for the geographical region SanFranciscoBay Area for the California wine region SanFranciscoBay AVA for the city SanFrancisco Infobox baybay name SanFranciscoBay image bay BayareaUSGS.jpg coords ... San Jose references SanFranciscoBay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining ... end to SanFranciscoBay, although the entire group of interconnected bays is often referred to as SanFranciscoBay . SanFranciscoBay is located in the United States U.S. state of California, surrounded by a contiguous region known as the SanFranciscoBay Area often simply the Bay Area , dominated ... . The waterway entrance to SanFranciscoBay from the Pacific Ocean is called Golden Gate . Across ... Symphonies in Steel SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bot generated title ... estuary in North or South America. File Airbayarea.JPG thumb right 240px Mouth of SanFranciscoBay ... Bridge from the air.jpeg thumb left SanFrancisco, Oakland, and the SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge Bay Bridge The Marina District of SanFrancisco, hard hit by the 1989 earthquake, was built on fill ... in SanFranciscoBay. Isolated in the center of the Bay is Alcatraz , the site of the famous federal ... of the SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge. Attached to the north is the artificial and flat Treasure ... . Geology SanFranciscoBay is thought to represent a down warping of the Earth s crust between ... SanFranciscoBay from space, September 1994 Main SanFranciscoBay Discovery Site The first recorded Europe an discovery of SanFranciscoBay was on November 4, 1769 when Spain Spanish explorer Gaspar ... Ridge , where he sighted SanFranciscoBay. Portola and his party did not realize what they had ..., Drakes Bay went by the name Bahia de SanFrancisco and thus both bodies of water became associated ... of 1848 1850s, SanFranciscoBay instantly became one of the world s greatest seaports, dominating ... Bulletin From Trail to Rail 17.html cprr.org ref SanFranciscoBay continues to support some of the densest ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name SanFranciscoBay View image caption type Weekly newspaper format Broadsheet foundation ceased publication price owners Independent publisher Willie Ratcliff editor language circulation headquarters 4917 Third Street br SanFrancisco, California SanFrancisco , California CA 94124 br United States ISSN website http www.sfbayview.com sfbayview.com SanFranciscoBay View is self promoted as the National Black Newspaper of the Year. It covers politics, economics, and news from a Progressivism progressive African American perspective. In the SanFrancisco area, which has a black population of 10 , its influence is important in local elections. Twenty thousand copies of each edition are delivered door to door in African American neighborhoods and to shops, churches, colleges and community centers throughout the SanFranciscoBay Area. Its name refers to the Hunters Point Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. Along with the SanFranciscoBay Guardian , the SanFranciscoBay View is one of the progressive political forces in a city known for its left wing politics. In March 2009, the newspaper attracted controversy when it defended Lovelle Mixon . External links Portalbox SanFranciscoBay Area Journalism African American http www.sfbayview.com SanFranciscoBay View web site. Category African American newspapers Category Newspapers published in the SanFranciscoBay Area California newspaper stub AfricanAmerican stub ... more details
Image Tiburon trail.jpg thumb 150px right The former railroad grade now forms part of the Tiburon section of the San Francisco Bay Trail, used by hikers and cyclists. The San Francisco Bay Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail in the San Francisco Bay area that is intended eventually to be a continuous Convert 400 mi km 0 network of trails that will encircle San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay . As of 2005 it consisted of approximately Convert 240 mi km 0 abbr on abbr on of somewhat discontinuous trail sections. It is a project of the Association of Bay Area Governments . Chevron Corporation and the city of Richmond have an ongoing controversy over a portion of the trail passing through the Chevron Richmond Refinery . ref name wharf http www.berkeleydailyplanet.com issue 2007 03 27 article 26643?headline Chevron Access Needed for Richmond Bay Trail Link&status 301 Chevron Access Needed for Richmond Bay Trail Link , by Genevi ve Duboscq , The Berkeley Daily Planet , 27 03 2007, access date 06 04 2009 ref Example segments Burlingame shoreline San Bruno Creek Trail Notes references External links http baytrail.abag.ca.gov The San Francisco Bay Trail Website http www.wayfaring.com maps show 22548 Biking SF Baytrail Emeryville Richmond http sf.wikispot.org Hiking Hiking in San Francisco & Marin County SF Wiki San Jose and Silicon Valley attractions coord missing Santa Clara County, California Category Bike paths in San Francisco, California Category Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area California road stub cycling stub ... more details
Notability date August 2010 Infobox newspaper name SanFranciscoBay Times image caption type Weekly newspaper format foundation 1979 ceased publication price free owners Kim Corsaro publisher Kim Corsaro editor Kim Corsaro language English circulation headquarters PO Box 410386 br SanFrancisco, California SanFrancisco , California CA 94141 br United States ISSN website http www.sfbaytimes.com www.SFBayTimes.com The SanFranciscoBay Times is a free weekly LGBT newspaper in SanFrancisco , California that started as COMING Up in October 1979 as the gay lesbian newspaper and calendar of events for the Bay Area. ref name times http www.laganz.org.nz serials cap cut.html Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand Serials Holdings List Retrieved on 2007 06 08. ref The Bay Times provides news and information of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community in the SanFranciscoBay Area. It includes book and music reviews, lists upcoming events in the area in addition to art, entertainment and social issues of interest to readers including news on health and politics. Fact date September 2010 References Reflist External links official http www.sfbaytimes.com ISSN 31222853 Dead link date September 2010 ISSN 42691769 Dead link date September 2010 Category Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Category LGBT related newspapers in the United States Category Newspapers published in the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Weekly newspapers published in the United States Category Publications established in 1979 LGBT newspaper stub California newspaper stub ... more details
Infobox Wine Region name SanFranciscoBay AVA image caption official name other name type American Viticultural Area year 1999, amended in 2006 ref name code http ecfr.gpoaccess.gov cgi t text text idx?c ecfr sid bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4 rgn div5 view text node 27 3A1.0.1.1.7 idno 27 cc ecfr 27 1.0.1.1.7.3.41.137 Code of Federal Regulations. 9.157 SanFranciscoBay. Title 27 Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Part 9 American Viticultural Areas Subpart C Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2008. ref wine years country USA part of California wine California , Central Coast AVA similar sub regions Livermore Valley AVA , Pacheco Pass AVA , San Ysidro District AVA , Santa Clara Valley AVA season climate region heat units precipitation soil total size convert 1566713 acre ha 0 ref name wi Wine Institute 2008 . http www.iwineinstitute.com ava avabystate.asp American Viticultural ... SanFrancisco Bay.html SanFranciscoBay AVA Appellation Description . Retrieved Jan. 24, 2008. ref varietals wineries wine produced designation comments The SanFranciscoBay AVA is a large American Viticultural Area centered around the SanFranciscoBay Area of Northern California . The AVA includes ... Category American Viticultural Areas of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Geography of Alameda County, California Category Geography of SanFrancisco, California Category Geography of San ... of San Benito County, California Category American Viticultural Areas of California Category American Viticultural Areas wine region stub de SanFranciscoBay AVA ... Costa , Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara , SanFrancisco County, California SanFrancisco and San Mateo County, California San Mateo as well as parts of Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz and San Benito County, California San Benito counties. The AVA was created in 1999 and encompasses ... designated AVAs are contained within it Livermore Valley AVA , Pacheco Pass AVA , San Ysidro District ... more details
SanFranciscoBay in California has been served by ferry ferries of all types for over 150 years. Although the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and the SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge led to the decline ... on what is today called the Oakland Estuary , an inlet of SanFranciscoBay. The estuary, which ... Pacific Company s Bay City ferry plies the waters of SanFranciscoBay in the late 19th century. The first railroad ferries on SanFranciscoBay were established by the SanFrancisco and Oakland ... to the SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge . Ferries began serving north bay rail connections with the Petaluma ... the Hyde Street Pier in SanFrancisco and Sausalito in Marin County SanFranciscoBay between the Hyde Street Pier and the Berkeley Pier and SanFranciscoBay between SanFrancisco and the Oakland ... from various locales around the bay including the SanFrancisco waterfront and the Berkeley Marina . Ferries today The largest ferry system on SanFranciscoBay today is operated by Blue & Gold ... of ferryboats on SanFranciscoBay Past Image CHS.1794.jpg thumb 300px right The Santa Fe s San Pablo ferry travels across SanFranciscoBay in the early 20th century Alameda Southern Pacific, 1911 47 ... Gate Ferry Sonoma , approaching the Ferry Building in SanFranciscoBay Breeze Alameda Harbor ... on SanFranciscoBay were relocated. Seven were purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company and went ... and scrapped in 2009. Santa Rosa was renamed Enetai , returned to SanFranciscoBay in 1968, and is preserved ... Bay A Pictorial Maritime History , by John Haskell Kemble, Bonanza Books 1957, 1978 . SanFrancisco ... 0 9615465 0 6 External links Portal SanFranciscoBay Area http www.goldengatetransit.org Golden ... SanFranciscoBay Ferryboats cite news title So Where Are They Now? The Story of SanFrancisco s Steel ... historical ferries of SanFranciscoBay SFBay Ferry Terminals Category Ferries of California Category SanFranciscoBay Category Ferry terminals in the SanFranciscoBay Area ... more details
BaySanFrancisco CA.html ref area total sq mi 1.060 area land sq mi 1.060 area water sq mi area ... on neighborhood in SanFrancisco , California . Location Mission Bay is roughly bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and SanFranciscoBay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south ... Chunk of Mission Bay publisher SanFrancisco Chronicle date October 23, 2000 url http www.sfgate.com ... Bay publisher American City Business Journals SanFrancisco Business Times date December 1, 2006 ... The first new branch of the SanFrancisco Public Library in over 40 years, The Mission Bay Branch Library ... http www.xconomy.com sanfrancisco 2010 06 29 the mission bay biotech cluster antibodies rnai biofuels ... Mission Bay is served by the N Judah and T Third Street lines of SanFrancisco s Muni Metro . The N ... the link between Mission Bay, AT&T Park , Market Street SanFrancisco Market Street Union Square ... in SanFrancisco and anchors much of the activity in North Mission Bay. With 595 condominium units .... Units facing south have views of the creek and South Mission Bay. Arterra is SanFrancisco s first ... Portal SanFranciscoBay Area The http www.sfgov.org site sfra page.asp?id 5597 SanFrancisco Redevelopment ... name nickname settlement type Neighborhoods in SanFrancisco Neighborhood of SanFrancisco e.g. Town ... caption pushpin map United States SanFrancisco Central pushpin label position left pushpin map caption Location within Central SanFrancisco pushpin mapsize 250 Smaller parts e.g. boroughs of a city ... government type leader title SanFrancisco Board of Supervisors Board of Supervisors leader ... name SFRA Site http www.sfgov.org site sfra page.asp?id 5597 SanFrancisco Redevelopment Agency Mission ... news last Carroll first Melanie title Old Navy Heads for the Water publisher SanFrancisco Examiner ... 11 11 ref It is the location of a new research campus of the University of California, SanFrancisco ... url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin blogs techchron detail?entry id 75983 work The SanFrancisco Chronicle ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Image Guardianlogo.jpg 225px image Image SanFranciscoBay Guardian front page.jpg 175px caption type Alternative weekly format Tabloid foundation 1966 price Free owners Bruce Brugmann publisher Bruce Brugmann editor Bruce Brugmann language English circulation 106,708 ref cite web url http aan.org alternative Aan ViewCompany?oid oid 3A81 title SanFranciscoBay Guardian year ... St. br SanFrancisco , California 94107 ISSN 0036 4096 website http www.sfbg.com www.sfbg.com The SanFranciscoBay Guardian also known as The SF Bay Guardian , Bay Guardian , and the Guardian is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in SanFrancisco , California . The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B. Brugmann . The Bay Guardian , launched in 1966, is known for reporting, celebrating, and promoting left wing and Progressivism progressive issues within SanFrancisco and albeit rarely around the SanFranciscoBay Area as a whole. This usually includes muckraking ... url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2008 05 20 BAUO10PNGQ.DTL work The SanFrancisco Chronicle date May 20, 2008 accessdate 2010 01 08 ref References references External links Portal SanFranciscoBay Area http www.sfbg.com Bay Guardian Website Category Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Category Newspapers published in the SanFranciscoBay Area bg de The SanFranciscoBay Guardian ... reviews, an annual nude beaches issue, and an annual sex issue. The Bay Guardian is one of several alternative newspapers in the greater SanFranciscoBay Area, including the SF Weekly its major competitor , East Bay Express , and Berkeley Daily Planet . Best of the Bay The Guardian publishes an annual Best of The Bay issue that lists the best restaurants, business, and activities in the Bay Area ... Small Is Not Beautiful Life at the Bay Guardian. url http www.uncanny.net wetzel sfbg.htm work Processed ... more details
Infobox school name The Bay School of SanFrancisco image Bay School Logo.jpg motto established 2004 ... www.bayschoolsf.org Link The Bay School of SanFrancisco is an independent, coeducational, college ... facing the bay . ref name frosh In August 2005, the school moved to its current permanent location on 35 Keyes Avenue. Campus The Bay School of SanFrancisco utilizes one of the largest and most historic ... come not only from SanFrancisco but also from other parts of the Bay Area, including Marin County, the Peninsula and the East Bay. Because of the school s young age, students at Bay have great ... May 2010 references External links Portal SanFranciscoBay Area official http www.bayschoolsf.com http www.presidio.gov history architecture rehab.htm Rehabilitation projects Bay School of SanFrancisco ... DEFAULTSORT Bay School Of SanFrancisco Category High schools in SanFrancisco, California Category ... Breakers free label free text free label2 free text2 location 35 Keyes Ave. br SanFrancisco, California ... of SanFrancisco in 2005. It emphasizes science and technology, with an additional focus on studying ..., by about 50 points, in comparison to other SanFrancisco private schools. Another unique program ... Millard, Max. http maxmillard.com articles baysch.htm Presidio s new Bay School welcomes first ... major renovation, Building 35 reopened as the Bay School s new campus in August 2005. ref name thirty5 http www.bayschoolsf.org campus 35 keyes avenue.aspx The Bay School Campus at 35 Keyes Avenue . The Bay ... center on the ground floor. There are 21 classrooms on the second and third floors. Bay School offers ... on student interest. Curriculum and activities The Bay School offers a college preparatory curriculum ..., ethics, world religions and cultures. The Bay School is one of the few independent high schools in the Bay ..., the Bay School math department abandoned whiteboard lectures in favor of tablet PC s and projectors ... http www.bayschoolsf.org programs senior projects.aspx Senior Projects & Field Based Learning . The Bay ... more details
SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks was a professional soccer team which came into existence in 1989 as a team ... to Dan Van Voorhis , a SanFranciscoBay Area based real estate lawyer. Van Voorhis had gotten his ... s North Division, the SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks. Western Soccer League In 1989, the Blackhawks ... Cup 1989 SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks WSL 11 5 bgcolor B3B7FF 1st Northern Division Final Did not enter 1990 American Professional Soccer League 1990 SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks APSL 13 7 bgcolor B3B7FF 1st WSL Conference Final Did not enter 1991 American Professional Soccer League 1991 SanFrancisco ... Professional Soccer League 1992 SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks APSL 8 8 3rd Semifinals Did not enter ... Soccer clubs in SanFrancisco, California B Category Western Soccer Alliance teams Category American Professional Soccer League teams nl SanFranciscoBay Blackhawks ... Division which was loaded with local SanFrancisco teams, including the SanFrancisco Seals soccer SanFrancisco United All Blacks , SanFranciscoBay Diablos , North Bay Breakers and East Bay Red Riders . The name change, to the San Jose Hawks, allowed them to differentiate themselves ... competed in USISL as the San Jose Hawks, but left organized competition at the end of the season ... Soccer League NASL at the end of the 1984 NASL season. One former NASL team, the San Jose Earthquakes NASL team San Jose Earthquakes , entered the WSA as a charter member. In 1988, the Earthquakes new ... points, second only to the San Diego Nomads 12 4 record and 99 points. In the playoffs, the Blackhawks ... they made the playoffs, they lost to the Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies in the first round ... in the lower level United States Interregional Soccer League USISL . USISL San Jose Hawks In 1993, the Blackhawks ... related lawsuit. Shortly after having successfully landed a San Jose, California San Jos Major League ..., leaving the franchise subsequently named the San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Clash league owned ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 SanFranciscoBay Diablos were an American soccer team that played in SanFrancisco, California as a member of the USISL from 1993 to 1995. History Owner Mario Chavez coached the team during its inaugural season in 1993. In 1994, he brought in former Nigerian international Tony Igwe to coach. Igwe lasted only four games with the team losing all four games. Chavez, then struck a deal with Salvador Lopez to bring in the 1993 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Champions C.D. Mexico aka, El Farolito Soccer Club to take over the club and run the team. The team enjoyed immediate success and if not for a 18 point deduction in points for a rules violation, the club would have made their first and only playoff appearance. In 1995, Lopez withdrew his support and the cooperation between the two clubs ceased. The Diablos struggled their way to the end of the season and folded at that time after three seasons in the league. Year by year class wikitable Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup 1993 3 USISL 7th, Pacific Did not qualify Did not enter 1994 3 USISL 5th, Pacific Did not qualify Did not enter 1995 3 USISL Pro League 5th, Western North Did not qualify Did not qualify External links http homepages.sover.net spectrum year 1993.html USISL The Year in American Soccer 1993 http homepages.sover.net spectrum year 1994.html USISL The Year in American Soccer 1994 http homepages.sover.net spectrum year 1995.html USISL The Year in American Soccer 1995 Category Defunct soccer clubs in the United States Category California soccer teams Category Soccer clubs in SanFrancisco, California D Category USISL teams US footyclub stub ... more details
SanFranciscoBay Blues is an United States American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller . ref name SF Peter Siegel, liner notes to Friends of Old Time Music Smithsonian Folkways , SFW40160 http media.smithsonianglobalsound.org liner notes smithsonian folkways SFW40160.pdf link ref Fuller first recorded the song in the mid 1950s for a small label called World Song. The song was brought into wider popularity in the early 1960s by club performances by Ramblin Jack Elliott , Bob Dylan , and Jim Kweskin . Recorded covers have been performed by many artists including The Weavers , Richie Havens , Eric Clapton , The Flatlanders , Paul McCartney , Jefferson Airplane , Janis Joplin , John Lennon , Peter, Paul, and Mary , Mungo Jerry , Glenn Yarborough , George Ellias , Phoebe Snow musician Phoebe Snow , The Halifax III and Eva Cassidy . A one man band rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller himself in a 1962 concert. This has been included in a Smithsonian Folkways compilation, Friends of Old Time Music . ref name SF Notes and sources reflist Category 1950s songs Category American folk songs Category Blues songs Category Songs about California Category Phoebe Snow songs folk song stub ... more details
Image San Jose California Skyline.jpg thumb right 300px San Jose, California San Jose is the major city of the South Bay The South Bay is a subregion of the SanFranciscoBay Area , California , USA United ... Campus , Cupertino The Tech Museum of Innovation , San Jose See also Portal SanFranciscoBay Area ... dim 50km region US CA display title Category Subregions of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Regions ... considered part of the South Bay Capitola, California Capitola Hollister, California Hollister San Juan Bautista, California San Juan Bautista Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley Watsonville, California Watsonville Some cities in the East Bay or especially on the Peninsula sometimes are referred to as part of the South Bay. Many of these cities including Palo ... There are a number of well known structures and sites of interest in the South Bay HP Pavilion at San ... Bah a de SanFrancisco ... County in general . The South Bay is one of several Bay Area Subregions Subregions in the Bay Area including SanFrancisco , the North BaySanFranciscoBay Area North Bay including parts of the Wine Country California Wine Country , the SanFrancisco Peninsula Peninsula , and the East BaySanFranciscoBay Area East Bay , among others. San Jose, California San Jose is the largest city in the South Bay and the Bay Area. The incorporated cities in the South Bay are ref http california.hometownlocator.com ... Palo Alto San Jose, California San Jose Santa Clara, California Santa Clara Saratoga, California Saratoga ... the South Bay because of their location, history, or concentration of high tech companies. The conception of the South Bay as a region is relatively new compared to that of the Peninsula and coastal East Bay, and the cities of northwestern Santa Clara County Palo Alto, Mountain View, and sometimes ... and the Stanford campus than the City of San Jose. Additionally, the counties of Santa Cruz County ... more details
Counties. The North Bay is a subregion of the SanFranciscoBay Area , in California , USA United ... and least urbanized part of the Bay Area. It consists of Marin County, California Marin , Sonoma County, California Sonoma , and Napa County, California Napa counties. Transportation The North Bay is connected to SanFrancisco, California SanFrancisco by the Golden Gate Bridge and to the East BaySanFranciscoBay Area East Bay by the Richmond San Rafael Bridge usually called either the Richmond Bridge or San Rafael Bridge , and the Carquinez Bridge , which crosses the San Pablo Bay between Benicia ... Bay and SanFrancisco, from terminals located in Sausalito, Tiburon, Larkspur, and Angel Island ... figure in the North Bay s open space preservation movement. Solano County Solano County is sometimes included in the North Bay due to its location, but its culture is much more related to that of the East Bay, California East Bay . For this reason, Vallejo, California Vallejo is considered a part of the East Bay, along with Vacaville, California Vacaville and Fairfield, California Fairfield . Major cities Portal SanFranciscoBay Area Refimprove date January 2008 The largest city in the North Bay is Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa . Other major cities include San Rafael, California ... of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Proposed public transportation in the SanFranciscoBay Area ...Image SFNorthBay.JPG thumb right 300px SanFrancisco is in the foreground in this picture looking north. San Pablo Bay continues north surrounded by parts of left to right Marin County, California Marin ... title North bay voters back commuter rail finally date Wednesday, November 5, 2008 publisher SanFrancisco business Times accessdate 2009 01 10 ref Image SFMarin.JPG thumb left 300px SanFrancisco ... SanFrancisco ... . The North Bay remained isolated and rural well into the 20th Century. The opening of the Golden ... more details
to the south by the South BaySanFranciscoBay Area South Bay region, and to the north by San Pablo Bay . History and development Initial development in the larger Bay Area focused on SanFrancisco ... service resulted in the completion of the SanFrancisco Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936. The Bay Area saw ... Stroll , the oldest and largest street festival in the greater SanFranciscoBay Area, is held ... system linking all major population areas of the East Bay, as well as a link to SanFrancisco. Amtrak ... also Transportation in the SanFranciscoBay Area References Portal SanFranciscoBay Area Reflist California East Bay Category Subregions of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Regions of California ... Francisco simple East BaySanFranciscoBay Area ... and a new campus was built in what would become Berkeley. The 1906 SanFrancisco Earthquake ... Creek, San Ramon and Dublin, California Dublin . The East Bay is not a formally defined region, aside .... ref ref Aldis, N. & Sherry, J. Heavy Metal Thunder , 2006, SanFrancisco Chronicle ISBN 0 8118 ... A satellite image of most of the East Bay The East Bay is a commonly used, informal term for the lands on the eastern side of the SanFranciscoBay , in the SanFranciscoBay Area , in California . Originally referring only to cities along the immediate northeast shore of the SanFranciscoBay and the southeast shore of San Pablo Bay , Citation needed date January 2011 the region described as the East Bay has grown with the expansion of the Bay Area s population and infrastructure to include ... State University, East Bay , the East Bay Express weekly newspaper, the AC Transit bus system, the Oakland East Bay Symphony the East Bay Regional Parks District , Eastshore State Park , the East Bay Municipal Utility District , the East Bay Green Corridor coalition, the East Bay Athletic League , The East Bay Monthly and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition . Historic institutions include the East ... more details
The SanFranciscoBay Conservation and Development Commission BCDC is a California State commission dedicated to the protection, enhancement and responsible use of the SanFranciscoBay . ref http www.bcdc.ca.gov Official Website ref The Commission was created by California s McAteer Petris Act, which the legislature passed on September 17 1965. It is the first regional government entity imposed upon an urban area by legislative fiat. Their offices are located on 50 California Street, SanFrancisco. The movement to regulate filling in the bay was begun by the Save SanFranciscoBay Association , started by local citizens who were outraged by the dramatic loss of the bay through Dike construction dike s and Land reclamation landfill s as well as pollution . By the 1960s, filling had reduced the bay from convert 680 sqmi km2 sigfig 2 to just convert 400 sqmi km2 sigfig 2 of highly contaminated water. ref Godfrey, Anthony The Ever Changing View A History of the National Forests in California USDA Forest Service Publishers, 2005 p.432 ISBN 1 59351 428 X ref References Reflist External links http www.bcdc.ca.gov laws plans laws mcateer petris.shtml Official state website, webpage on McAteer Petris Act. Category Environment of California Category SanFranciscoBay Area organizations ... more details
Image Sfestuaryhistorical.gif thumb right The Hydrography of the SanFranciscoBay Area is a complex ... FranciscoBay and Pacific Ocean . Bays The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the SanFranciscoBay , San Pablo Bay , and Suisun Bay . The SanFranciscoBay is one of the largest bays in the world ... which drain into the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta and thence to Suisun Bay . Other major rivers of the North BaySanFranciscoBay Area North Bay are the Napa River , the Petaluma River , the Gualala ... River drains into SanFranciscoBay near Alviso, San Jose, California Alviso . See List of rivers ... Estaury in the East BaySanFranciscoBay Area East Bay . See List of watercourses in the SanFranciscoBay Area http www.museumca.org creeks Guide to SanFranciscoBay Area Creeks Springs The Bay ... cove. See List of lakes in the SanFranciscoBay Area Aquifers Due to pollution of surface ... agricultural methods, the shores of SanFranciscoBay consisted mostly of tidal marshes. Approximately ... and recovered wetlands are preserved in the Don Edwards SanFranciscoBay National Wildlife Refuge and the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge . Wetlands also exist on the Pacific Coast the Estero ... is being expanded by the SanFranciscoBay Water Transit Authority . Oceanic harbors have been built at Bodega Harbor Bodega Bay and Pillar Point Harbor Half Moon Bay . See also Portal SanFranciscoBay Area Ecology of the SanFrancisco Estuary References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Hydrography Of The SanFranciscoBay Area Category Hydrography Category Geography of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Water ..., such as Richardson Bay , San Rafael Bay , Grizzly Bay , and San Leandro Bay . Nearby bays along ... and San Pablo Creek . Due to low rainfall in the summer months May October , many Bay Area creeks ... 2007 12 11 ref In the Delta area, marshes were drained for farmland. In SanFrancisco, marshes were ... Richmond , Redwood City, California Redwood City , SanFrancisco, California SanFrancisco , and Oakland ... more details
Infobox nrhp name SanFranciscoBay Discovery Site nrhp type nhl image caption nearest city San Bruno, California lat degrees 37 lat minutes 36 lat seconds 11 lat direction N long degrees 122 long minutes 27 long seconds 17 long direction W locmapin California area built 1769 architect architecture added May 23, 1968 designated nrhp type May 23, 1968 ref name nhlsum http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceID 779&resourceType Site NHL Summary ref governing body National Park Service refnum 68000022 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The SanFranciscoBay Discovery Site is where the first recorded Europe an discovery of SanFranciscoBay took place on November 4, 1769. Spain Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portol , unable to find the port of Monterey, California , continued north close to what is now Pacifica, California Pacifica . Short on water and food, Portol and an expedition of 63 men and 200 horses left the coast to journey inland, reaching the summit of the convert 1200 ft m 1 sing on high Sweeney Ridge , ref name redbook http www.nr.nps.gov Red 20Books 68000022.red.pdf NPS Red Book NRIS dead link ref where he saw SanFranciscoBay. Sweeney Ridge is located in northern San Mateo County, California San Mateo County and is now a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area ref name nhlwriteup http www.nr.nps.gov writeups 68000022.nl.pdf NHL Writeup NRIS dead link ref where a monument marks the discovery site. The site is a National Historic Landmark . ref name nhlsum References ... Historic Places Category Pre state history of California Category History of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category History of San Mateo County, California Category Geography of San Mateo County, California Category National Historic Landmarks in the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Archaeological sites ... in the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Places in the SanFranciscoBay Area Category Viceroyalty of New Spain Category Colonial United States Spanish Category Visitor attractions in San Mateo County ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Military Structure name SanFranciscoBay Naval Shipyard location SanFrancisco , California image caption type Shipyard built 1965 materials used 1965 1970 controlledby United States Navy garrison commanders battles The SanFranciscoBay Naval Shipyard was a short lived shipyard formed in 1965 as the combination of the SanFrancisco Naval Shipyard aka Hunters Point and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard . The combined yards were the largest naval shipyard in the world, but the desired cost savings did not materialize, and the two yards reverted to separate existences in February 1970. The shipyard was used for radioactive testing when the United States was testing the atomic bomb. The site has since been contaminated. Now the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is a Superfund site, as designated by the Environmental Protection Agency EPA . It is the Navy s job to clean up the site to reasonable levels to those who live adjacent to the shipyard. See also SanFrancisco Naval Shipyard Mare Island Naval Shipyard Category History of SanFrancisco, California Category United States Navy shipyards USN stub ... more details
closed 1983 See also Portal SanFranciscoBay Area List of airports in California List of airports of Santa Cruz County, California Airports in the SanFranciscoBay Area DEFAULTSORT List Of Airports In The SanFranciscoBay Area Category Lists of airports in the United States SanFranciscoBay Area Category SanFrancisco related lists Airports Category Airports by city SanFranciscoBay Category ...Image International Terminal of SanFrancisco International Airport2.jpg right thumb 220px SanFrancisco International Airport The following airports are located in the area around the SanFranciscoBay , including the major cities of San Jose, California San Jose , SanFrancisco, California SanFrancisco ... 1936 Crissy Field in the City and County of SanFrancisco airfield closed 1974 Hamilton Air ... public use and or government owned airports in the eleven counties the nine counties that border the bay, plus Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties that make up the Census Bureau s San Jose SanFrancisco Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area , also known as the SanFranciscoBay Area. International airport s Image SFOApril2005.JPG right thumb aerial view of SanFrancisco International Airport SFO The Bay Area has three major airports with airline service. SanFrancisco International Airport KSFO Class B airspace Oakland International Airport KOAK Class C airspace San Jose International Airport Norman Y. Mineta San Jos International Airport KSJC Class C airspace Federal airports Image Aerial ... KRHV in San Jose, Santa Clara County San Carlos Airport KSQL in San Carlos, San Mateo County Charles ..., Sonoma County Gnoss Field KDVO in Novato, Marin County Half Moon Bay Airport KHAF in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County Healdsburg Municipal Airport O31 in Healdsburg, Sonoma County Hollister Municipal Airport KCVH in Hollister, San Benito County Nut Tree Airport KVCB in Vacaville, Solano County ..., Sonoma County South County Airport E16 in San Martin, Santa Clara County Watsonville Municipal ... more details
BLP sources date December 2009 This is a list of SanFranciscoBay Area writers , who live in, or write about, the SanFranciscoBay Area . Dynamic list Do not add names of authors without Wikipedia articles, or who are not likely to have articles written about them. For authors without articles, you MUST add a sourced reference indicating notability, or the name will be removed Kim Addonizio Isabelle Allende Charlie Jane Anders Tamim Ansary Peter S. Beagle John Bear Dodie Bellamy Matt Bernstein Sycamore Terry Bisson Vance Bourjaily Kate Braverman Patrick Califia Michael Chabon Avram Davidson Alonzo Delano N. A. Diaman Diane di Prima Dossie Easton David Eggers Lawrence Ferlinghetti Timothy Ferris Karen Joy Fowler Eric Garris Andrew Goldfarb Lisa Goldstein Daphne Gottlieb Judy Grahn Daniel Handler Dorothy J. Heydt Jane Hirshfield Richard Kadrey Jack Kerouac Derek Kirk Kim Laurie R. King Maxine Hong Kingston Ellen Klages Jack London Nick Mamatas Armistead Maupin Micheline Aharonian Marcom Joaquin Miller Annalee Newitz Katia Noyes Charlotte Painter Elle Peyarre ref https www.createspace.com 900002025 ref Tim Pratt Michael Pollan Carol Queen Lisa Quinn Justin Raimondo Ruth Reichl Mark Rein Hagen Kathryn Reiss Barbara Jane Reyes Kim Stanley Robinson Rudy Rucker Susan Schaller ref http www.susanschaller.com Susan Schaller ref Ariel Schrag William Shurtleff ref http www.randomhouse.com author results.pperl?authorid 28274 William Shurtleff at Random House website ref Dave Smeds Jane Smiley Starhawk George R. Stewart Amy Tan Michelle Tea Daniel Terdiman Adrian Tomine Mark Twain Ayelet ... References Reflist See also Portal SanFranciscoBay Area Litquake DEFAULTSORT Writers, List Of SanFranciscoBay Area Category Lists of American writers SanFranciscoBay Area Category Writers from California Category Culture in the SanFranciscoBay Area Category People from the SanFranciscoBay Area Category SanFrancisco related lists ... more details
Portal SanFranciscoBay Area http www.calflora.org Calflora http elib.cs.berkeley.edu photos flora ... the Jepson Interchange by plant name, geographical location, or other keys DEFAULTSORT List Of SanFranciscoBay Area Wildflowers Category Lists of plants SanFranciscoBay Area wildflowers Category Lists of flora of the United States SanFranciscoBay Category Flora of California Category Flora of the SanFranciscoBay Area Category California related lists SanFranciscoBay Area wildflowers Category SanFrancisco related lists Wildflowers .... Because of the large population of the Bay Area and the variety of gardening styles practised, many ... more details
The SanFranciscoBay Area currently hosts eight major league sports franchises. The city and county of SanFrancisco is home to Major League Baseball MLB s SanFrancisco Giants and the SanFrancisco 49ers of the National Football League NFL . Also, for one season 1995 96 , it was home to the SanFrancisco Spiders of the International Hockey League 1945 2001 International Hockey League . The city of San Jose, California San Jose is home to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League NHL and the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League . The San Jose Earthquakes returned to Major League Soccer in 2008 Major League Soccer season 2008 after a two season absence. The new incarnation ... also SanFranciscoBay Area SanFrancisco Oakland, California Oakland San Jose, California San Jose ... SanFranciscoBay Kayak and Canoe put ins A collaboratively edited index of public put ins helping to develop a water trail network. Category Sports in the SanFranciscoBay Area ... Athletics , and the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. The 2010 SanFrancisco Giants season 2010 2010 World Series World Series title by the Giants was the first championship won by a SanFranciscoBay Area pro team of the Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada four major sports since the 1994 NFL Season , when the SanFrancisco 49ers won Super Bowl XXIX . A number of defunct ... Berkeley San Jos State Spartans San Jos State , in San Jose Stanford Cardinal Stanford , in Stanford, California Stanford , on the SanFrancisco Peninsula adjacent to Palo Alto, California Palo ..., California Moraga in Contra Costa County, California Contra Costa County SanFrancisco Dons SanFrancisco Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara , in Santa Clara, California the city of the same name Rugby Union League SanFrancisco Golden Gate Rugby are a rugby union team that competes in the Rugby Super ... season in 2010, but folded after that season. The Bay Area is also well represented in college ... more details
by Orville C. Goldner in 1939 40. Access Image Tvarchive.jpg thumb left 400px alt SanFranciscoBay Area Television Archive. Image transfer suite at the SanFranciscoBay Area Television Archive. Online ... sfbatv index.php SanFranciscoBay Area Television Archive http diva.sfsu.edu collections sfbatv SFBATA ... of the Department of Special Collections at SanFrancisco State University s J. Paul Leonard Library ... on Nob Hill , in SanFrancisco. Local Emmy Award Winners The Northern California chapter of the National ... to the former State Assembly Speaker and Mayor of SanFrancisco s career and the Dorothy Goldner Collection ... just the same http diva.sfsu.edu collections sfbatv bundles 187098 ref , at the SanFrancisco Museum ... American activists 1969 71 , were projected onto SanFrancisco s Coit Tower in November 2009, as part ... in David Weissman and Bill Weber s 2011 documentary film about the AIDS crisis in SanFrancisco ... site coord missing SanFrancisco County, California Category Archives in the United States Category Culture of SanFrancisco, California Category Non profit organizations based in SanFrancisco, California Category Film archives Category Documentary film organizations Category SanFrancisco State University ... more details
curling facilities it uses. Events After the 2010 Winter Olympics , the SanFranciscoBay Area Curling ... in 1958 Category Sports teams in SanFrancisco, California ...notability Organizations date May 2010 unreferenced date May 2010 Infobox curling club name San Fransisco Bay Area Curling Club native name image Sfbacc logo.png size 220 caption image2 size2 caption2 motto motto translation location coord arena name Oakland Ice Center arena location 519 18th Street br Oakland, California Oakland , California 94612 1511 arena coord host name host location host coord established March 13, 1958 founder club type Arena closed usca region List of curling clubs in the United States MoPac Mountain Pacific uswca region cca region sheets Five rock colors Red and Yellow color box red color box yellow rock colours website http www.bayareacurling.com The SanFranciscoBay Area Curling Club is a non profit corporation serving the SanFranciscoBay Area and the surrounding area. It is based in San Jose, California in Santa Clara County, California . History The SanFranciscoBay Area Curling Club SFBACC was founded March 13, 1958 in Mountain View. In the club s early years, it had a dedicated curling facility. For the past 20 years, the club has curled on arena ice. The SanFranciscoBay Area Curling Club is a registered non profit corporation in the state of California. The SFBACC is a member of the http www.mopacca.org Mountain Pacific Curling Association and also of the http www.usacurl.org US Curling Association USCA Playing facility and season Image Curling circle paint.jpg thumb left Painting of Curling Markings The Bay Area Curling Club has been curling in San Jose since 1994. Until the 2006 Torino Olympics , the club rented ice for short seasons sometimes only 6 times per year. After the 2006 Olympics, the club grew rapidly, and partnered with Sharks .... These are the http www.sharksiceatsanjose.com Sharks Ice at San Jose , http www.sharksiceatfremont.com ... more details
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