The Bay Area, told as stories.
Events, neighborhoods, landscapes, and the living things that share them. Each one is a short film you can step inside and explore.
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The Golden Gate
The Bay's only door to the ocean wasn't always here. A fault opened it, and the sea came through.
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Events
The moments that remade the Bay, told from the ground.
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- The 1906 Earthquake and FireSeconds of shaking, then three days of fire that remade San Francisco.
- The Ships Under the Financial DistrictGold Rush ships abandoned in Yerba Buena Cove still lie beneath downtown streets.
- Building the Golden Gate BridgeFour years, two towers, and a single span across the strait.
- The Occupation of AlcatrazNineteen months when Indigenous activists held the island.
Neighborhoods
Who lived here, what they built, and what is still standing.
In production
- ChinatownRebuilt after 1906 with a look designed to help it stay.
- North BeachItalian fishermen, bakers, and Beat poets on the slopes below Telegraph Hill.
- The MissionFrom Misión San Francisco de Asís, founded in 1776, to the murals of Balmy Alley.
- The MarinaBuilt on fill for the 1915 world's fair, and shaken hard in 1989.
Geography
Faults, straits, and summits, and the deep time that shaped them.
In production
- The San Andreas FaultThe boundary between two plates runs just off San Francisco's coast.
- Mount TamalpaisThe peak above Marin, once climbed by the crookedest railroad in the world.
- Angel IslandThe Bay's largest island, and the immigration station on its shore.
Flora & Fauna
The living things that share the Bay, and their stories with us.
In production
- Dungeness CrabThe Bay's favorite crab, and the fishing fleet that followed it.
- Coast RedwoodThe tallest trees on Earth, and the canyon that saved a grove of them.
- Anna's HummingbirdA bird that dives so fast its tail feathers sing.
- California Sea LionThey started hauling out at Pier 39 soon after the 1989 earthquake, and stayed.