Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/59


 * ... that San Francisco artists and craftspeople fought the police and city hall for years to bring about a Street Artists Program that lets them legally sell their work on the city's sidewalks?
 * ... that the Mokelumne Aqueduct, originally built in 1929, is the sole water supply system for over one million people in the San Francisco Bay Area?
 * ... that the Asian clam is causing trouble in San Francisco Bay?
 * ... that the Black Sea jellyfish has become established in the estuaries of the Petaluma and Napa Rivers flowing into San Francisco Bay?
 * ... that San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim (pictured, right) plays bass guitar, and her favorite song is by the Wu-Tang Clan?
 * ... that psychedelic rock concert poster artist Gary Grimshaw was sentenced to 15 days in jail and a $150 fine for flying a 15 cent kite with a dirty word written on it?

January - March 2014