San Francisco (/sæn frənˈsɪskoʊ/), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California and the only consolidated city-county in California. San Francisco encompasses a land area of about 46.9 square miles (121 km2) on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, which makes it the smallest county in the state. It has a density of about 18,187 people per square mile (7,022 people per km2), making it the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City. San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California, after Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, and the 13th-most populous city in the United States—with a Census-estimated 2014 population of 852,469.
Population: 805,235
Latitude: 37° 46' 29.75" N
Longitude: -122° 25' 9.91" W
The Waldo Grade is a highway grade between the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin City on U.S. Route 101 in California. It is defined as the stretch of roadway between the Spencer Offramp and Marin City, within the city of Sausalito. This grade is travers…
The Pacific-Union Club is a private social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (foun…
140 New Montgomery Street, also known as the PacBell Building, in San Francisco's South of Market district is an Art Deco office tower located close to the St.
Hayes Valley is a fashionable neighborhood in the Western Addition district of San Francisco, California. It is located between the historical districts of Alamo Square and the Civic Center.
The Westin St. Francis is a historic luxury hotel located on Powell and Geary Streets on Union Square in San Francisco, California. The two twelve-story south wings of the hotel were built in 1904, and the double-width north wing was completed in 19…
San Andreas Lake (Spanish: Laguna de San Andrés) is a reservoir adjacent to the San Francisco Peninsula cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in San Mateo County, California.
Playland (also known as Playland at the Beach and Whitney's Playland beginning in 1928) was a 10-acre (40,000 m2) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California along Gre…
The Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.
Berkeley High School is a public high school in the Berkeley Unified School District, and the only public high school in the city of Berkeley, California. It is located one long block west of Shattuck Avenue and three short blocks south of Universit…
KSFO is a talk radio station in San Francisco, California, USA, broadcasting on 560 kHz AM with content focusing on conservative talk. It operated under the ownership of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) until the radio group was purchased by …
KQED, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 30), is a PBS member television station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting, through subsidiary KQED, Inc., alongside fello…
The Fillmore District, also called The Fillmore, The Fill, The Moe, or Fillmoe, is a neighborhood in the Western Addition district of San Francisco, California.
Devil's Slide is a coastal promontory in California, United States.
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (October 31, 1831 – January 23, 1899) was a Californio politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more …
One Rincon Hill is an upscale residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States.
Oaksterdam University is recognized as America's first cannabis college. Located in Oakland, CA, the educational facility and "political institution" was founded in November 2007 by medical marijuana activist Richard Lee to offer quality training fo…
The Musée Mécanique (English: Mechanical Museum) is a for-profit interactive museum consisting of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
KBCW, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 45), is a CW owned-and-operated television station located in San Francisco, California, United States which serves as the West Coast flagship of the network. The station is owned by the CBS Television S…