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As Emporium Capwell had its final, final sale, everything went for 90 percent off Tuesday before the doors closed for the last time. — Feb. 21
Big domestic-partner ceremony at Herbst Theater: With wedding cakes, pink-and-blue-bunting, a few tears and a lot of smiles, San Francisco Monday gave its official and historic blessing to dozens of same-sex marriages. — March 25
Voters pass Measure B, authorizing $255 million privately financed China Basin ballpark. Giants were 0-4 in previous election attempts to replace 36-year-old Candlestick Park. — March 27
Federal agents crack Unabomber case, arresting Ted Kaczynski, former UC-Berkeley math professor, as suspected anti-technology serial killer who carried out an 18-year string of bombings around the country — including five in Northern California — that killed three and injured 23. — April 4
Jessica Dubroff's dream of making history by flying coast-to-coast in both directions ends in tragedy when the 7-year-old Pescadero girl's light plane crashes in a Cheyenne, Wyo., rain, hail and snow storm, killing her, her father and her flight instructor. — April 11
Ninety years to the day after earthquake and fire broke San Francisco's heart, a new public library opened its doors and filled thousands of visitors with joy. — April 18
A convicted sex offender who police say once dated 5-year-old Angela Bugay's mother was arrested in Concord on suspicion of kidnapping, raping and killing the Antioch kindergartner 13 years ago. — April 24
Beer flowed in Multimedia Gulch, and digital fireworks exploded on the Internet, as supporters of online free speech applauded a court ruling blocking enforcement of a law that would prohibit "indecent" material on computer networks. — June 13
Bay Area Olympians win 39 medals in Atlanta, just four in individual events. — Aug. 5
The body of legal legend Melvin Belli was barely cold and in its grave when his son from an earlier marriage and Belli's bride of 14 weeks started accusing each other of hastening his death. — Sept. 22
Supervisors are infuriated by Mayor Brown's calling them in New Yorker magazine, "mistresses that you have to service." — Oct. 22
State voters pass Prop. 215: About the only people in California who couldn't score pot — the crippled, sick and dying — now have legal access to it. — Nov. 6
Mayor Brown apologizes for calling 49ers quarterback Elvis Grbac "an embarrassment to humankind." — Nov. 13
Odwalla, the Half Moon Bay company that built its reputation on freshly squeezed juices, has decided to flash pasteurize its apple juice in the wake of a deadly outbreak of E. coli." — Dec. 5
"Shopping on the Internet, once an eccentric alternative reserved for cutting-edge types, is snowballing this year". — Dec. 27