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AUGUST 26, 1952: Thousands of crypts and mausoleums at San Francisco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery were destroyed, and remains were removed to make way for redevelopment.

UPDATED August 26, 2022 In 1850, when San Francisco was first established, Larkin Street was the City’s western boundary. Everything west of Larkin was left…

JULY 8, 1905: Part of San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island was allocated as a US Immigration Detention Center.

Today, Angel Island State Park[1] is an uninhabited island in the San Francisco Bay. The only way to get to the island is by boat or…