Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/25


 * ... that over 100 sites in the San Francisco Bay Area (pictured: Winchester Mystery House) are reported to be haunted?
 * ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco?
 * ... that Downtown College Prep in San Jose was the first charter school in Santa Clara County, California?
 * ... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers?
 * ... that San Francisco police supervised the controversial North American premiere of Al-Nakba at the Castro Theater?
 * ... that San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty member Indre Viskontas (pictured) has performed research into the neurological basis of memory, reasoning, and self-identity?
 * ... that congressman-elect Eric Swalwell served on the city council of College Park, Maryland, while a student at the University of Maryland, College Park?

October - December 2012