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Throughout San Francisco history, there have been a series of events that brought the City to it’s knees: the 1906 earthquake, World War I and the Spanish Influenza, the Depression and World War II, Vietnam, civil rights and a series of serial killings and assassinations, AIDS, the Loma Prieta earthquake, and COVID-19. Each “key post” takes a comprehensive look at these events. Every other post is a story that demonstrates the resilience of a City that can, as is aptly represented by the City Flag, rise from the ashes.

MAY 20, 1856: San Francisco’s second Committee of Vigilence publicly tried and executed Charles Cora and James Casey after Committee members aimed a canon at the City Jail.

MAY 20, 1856: San Francisco’s second Committee of Vigilence publicly tried and executed Charles Cora and James Casey after Committee members aimed a canon at the City Jail.

REPOST When San Francisco was incorporated in 1850, City and County governments were formed, but the number of criminals largely outnumbered local law officials. Arson,…

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NOVEMBER 27, 1978: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated in San Francisco City Hall.

NOVEMBER 27, 1978: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated in San Francisco City Hall.

I constantly hear or read San Franciscans lamenting that, with the Covid-19 pandemic, the surge in homelessness, the rise in violent crime, public corruption and…

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