Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/103

1912

Sam Wo (closed, 2013)

Newspaper account of the first race in 1912

 • The Bay to Breakers (news headline on race pictured, right) is run in San Francisco for the first time
 • Chinese restaurant Sam Wo (pictured, left. translation: "Three Harmonies Porridge and Noodles") in San Francisco's Chinatown opens
 • Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County is incorporated
 • The California Society of Etchers is founded in San Francisco
 • Essanay Studios opens the Essanay-West studio in Niles, at the foot of Niles Canyon