Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/27




 * ... that the San Francisco Giants drafted Brock Bond (pictured, left) when they meant to draft Casey Bond (pictured, right)?
 * ... that A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown, published in 2011 by Julia Scheeres, is a history of the Jonestown settlement, and subsequent massacre in 1978?
 * ... that The Bay Lights art installation uses 25,000 white LED lights, programmed to create a series of abstract patterns that ascend and descend the cables on the San Francisco Bay Bridge?
 * ... that Sara Bard Field (pictured) traveled by automobile from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in 1915 to deliver a petition with 500,000 signatures for women's suffrage to Woodrow Wilson?
 * ... that Zelma Long is considered to be one of the female pioneers of wine production in the U.S. state of California?
 * ... that Silver Oak Cellars has been cited as one of a dozen California wineries which "have reached cult status" for its Cabernet Sauvignon production?
 * ... that Berkeley, California, rapper Lil B's Rain in England is an ambient hip hop album without any beats or profanity?

January - March 2013