Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/79
Appearance
1936
![Commemorative coin](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg/100px-Bay_Bridge_half_dollar_reverse.jpg)
- The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. president Herbert Hoover, among others (Bridge commemorative coin from 1936 pictured)
- Cliff's Variety Store in The Castro, San Francisco opens for business
- Former San Francisco political boss Abe Ruef dies
- Lafayette Park is created in San Francisco