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Port Commission approves planting 200 Canary Island palm trees along the southern Embarcadero, despite an uproar that they will make The City look like Los Angeles or Miami. — Jan. 23
Local skater makes good. To the mayor of Fremont: Start painting the signs. "Welcome to Fremont, Home of Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist." — Feb. 21
The world's toughest apartment house finally lost its long-running game of King of the Hill Saturday as demolition crews pulled most of the historic art deco building down a Telegraph Hill cliff. It was evacuated more than a week earlier because of "imminent danger" it could fall. — March 1
California resumes executions after 25 years: Robert Alton Harris died in the gas chamber in the final act of a wrenching drama played out in California courtrooms and the U.S. Supreme Court since 1978, when he murdered two San Diego teenagers. — April 21
Severe earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocks California's North Coast, felt from San Francisco to southern Oregon. — April 26
Rage over acquittal of Los Angeles police officers in Rodney King beating spills over to San Francisco with a week of riots, citywide curfew, protest marches, police sweep and mass arrests. — May 1 - 9
Police Chief Richard Hongisto was fired early Friday, ending a stormy 45-day reign culminating with charges he ordered a nocturnal raid against a gay tabloid's news racks. — May 15
Chamber of Commerce raises funds to paint City Hall's post-Loma Prieta scaffolding as faux marble and granite, with fake cracks, crevices and grout. — May 29
Quakes rattle Southern California high desert, 7.4 and 6.5 on the Richter scale. — June 28
If the Bay Area were a country, it would have placed fifth in the medal standings at the Summer Olympics. The 73 athletes with Bay Area ties who competed for the United States in Barcelona won 35 medals. — Aug. 11
Happy ending to kidnapping: A healthy baby Kerri was reunited with her 16-year-old mother at the same hospital where she was stolen June 12, two days after her birth. — Sept. 16
Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland A's, four games to two, in American League Championship Series. — Oct. 15
Owner Bob Lurie sells Giants to local group for $100 million, to keep the team in San Francisco, despite a $114 million offer for the franchise from Tampa Bay. — Nov. 21
The longest measurable drought in modern history, now entering its seventh year, has reduced storage in the state's four biggest water systems by 58 percent. — Nov. 29
Bay Area counties have some of the highest concentrations of foreign-born residents in the nation, with San Francisco County third on the list nationally and first in California. New census data shows 34 percent of The City's population is foreign-born. — Dec. 18