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The Grand Hyatt at SFO hotel is the on-airport hotel at San Francisco International Airport and connected to the terminals by the AirTrain. Off airport, the nearest hotels to SFO are Aloft San Francisco Airport and The Westin San Francisco Airport, neighboring hotels located a 2 mile (or 4 minute) drive away in Millbrae. Both offer free 24-hour airport shuttle service.

SFO has an outdoor terrace and observation deck, located post-security at the end of the International Terminal, Boarding Area G. It is open 7 am to 11:30 pm daily, and is also accessible to United passengers in Terminal 3 via a secure connecting walkway. Terminal 2 also has an observation deck which is located before security so it is publicly accessible to anyone, and will not require a boarding pass or ticket for access.

From US 101 near SFO, take the San Bruno Avenue exit and follow San Bruno Avenue West in the opposite direction to that indicated by the Rental Car Return signs. The first gas stations on this road are the most expensive, but there’s cheaper fuel at the Shell and 76 gas stations in half a mile at the intersection with El Camino Real. After fueling, head back along San Bruno Avenue to SFO and follow the Rental Car Return signs. Keep your fuel receipt to show the rental clerk. If you’re on I-280, taking the exit for San Bruno Avenue towards SFO leads to the same intersection with El Camino Real where the Shell and 76 gas stations are.

The Wind Harp is located on the Point San Bruno knoll at the center of the Genentech campus on the east side of South San Francisco, formerly the Cabot, Cabot and Forbes Industrial Park. The prominent 92-foot-tall steel sculpture is open to the public and accessed on foot by a short pathway next to Building 28 on DNA Way. Visit on windy days and the aeolian harp’s hum can be heard clearly. The wind harp was created in 1967 by Aristides Demetrios and his then wife, Lucia, daughter of famed industrial designer Charles Eames. Originally called the Cabot, Cabot and Forbes Tower, it was commissioned as a centerpiece for its namesake business park. It was acquired by the City of South San Francisco in 1996 and rededicated in 1997.

YouTube’s headquarters are located at 901 Cherry Avenue in San Bruno, California. The Google-owned video-sharing platform moved into the offices in 2008. They were the former corporate headquarters of The Gap, Inc.

The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred near the intersection of Glenview Drive and Earl Avenue in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood of San Bruno, California. On the evening on September 9th, 2010, an underground natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded and fire quickly engulfed nearby houses. Eight people died and 38 houses were destroyed.

Yes, South San Francisco is a city separate and distinct from the city of San Francisco, and the cities don’t even border one another. Sometimes colloquially called South City, South San Francisco is located in San Mateo County, south of Daly City and Brisbane, and north of San Bruno.

Sign Hill Park has several trails leading to the big concrete letters forming the SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY hillside sign. The Ridge Trail runs above the sign along the crest of Sign Hill from Ridgeview Court (where there is a small parking lot) to Spruce Avenue. At the water tank, you can descend below the letters on Letters Trail which leads down to the park entrance on Poplar Avenue. You can complete a loop back up to the Ridge Trail by continuing on either the Iris Hill Trail or the slightly longer Seubert Trail. Depending on route, the total loop is around 1.5 to 2 miles (or 2.4 to 3.2 kilometers). The hike is relatively easy but does have some steep sections so may not be suited to very small children. The trail loop can also be started from the base of the hill at the Poplar Avenue entrance. From there you can also do a there-and-back hike of just the Letters Trail up to the sign without completing a full loop if preferred.

George Moscone’s grave is in the St Michael section of Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California. The serving Mayor of San Francisco was shot and killed at San Francisco City Hall on November 27th, 1978, aged 49, by former city supervisor Dan White.

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.