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JUNE 12, 1995: Steve Silver died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco. He left behind Beach Blanket Babylon to carry on without him for another 24 years.

Born in San Francisco in 1944, Steve Silver grew up in the Marina District, later settling in Russian Hill[A]. He attended Lowell High School[1] and then…

JUNE 10, 1971: Armed federal marshals, FBI agents and Special Forces swarmed Alcatraz and physically removed fifteen unarmed Native Americans. They were the only residents of this San Francisco Bay island that ever wanted to stay.

For being a little island out in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz has a long and rich history. Located 1.25 miles offshore…