OCTOBER 28, 1954: The six San Francisco Bay Area Nike Ajax anti-aircraft missile sites were activated.

OCTOBER 28, 1954: The six San Francisco Bay Area Nike Ajax anti-aircraft missile sites were activated.

One of the reasons why I started this blog was because of a random comment my mother Anne once made when I was quizzing her…

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OCTOBER 26, 1906: Six months after the earthquake that destroyed San Francisco, a grand jury was impaneled and ultimately indicted Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Union Leader Abe Rueg for bribery and extortion as part of what became known as the Graft Trials.

OCTOBER 26, 1906: Six months after the earthquake that destroyed San Francisco, a grand jury was impaneled and ultimately indicted Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Union Leader Abe Rueg for bribery and extortion as part of what became known as the Graft Trials.

This story begins with the makeup of City politics in 1900. Political corruption was rampant. By paying off City officials, the Barbary Coast[1] brothels and gambling…

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