Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/69

1946
 * Two guards and three inmates die during an unsuccessful escape attempt (pictured) from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
 * Cargo airline Emery Worldwide begins operating out of Redwood City
 * Potato chip maker Granny Goose is founded in Oakland
 * Overstock and government surplus Cannery Sales stores open in San Francisco
 * Japanese American newspaper Nichi Bei Times begins publishing in San Francisco
 * The Pacifica Foundation is created by World War II conscientious objectors E. John Lewis and Lewis Hill
 * The Stanford Research Institute (contemporary building pictured) is founded in Menlo Park
 * Sunset Books is founded by the San Francisco-based publishers of Sunset magazine
 * Southwest Airways (plane pictured) begins operations out of San Francisco International Airport