Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/98
Appearance
1917
![Italian style Cotto Salame](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Salame_cotto.jpg/100px-Salame_cotto.jpg)
- The San Francisco Sausage Company is established by Italian immigrants Peter Domenici and Enrico Parducci
- Neptune Beach opens in Alameda with private picnic areas, barbecue pits, a clubhouse for dancing, and vacation cottages
- El Cerrito in Contra Costa County is incorporated
- During World War I, a major explosion of barges loaded with munitions at Mare Island Naval Shipyard killes 6 people, wounds another 31, and destroys some port facilities.