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The 49ers just had to be the hosts with the most. So they gladly ushered the Miami Dolphins around Stanford Stadium while almost effortlessly rolling up a 38-16 victory in Super Bowl XIX. — Jan. 21
After sifting through mounds of human ashes and collecting more than 50 bags of bone fragments from a grisly Gold Country mass grave, investigators now say up to 25 people may have died at the hands of Leonard Lake, who took his own life when apprehension appeared imminent. So far, police say, as many as six of the apparent victims were from San Francisco. — June 10
Health inspectors throughout the Bay Area hit the streets early to clear grocery store shelves of Jalisco-brand cheese, which has been linked to 28 deaths or stillbirths and nearly 60 flu-like sicknesses in Southern California. — June 14
The 39 American hostages were released by their Shiite Moslem captors and flew to freedom in West Germany, ending a 17- day ordeal that began with the hijacking of a TWA jetliner. Returning home to San Francisco are Victor Amburgy and Jack
McCarty. Six other San Franciscans who were aboard hijacked Flight 847 were released earlier. — July 1
Mexico City quake and aftershocks kill at least 7,500 people. Regular phone links broken: Telex communication between the Mexican consulate in San Francisco and a Lloyd's of London office in the Mexican capital, torn by two powerful earthquakes since Thursday, brought welcome news to more than 200 Bay Area families as well as reports of two fatalities. — Sept. 22
Six months overdue it may be, but the California lottery — expected to be the biggest in the world — was launched with a fanfare fit for the Fourth of July. — Oct. 3
Fans of the late Rock Hudson turned out for a solemn candlelight service at the corner of Market and Castro streets. Led by AIDS victims, the memorial was one of several planned to honor the star whose battle for life drew worldwide attention to the incurable disease. — Oct. 4
Dan White, who shot and killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall in 1978, killed himself in his outer Mission District home. — Oct. 21
Taped whale songs lure a wayward whale back to sea after a 24-day sojourn up the Sacramento River: Always the ham, Humphrey the humpback whale ended his inland exploration just in time for commuters to wave goodbye as they drove home over the Golden Gate Bridge. — Nov. 6
Holiday shopping exploded into a nightmare for thousands of shoppers when a twin-engine plane crashed into the Sunvalley Mall in Concord. Seven killed, 55 injured. — Dec. 24