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Two of the chicks fledged from UC Berkeley, a female named Lawrencium (aka Larry) and a male named Sequoia are known to have established territories in the San Francisco Bay Area. [20] However, after Sequoia's mate succumbed to avian flu, he disappeared. [21] Lawrencium has successfully raised several broods of chicks on Alcatraz island. [22]
In November 2017, the San Francisco Bay Times Media Company introduced the Castro Street Cam, four webcams providing 24/7 live-streaming views of the historic Castro Street in San Francisco. Owned and operated by the San Francisco Bay Times, Castro Street Cam is presented by Cliff's Variety store with support from Orphan Andy's restaurant and ...
Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California.At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina.
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge, looking southeast towards the City and East Bay. Alcatraz is the small islet in the upper-middle left. San Francisco Bay's profile changed dramatically in the late 19th century and again with the initiation of dredging by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 20th century. Before about 1860, most ...
McCovey Cove is the unofficial name of a section of San Francisco Bay beyond the right field wall of Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, named after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey. The proper name for the cove is China Basin, which is the mouth of Mission Creek as it meets the bay. The cove is bounded along the north by ...
The official name of the bridge for all functional purposes has always been the "San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge", and, by most local people, it is referred to simply as "the Bay Bridge". Rolph, a Mayor of San Francisco from 1912 to 1931, was the Governor of California at the time construction of the bridge began. He died in office on June 2 ...
The San Francisco Bay Area is the tenth-largest television market [273] and the fourth-largest radio market [274] in the U.S. The Bay Area's oldest radio station, KCBS (AM), began as an experimental station in San Jose in 1909, before the beginning of commercial broadcasting. [275]
Red Rock Island (variously known as Moleta, [1] Molate Rock, [2] and Golden Rock [2]) is an uninhabited, 5.8-acre (2.3 ha) island in the San Francisco Bay located just south of the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge. [3] The property is the only privately owned island in San Francisco Bay. [3]