query: what year was the great san francisco fire?

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 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: 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: San Francisco cable car system

text: the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR), although Cal Cable and the Geary Street Company remained independent. URR was pressing to convert many of its cable lines to overhead electric traction, but this was met with resistance from opponents who objected to what they saw as ugly overhead lines on the major thoroughfares of the city center. Those objections disappeared after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The quake and resulting fire destroyed the power houses and car barns of both the Cal Cable and the URR's Powell Street lines, together with the 117 cable cars stored within them. The subsequent

title: University Club of San Francisco

text: Willis Polk to design a new clubhouse at the corner of Sutter and Van Ness Streets. Before the plans could be developed or the site purchased, however, the Sutter Street clubhouse was destroyed by fire in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. For the next two years, the Club rented and occupied temporary locations. In 1908, the Club purchased a lot atop Nob Hill at what is now 800 Powell Street, on the northeast corner of California Street, across from the Fairmont Hotel at the intersection of the two lines of the San Francisco cable car system. It previously had been

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

text: San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event held in San Francisco and directed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the Chinese New Year, it combines elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade. First held in 1858, along what are today Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, it is the oldest and largest event of its kind outside of Asia, and the largest Asian cultural event in North America. The parade route begins on

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 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 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: San Francisco graft trials

text: also went on strike. On May 7, 1907, what would later be called "Bloody Tuesday", six streetcars carrying armed guards attempted to leave the carbarn. An enraged mob threw rocks and bricks, gunfight erupts between guards and men shooting from nearby vacant lots. From inside carbarns, strikebreakers opened fire on crowd. Two dead, 20 wounded. The contract for handling the baggage for attendees of a national convention of the Epworth League in San Francisco was given to a non-union company. During the prior year, a union company was hired during another convention in San Francisco to handle the baggage, but

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: Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889

text: the size of Bakersfield, it was considered a rival to the finest hotels in San Francisco. The city leaders planned for a population of 10,000-15,000 people. By the 1900 census, the city had grown to 4,836, an 84% increase. With the construction of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad through Bakersfield in 1898, and the discovery of oil in 1899, Bakersfield grew to a population of 12,727 in the 1910 census (a 163% increase). By comparison, in the 2010 census, Bakersfield had a population of 347,483. Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889 The Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889 was

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: 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: San Francisco Seals (Great West League)

text: San Francisco Seals (Great West League) The San Francisco Seals are a summer collegiate wood-bat club based in Alameda, California and represent the San Francisco Bay Area. Established in 1985, they joined the Great West League in 2017 having replaced the Yuba City Bears who went dormant the same day the Seals were announced as new members. The Seals play their home games at College of Alameda Stadium. The current Seals team was named after the former minor league baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1957 at practically ALL levels of play. This team

title: Great Fire of 1901

text: Great Fire of 1901 The Great Fire of 1901 was a conflagration that occurred in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 3, 1901. It was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire, and the 1906 San Francisco fire. In 1901, Jacksonville was a city which consisted mainly of wooden buildings with wood shingled roofs. The city itself had been suffering under a prolonged drought, leaving the building exteriors across the city dry and fire-prone. At around noon on Friday, May 3, 1901, workers at the Cleaveland

title: San Francisco Seals (Great West League)

text: and New York Mets. On November 7, 2017, the GWL announced that the Seals were joining the GWL replacing the Yuba City Bears for 2018. To be announced To be announced... San Francisco Seals (Great West League) The San Francisco Seals are a summer collegiate wood-bat club based in Alameda, California and represent the San Francisco Bay Area. Established in 1985, they joined the Great West League in 2017 having replaced the Yuba City Bears who went dormant the same day the Seals were announced as new members. The Seals play their home games at College of Alameda Stadium. The

title: San Francisco

text: Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct that would have the largest effect on San Francisco. An abundant water supply enabled San Francisco to develop into the city it has become today. In ensuing years, the city solidified its standing as a financial capital; in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, not a single San Francisco-based bank failed. Indeed, it was at the height of the Great Depression that San Francisco undertook two great civil engineering projects, simultaneously constructing the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, completing them in 1936 and 1937, respectively. It was in this period that

text: Market Street and terminates in Chinatown. During the California Gold Rush caused many Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco to work in gold mines and on railroads in search of wealth and a better life. In the 1860s the Chinese community wanted to share their Chinese culture with others, and blended their traditions with American traditions and held a parade with flags, banners, lanterns, drums and firecrackers which led to what is now known as the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. The parade has developed over the past 150 years into one of the grandest nighttime illuminated

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: 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

text: boys, from San Francisco Middle Schools and Chinatown North Beach community play six basketball games to celebrate Chinese New Year. There are more than 100 groups who take part in the parade. The judges are located at the parade's end, at Kearny and Columbus Avenue. There, the judges choose float and group participant winners. San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event held in San Francisco and directed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the Chinese New

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: 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

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: 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: 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 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: Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70

text: Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at the Family Dog concert hall in San Francisco on April 18, 1970. It was released by Rhino Records on November 29, 2013. The album was produced as a single-disc CD, and also as a two-disc vinyl LP, the latter in a limited audiophile edition of 7,500 copies. The concert was a "stealth" performance by the Grateful Dead, who were billed as "Mickey Hart and His

text: over 201 feet long and manned inside by over 100 puppeteers. The Golden Dragon and 600,000 firecrackers conclude the parade. Over 100 groups participate in the parade. Other parade events include a Chinatown run and children's basketball games. The parade is televised by KTVU and KTSF. Other San Francisco Community groups such as the Chinatown YMCA, San Francisco Symphony, and Asian Art Museum hold festivities to celebrate the Chinese New Year as well. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco holds special events to celebrate the Chinese New Year. They offer Family Fun Days which include activities such as storytelling,

title: San Francisco Ballet

text: Orchestra, stepped into the position of music director. The orchestra's repertoire includes hundreds of works spanning four centuries of musical history, many of which have been recorded and released to great critical acclaim, including works by Beethoven, Bizet, and Delibes. Four of the orchestra's recordings have been televised on PBS's "Great Performances: Dance in America". Recordings include: San Francisco Ballet has a large network of volunteers who assist with the ongoing success of the Company and the San Francisco Ballet School. More than 200 Ballet Resource and Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) volunteers donate over 10,000 volunteer hours every year, assisting with

title: USS San Francisco (CA-38)

text: transferred to , just before the approach of an enemy surface force was reported. The covering force escorted the transports out of the area, then reassembled and returned. At about midnight, "San Francisco", in company with heavy cruiser "USS Portland", the light cruisers "Atlanta", "Helena", and "Juneau", and eight destroyers, entered Lengo Channel. At 0125 on 13 November, a Japanese naval force was discovered about to the northwest. Rear Admiral Callaghan's task group maneuvered to intercept in what became the first engagement in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. At 0148, in almost pitch darkness, "San Francisco" opened fire on an

title: Culture of San Francisco

text: Francisco cable car system, the abstract San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the ruins of the once great Sutro Baths, Chinatown, and the Transamerica Pyramid. Culture of San Francisco The culture of San Francisco is major and diverse in terms of arts, music, cuisine, festivals, museums, and architecture. San Francisco's diversity of cultures along with its eccentricities are so great that they have greatly influenced the country and the world at large over the years. In 2012, "Bloomberg Businessweek" voted San Francisco as America's Best City. The Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) contains 20th Century

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: 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: Jack London's San Francisco Stories

text: a photograph of Market Street in San Francisco circa 1900. Rodger Jacobs discussed the book in an article for the "Las Vegas Sun" on September 26, 2010 and in an interview with Montreal's "La Presse" on November 20, 2010. San Francisco writer Don Herron reviewed the book on January 27, 2011. He said: "A meaty compactly packaged book. If you don’t have these stories, a great intro to a city that was lost in the 1906 quake and fire, by the most famous author born in town." The collection is divided into four parts with an epilogue. Preface by Rodger

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: Recreation Park (San Francisco)

text: at 8th Street and Market Streets, was used by several clubs including the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League from 1903. Destroyed by the earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. The Seals temporarily moved to Oakland while the city of San Francisco was being rebuilt. Photo. Recreation Park, located in the Mission District , was the best known and longest-lived of these ballparks. It was the home of the Seals during 1907-13 and then 1915-30 after a one-year experiment playing at newly built Ewing Park near the Richmond District. The experiment was a fiasco, largely because of

title: San Francisco Marathon

text: undergone a number of changes since its inception. In the late 1980s, the start was moved from Marin County to San Francisco. In 1999, race organizers made a number of changes to make the course faster. That year the course was altered to start and end near the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park and the run across the Golden Gate Bridge was eliminated. Previous routes have taken the marathon along the Great Highway. In 2002, the start/finish at Golden Gate Park was moved to the Embarcadero. The San Francisco Marathon is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon. In

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: San Francisco in the 1970s

text: 18, 1978. Maynard Ferguson recorded live at the Great American Music Hall, in 1978; his album "Bebop Buffet" became one of his strongest jazz albums. The late 1970s saw the formation of a punk rock music scene in San Francisco, with the Mabuhay Gardens club hosting local bands like the Dead Kennedys, (formed in 1978) and the Avengers (formed in 1977). Allan Bérubé, the author of the book tilted "Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II" was instrumental in bringing forth some of the ordeals of the men and women of the

title: San Francisco Art Institute

text: students of the University of California, Berkeley were able to enroll in classes at the CSD. In 1906 the devastating fire following the San Francisco earthquake destroyed the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art building, and the CSD and SFAA facilities, records and art collection. At the time, the replacement value of the building and its contents was estimated at $2,573,000. However, the combined amount of numerous insurance policies yielded less than $100,000 for rebuilding. Nevertheless, within a year, the SFAA built a new but comparatively modest campus in the same location, and adopted the name San Francisco Institute of Art.

title: San Francisco Seals (Great West League)

text: was founded by Abel Alcantar, who was a high school baseball coach at the time. He was approached by a local scout who suggested that he form a summer team for the San Francisco Public School System. So Alcantar founded the San Francisco Seals 18 & Under team. The following year he founded a 16 & Under team as well. In 1987, Alcantar continued the tradition and formed a team for those over the age of 18. Alcantar owned and funded these teams individually; he received some coaching support, but no financial assistance. All three clubs were maintained until the

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: Ferries of San Francisco Bay

text: Jack London Square is today, fronting on what is today called the Oakland Estuary, an inlet of San Francisco Bay. The estuary, which in the 1800s included what is today's Lake Merritt, was the "creek". In 1851, Captain Thomas Gray, grandfather of the famous dancer Isadora Duncan, began the first regular ferry service to San Francisco from the East Bay. The first railroad ferries on San Francisco Bay were established by the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad and the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (SF&A) which were taken over by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in 1870 to become an

title: Great Baltimore Fire

text: and piers lining the north side of the old "Basin" (today's "Inner Harbor") of the Northwest Branch of the Baltimore Harbor and Patapsco River facing along Pratt Street. It is considered historically the third worst conflagration in an American city, surpassed only by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. Other major urban disasters that were comparable (but not fires) were the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and most recently, Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico coast in August 2005. One reason for the fire's long duration involved

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: 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: Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco

text: Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Roman Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush. The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France. In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church. The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984,

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: San Francisco

text: family child care providers. All 4-year old children living in San Francisco are offered universal access to preschool through the Preschool for All program. The major daily newspaper in San Francisco is the "San Francisco Chronicle", which is currently Northern California's most widely circulated newspaper. The Chronicle is most famous for a former columnist, the late Herb Caen, whose daily musings attracted critical acclaim and represented the "voice of San Francisco". The "San Francisco Examiner", once the cornerstone of William Randolph Hearst's media empire and the home of Ambrose Bierce, declined in circulation over the years and now takes the

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: San Francisco Ballet

text: the job of director of the San Francisco Ballet School. The San Francisco Ballet Guild was also formed as a support organization for San Francisco Ballet. The year 1951 marked a significant shift in administration of San Francisco Ballet. Lew Christensen—"premier danseur" at the time—partnered with his brother Willam Christensen as co-directors. Then in 1952, Lew Christensen took over as sole director. Under his guidance, San Francisco Ballet began to travel and establish itself as a significant American ballet company. Until 1956, San Francisco Ballet had remained on the West Coast, but Christensen took the company to the Jacob's Pillow

title: San Francisco Police Department

text: and Southern District Police Station, the PSB also contains a fire station to serve the burgeoning neighborhood. In 2014, the San Francisco Police Academy graduated its first publicly reported transgender police officer, Mikayla Connell. A new study conducted by the California Policy Lab and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found that after the San Francisco Police Department doubled its foot patrols last year, it resulted in a reduction by about 16% in larceny theft and 19% in assaults across the city and 10 police station districts. The head of the SFPD is the chief of police. The most

title: The San Francisco Call

text: Twain worked as one of the paper's writers. It was headquartered at Newspaper Row. The Morning Call was reported purchased by Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury for $360,000 in January 1895. Shortridge became the sole proprietor and editor. He was elected to the California state legislature in 1898 representing the 28th district (San Jose). In 1913 M. H. de Young, owner of the "San Francisco Chronicle", purchased the paper and sold it to William Randolph Hearst who in 1918 brought in editor Fremont Older, former editor of the "San Francisco Evening Bulletin". In December of that year

title: San Francisco Zoo

text: San Francisco Zoo The San Francisco Zoo is a zoo located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco, California, between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway. The zoo's main entrance, once located on the north side across Sloat Boulevard and one block south of the Muni Metro L Taraval line, is now to the west on the ocean side of the zoo off of the Great Highway. This zoo is the birthplace of Koko the gorilla, and, since 1974, the home of Elly, the oldest black rhinoceros in North America. It houses more than 1000 individual

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 Symphony

text: San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas will embark on their fourth tour of Asia together with performances in Seoul, South Korea; Tainan, Taiwan; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; Beijing, China; Osaka, Japan; and Tokyo, Japan. In 2006, the San Francisco Symphony launched "Keeping Score – MTT on Music", a series of projects comprising audio-visual performances for DVD and broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances", multimedia websites, and educational programs for schools. Throughout its history the San Francisco Symphony has had numerous great conductors, instrumentalists and singers as guests. Many famous composers have also led the Orchestra over the years. In 1915,

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: Port of San Francisco

text: Park and Pacific Bell Park), located next to China Basin and Pier 70 at Potrero Point. Huge covered piers on piles jut out into San Francisco bay along much of the waterfront, bordered by the Embarcadero roadway. In 2015, the City, acting through the Port of San Francisco, launched the San Francisco Seawall Earthquake Safety and Disaster Prevention Program (Seawall Program). The first landing place on the north-eastern tip of the San Francisco peninsula was a rocky promontory below Telegraph Hill later known as Clarke's Point that jutted into the San Francisco Bay at the line of what is now

title: San Francisco

text: organization. One of the most popular destinations for gay tourists internationally, the city hosts San Francisco Pride, one of the largest and oldest pride parades. San Francisco Pride events have been held continuously since 1972. The events are themed and a new theme is created each year. In 2013, over 1.5 million people attended, around 500,000 more than the previous year. San Francisco's War Memorial and Performing Arts Center hosts some of the most enduring performing-arts companies in the country. The War Memorial Opera House houses the San Francisco Opera, the second-largest opera company in North America as well as

text: Families participated in making a pellet drum, used for thousands of years as part of traditional celebrations, using simple materials. Each year, the San Francisco Symphony celebrates Chinese New Year with a concert at Davies Symphony Hall. Those who purchase tickets can attend a Festival Reception before the concert at Davies Symphony Hall. This reception includes entertainment such as crafts, arts, lion dancing, calligraphy, food, and tea bars. A Chinese Dragon Dance marks the beginning of the concert and the San Francisco Symphony presents music from Eastern and Western music traditions, and music from Asian composers. After the concert, those

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

title: African Americans in San Francisco

text: African-Americans began coming to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. During the Great Migration, San Francisco was a destination for African-Americans coming out of the South. San Francisco's African American population is projected to continue to decrease in the future. African Americans in San Francisco African Americans in San Francisco consist of around 6% of the city's total population. In 1970 blacks made up 13.4% of the population. In the biggest 14 cities in the nation, San Francisco is near the bottom in the percentage of black residents. The neighboring city of Oakland, across the San Francisco Bay has

title: San Francisco values

text: for San Francisco values. San Francisco values "San Francisco values" is a term often used pejoratively and as an "ad hominem" phrase to refer to cultural, social and moral attributes associated with the city of San Francisco, California's liberal politics and pluralist culture. Often values and expressions that are less popular among social conservatives, such as LGBT equality, the anti-war movement, or secular values generally, are invoked by users to frame their argument. The same values form the foundation of what is known as West Coast liberalism, though the political cultures of Los Angeles (and notably Hollywood therein), Seattle, et

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: Spinsters of San Francisco

text: of San Francisco receives hundreds of applications for consideration. Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco is a historical, social and philanthropic women's organization aimed at cultivating volunteerism in young women and helping the San Francisco, California community through fundraising. Nonprofit by charter, the group consists of approximately 195 college educated, unmarried women who sponsor and raise funds for a designated local charity. The charity is selected by vote of the membership each year. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded in 1929 as a sister organization to the Bachelors of San Francisco. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded on

title: San Francisco Acatepec

text: small paintings. San Francisco Acatepec San Francisco Acatepec (Spanish: ) is a church in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. The San Francisco church is what is left of a Franciscan friary dedicated to Diego de Alcalá. The friary was demolished by the Marquis of Mancera in 1673, under the false impression that it had been built without royal permission. In 1686, the church was restored as a parish by the Count of Monclova. The church was constructed in the early 16th century and finished during the middle of the 18th, when its tabernacle was constructed. It maintains its original Churrigueresque altar, which

title: San Francisco Acatepec

text: San Francisco Acatepec San Francisco Acatepec (Spanish: ) is a church in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. The San Francisco church is what is left of a Franciscan friary dedicated to Diego de Alcalá. The friary was demolished by the Marquis of Mancera in 1673, under the false impression that it had been built without royal permission. In 1686, the church was restored as a parish by the Count of Monclova. The church was constructed in the early 16th century and finished during the middle of the 18th, when its tabernacle was constructed. It maintains its original Churrigueresque altar, which contains numerous

title: Rancho San Francisco

text: Rancho San Francisco Rancho San Francisco was a land grant in present-day northwestern Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County, California. It was a grant of by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Antonio del Valle, a Mexican army officer, in recognition for his service to the state of Alta California. It is not related to the city of San Francisco. The rancho was the location of the first popularly known finding of gold in the Southern California area in 1842, in Placerita Canyon. Much of the present day city of Santa Clarita lies within the boundary of what was Rancho

title: San Francisco Zephyr

text: the D&RGW's line between Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah, which was its original preference in 1971. The change was scheduled for April 25, but a mudslide at Thistle, Utah, closed the D&RGW's main line and delayed the change until July 16. With the change of route Amtrak renamed the train "California Zephyr". In an episode of the British program "Great Railway Journeys", aired in 1980, presenter Ludovic Kennedy travels from New York to Los Angeles by rail, riding on the San Francisco Zephyr between Chicago and Oakland. San Francisco Zephyr The San Francisco Zephyr was the name adopted in

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: San Francisco Film Critics Circle

text: in the same calendar year. Categories of awards include: San Francisco Film Critics Circle The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications. Included in its membership are journalists from "San Francisco Chronicle", "San Jose Mercury News", "Oakland Tribune", "Contra Costa Times", "San Francisco Bay Guardian", "SF Weekly", "East Bay Express", "San Jose Metro", "Palo Alto Weekly", "Sonoma Index-Tribune", "The San Francisco Examiner", "KRON-TV", "Variety", "Bleeding Cool", CultureVulture.net, Splicedwire.com, and CombustibleCelluloid.com. In December of each year, the SFFCC meets to vote on the San

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: 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: 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: San Francisco in the 1970s

text: civil rights movement is a nationally recognized institution in the Bay Area. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) celebrates Latino culture with a "Carnaval," every year, which is said to be the largest multi-cultural event in San Francisco. A gay San Francisco postal worker who was to be dismissed from service by the Civil Service Commission on the grounds of "moral incompetency" fought for his rights in the court, in November 1970, and was reinstated in the job. This marked the beginning of gay reforms. Many important skyscrapers in San Francisco were built in the 1970s. The Hilton

title: 2012 San Francisco Giants season

text: Francisco, California Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals for the National League title. Sunday, October 14, 2012 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California Monday, October 15, 2012 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri Friday, October 19, 2012 at Busch Stadium

title: Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary

text: beaver were historically extant in coastal streams or the Bay itself, earlier records show that the California golden beaver ("Castor canadensis" ssp. "subauratus") was one of the most valued of the animals taken, and apparently was found in great abundance. Thomas McKay reported that in one year the Hudson's Bay Company took 4,000 beaver skins on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Recently, beaver have recolonized the brackish Napa Sonoma Marsh in north San Pablo Bay and its Sonoma Creek and Napa River tributaries. Also recently re-colonizing the Bay and its tributaries, the North American river otter ("Lontra canadensis") was

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: 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: CIF San Francisco Section

text: CIF San Francisco Section The CIF San Francisco Section (CIF-SF), frequently shortened to SFS or just SF, is the governing body of high school sports for school for what was originally the San Francisco Unified School District. It is one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The SFS is also known under the league name Academic Athletic Association, and is the only CIF section not divided into several leagues. While the league currently includes ICA, most other parochial schools located within the borders of San Francisco; Archbishop Riordan High School, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and Saint

title: CIF San Francisco Section

text: time were: Lick Wilmerding, Lowell, St. Ignatius, Mission, San Francisco Poly, High School of Commerce, Cogswell Polytechnical College and Humboldt Evening High School CIF San Francisco Section The CIF San Francisco Section (CIF-SF), frequently shortened to SFS or just SF, is the governing body of high school sports for school for what was originally the San Francisco Unified School District. It is one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The SFS is also known under the league name Academic Athletic Association, and is the only CIF section not divided into several leagues. While the league currently

title: San Francisco

text: and Captain John B. Montgomery arrived to claim Yerba Buena two days later. Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco on January 30 of the next year, and Mexico officially ceded the territory to the United States at the end of the war. Despite its attractive location as a port and naval base, San Francisco was still a small settlement with inhospitable geography. The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers (known as "forty-niners", as in "1849"). With their sourdough bread in tow, prospectors accumulated in San Francisco over rival Benicia, raising the population from 1,000 in 1848 to

title: Spinsters of San Francisco

text: Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco is a historical, social and philanthropic women's organization aimed at cultivating volunteerism in young women and helping the San Francisco, California community through fundraising. Nonprofit by charter, the group consists of approximately 195 college educated, unmarried women who sponsor and raise funds for a designated local charity. The charity is selected by vote of the membership each year. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded in 1929 as a sister organization to the Bachelors of San Francisco. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded on November 6, 1929 by Miss Patricia Tobin (Mrs. Sheldon

title: Carville, San Francisco

text: Carville, San Francisco Carville, also known Carville-by-the-Sea, was an impromptu neighborhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now the Outer Sunset District of San Francisco, California. Residents reused abandoned horsecars (horse-drawn trolleys) and, later, cable cars for housing and public buildings. Carville was located near the intersection of 47th Ave. and Lawton Streets, just south of the western end of Golden Gate Park. In the 1850s and 1860s local San Francisco transit companies used horse-drawn railcars on city streets. The arrival of cable cars and electric streetcars spelled the doom of the equine-pulled variety. In

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 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: Atlético San Francisco

text: Atlético San Francisco Atlético San Francisco, (simply known as Brujos) is a Mexican professional football club. The club plays in the Tercera División de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, México. It was established in 1966 and it has never played in the Primera División Profesional. Atlético San Francisco was founded in 1966 and in that same year the club join the Segunda División.The club has never being able to play in the Primera División. In 1994, the club played in the Primera A the 2nd most important league in Mexico. In 1999, the club was