Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/25

... that over 100 sites in the San Francisco Bay Area (pictured: Winchester Mystery House) are reported to be haunted?
... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco?
... that Downtown College Prep in San Jose was the first charter school in Santa Clara County, California?
... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers?
... that San Francisco police supervised the controversial North American premiere of Al-Nakba at the Castro Theater?
... that San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty member Indre Viskontas (pictured) has performed research into the neurological basis of memory, reasoning, and self-identity?
... that congressman-elect Eric Swalwell served on the city council of College Park, Maryland, while a student at the University of Maryland, College Park?

October - December 2012