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The Beatles’ final live commercial concert took place on August 29th, 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, although they performed unannounced in January 1969 on the Apple Corps building rooftop in London. Former Beatle Paul McCartney returned to Candlestick in August 2014 to perform at the last ever event at the sports stadium before it was demolished for redevelopment.

Levi Strauss was laid to rest in a dome-roofed mausoleum in the Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California. The founder of denim jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co died in San Francisco on September 26, 1902.

The NPR member public radio stations in San Francisco are KQED which broadcasts on FM at 88.5 MHz, and KALW, broadcasting at 91.7 MHz. Both stations also stream online.

Oakland, California was named after the oak groves growing in the area, particularly until the mid 19th century. Spanish settlers referred to the area spanning present-day Emeryville, Piedmont, and parts of Oakland, as Encinal de Temescal, derived from encina, the Spanish word for the evergreen oak. Oakland was incorporated as a town in 1852 and as a city in 1854.

The Starbucks Coffee at the Westlake Shopping Center on John Daly Boulevard in Daly City is open 24 hours daily.

Commercial production of dynamite in the US started in 1868 at the Giant Powder Works near the site of what is now Glen Park Recreation Center in San Francisco. Producing dynamite under licence from Alfred Nobel, the short-lived factory was destroyed in an explosion in November 1869.

The Golden State Warriors NBA basketball team plays its home games at the Chase Center arena in San Francisco.

The Golden State Warriors NBA basketball team relocated in 2019 to the Chase Center in San Francisco from their previous home arena across the bay in Oakland. The San Francisco Dons NCAA men’s college basketball team also plays some games at the Chase Center when not playing at the Sobrato Center.

Anchor Steam Beer is brewed in San Francisco by the Anchor Brewing Company at its brewery on Mariposa Street and De Haro Street in Portero Hill. The company was acquired by Japan’s Sapporo in 2017.

The Gap’s first store was in San Francisco’s Ingleside district at Ocean Avenue and Fairfield Way, next to the El Rey Theater. The store opened in 1969, initially selling only Levi’s jeans, records and tapes, but closed in 1974 as The Gap grew into a chain of clothing stores.

The accuracy of the Ingleside sundial in San Francisco varies throughout the year. Its longitudinal location means it runs anything up to 24 minutes behind Pacific Standard Time for most of the year, being slowest around February 11th. Ignoring the hour difference caused by daylight saving time, the Ingleside sundial is within a minute or so of clock time from around September 26th to October 1st and again around December 1st to December 5th. During October and November it is a few minutes ahead. The Equation of Time explains these fluctuations, caused by the Earth’s axial tilt and its elliptical orbit around the sun. Because the orbital path is not perfectly circular, the Earth is closer to the sun at some points, causing it to speed up, lengthening the solar day between two solar noons.

Just before 9 am on June 14th, 2017, Jimmy Lam shot five coworkers, three fatally, at the UPS distribution facility at 320 San Bruno Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets in San Francisco’s Portero Hill neighborhood. Lam later took his own life in the building by shooting himself in the head. A memorial service was held on July 9th, 2017 at San Francisco City Hall for the slain men, named as Wayne Chan, Michael Lefiti and Benson Louie.

Mount Davidson is the highest natural point in San Francisco, at 928 feet (or 283 meters) above sea level. At the summit, there is a 103-foot (or 31.4 meter) concrete cross which is illuminated twice a year for a prayer service on Easter Sunday and on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Memorial Day.

The mural of musician Carlos Santana is on the exterior wall of a store at 19th Street and Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. The 16-foot-wide black and white mural was painted with spray cans by local artist Mel Waters in 2014 as a tribute to Santana, who lived and attended school in San Francisco in his teens. It was repaired by the artist in 2018 after being defaced with white paint by vandals.

The Caltrain commuter rail line terminates in San Francisco at 4th and King Street Caltrain Station where there are connections to Muni bus lines, E Embarcadero historic streetcar and Muni light rail services.

The fire hydrant at 20th and Church Streets in San Francisco is painted gold in recognition of its role in providing water to extinguish fires after the 1906 earthquake. The hydrant, located near the southwest corner of Mission Dolores Park, is said to have continued supplying water after others had run dry, helping to save many local structures from fire damage in the aftermath. There is a ceremonial repainting annually on the earthquake’s anniversary and a sidewalk plaque begins: Though the water mains were broken and dry on April 18, 1906 yet from this Greenberg hydrant on the following night there came a stream of water allowing the firemen to save the Mission District.

The San Francisco Giants baseball team plays its home games at Oracle Park (formerly AT&T Park) in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.

Oracle Park, ballpark of the SF Giants baseball team, is on King Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets in South Beach, San Francisco.

Stripe’s headquarters are located at 510 Townsend Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The payment processing technology company moved into the newly built 300,000 square foot building in 2018.

There are no BART stations by the Chase Center in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. The most convenient BART stop is 16th Street Mission station, from where Muni bus Route 55 runs along 16th and stops at the Chase Center. For game days and concerts Muni also operates the 78X 16th Street Arena Express from the same stop to the Chase Center approximately 2.5 hours before the start of Chase Center events and 30 minutes afterwards back to the 16th St BART station. Muni services are free during games and concerts with your Chase Center event ticket.