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This page displays all the articles which appear in the "did you know..." section of the [[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco Bay Area portal]], as well as most of the DYK's which appeared on the front page of Wikipedia that are SFBA related. Instructions on how to add new articles to this list are [[Portal talk:San Francisco Bay Area/Selected article/Archive|here]]. __NOTOC__

*'''Bold items''' were selected as DYK for the main page, but were not chosen for this portal. others may only have appeared at this portals DYK section. some have appeared in both, sometimes with slightly different taglines (and in different months). generally, the main page tagline is featured here.

==2004==
*'''The portal had not been created at this time. DYK's, which began in January 2004, are from the main page.'''
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/1|2004]]===
[[File:Seagull at Bodega Bay - Stierch.jpg|60px|right]]
[[File:The estuary of the Russian River.jpg|right|90px]]
*'''... that '''[[Bodega Bay]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[California]] was the setting for [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s [[film]] ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''?'''
*'''... that the [[music]] of the '''[[Pointer Sisters]]''' combined [[jazz]], [[Scat singing|scat]] and [[be-bop]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[American Zoetrope]]''' was originally housed in a warehouse in [[San Francisco]] in [[1969]]?'''
*'''... that [[California]]'s '''[[Russian River (California)|Russian River]]''' ''(Pacific Ocean estuary pictured)'' is named for the [[Russian colonization of the Americas|Russian]] [[fur trade|trappers]] who explored it in the early [[19th century]]?'''
*'''... that a '''[[pencil sharpener]]''', frequently found in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], "is a device for sharpening a pencil's point by shaving the end of the pencil"? Well, all right, you probably did.'''
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==2005==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/2|January–June]]===
[[File:Josiah Belden.jpg|70px|right]] 
*'''... that '''[[Josiah Belden]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a member of the first party to use the [[California Trail]], and the first mayor of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Zentatsu Richard Baker]]''' was an influential [[United States|American]] [[Zen]] priest who played a leading role in founding [[San Francisco Zen Center|Tassajara]], the first [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] training monastery outside of [[Asia]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Elmer Robinson]]''' was the 33rd [[mayor]] of [[San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... the [[callsign]] of '''[[KFRC]]''' in [[San Francisco, California]] in the U.S. stood for "'''K'''nown '''F'''or '''R'''adio '''C'''learness"? In fact, when the [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] [[radio station]] signed on with 50 [[watt]]s in [[1924]], it was heard as far away as [[New Zealand]], far exceeding anyone's expectations.'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/3|July–December]]===
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[[File:Seal of California.svg|50px|right]]
*'''... that the '''[[California Pacific Conference]]''' has school members that range from members of the [[California State University]] system to [[Christian school|religious]] and [[liberal arts]] colleges?'''
*... that "Herb Caen Way ..." in the [[Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]] was christened in this fashion in honor of '''[[Herb Caen]]''' ''(pictured)'' ... long-time ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' columnist ... this due to his having created "[[Ellipsis|three-dot]] journalism" ... the use of ellipses to separate his column's short items?
*'''... that '''[[Ed Roberts (activist)|Ed Roberts]]''' became one of the founders of the [[disability rights movement]] when he lobbied for basic accommodations at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]?'''
*'''... that '''''[[Corry v. Stanford]]''''' was a [[California]] court case that declared [[Stanford University|Stanford University's]] [[speech code]] illegal under the [[freedom of speech in the United States|freedom of speech]] protections of the state's [[Leonard Law]]? ''(Seal of California pictured)'''''
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==2006==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/5|January–May]]===
[[File:Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia (2005 10 16) - uitsnede.jpg|100px|right|San Francisco garter snake]]

*'''... that '''[[Rattlesnake James]]''', the [[Capital punishment in California|last man to be hanged]] in [[California]], was convicted of drowning his wife after a failed first attempt to kill her with [[rattlesnake]] [[venom (poison)|venom]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[San Francisco garter snake]]''' ''(pictured)'' is an [[endangered species]] capable of [[Digestion|digesting]] toxic [[newt]]s but is not found in [[San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Chuck Muncie]]''' was a star running back for The [[University of California, Berkeley]] during the 1970s, where he broke six school rushing records that stand to this day?'''
*'''... that [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|prehistoric inhabitants]] of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] fished the '''[[bat ray]]''' in large numbers, while more recently it is mostly taken by [[oyster]] growers who mistakenly believe it feeds on their oysters?'''
*'''... that the [[endangered species|endangered subspecies]] '''[[California Clapper Rail]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[chicken]]-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old?'''<br>
*'''... that before [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] became a successful novelist with ''[[Treasure Island]]'' in 1883, he was a struggling author of travel narratives who published ''[[An Inland Voyage]]'', ''[[Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes]]''  and '''''[[Silverado Squatters]]'''''?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/6|June–September]]===
[[File:Sanbornsanadreasriftvalley.jpg|120px|right]]

*'''... that '''[[Sanborn Park]]''' (''pictured'') provided one of the first segments of the [[Bay Area Ridge Trail|San Francisco Bay Area Ridge Trail]], which is planned to encircle the [[Bay Area]] with a 500 mile long [[hiking]] [[trail]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Tom Campbell (radio personality)|Tom Campbell]]''' was a popular [[radio personality]] on [[KYA Radio|KYA]] [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] who used to loan his personal phonograph, record collection and even his personal automobile to his listeners?'''
*'''... that '''[[Hickman's potentilla]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a rare plant discovered by Alice Eastwood, who climbed six floors through a burning building in the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 San Francisco Earthquake]] to save her [[Biological specimen|specimen]]s?'''
*'''... that '''[[Humphrey the whale]]''' may be the most publicized [[Humpback whale]] in history, having twice wandered off his migration course into [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Sonoma Creek]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[California]]-designated critical [[coast]]al [[Drainage basin|watershed]], drains the acclaimed [[Sonoma Valley]] [[Wine Country]], and provides a home to many [[endangered species]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/34|October–November]]===
[[File:Sonomacreekflatrocks.jpg|100px|right]]

[[File:Lupines AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg|100px|right]]
*'''... that '''[[Hood Mountain]]''' in [[California]] has high canopy mixed [[oak]] [[forest]]s, [[pygmy forest]]s and expanses of rock [[outcrop]], and also has a [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] plant [[species]] named for it?'''
*'''... that the soldier in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photograph '''''[[Burst of Joy]]''''' reunited with his family after six years in a [[North Vietnam]]ese [[prisoner of war camp]]?'''
*'''... that '''''[[Acanthomintha duttonii]]''''' is an [[endangered species|endangered]] [[wildflower]] that is found only in a six mile long strip on the [[San Francisco Peninsula]]?'''
*'''... that artists of the '''[[Mission School]]''', a San Francisco-based contemporary art movement, often make artworks from materials such as house paint, spray paint, correction fluid, ballpoint pens, and scrapboard?'''
*'''... that '''[[Santa Rosa Creek]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the scene of an [[1827]] [[baptism]] of a [[Pomo people|Pomo]] [[maiden]], which event led to the naming of the creek and also the city of [[Santa Rosa, California]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Sonoma Coast State Beach]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of [[California]]'s longest [[beach]]es and has [[sea stack|rocks]] that have evidence of rubbing by [[mammoth]]s 40,000 years ago?'''
*'''... that '''[[Annadel State Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered by some [[biologist]]s to have some of the best preserved [[California oak woodland|northern oak woodland]]s in western [[North America]]?'''
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'''The portal was created at this time. Some of the DYK's below were selected ONLY for the portal, and not for the main page. Main page DYK's are bolded on this page.'''

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/7|December #1]]===
[[File:Stag's Leap, Napa Valley, 1990.jpg|120px|right]]
*... that a 1973 [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] from '''[[Stag's Leap Wine Cellars]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Napa Valley]] won a blind taste test at the [[Paris Wine Tasting of 1976]].
*... that the '''[[Port of Oakland]]''' was the first major port on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] to handle [[container ship]]s.
*... that '''[[craigslist]]''' was founded in 1995 by [[Craig Newmark]] and, since 2004, has been partly owned by [[eBay]].
*... that colonies of the '''[[San Bruno elfin butterfly]]''', an [[endangered species]], are located on [[San Bruno Mountain]] and near the [[Fitzgerald Marine Reserve]].
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/8|December #2]]===
[[File:Streptanthus niger.jpg|100px|right]] 
[[File:Sonomacreekflatrocks.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that there are only two extant populations of the '''[[Tiburon Jewelflower]]''' ''(pictured)'', both on the [[Tiburon, California|Tiburon Peninsula]] of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Yulupa Creek]]''' [[Drainage basin|watershed]] has been designated as critical [[habitat]] for two [[California]] [[endangered species]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Laguna de Santa Rosa]]''' in [[Sonoma County, California]], has several [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] [[endangered species]] and is the second-largest [[freshwater]] [[wetland]] in [[Northern California]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Isaias W. Hellman]]''', a co-founder of the [[University of Southern California]], ran [[Wells Fargo Bank]] out of his house after the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] leveled its headquarters?'''
*'''... that '''[[Graham Creek (Sonoma County, California)|Graham Creek]]''' in [[California]] was a seasonal [[Hunting and gathering society|hunting and gathering]] ground for [[prehistory|prehistoric]] [[Pomo people|Pomo]] and [[Wappo]] people?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Brush Creek (Sonoma County)|Brush Creek]]''' [[confluence]] ''(pictured)'' with [[Santa Rosa Creek]] was the site of a [[Pomo people|Pomo]] [[village]], the antecedent of modern [[Santa Rosa, California]]?'''
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==2007==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/9|January]]===
[[File:Palaceofarts.jpg|80px|right]]
[[File:Exterior patio of the National Ignition Facility.jpg|80px|right]]
*... that the '''[[Palace of Fine Arts]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the [[Marina District, San Francisco, California|Marina]], which today houses the [[Exploratorium]] science museum, was built for the 1915 [[Panama-Pacific International Exposition]]?
*... that [[KCBS (AM)|KCBS]] has its roots in the experiments of '''[[Charles Herrold]]''', who, using call letters '''FN''', '''SJN''', '''6XF''', '''6XE''', and '''KQW''',  made regular radio broadcasts from [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] as early as 1909?
*... that the [[National Ignition Facility]] ''(pictured)'' for [[inertial confinement fusion]] research will be housed at '''[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]'''?
*... that '''[[Sonoma County Airport]]''' is named after ''[[Peanuts]]'' creator [[Charles M. Schulz]] and features [[Snoopy]] riding his sopwith camel as its logo?
*'''... that the '''[[Carbonera Creek]]''' [[Drainage basin|watershed]] in [[California]] has diverse [[plant community|plant communities]] including a rare assemblage known as [[Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forests]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Suisun Shrew]]''' is a [[rare species|rare]] [[mammal]] [[species]] that survives only in a narrow [[marsh]]land at the northern extremity of [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/10|February #1]]===
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*... that the former [[fur trading]] outpost of '''[[Fort Ross]]''' was the southernmost [[Russian colonization of the Americas|Russian]] installation in [[North America]]?
*... that the '''[[Pentium]]''' chip ''(pictured)'' was so named because [[Intel]] was unable to trademark numbers such as [[x86|386, 486, 586]]?
*... that [[Scott McKenzie]]'s [[hippie]] anthem '''''[[San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)]]''''' was written by [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] of [[The Mamas & the Papas]] to promote the 1967 [[Monterey Pop Festival]]?
*... that [[BART]] and [[Amtrak]] share the '''[[Richmond Station (California)|Richmond rail station]]''', connecting the Bay Area with [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] and the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]]?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/52|February #2]]===
[[File:Redwood City port aerial view.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that the '''[[Port of Redwood City]]''' is the only deep-water [[port]] in southern [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[San Bruno Creek]]''' [[Trail]] provides a key link in the [[San Francisco Bay]] perimeter trail, but a two-mile detour inland is required?'''
*'''... that the ''[[Krazy Kat]]'' cartoons printed in the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' prompted a serious physical assault on '''[[Agnes Newton Keith]]'''?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Seal Slough]]''' tidal channel in [[California]] hosts a thriving [[marsh]]land [[habitat]] despite encroachment by a [[sewage treatment]] plant and two schools?'''
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'''No "Did You Know" articles added from March 2007 until November 2011. The following DYK's were placed on the main WP page during that time.'''

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/11|March #1]]===
[[File:Yung See San Fong House.jpg|80px|right]] 
[[File:Syncarispacificaone.jpg|50px|right|Syncaris pacifica]]
*'''... that [[Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young]], owner of the '''[[Yung See San Fong House]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Los Gatos, California]], didn't want it to be a [[bungalow]], but a "bungahigh"?'''
*'''... that '''[[Goat Rock Beach]]''' in [[Sonoma County, California]] has a number of [[sea stack]]s and offers viewing of [[Marine biology|marine]] [[natural arch]]es?'''
*'''... that the [[California Maritime Academy]] has named three of its four [[school ship|training ships]] '''''[[Golden Bear (ship)|Golden Bear]]''''' since 1946?'''
*'''... that the [[endangered]] '''''[[Syncaris pacifica]]''''' ''(pictured)'' uses variable [[translucent|translucency]] and color changing [[crypsis]] for underwater [[camouflage]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Bennett Valley]]''' is one of the newest additions to the list of [[American Viticulture Area]]s?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/31|March #2]]===
[[File:Fountaingrovelakelead.jpg|100px|right]]
*'''... that '''[[Fountaingrove Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Santa Rosa, California]], is a [[habitat]] for the [[Vulnerable species|threatened]] [[Western pond turtle]], and is surrounded by a championship [[golf course]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Gilman Hall|Room 307, Gilman Hall]]''' on the campus of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where the [[chemical element|element]] [[plutonium]] was discovered, is a United States [[National Historic Landmark]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Benicia Arsenal]]''' in [[Benicia, California]], was home to the short-lived [[U.S. Camel Corps]]?'''
*''' ...that '''[[Tolay Lake]]''' has yielded thousands of [[charmstone]]s thrown into the lake by [[prehistoric]] peoples to invoke health and high crop yields?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/18|March #3]]===
[[File:Roundbarnsocounty.jpg|100px|right]]
*'''... that the '''[[Downtown Historic District (San Jose, California)|Downtown Historic District]]''' of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]], an area of just one square [[block (street)|block]], contains buildings of six different [[architectural style]]s?'''
*'''... that the interior and exterior of the '''[[Jose Maria Alviso Adobe]]''' in [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]], [[California]] have not significantly changed in 150 years?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Piner Creek]]''' [[Water divide|watershed]] is home to a historic [[round barn]] ''(pictured)'', one of the early architectural features of [[Sonoma County, California]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/12|April #1]]===
[[File:National Guard Armory & Arsenal (San Francisco).jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Historic Richmond Shipyard Number Three.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that the '''[[San Francisco Armory]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] stronghold during the "[[Bloody Thursday]]" events of 1934, is now used as a [[BDSM]] porn studio?'''
*'''... that '''[[Camillo Ynitia]]''' was the only [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] on the northern frontier of [[Alta California]] to secure a large [[land grant]] for his tribe?'''
*'''... that in five years of operation during [[World War II]], more than 747 vessels were built in the '''[[Richmond Shipyards]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Richmond, California]]&mdash;a feat not equaled anywhere else in the world, before or since?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Wine Country (California)|California Wine Country]]'''  is known for its [[cuisine]], [[recreation]] and [[history]] as much as [[viticulture]]?'''
*'''... that the [[pyramid scheme]] '''[[Holiday Magic]]''' was investigated by the [[State of California]], the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|US Securities and Exchange Commission]] and the [[Federal Trade Commission]] and shut down for [[fraud]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/55|April #2]]===
[[File:Union Iron Works Powerhouse.jpg|100px|right|Union Iron Works Powerhouse]]
[[File:Lilium pardalinum pitkinense 3.jpg|100px|right|Lilium pardalinum pitkinense]]
*'''... that the '''[[Alameda Works Shipyard]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Alameda, California]], was one of the largest and best equipped [[shipyard]]s in the [[United States]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park]]''' is the first national tribute to [[United States home front during World War II|home front]] American women?'''
*'''... that '''[[Nova Studios]]''' developed the "West Coast Look", a stylized and highly planned filmmaking style of [[gay pornography]] which dominated the genre through the [[1980s]]?'''
*'''... that the [[rare species|rare]] '''[[Pitkin Marsh lily]]''' ''(pictured)'' is limited today to three small colonies, due to [[cattle]] [[overgrazing]] of its [[habitat]] and the flower's popularity with humans?'''
*'''... that although a response to the 1885 [[Endicott Board]] recommendations for the [[Coastal defence and fortification|coastal defense]] of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], the  [[artillery battery|batteries]] at '''[[Fort Miley Military Reservation|Fort Miley]]''' were not completed until 1902?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/51|May–June]]===
[[File:Sonoma Plant at The Geysers 4778.png|right|100px]]
*'''... that '''[[Serranus Clinton Hastings]]''' served as [[chief justice]] of both the [[Iowa Supreme Court|Iowa]] and [[California Supreme Court]]s?'''
*'''... that '''[[The Geysers]]''', a [[geothermal power]] field located north of [[San Francisco, California]],  ''(power plant pictured)'' is the largest geothermal development in the world?'''
*'''... that in 1927, [[Oregon]] congressman '''[[Maurice E. Crumpacker]]''' drowned in [[San Francisco Bay]] after claiming he had been poisoned?'''
*'''... that [[California]]n [[politician]] '''[[Lou Papan]]''' received the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] in 1996?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/48|July–September]]===
[[File:Bummerandlazarus-crop.jpg|100px|right]]
*'''... that [[Chinatown, San Francisco, California|Chinatown, San Francisco]]'s waiter '''[[Edsel Ford Fong]]''' is fondly remembered for calling patrons "retarded" and "fat", slamming food on tables, groping female patrons, telling patrons to "sit down and shut up" and clearing tables before diners were finished?'''
*'''... that two people died outside of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]'s '''[[Pier 26]]''' during the [[1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike|1934 Bloody Thursday Riots]]?'''
*'''... that the stray dogs '''[[Bummer and Lazarus]]''' ''(pictured)'' were so popular with the people of [[San Francisco]] in the 1860s that they were given special exemption from the leash laws?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/15|October–December]]===
[[File:JangInhwan.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that '''''[[The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco]]''''', a 1959 album by [[jazz]] band [[Cannonball Adderley|The Cannonball Adderley Quintet]], reached the [[Bestseller (music)|bestseller]] charts with 50,000 copies sold by May 1960?'''
*'''... that as '''[[Burton Abbott]]''' was being executed in [[California]]'s [[gas chamber]] in 1957, the governor was contacting the warden to [[stay of execution|stay the execution]]?'''
*'''... that the book '''''[[This Is Not The Life I Ordered]]''''', co-authored by former [[California State Senate|California State Senator]] [[Jackie Speier]], has twice reached the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' [[best seller]] list?'''
*'''... that former [[List of mayors of San Jose, California|mayor]] of [[San Jose, California]] '''[[Ernie Renzel]]''' was called the "Father of [[San Jose International Airport]]" for his work in establishing the city's first airport?'''
*'''... that [[Korean independence movement|Korean independence activist]] '''[[Jang In-hwan]]''' ''(pictured)'' used [[Arthur Schopenhauer]]'s "[[Insanity defense|patriotic insanity]]" defense when on [[trial]] for the [[murder]] of Japan lobbyist [[Durham Stevens]], in [[San Francisco]] in 1908?'''
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==2008==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/13|January]]===
[[File:William H Rulofson.jpg|70px|right]] 
[[File:Alviso Adobe.JPG|right|100px]]
*'''... that when [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]–based photographer '''[[William Rulofson]]''' ''(pictured)'' fell to his death, he was heard to have exclaimed, "I am killed"?'''
*'''... that the '''[[San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway]]''' was [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]'s first electric [[streetcar]] company?'''
*'''... that the [[adobe]] house that is the centerpiece of the '''[[Alviso Adobe Community Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Pleasanton, California]], was built in 1854 and continuously in use until 1969?'''
*'''... that years after '''[[Adolph B. Spreckels|Adolph Spreckels]]''' shot [[M. H. de Young]], the [[California Palace of the Legion of Honor]] (which he donated) and the [[M. H. de Young Memorial Museum|De Young Museum]] merged to form the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that the city of [[San Francisco, CA|San Francisco]] contributed a large proportion of the funds for constructing the extension of '''[[Junipero Serra Boulevard]]''' beyond the city limits?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/14|February–March]]===
[[File:Lawson Inada with Frank Chin, Shawn Wong and Michael Chan on location in John Korty's 1976 film "Farewell to Manzanar".jpg|100px|right|Cast and crew on the set of Korty's ''Farewell to Manzanar'', Alameda County, 1976]] 
[[File:Japanese Koto.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that American [[film maker]] '''[[John Korty]]'''’s studio in [[Marin County, California|Marin County]] inspired [[George Lucas]] and [[Francis Ford Coppola]] to establish studios in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]? ''(cast from Korty's Farewell to Manzanar pictured)'''''
*'''... that [[California]]'s four-lane '''[[Bayshore Highway]]''', now a [[freeway]], was built to high standards in the 1920s and '30s, but was called "Bloody Bayshore" because of the number of [[car crash|crash]]es?'''
*'''... that [[Filipino people|Filipino]] jazz singer '''[[Katy de la Cruz]]''' was once a top-billed performer at the famed [[Forbidden City (nightclub)|Forbidden City nightclub]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that the [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]-based [[Electroacoustic music|electro-acoustic]] improvisation [[music ensemble]] '''[[Maybe Monday]]''' features a [[Traditional Japanese musical instruments|traditional Japanese musical instrument]], the [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]]? ''(pictured)'''''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/47|April–June]]===
[[File:Malinda Cramer.jpg|right|70px]]
[[File:Jose Sarria 2010 by John Stephen Dwyer.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that [[film director]] '''[[Brett Simon]]''' taught [[history of film|film history]], [[film theory]] and [[video production]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] while completing two degrees there?'''
*'''... that [[Jack Christiansen]] and [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]] are the only '''[[List of San Francisco 49ers head coaches|San Francisco 49ers head coaches]]''' in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Malinda Cramer]]''' ''(pictured)'', a founder of the [[Church of Divine Science]] and an early influence in the [[New Thought]] movement, died in the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]?'''
*'''... that in 1928, the '''[[Mayo Beach Light]]''' tower was removed from its site on [[Cape Cod]] and re-erected in [[California]] as the [[Point Montara Light]]?'''
*'''... that [[drag (clothing)|drag]] entertainer '''[[José Sarria]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first openly [[gay]] candidate for public office in the [[United States]], garnering some 6,000 votes in his 1961 campaign for the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/16|July]]===
[[File:Hercules Station site 2750 02.JPG|100px|right|Hercules Station site, October 28, 2012]] 
[[File:Temple Sinai First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland2.JPG|right|100px]]
*'''... that after a painted garage door was destroyed, the '''[[Precita Eyes]]''' [[mural]]ists salvaged it and merged it into a new one, said to be one of their most beautiful in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] will have a new direct [[rail transport|rail]] to [[ferry]] connection when the '''[[Hercules station|Hercules]]''' intermodal rail station and [[San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority|WETA]] ferry terminal is constructed?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] [[indie rock]] band '''[[LoveLikeFire]]''' formed as a result of a [[Craigslist]] classified advertisement?'''
*'''... that '''[[Thomas Kimmwood Peters]]''' was the only [[newsreel]] photographer to film the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]]?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco]]'s 1873 '''[[Pigtail Ordinance]]''' was deemed [[Equal Protection Clause|unconstitutional]] because it discriminated against [[Chinese immigration to the United States|Chinese immigrants]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Temple Sinai (Oakland, California)|Temple Sinai]]''', a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[synagogue]] in [[Oakland, California]], grew out of Oakland's Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1875?'''
*'''... that 29&nbsp;percent of the population of '''[[Birds Landing, California]]''' can speak [[Spanish language|Spanish]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/49|August–October]]===
[[File:SF Muni Bus Destination Castro Halloween.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Dustin Moskovitz Headshot.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that in 1993, police officer '''[[Bob Geary (police officer)|Bob Geary]]''' launched a successful [[ballot initiative]] in [[San Francisco, California]] to allow him to carry a [[ventriloquist's dummy]] on patrol?'''
*'''... that [[agribusiness]] executive '''[[Daron Joffe]]''' used to teach [[horticulture]] and farming to incarcerated teenagers in the [[San Francisco]] area?'''
*'''... that '''[[Halloween in the Castro]]''' ''(bus sign pictured)'', [[San Francisco]]'s [[gay village]], started as a children's [[costume]] contest in 1948 and was attended by 500,000&nbsp;people in 2002?'''
*'''... that former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] [[Juan Marichal]] made ten '''[[List of San Francisco Giants Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day starts]]''' for the [[San Francisco Giants]] between 1962 and 1973?'''
*'''... that [[Facebook]] co-founder '''[[Dustin Moskovitz]]''' ''(pictured)'' studied [[economics]] at [[Harvard University]] for two years before moving to [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], [[California]] to work on Facebook full-time?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/50|November–December]]===
[[File:100McAllister.jpg|70px|right]]
*'''... that the tower located at '''[[100 McAllister Street|100 McAllister St]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[San Francisco]] used to be a [[Methodism|Methodist]] church, a hotel and an [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] office building before it was refurbished for residential use by students at [[University of California, Hastings College of the Law|UC Hastings]]?'''
*'''... that veteran [[gay rights|LGBT rights]] activist '''[[Hank Wilson]]''' started or co-founded at least ten [[LGBT]] organizations in the [[San Francisco]] area?'''
*'''... that '''[[George Hardy (labor leader)|George Hardy]]''', who headed the [[Service Employees International Union]] from 1971 to 1980, did his first [[union organizer|union organizing]] among [[janitor]]s in [[San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that when reporter [[George Crile III|George Crile]] compared [[San Francisco]] to [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] when interviewing [[Dianne Feinstein]] for the [[CBS]] documentary '''''[[Gay Power, Gay Politics]]''''', she threw him out of her office?'''
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==2009==

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/41|January]]===
[[File:Peloton on GGB.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:View of Carneros Sonoma from Artesa.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that this year's '''[[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]]''' will cross the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] for the first time? ''(crossing pictured)'''''
*'''... that the '''[[Los Carneros AVA]]''' ''(pictured)'', located in both [[Napa County wine|Napa]] and [[Sonoma (wine)|Sonoma]] counties, was the first [[American Viticultural Area|wine region]] in [[California (wine)|California]] to be defined by its climate characteristics instead of political boundaries?'''
*'''... that a [[Chardonnay]] from the Robert Young Vineyard in the '''[[Alexander Valley AVA]]''' was one of the first premium [[vineyard designated wine]]s in [[California history (wine)|California history]]?'''
*'''... that the bottle label of [[California wine|California]] "[[cult wine]]" producer '''[[Harlan Estate]]''' was ten years in the making?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/17|February]]===
[[File:MountainLionAttackProtocol.jpg|100px|right|Warning sign, posted at Skeggs Point in the El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, San Mateo County]] 
[[File:Bank of Pinole (Pinole, CA).JPG|right|100px]]
*'''... that although it was founded in 1924, '''[[Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, California)|Congregation Beth Israel]]''' in [[Berkeley, California]], did not hire its first [[rabbi]] until 1963?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Bay Area Puma Project]]''' is the first major study of [[cougar|mountain lions]] living in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Mechanics Bank]]''' ''(pictured)'' based in [[Richmond, California]], declined a 60 million dollar [[Global financial crisis of 2008–2009|government bailout]]?'''
*'''... that to survive during [[Prohibition (United States)|Prohibition]], some [[winemaking]] families in what is now [[California]]'s '''[[Russian River Valley AVA]]''' converted to [[Rum-running|bootlegging]] operations that sold a water-based [[wine]] known as "jackass [[brandy]]"?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco 49ers]] [[wide receiver]] '''[[Billy Wilson (wide receiver)|Billy Wilson]]''' has been described as "probably one of the most underrated players in [[NFL]] history"?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/46|March–April]]===
[[File:Caffe Mediterraneum.JPG|100px|right]]
*'''... that if its '''[[San Francisco congestion pricing|congestion pricing proposal]]''' is approved, [[San Francisco]] will be the first U.S. city to implement this method of reducing [[traffic congestion]]?'''
*'''... that the [[latte]] is claimed to have been invented at '''[[Caffe Mediterraneum]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Berkeley, California]]?'''
*'''... that restaurateur '''[[Pascal Rigo]]''' owns the oldest [[flour mill]] in [[San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Bookpeople (distributor)|Bookpeople]]''' was an [[Employee ownership|employee-owned]] book distributor that helped revolutionize [[Small press|independent publishing]] and [[Independent bookstore|bookselling]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/42|May–June]]===
[[File:Kronos Quartet by Sachyn Mital.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Joel Selvin BBQ pepper.jpg|70px|right]]
*'''... that on '''''[[Floodplain (album)|Floodplain]]''''', [[San Francisco]]-based string quartet the [[Kronos Quartet]] ''(pictured)'' plays instruments built by [[Walter Kitundu]], including the ''beguèna maridhia'', which is based on an [[Ethiopia]]n 10-string lyre?'''
*'''... that "'''[[A Supermarket in California]]'''" is a [[poem]] by [[Allen Ginsberg]] published in 1956 and dedicated to [[Walt Whitman]] in the centennial year of the first edition of ''[[Leaves of Grass]]''?'''
*'''... that despite playing the position of [[wide receiver]] in [[American football|American]] [[College football|college football]], '''[[LaShaun Ward]]''' was the third leading rusher for the [[California Golden Bears football|University of California Golden Bears]] in 2001?'''
*'''... that the organizers of San Francisco's '''[[Trans March]]''' rerouted the event through the city's [[Mission District]] to draw attention to [[Trans-bashing|violence]] against [[transgender]] people?'''
*'''... that ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' [[pop music]] critic '''[[Joel Selvin]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an early member of the [[rock and roll]] band [[Rock Bottom Remainders|Rock Bottom Remainders]], made up of authors and journalists?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/45|July]]===
[[File:Maynard Dixon - The Apparition of Cuchulainn.jpg|100px|left]]
[[File:Ina Coolbrith portrait with signature.jpg|70px|right]]
[[File:1907 Cremation of Care.jpg|right|100px]]
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Ina Coolbrith]]''' ''(pictured, right)'', the first woman granted honorary membership in the [[Bohemian Club]], was also the first [[California Poet Laureate]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the [[California]]-based [[donut]] shop '''[[Psycho Donuts]]''' has generated controversy for its [[mental health]]-themed products, such as the "Manic Malt" and "Bipolar"?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Horace Barker]]''' was awarded the [[National Medal of Science]] for discovering the [[coenzyme]] of [[vitamin B12]], which Barker had isolated from mud taken from [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that [[England]]-born [[United States|American]] composer '''[[Wallace Arthur Sabin]]''' was the first dean of the [[San Francisco]] chapter of the [[American Guild of Organists]]? ''(painting of work presented at the [[Bohemian Grove]] pictured, left)'''''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the '''''[[Cremation of Care]]''''' ceremony ''(pictured, right)'' is performed on the first night of the [[Bohemian Club]]'s annual summer encampment at the [[Bohemian Grove]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/43|August #1]]===
[[File:CalifornianNewspaperGoldFoundMarch15-1848.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that '''''[[The Californian (1840s newspaper)|The Californian]]''''' ''(pictured)'', California's first newspaper, appeared first in August 1846 on large sheets of [[rolling paper|cigarette paper]], with [[English language|English]] on one side and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] on the other?'''
*'''... that "[[The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County]]" was one of the stories [[Mark Twain]] published in the [[San Francisco]] weekly literary newspaper '''''[[The Californian (1860s newspaper)|The Californian]]'''''?'''
*'''... that Anton Roman's literary magazine '''''[[The Californian (1880s magazine)|The Californian]]''''', published in 1880, was a continuation of his earlier ''[[Overland Monthly]]''?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/28|August #2]]===
[[File:James F. Bowman.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that journalist '''[[James F. Bowman]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a grandiose poetry review for [[The Californian (1860s newspaper)|''The Californian'']] newspaper, then published an anonymous review in the [[San Francisco Chronicle|''Dramatic Chronicle'']] savaging his earlier review?'''
*'''... that '''[[AltaRock Energy]]'''{{`s}} demonstration project for generating [[renewable energy]] through [[geothermal power]] may increase the number of [[earthquake]]s in [[California]]?'''
*'''... that the majority of [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] '''[[Rancho Las Putas]]''' was covered by [[Lake Berryessa]] in 1957?'''
*'''... that the '''[[San Francisco Art Association]]''' used the expansive [[Palace of Fine Arts]] to show a small collection of public art, and lost money each year from 1915 to 1922?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/56|August #3]]===
[[File:2009-0724-CA-Dublin-StRaymonds.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that the settlers who built '''[[Old St. Raymond's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Dublin, California]], were unable to afford a full-time priest, so one rode in monthly from [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] to hold Mass?'''
*'''... that the [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] '''[[Rancho Las Juntas]]''' was given to [[Irish people|Irishman]] William Welch, who was listed as "Guillermo Welch" on official land documents?'''
*'''... that [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] '''[[Rancho Los Medanos]]''' was called "New York of the Pacific" by the [[New York City|New York]] army colonel who bought it?'''
*'''... that [[Dorothea Lange]] and [[Pirkle Jones]] were commissioned to take photographs of '''[[Monticello, California]]''' as it was being prepared for destruction?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/44|September]]===
[[File:Jean-Marc Nattier, Terpsichore (1739), detail.jpg|70px|right]]
[[File:BonnyDmap.jpg|70px|right]]
*'''... that '''[[Icehouse Wilson]]''', a member of "[[Oakland, California|Oakland]]'s first World Champion [[Baseball]] team," had a career [[batting average]] of .000 in [[Major League Baseball]]?'''
*'''... that the [[machinima]]-based [[music video]] '''''[[Dance, Voldo, Dance]]''''' was featured at the [[San Jose Museum of Art]] as part of an exhibit in 2006?'''
*'''... that '''''[[San Jose Mercury News West Magazine]]''''' received awards for reporting on [[Japanese American internment]], environmental policies of the [[Reagan administration]], and effects of [[Proposition 13]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Rancho Cañada de Pogolimi]]''', a fertile [[Ranchos of California#Mexican era|California ranch]] exceeding {{convert|8780|acre|km2|1}}, was granted in 1844 to María Antonia Cazares, who was married at 14 and widowed at 17?'''
*'''... that '''''[[Triangle (The Beau Brummels album)|Triangle]]''''', the 1967 album by [[The Beau Brummels]], was partially inspired by the [[California Palace of the Legion of Honor|Legion of Honor]]? ''(Terpsichore (1739), by [[Jean-Marc Nattier]] pictured)'''''
*'''... that the '''[[Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve]]''' ''(map pictured)'' in the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] of [[California]] contains an ancient [[seabed]] with [[fossil]]s of various marine lifeforms, such as [[sand dollar]]s and [[Bivalvia|bivalves]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/37|October]]===
[[File:Oakland City Hall-3.jpg|right|70px|Oakland City Hall]]
*'''... that a 36-cell [[jail]] is located on the twelfth floor of the [[Oakland, California]] '''[[Oakland City Hall|City Hall]]''' ''(pictured)''?'''
*'''... that '''[[Frank Kanning Mott]]''' was a messenger for [[Western Union]], a [[Switchboard operator|telephone operator]], a [[Hardware store|hardware]] business owner and a [[city council]]man before he was elected [[List of mayors of Oakland, California|mayor of Oakland, California]] in 1905?'''
*'''... that the sculptor [[Emile Norman|Emile Norman's]] largest and most famous work is a four-story high '''[[endomosaic]]''' window in the lobby of the Masonic Memorial Temple in [[San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality]]''' in [[San Francisco]] houses one of the world's most comprehensive libraries of academic [[Sexology|sexological]] and erotological resources?'''
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==2010==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/35|January–March]]===
[[File:Bimbo's365Blade.jpg|50px|right]]
*'''... that an early incarnation of '''[[Bimbo's 365 Club]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[San Francisco]] included Dolfina, a nude woman who appeared to swim inside a large aquarium over the bar?'''
*'''... that the '''[[Council on Religion and the Homosexual]]''' once held a fundraiser dance despite intimidation from [[San Francisco]] police?'''
*'''... that '''[[William C. McInnes]]''', one of the first [[Jesuits]] to study [[business administration]], simultaneously served as the [[Chancellor (education)|president]] of both [[Fairfield University]] and the [[University of San Francisco]] for four months?'''
*'''... that eclectic and non-traditional '''[[Quartet San Francisco]]'''  has been nominated five times for [[Grammy Award]]s, most recently for ''QSF Plays Brubeck'', the first all-[[Dave Brubeck]]  [[string quartet]] recording?'''
*'''... that the [[Bolinas, California]]-based unconventional [[winemaking|winemaker]] '''[[Sean Thackrey]]''' was previously an [[art dealer]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/38|April–June]]===
[[File:William R. Parnell.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that the 1878 constitution of [[San Francisco]]'s '''[[Congregation Beth Israel-Judea|Congregation Beth Israel]]''' prohibited members from praying out loud?'''
*'''... that '''[[H. Brett Melendy]]''' was the first chairman of the history department of [[San José State University]], [[California]]?'''
*'''... that a new [[orchid]] species, '''''[[Ornithidium donaldeedodii]]''''', was "discovered" when a mislabeled plant at the [[University of California Botanical Garden]] had its [[DNA]] analyzed?'''
*'''... that [[California]]'s first [[State Capitol|State House]] was originally a hotel in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] owned by businessman '''[[Pierre Sainsevain|Pierre "Don Pedro" Sainsevain]]''' and his associates?'''
*'''... that [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[William R. Parnell]]''' ''(pictured)'' died in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] on August 20, 1910, after falling from a [[Streetcar|street car]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/39|July–September #1]]===
[[File:Kent Island 3420.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that '''[[Tropical Storm Ignacio (1997)|Tropical Storm Ignacio]]''' of August 1997 caused unprecedented rainfall in [[San Francisco, California]], which typically receives only a trace of precipitation during the month?'''
*'''... that, seven years after [[California Golden Bears football|California football]] coach '''[[Stub Allison]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "nasty, opportunistic defense" helped win a [[NCAA Division I FBS national football championship|national championship]], he was fired for "shackl[ing] good material with a dull offense"?'''
*'''... that '''[[Bolinas Ridge]]''' which runs parallel to [[California]]'s [[San Andreas Fault]] has been the setting for numerous automobile [[television commercial]]s?'''
*'''... that '''[[Kent Island (California)|Kent Island]]''' ''(pictured)'', a national [[wildlife sanctuary]] in [[California]]'s [[Bolinas Lagoon]], was once just hours from becoming the future site of a 1,500 boat [[marina]]?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/57|July–September #2]]===
[[File:Clipper ship Andrew Jackson sailing card.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that '''[[George Malley]]''', whose [[St. Ignatius College Preparatory|St. Ignatius High School]] [[American football|football]] team was once compared to [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] under [[Knute Rockne]], resigned from the [[University of San Francisco]] with a losing record?'''
*'''... that [[California wine|California]] [[cult wine]] producer '''[[Scarecrow (wine)|Scarecrow]]''' is named for its founder's connection to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''?'''
*'''... that, in 1902, '''[[SS Doric (1883)|SS ''Doric'']]''' brought over {{convert|33000|lb|kg|lk=in}} of [[opium]] to [[San Francisco]], the largest such shipment to that date?'''
*'''... that the '''''[[Andrew Jackson (clipper)|Andrew Jackson]]''''' ''(card pictured)'' was one of only two [[square-rigged]] ships to sail from [[New York City]] to [[San Francisco]] in under ninety days?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/40|October–December #1]]===
[[File:Americium microscope.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that the discovery of chemical elements '''[[curium]]''' and '''[[americium]]''' ''(pictured)'' was first announced on a radio show for children in 1945?'''
*'''... that '''[[The Waybacks]]''', a four-piece band from [[San Francisco Bay]], played covers from [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]'' at the 2010 [[MerleFest]]?'''
*'''... that one of the '''[[Google driverless car]]s''' was able to drive itself down the narrow [[hairpin turn]]s of [[San Francisco]]'s [[Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]]?'''
*... that it took 340 days of continuous experiments to prepare 22 milligrams of '''[[berkelium]]''' for the synthesis of 6 atoms of [[ununseptium|element 117]], which took another 150 days?
*... that the chemical element '''[[einsteinium]]''' was discovered in the debris of the [[Ivy Mike]] [[nuclear test]] ''(pictured)'' in 1952?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/58|October–December #2]]===
[[File:King Philip stern at Ocena Beach.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:GL Hunter.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that at [[Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California|Ocean Beach]] in [[San Francisco]], every so often the sand recedes enough to allow the 19th century '''[[King Philip shipwreck|shipwreck of the ''King Philip'']]''' [[clipper ship]] ''(pictured)'' to become visible?'''
*'''... that '''[[San Francisco City Clinic]]''' is a specialty [[municipal services|municipal]] [[Sexual health clinic|sexual health center]] that opened in 1933 and serves people over the age of 12?'''
*'''... that '''[[George Leslie Hunter]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' early work was destroyed in the [[1906 San Francisco Earthquake]]?'''
*'''... that the '''[[List of Oakland Athletics no-hitters|first no-hitter]]''' by an [[Oakland Athletics]] pitcher after the [[Major League Baseball]] club relocated to [[Oakland, California]], was a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] by [[Catfish Hunter]] in 1968?'''
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==2011==

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/4|January–February]]===
[[File:Rinaldo Cuneo, The Embarcadero at Night.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:Marin Creek.jpg|100px|left|Village Creek, maintained by Friends of Five Creeks]] 
{{*}}'''... that Joe Heitz of [[California wine|California]] [[wine]] producer '''[[Heitz Wine Cellars]]''' is considered the first in the U.S. to champion single [[vineyard designated wine]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that a critic said that landscapes by '''[[Rinaldo Cuneo]]''' ''(painting of the Embarcadero pictured, right)'' "are the very soul and essence of California materialized in line and color"?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the '''[[Friends of Five Creeks]]''' helps restore creeks in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]'s [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]] including [[Daylighting (streams)|daylighting]] [[Marin Creek]]? ''(Village Creek pictured, left)'''''<br>
{{*}}'''... that [[California Gold Rush#Forty-niners|California '49er]] '''[[Stephen William Shaw]]''' helped discover [[Humboldt Bay]], painted over 200 portraits of [[San Francisco]] notables, and started growing grapes in [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]]?'''<br>
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/19|March–April]]===
[[File:Galilee Cruise1.jpg|100px|right|''Galilee'', built in Benicia, California]]
[[File:Phoenix SF fire department.jpg|100px|right]]
*'''... that the '''''[[Galilee (ship)|Galilee]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a [[brigantine]] built by '''[[Matthew Turner (shipbuilder)|Matthew Turner]]''' in 1891, spent three years on charter to the [[Carnegie Institution for Science|Carnegie Institute of Washington]] as a magnetic observatory?<br>'''
*'''... that [[Sonoma wine]] producer '''[[Hanzell Vineyards]]''' was one of the first [[California wine]]ries to produce [[barrel-aged (wine)|barrel-aged]] [[Chardonnay]]?'''
*'''... that California attorney '''[[Charles Stetson Wheeler]]''' built a temple to fishing at his hunting lodge on [[McCloud River]]?'''
*'''... that [[Ralph Stackpole]]'s {{convert|81|ft|m|adj=on}} statue '''''[[Pacifica (statue)|Pacifica]]''''' was at one time planned for permanent construction on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco]] fireboat '''''[[Phoenix (fireboat)|Phoenix]]''''' ''(pictured)'' pumped some 5.5&nbsp;million gallons (20.8&nbsp;ML) of seawater to help fight fires after the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]]?'''
*'''... that former [[California State Assembly]]man '''[[George W. Milias]]''', a graduate of both [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]] and [[Stanford University|Stanford]], was President of the California Republican Assembly and [[California Republican Party|state Republican Party]] Chairman?'''
*''' ... that saxophonist [[King Curtis]] was stabbed to death a week after releasing his album '''''[[Live at Fillmore West]]'''''?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/53|May–June]]===
[[File:Omori San Francisco Call 05August1906.jpg|right|60px|Fusakichi Omori|alt=Fusakichi Omori, pioneering Japanese seismologist]]
[[File:Sid Grauman.jpg|right|60px]]
*'''... that seismologist '''[[Fusakichi Omori]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the [[Tokyo Imperial University| Imperial University of Tokyo]], who mapped the effects of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], later designed and donated the equipment to found the [[Hawaiian Volcano Observatory]]? '''
*'''... that '''[[Florence Wysinger Allen|Flo Allen]]''' was "San Francisco's best loved artists' model" and modeled for 30 years?'''
*'''... that in '''''[[San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee]]''''', the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled that the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] did not protect the use of the word "Olympics", over the objections of the [[U.S. Olympic Committee]]?'''
*'''... that, after the [[1906 San Francisco Earthquake|1906 Earthquake]], '''[[Sid Grauman]]''' ''(pictured)'', owner of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], showed movies in a tent with a sign that read "Nothing to fall on you but canvas if there is another quake"? '''
*'''... that after being named the [[UCLA Bruins baseball|UCLA Bruins]] [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] in 2006 and 2007, [[San Francisco Giants]] rookie '''[[Brandon Crawford]]''' hit a [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] in his first [[Major League Baseball]] game?'''
*'''... that the [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] '''[[Record Plant]]''' served for a time as the residence for [[Rick James]] who slept in a conference room built with a [[waterbed]] floor?'''
*'''... that [[University of California, Berkeley]] math professor '''[[Ian Agol]]''' has a twin brother who is a [[University of Washington]] astronomy professor?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/54|July–August]]===

*'''... that '''[[Jane Baker (mayor)|Jane Baker]]''', a former [[cooking show]] host and [[community organizer]], became the first female [[Mayor]] of [[San Mateo, California]]?'''
*'''... that Indonesian sociologist '''[[Mely G. Tan]]''' participated in student protests at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] until warned that she could be deported? '''
*'''... that the houseboat '''[[Vallejo (ferry)|''Vallejo'']]''' ''(pictured)'', made an icon of [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] culture by artist [[Jean Varda]] and philosopher [[Alan Watts]] in the 1960s, originally served as a passenger ferry in [[Portland, Oregon]] in the 1870s?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/20|September–December]]===
[[File:畫麗珠萃秀 Gathering Gems of Beauty (梁木蘭) 2.jpg|right|100px|Hua Mulan]]
*... that Bay Area native '''[[Robert D. San Souci]]''' was a consultant to [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Disney Studios]] when he suggested that they turn the legend of [[Hua Mulan]] ''(pictured)'' into a film, released in 1998 as ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]''?
*'''... that after moving into the [[Bethesda Home for Boys]] at age seven, current [[San Francisco 49ers|San Francisco 49er]] '''[[Demarcus Dobbs]]''' moved in with his high school football coach's family in 2005?'''
*'''... that, in 1980, U.S. presidential candidate [[John B. Anderson|John Anderson]] wrote in the '''''[[San Francisco Sentinel]]''''' that, if elected, he would end federal government discrimination based on sexual orientation?'''
*'''... that future [[California Courts of Appeal|California Court of Appeal]] Justice '''[[Christopher Cottle]]''' attended [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] for one day before transferring to [[Stanford University|Stanford]], where he was a [[pre-medical]] student and [[captain (sports)|captain]] of the [[Stanford Cardinal football|football team]]?'''
*'''... that the opening of [[San Francisco]]'s '''[[Tiffany Building (San Francisco)|Tiffany Building]]''' included a [[Siu yuk|roast pig]] and a [[lion dance]] for good luck?'''
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==2012==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/21|January–March]]===
[[File:Peoplestemplememorialgravesite.jpg|100px|right]] 
[[File:Healdsburg Bridge 193708pu.jpg|right|100px]]
*... that '''[[Evergreen Cemetery (Oakland, California)|Evergreen Cemetery]]''' in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] is the site of a memorial ''(pictured)'' to the victims of the [[Jonestown]] tragedy? 
*'''... that the '''[[Healdsburg Memorial Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Healdsburg, California]], was the first steel bridge across the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Save The Bay]]''' helped stop [[San Bruno Mountain]] from being destroyed to create landfill along {{convert|27|mi|km}} of [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Elias Abraham Rosenberg]]''', a peddler from [[San Francisco]], became an adviser to King [[Kalākaua]] of Hawaii due to his purported ability to predict the future?'''
*'''... that '''[[Bob Wasserman]]''' served as police chief, city councilman, and mayor of the city of [[Fremont, California]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur]]''', who later wrote ''The Art of Beowulf'', was one of a group of [[University of California]] professors who at first refused on principle to sign the [[loyalty oath]] in 1949?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/22|April–June]]===
[[File:Edsel Ford Fong 1982.png|70px|right|Edsel with "abused" customers in 1982.]] 
[[File:Grafton Tyler Brown.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant '''[[Sam Wo]]''' had the [[Edsel Ford Fong|world's rudest waiter]] ''(pictured)'' and was closed in 2012 for rat feces after 100 years of operating in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco's Chinatown]]?'''
*'''... that California governor [[Henry Gage]] publicly denied there was a '''[[San Francisco plague of 1900–1904]]'''?'''
*'''... that the ''City of Rio de Janeiro'' is located in '''[[Ships lost in San Francisco|San Francisco Bay]]'''?'''
*'''... that a '''[[Peter Armstrong (priest)|Roman Catholic priest]]''' got five [[Super Bowl ring]]s with the [[San Francisco 49ers|49ers]]?'''
*'''... that protesters have '''[[Occupy the Farm|occupied and started to farm]]''' a tract of land owned by the [[University of California, Berkeley]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Grafton Tyler Brown]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[African American]] artist to document California and the Pacific Northwest?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/23|July–September]]===
[[File:California Hall.JPG|100px|right]]
[[File:Oakland Portola Road Race 1909 program.jpg|right|70px]]
*'''... that the [[James Dalessandro]]'s 2004 novel '''''[[1906 (novel)|1906]]''''' was based upon the 1998 [[screenplay]] he wrote about the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] for a film [[1906 (film)|by the same name]]?'''
*... that '''[[California Hall (UC Berkeley)|California Hall]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the original ''"classical core"'' [[Beaux arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]]-style [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]] buildings on the [[Campus of the University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley campus]]?
*'''... that the '''[[Carnegie Free Library (Petaluma, California)|Petaluma Historical Library and Museum]]''' includes [[Miwok people|Miwok]] items?'''
*'''... that botanist''' [[Sara Plummer Lemmon]] '''authored the legislation to make the [[Eschscholzia californica|golden poppy]] the state flower of [[California]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Terry Francois]]''' was the first African American member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]?'''
*'''... that two men and a dog died during the 1909 '''[[Portola Road Race]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Oakland, California]]?'''
*... that poet [[Ishmael Reed]] learned to play jazz piano at the '''[[Jazzschool]]''' beginning when he was 60?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/25|October–December]]===
[[File: Winchester House 910px.jpg|100px|right]] 
[[File:Viskontas Indre IV 095.jpg|70px|right]] 
*'''... that over '''[[Reportedly haunted locations in the San Francisco Bay Area|100 sites in the San Francisco Bay Area]]''' ''(pictured: [[Winchester Mystery House]])'' are reported to be haunted?'''
*'''... that the works of '''[[Henry W. Cleaveland]]''', a founding member of the [[American Institute of Architects]], include the original [[Palace Hotel, San Francisco]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Downtown College Prep]]''' in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] was the first [[charter school]] in [[Santa Clara County, California]]?'''
*'''... that '''[[Walt Downing]]''', the seventh All-American [[Center (American football)|center]] for [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]], won a [[Super Bowl]] with the [[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|1981 San Francisco 49ers]]?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco]] police supervised the controversial [[North America|North American]] premiere of '''''[[Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948|Al-Nakba]]''''' at the [[Castro Theater]]?'''
*'''... that [[San Francisco Conservatory of Music]] faculty member '''[[Indre Viskontas]]''' ''(pictured)'' has performed research into the [[Neuroscience|neurological]] basis of memory, reasoning, and self-identity?'''
*'''... that [[United States House of Representatives|congressman-elect]] '''[[Eric Swalwell]]''' served on the [[city council]] of [[College Park, Maryland]], while a student at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]?'''
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==2013==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/27|January–March]]===
[[File:Brock Bond.jpg|70px|left|Brock Bond]] 
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[[File:Sara Bard Field.png|70px|right|Sara Bard Field]]
{{*}}'''... that the [[San Francisco Giants]] drafted '''[[Brock Bond]]''' ''(pictured, left)'' when they meant to draft '''[[Casey Bond]]''' ''(pictured, right)''?'''<br>
{{*}}... that '''''[[A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown]]''''', published in 2011 by [[Julia Scheeres]], is a history of the [[Jonestown]] settlement, and subsequent massacre in 1978?<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''''[[The Bay Lights]]''''' art installation uses 25,000 white [[Light-emitting diode|LED lights]], programmed to create a series of abstract patterns that ascend and descend the cables on the [[San Francisco Bay Bridge]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Sara Bard Field]]''' ''(pictured)'' traveled by automobile from [[San Francisco]] to [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1915 to deliver a petition with 500,000 signatures for [[women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] to [[Woodrow Wilson]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Zelma Long]]''' is considered to be one of the female pioneers of wine production in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Silver Oak Cellars]]''' has been cited as one of a dozen California wineries which "have reached cult status" for its [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] production?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that [[Berkeley, California]], rapper [[Lil B]]'s '''''[[Rain in England]]''''' is an [[Ambient music|ambient]] [[hip hop]] album without any beats or profanity?'''<br>

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*'''The next 5 sections of DYK's placed at the SFBA portal originally had longer descriptions, and not "taglines". The original longer descriptions have been re-edited to conform with DYK standards. The DYK's from the main page remain unchanged, and bolded as above.'''

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/29|April]]===
[[File:The bridge to the tunnel at Devil's slide area.JPG|70px|right|Bridge to the Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devil's Slide]]
*... that the '''[[Tom Lantos Tunnels]]''' are named after late Congressman [[Tom Lantos]], who was instrumental in securing funding for the project?
[[File:Soutirage.jpg|70px|right|Soutirage at Twomey Cellars]]
*... that in 1999, winemaker '''[[Daniel Baron]]''' persuaded [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] producers [[Silver Oak Cellars]] to establish '''[[Twomey Cellars]]''' ''(pictured)'', to pursue [[Merlot]] production?
[[File:JL Patton portrait.jpg|50px|right]]
*... that '''''[[Live at Keystone]]''''', an album by [[Merl Saunders]], [[Jerry Garcia]], [[John Kahn]], and [[Bill Vitt]], was recorded live at the [[Keystone (Berkeley, California)|Keystone]] in [[Berkeley, California]] in 1973?
*... that '''[[James L. Patton]]''' ''(pictured)'' is emeritus professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the [[Museum of Vertebrate Zoology]], [[UC Berkeley]]?
*'''... that when '''[[Charles O'Rear]]''' took a photograph of a green, lush hillside near [[Napa County, California|Napa Valley]], he did not expect it to be "the most viewed image of the world"?'''
*'''... that Berkeley law dean '''[[Frank C. Newman]]''', whose work on international human rights law was prompted by a sabbatical year in Geneva, Switzerland, was appointed to the [[Supreme Court of California]] in 1977?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/24|May–June 2013]]===
[[File:Armand Vaillancourt - Performance publique Montréal - 09.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:2003 Turley Napa Valley Charbono Tofanelli Vineyard.jpg|right|100px]]
*'''... that the [[graffiti]] that has been removed from San Francisco's '''[[Vaillancourt Fountain]]''' includes slogans painted on it by its sculptor ''(pictured)''?'''
*'''... that '''[[Douce noir]]''', which is known as Charbono ''(pictured)'' in [[California (wine)|California]] and Bonarda in [[Argentina (wine)|Argentina]], has been called both a "[[cult wine]]" and "the [[Rodney Dangerfield]] of wine"?'''
*'''... that '''''[[When the Game Stands Tall]]''''' is an upcoming film about the [[De La Salle High School (Concord, California)|De La Salle High School]] 151-game [[high school football]] winning streak?'''
*'''... that in '''[[San Francisco in the 1970s|August 1975]]''', almost the entire [[San Francisco Police Department]] staged a strike as the city refused a pay increase for them?'''
*'''... that '''[[Gavin Arthur]]''', grandson of United States President [[Chester A. Arthur]], worked as an [[Astrology|astrologer]] and [[Sexology|sexologist]] in [[San Francisco]] in the 1960s?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/30|July]]===
[[File:Selden Connor Gile.jpg|100px|left|Selden Connor Gile in his twenties]]
[[File:NTSBAsiana214Fuselage2.jpg|100px|right|The aircraft after the crash]]
[[File:SSF Hillside Sign 2.JPG|100px|right]]
[[File:John W. Dwinelle.jpg|70px|right|John W. Dwinelle]]
{{*}}... that '''[[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight from [[Incheon International Airport]], [[South Korea]], that crashed while attempting a landing at its destination, [[San Francisco International Airport]], on July 6, 2013?<br>
{{*}}... that the '''[[South San Francisco Hillside Sign]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' was created in the 1920s and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California|National Register of Historic Places]]?<br>
{{*}}... that '''''[[A Boy and His Atom]]''''' was made by moving [[carbon monoxide]] [[molecule]]s viewed through a [[scanning tunneling microscope]], magnifying them 100 million times?<br>
{{*}}... that '''[[Jack Harker|John Mason 'Jack’ Harker]]''' was a member of the original team that developed the first [[disk storage]] system?<br>
{{*}}... that '''[[Selden Connor Gile]]''' ''(pictured, left)'' was the founder and leader of the [[Society of Six]], a [[Bay Area]] group of artists known for their plein-air paintings?<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[John W. Dwinelle]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' helped establish the [[University of California]], the right of black children to attend public school, and [[San Francisco]]'s claim to much of the land within its borders?'''<br>
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/26|August–October]]===
[[File:San Francisco Civic Center Historic District 09.jpg|100px|left|the statue ''Ashurbanipal'' in April 2011]]
[[File:1856-S double eagle reverse.jpg|70px|right|Liberty Head double eagle]]
[[File:SONOMA STATE HISTORICAL PARK - CALIFORNIA.jpg|right|100px]]
{{*}}'''... that critics complained that '''[[Ashurbanipal (sculpture)|a bronze statue]]''' ''(pictured, left)'' of the [[Assyria]]n king [[Ashurbanipal]] standing in [[San Francisco]]'s [[Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]] more closely resembled the [[Sumer]]ian king [[Gilgamesh]]?'''<br>
{{*}}... that the twenty-dollar '''[[Liberty Head double eagle]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' was minted after the California gold rush as the "most efficient way to coin a given quantity of gold bullion"?<br>
{{*}}... that the '''[[Blue Wing Inn]]''' ''(pictured, right)'', started as a one-room hotel in Sonoma, California, in 1836, was also a saloon, a gambling hall, a stagecoach depot, a grocery store, a winery, a museum, and a retail center?<br>
{{*}}'''... that '''[[Mike McCormick (pitcher)|Mike McCormick]]''' was the first [[San Francisco Giants]] pitcher to win the [[Cy Young Award]]?'''<br>
{{*}}... that [[First Lady of California]], '''[[Anne Gust]]''' has served as both an Executive Vice-President for [[Gap Inc.]] and on the board of directors for [[Jack in the Box]]?<br>
{{*}} ... that '''[[Bay Area Bike Share]]''', the first large-scale [[bike sharing]] service deployed on the [[West Coast of the United States]], opened to the public in five cities on August 29, 2013?
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==2014==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/32|January–March #1]]===
[[File:IsaacFriedlanderPortrait-1878.png|70px|right]]
[[File:Circle 4.jpg|70px|left|Issue no. 4]]
{{*}}... that as of November 2013, two "'''[[Google barges]]'''" were docked in [[Treasure Island, San Francisco]]? <br>
{{*}}... that '''[[Isaac Friedlander]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' and his South Carolina-born wife Priscilla were known for their parties in which they brought a flavor of "[[Old South]]" culture to San Francisco?<br>
{{*}}... that '''''[[Circle Magazine]]''''' ''(pictured, left)'' was published from 1944 to 1948 by [[George Leite]], at his [[Berkeley, California]] bookstore, [[daliel's]]?<br>
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/59|January–March #2]]===
[[File:SupervisorJaneKim.png|right|70px]]
{{*}}'''... that San Francisco artists and craftspeople fought the police and city hall for years to bring about a '''[[Street Artists Program of San Francisco|Street Artists Program]]''' that lets them legally sell their work on the city's sidewalks?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the '''[[Mokelumne Aqueduct]]''', originally built in 1929, is the sole water supply system for over one million people in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the '''[[Potamocorbula amurensis|Asian clam]]''' is causing trouble in [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that the '''[[Maeotias|Black Sea jellyfish]]''' has become established in the estuaries of the [[Petaluma River|Petaluma]] and [[Napa River]]s flowing into [[San Francisco Bay]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that San Francisco Supervisor '''[[Jane Kim]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' plays bass guitar, and her favorite song is by the [[Wu-Tang Clan]]?'''<br>
{{*}}'''... that [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] [[rock concert]] [[poster]] artist '''[[Gary Grimshaw]]''' was sentenced to 15 days in jail and a $150 fine for flying a 15 cent kite with a dirty word written on it?'''
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/33|June]]===
[[File:SsCity of chester photo.jpg|100px|right|'''SS ''City of Chester'''''']]
*... that the [[SS City of Chester|'''SS ''City of Chester''''''s]] ''(pictured)'' Chinese crew's efforts to help during its 1888 shipwreck, reduced [[anti-Chinese]] [[xenophobia]]? 
*... that the '''[[Oceanic Society]]''' ran its first whale watching trip to the [[Farallon Islands]] in 1975 aboard a former Coast Guard Cutter? 

*... that [[Silicon Valley (TV series)|'''''Silicon Valley''''''s]] creator,  [[Mike Judge]],  once worked at a [[Silicon Valley]] startup company with about 40 employees? 
*... that muralist [[Victor Arnautoff|'''Victor Mikhail Arnautoff''']] ''(pictured)'' became a naturalized U.S. citizen, and taught at Stanford for two decades, but returned to the Soviet Union after the death of his wife?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/36|July]]===
[[File:The Cruise of the Dazzler book cover.png|right|40px]]
[[File:Sonoma presidio mosaic.png|right|120px]]
*'''... that golfer '''[[Lucy Li]]''' set records as the youngest [[United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship|U.S. Women's Amateur Championship]] qualifier at age 10 in 2013 and the youngest [[United States Women's Open Championship (golf)|U.S. Women's Open Championship]] qualifier at age 11 in 2014?'''
*... that '''''[[The Cruise of the Dazzler]]''''' ''(pictured)'', written by [[Jack London]] in 1902, accurately describes [[oyster pirates|oyster pirating]]?
*... that the '''[[Sonoma Barracks]]''' ''(pictured)'' were the headquarters for the short-lived insurrection later known as the [[Bear Flag Revolt]]?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/60|August]]===
[[File:Stanford Oval May 2011 panorama.jpg|200px|right]]
[[File:Oorja logo.gif|120px|right]] 
[[File:Drakes Bay Oyster Company - 02.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:California half dollar obverse.jpg|70px|right]]
* '''... that the inner part of [[Stanford University]]'s '''[[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]]''' ''(pictured)'' is surrounded by twelve buildings, numbered 1 through 110?'''
*... that [[Fremont, California|Fremont]] based '''[[Oorja Fuel Cells]]''' ''(logo pictured)'' is considered one of the four major players in the North American [[fuel cell]] market?
*... that '''[[Drakes Bay Oyster Company]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the largest shellfish operations in California, producing upwards of 8 million oysters a year?
*... that '''[[Bonnie Bergin]]''' has trained dogs to do everything from read basic words to identify diseased plants in [[Napa Valley|Napa]]'s vineyards?
* '''... that the '''[[California Diamond Jubilee half dollar]]''' ''(pictured)'' depicts a man panning for gold, but itself contains only silver and copper?'''
*... that '''[[neptunium]]''' is found in at least three [[Allotropy|allotropes]]{{mdashb}}one [[orthorhombic]], one [[tetragonal]], and one [[body-centered cubic]]?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/61|September]]===
[[File:CiCi Bellis forehand.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:Petrified Forest - Stierch D.jpg|100px|right]]
[[File:BART Oakland Airport Connector.jpg|100px|right|Oakland Coliseum BART station, with AGT station in background]]
* ... that San Francisco-based photographer '''[[Edmund Shea]]''' worked as a printer of photographs for artists including [[Imogen Cunningham]]?
* ... that at the [[2014 US Open (tennis)|2014 US Open]], '''[[CiCi Bellis]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the youngest American to win a match at the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]] since [[Mary Joe Fernandez]] at the [[1986 US Open (tennis)|1986 US Open]]?
* ... that [[Stanford University]] mathematics professor '''[[Maryam Mirzakhani]]''' "considers not just one billiard table, but the universe of all possible billiard tables."?
* ... that the bar at '''[[Hotel Durant]]''' serves a [[Bloody Mary (cocktail)|bloody mary]] with house-made [[tomato juice]] topped off with a splash of [[Guinness]]?
* ... that '''[[Pirates Press]]''' can create [[vinyl record]]s in colors "from orange marble to translucent red; solid white to half-purple and half-green; even glitter and glow-in-the-dark."?
* ... that the '''[[Petrified Forest (California)|Petrified Forest]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] has the largest petrified trees in the world?
* ... that the '''[[BART to Oakland International Airport Automated Guideway Transit]]''' ''(pictured)'' will not utilize existing [[BART]] rolling stock, and will not be physically connected with existing BART tracks, but will have its own fleet of [[Cable Liner|cable-drawn]] [[automated guideway transit]] vehicles?
* ... that '''''[[I Remember Mama (play)|I Remember Mama]]''''' centers around a Norwegian immigrant family in the [[The Castro, San Francisco|Castro District]] in the early 1900s?
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/62|October]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/63|November]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/64|December]] ===
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==2015==

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/65|January]] ===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/66|February]] ===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/67|March]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/68|April]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/69|May]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/70|June]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/71|July]] ===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/72|November]]===
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==2016==

===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/73|January]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/74|April]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/75|June]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/76|September]]===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/77|November]]===
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==2020==
===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/79]] ([[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/Current|current]])===
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===[[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/80]] (forthcoming)===
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