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Gavin Newsom appointed to fill vacancy: In not many towns would the headline point out that a Board of Supervisors seat has been given to a "straight white male" — the only person of that persuasion on an 11-member panel brimming with diversity of race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. — Feb. 4
San Francisco Symphony musicians ratify new contract, ending a bitter 2 12-month walkout. — Feb. 10
Yosemite National Park reopens after record 73-day closure precipitated by January floods. — March 14
With Mayor Brown keeping the pressure on, San Francisco's first garbage strike in 57 years reached a tentative settlement in less than two days. — April 27
Top city officials and 49ers execs at political consultant Jack Davis' birthday party get some surprise entertainment: a leather-clad dominatrix, who carved a satanic star into a man's back, urinated on him and sodomized him with a bottle of Jack Daniel's. — May 6
Several hundred people sang and marched Sunday in protest of the planned demolition of 466 Presidio housing units, and park police say they arrested 42 demonstrators who refused to vacate one of the units. — May 19
Amid loud cries of electoral chicanery, City voters narrowly approve publicly funded stadium-mall project for 49ers. — June 4
Andrew Cunanan, the suspected serial killer who authorities believe slew famed fashion designer Gianni Versace, has cut a wide party swath in The City's gay Castro District and may have met the designer backstage at the San Francisco Opera. — July 16
Critical Mass compromise breaks down as 5,000 bicycle riders diverge from official route, run red lights, disrupt traffic, shout and spit at stalled drivers. Police in riot gear respond in force, arresting about 250 bicyclists for unlawful assembly. — July 26
San Franciscans mourn Princess Diana in condolence book at British Consulate, candlelight march on Market Street and live BBC telecast in Grace Cathedral. — Sept. 5
A panel of University of California Regents has approved a plan to merge the UCSF hospital with Stanford Medical Center, a venture with big risks but potentially huge payoffs. — Sept. 18
Florida Marlins sweep Giants, three games to none, in National League division series. — Oct. 4
Singer John Denver is killed when his experimental airplane nosedives into the Pacific Ocean off Monterey. — Oct. 13
Dow Jones industrial average jumps 330 points after three days of heavy losses, including one 554-point drop. — Oct. 28
S.F. voters pass ballot measure to rebuild quake-damaged Central Freeway. — Nov. 5
Alan Steven Hall has admitted he sliced off his own penis with an X-acto knife, not a mysterious woman seeking to avenge the death of a woman he strangled 14 years ago, as he had originally told Fairfield police.— Dec. 13