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A gunman fires on elementary school children in Stockton, killing five and wounding 30 before turning the gun on himself. — Jan. 18
Montana leads 49ers to 20-16 championship victory: Joe Cool marched his team 92 yards in 11 plays and hit wide receiver John Taylor for the winning touchdown against Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXIII. — Jan. 23
Protesters demanding more care and compassion for people with AIDS closed the Golden Gate Bridge for 34 minutes during rush hour, creating a traffic jam that lasted for hours. — Jan. 31
Ilene Misheloff disappears: Dozens of volunteers turned out to search for a 13-year-old eighth-grader who vanished Monday — apparently the third East Bay kidnapping victim since last June. — Feb. 1
Sonoma winery worker Ramon Salcido goes on a bloody rampage, ending in the deaths of seven people, including his wife and two of his daughters. He is found less than a week later in Mexico. — April 19
Two diplomats from San Francisco's Chinese consulate say they are defecting as some 5,000 people gather outside City Hall in a moving tribute to students killed in Beijing's Tienanmen Square. — June 11
On order of Mayor Agnos, police tell homeless camped in Civic Center Plaza to remove all belongings that can't be carried. Supporters charge into mayor's office, shouting "housing, not harassment." — July 11
President Bush signs $50...billion savings-and-loan bailout. — Aug. 9
Huey P. Newton, 47, who led the Black Panther Party into international prominence 22 years ago with what he termed "the rhetoric of the gun," was found shot to death. — Aug. 22
The Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet and the head of Tibetan Buddhism, landed by helicopter on the summit of Mount Tamalpais for a ceremony marking his seven-month, worldwide "pilgrimage for active peace." — Oct. 11
Loma Prieta quake jolts Bay Area, kills 63 people, collapsing buildings, freeways and a segment of the Bay Bridge, and starts a huge fire in the Marina. — Oct. 18
Oakland A's complete quake-delayed, four-game World Series sweep of Giants. — Oct. 29
Fueled by post-quake jitters and an insurmountable tide of conservative opposition, San Francisco voters spurn Mayor Agnos' plan for a $115...million waterfront ballpark. — Nov. 8
East German border guards tore away parts of the hated Berlin Wall Friday as thousands of their countrymen poured into West Berlin to celebrate the opening of the border for the first time in 28 years. — Nov. 10
More than 10,000 pedestrians take a morning stroll across the eerily empty lanes of the Bay Bridge. Motorists follow. — Nov. 16
A huge crane tumbles from the top of a Financial District highrise construction project, killing five people and injuring 20. — Nov. 28