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The Oakland Raiders — pro football's most dominant team for the last decade — finally won the big one. The biggest one. The Raiders inundated the Minnesota Vikings in a flood of records in Pasadena, 32-14, for the Super Bowl XI championship. — Jan. 10
San Francisco City Hall functioned under its tightest police security in history as city officials attempted to cope with a wave of bombings, attempted bombings and threats. — Feb. 7
The Rev. Jim Jones, pastor of People's Temple, is the new chairman of the San Francisco Housing Authority. — Feb. 25
San Francisco Sheriff Richard Hongisto starts a five-day jail sentence for contempt of court, after refusing to evict tenants of International Hotel on Kearny Street. — April 29
Former Mayor Alioto is awarded $350,000 in damages for a libelous article published by the now-defunct Look Magazine purporting to link him with the Mafia. — May 3
San Francisco's homosexuals showed their anger at Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusade and the slaying last week of a gay gardener by staging a gigantic downtown parade yesterday. The crowd was estimated at 200,000 to 300,000. — June 27
There are more rats than people in San Francisco, according to the Health Department, blaming the lack of rain to wash out sewers. — July 26
New tests indicate that that the famous plate of brass that Sir Francis Drake supposedly left near San Francisco four centuries ago is a hoax. —July 27
The tenants of the International Hotel were forcibly removed from the landmark Chinatown building despite the efforts of more than 1,000 supporters who sought to prevent the eviction by forming a human barricade. — Aug. 4 (Demolition begins in January 1979. The site remains vacant and unbuilt as 1999 ends.)
The "Yippie Pie Thrower" nails Supervisors President Quentin Kopp with a banana cream pie at Mission planning meeting. — Aug. 10
Golden Dragon massacre in Chinatown: Five persons were killed and 11 wounded when three masked gunmen sprayed a Washington Street restaurant with shotgun and automatic weapons fire.
— Sept. 5
A powerful bomb exploded on the east wall of the Presidio, shattering hundreds of windows in homes and mansions in the plush Pacific Heights area. The New World Liberation Front claimed credit, as it did for earlier bombs at Opera House, Pacific Union Club and Olympic Club. — Sept. 15
Harvey Milk wins seat on Board of Supervisors, becoming California's first openly gay elected official. Another new supe: Dan White. — Nov. 9
Both sides regrouped after a savage "naval battle" between Waldo Point houseboaters and Marin County sheriff's deputies in which dozens of persons were injured and 10 arrested. The houseboaters, who for years have been fighting development of a modern marina, assembled a flotilla of canoes, kayaks, skiffs and dinghies to blockade a pile driver. — Dec. 13