Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/36

1979
 * The body of Tammy Vincent is found in Tiburon
 * The White Night riots (pictured) erupt in San Francisco
 * Dianne Feinstein (pictured) is elected mayor of San Francisco
 * The Gilroy Garlic Festival is founded
 * Huey Lewis and the News is formed in San Francisco
 * Experimental music group Negativland is formed in Concord
 * Data storage company Seagate Technology is founded in Cupertino
 * David Carpenter commits his first trailside killings in the Bay Area
 * An earthquake strikes with an epicenter near Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]