San Francisco Bay Area

metropolitan region, California, United States

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California

  • California
    In California: Population composition

    The San Francisco Bay Area became a haven for gay men and lesbians in the years following World War II and was among the first U.S. cities to issue antidiscrimination ordinances on the basis of sexual preference. Los Angeles and other California cities also have significant…

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San Francisco earthquake of 1989

  • Bay Bridge after the San Francisco–Oakland earthquake of 1989
    In San Francisco earthquake of 1989

    …major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S., on October 17, 1989, and caused 63 deaths, nearly 3,800 injuries, and an estimated \$6 billion in property damage. It was the strongest earthquake to hit the area since the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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