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 ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO

In November 2004, the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine voted San Francisco the #1 destination in the United States in their annual Reader's Choice Awards. It's the 12th consecutive year -- and 16th in 17 years -- that San Francisco has been designated "Best City in the U.S."

San Francisco is where world-class shopping and dining meets world-famous attractions. It's home to Alcatraz, cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury, North America's largest Chinatown, Land's End, The Presidio, Union Square, Pier 39 and much more. San Francisco is also the gateway to Lake Tahoe, Mendocino, Monterrey, Muir Woods, Napa Valley and Yosemite.

The City by the Bay is located at the tip of a 47 square mile peninsula. Measuring slightly more than eight miles from Land's End on the Pacific to the Embarcadero bordering the bay, San Francisco boasts more than 29 miles of shoreline and 7 miles of waterfront. With the sea acting as a thermostat perpetually set at springtime, San Francisco is the perfect place to visit any time of year.

In fact, more than 15 million visitors come to San Francisco throughout the year. Come see for yourself why this combination of scenic beauty, cultural attractions and diverse communities, makes San Francisco "Everybody's Favorite City."

For complete San Francisco information, click to visit the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (www.sfvisitor.org).
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Weather Information

San Francisco enjoys a moderate climate throughout the year with average temperatures ranging between 50 and 68 degrees. Summer months bring sunshine, light breezes, and the famous San Francisco fog. Yearly rainfall in San Francisco rarely exceeds 18 inches with approximately 3 inches falling in December.

San Francisco Tidbits:

  • Early in the nineteenth century, ships from Boston began to visit the Spanish towns and missions of the California coast bringing settlers.
  • It was in the first part of January, 1848, when the gold was discovered at Coloma, California, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.
  • San Francisco Ballet, founded in 1933, is America's oldest professional ballet company.
  • Roger Baldwin founded the ACLU (The American Civil Liberties Union) in 1920 in San Francisco.
  • The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge carries more traffic than any other toll bridge in the world - over 270,000 vehicles each day.
  • The Golden Gate Bridge was completed and opened to pedestrian traffic on May 27, 1937. The following day it was opened to vehicular traffic.
  • The Beat Generation (or "Beatnicks" ) phenomenon of the 1950's, was named by Jack Kerouac in 1948 in San Francisco.
  • Joltin' Joe Di Maggio married Marilyn Monroe at San Francisco's City Hall in a civil ceremony on January 15, 1954.
  • The San Francisco Diggers became one of the legendary groups in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood during the years 1966 to 1968 leading to the popularization of the hippie movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • On August 13, 1965, The Matrix, San Francisco's first folk night club, opened in the Marina District. A new band called "The Jefferson Airplane" performed.
  • On December 10, 1965, the band, The Warlocks became "The Grateful Dead," and debut with the new name at the Fillmore Auditorium for the second San Francisco Mime Troupe Appeal Party.
  • The Beatles performed in concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in their last public appearance together on August 29, 1966