francisco. International Settlement (San Francisco) International Settlement was a relatively short lived entertainment district within San Francisco, located along a one block stretch of Pacific Avenue between Kearny and Montgomery Streets, whose popularity lasted from 1939 to 1960. Pacific Avenue went through many transformations since its early days of the 1860s when it was a main thoroughfare for the vice-ridden Barbary Coast, and was then lined with brothels and violent saloons. International Settlement was the third major transformation of the Pacific Street district of San Francisco. During the late 19th and early 20th-centuries within San Francisco, the Barbary

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: Japanese force en route to Saipan, however, interrupted the cannonade, and the ships returned to Saipan. On 17 June, "San Francisco" refueled and took up station between the approaching enemy force and the amphibious force at Saipan. On the morning of 19 June, the Battle of the Philippine Sea opened for "San Francisco". At about 1046, she was straddled fore and aft by bombs. "... a mass of enemy planes on the screen at ." At 1126, the cruiser opened fire. A 40 mm shell from "Indianapolis" set off "San Francisco"s smoke screen generators. By noon, quiet had returned. At

title: San Francisco Chronicle Magazine

text: magazine's move to monthly publication was widely panned by readers in published letters in the "Chronicle". San Francisco Chronicle Magazine The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine is a Sunday magazine published on the first Sunday of every month as an insert in the "San Francisco Chronicle". The current magazine was born out of the ashes of "The San Francisco Examiner Magazine" when the staff of the "Chronicle" and "The San Francisco Examiner" were combined in 2000 following the sale of the "Examiner". Prior to the creation of the magazine, the first issue of which appeared Sunday, November 26, 2000, readers of

title: San Francisco Belt Railroad

text: San Francisco Belt Railroad The San Francisco Belt Railroad was a short-line railroad along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. It began as the State Belt Railroad in 1889, and was renamed when the city bought the Port of San Francisco in 1969. As a state owned enterprise, the railroad asserted several unsuccessful claims to immunity from federal regulation. The railroad ceased operation in 1993. The railroad connected the Port of San Francisco to many waterfront docks and to industries and warehouses which were adjacent to the waterfront. In its early years it operated dual-gauged track to accommodate the North

title: San Francisco Belt Railroad

text: (2-4-0 locomotive) were on display. Currently Locomotive #4 is being restored by the San Francisco Trains group, with larger plans to change the old Bayshore Roundhouse, originally owned by Southern Pacific, to a historic community destination. Due to work on the Roundhouse, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. San Francisco Belt Railroad The San Francisco Belt Railroad was a short-line railroad along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. It began as the State Belt Railroad in 1889, and was renamed when the city bought the Port of San Francisco in 1969. As a state owned

title: San Francisco Girls Chorus

text: regularly with renowned artistic partners, including the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Symphony. The Premier Ensemble has also performed with numerous esteemed Bay Area ensembles such as New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Film Festival, Chanticleer, Kronos Quartet, Berkeley Symphony, ODC/Dance, the Joe Goode Performance Group, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and others. Regularly serving as cultural ambassadors for the Bay Area, the Premier Ensemble has undertaken ten international tours. one of which was in July 2007 when the ensemble represented the United States in the World Vision Children's Choir Festival in Seoul, South Korea, and