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The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the ...
Earthquake and fire today have put nearly half of San Francisco in ruins. About 500 persons have been killed, a thousand injured, and the property loss will exceed $200,000,000. ^"100th Anniversary 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Conference". www.1906eqconf.org. ^"The Great 1906 Earthquake & Fires of San Francisco".
On January 8, 2004, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female, first Jamaican American, and first Indian American district attorney of San Francisco after having defeated Terence Hallinan. She would serve as the first Indian American district attorney in U.S. history, and the first Jamaican American district attorney in California.
San Francisco, California, U.S. The United Nations Conference on International Organization ( UNCIO ), commonly known as the San Francisco Conference, was a convention of delegates from 50 Allied nations that took place from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, California, United States. At this convention, the delegates reviewed and ...
San Francisco, [ 24] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California. With a population of 808,437 residents as of 2022, [ 25] San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose.
San Francisco was the county seat of San Francisco County, one of state's 18 original counties since California's statehood in 1850. Until 1856, the city limits extended west to Divisadero Street and Castro Street, and south to 20th Street.
The 2024 San Francisco Giants season is the 142nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 67th year in San Francisco, and their 25th at Oracle Park. This is their first season under new manager Bob Melvin , after former manager Gabe Kapler was fired during the 2023 season .
The 2024 San Francisco District Attorney election will be held on November 5, 2024, concurrent with the election for San Francisco mayor and the 2024 statewide general elections. [1] Incumbent District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was originally appointed to the position in 2022 by mayor London Breed after the successful recall of her predecessor ...