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DECEMBER 16, 1907: The Great White Fleet entered the San Francisco Bay during its global tour to be serviced at the Hunters Point shipyard.

DECEMBER 16, 1907: The Great White Fleet entered the San Francisco Bay during its global tour to be serviced at the Hunters Point shipyard.

Hunters Point was named after the Hunters family: three brothers who built homes and operated a dairy farm on the land in the 1850s. Because…

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DECEMBER 14, 2011: Gerald Hirogoyen’s book “PintXos” was released. He is the founder of Piperade, a Basque restaurant in San Francisco that follows a long tradition of Basque establishments throughout the City.

DECEMBER 14, 2011: Gerald Hirogoyen’s book “PintXos” was released. He is the founder of Piperade, a Basque restaurant in San Francisco that follows a long tradition of Basque establishments throughout the City.

In 1866 the first Basque boardinghouse opened in San Francisco. Clientele were single young men, aged 17-25, who immigrated from the Basque regions of Spain…

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