Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/81

1934
 * Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is opened (Mugshot of Robert Stroud pictured, right)
 * A waterfront strike along the West Coast begins in San Francisco (billy club used at the strike in Seattle pictured, right)
 * The San Jose Light Opera Association is established
 * Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opens a small bar/restaurant across from his parents' grocery store at San Pablo Avenue and 65th Street in Oakland, calling it "Hinky Dink's" (Trader Vic's menu pictured, left)
 * The Wine Institute in San Francisco is cofounded by wine historian Leon Adams