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Hardly Strictly Crowd live-music Jesse Wagstaff · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2022 live-music btwashburn · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
The Belle Sounds playing at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on May 27, 2016 live-music Stuart Maschwitz · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Miniature Tigers at the Rickshaw Stop, January 2020 live-music Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Brian Doherty playing electric bass at the final Brass Tax party at Amnesia (853 Valencia Street), San Francisco, California live-music Dohertyswong · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Early morning at the Banjo Stage -- HSB 2015 live-music NAParish from Oakland, CA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 live-music Btwashburn56 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Box office and entrance, Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market Street, San Francisco, California, USA. theater Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Castro Theatre Marquee December 2013 (2) theater Gotanero · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Opera House Tricolour theater Phliar from Republic of San Francisco · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
War Memorial Opera House at night, San Francisco, California theater Photo: Andreas Praefcke · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0
De Young Museum with Keith Haring's Three Dancing Figures arts Luiz Pantoja from São Paulo · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Mission Mural - Political Art - 39364787244 arts Fabrice Florin · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Mission Mural - Political Art - 28295632829 arts Fabrice Florin · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Balmy Alley arts DestinationFearFan · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Women's Building - Front arts Plateaueatplau · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Women's Building - Corner arts Plateaueatplau · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Love Wins celebration in the Castro, San Francisco, June 26 2015. film bhautik joshi · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Dance performance during Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan Town of San Fransisco festivals Ramesh Lalwani · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Cherry Blossom Festival festivals Laika ac from USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
The Grand Parade of the 2010 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, California. festivals BrokenSphere · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
The Grand Parade of the 2010 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, California. festivals BrokenSphere · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Golden Gate Bridge seen from Crissy Field, San Francisco, California. People canoeing in the foreground. outdoors Guillaume Paumier · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
California Coast Trail views in San francisco outdoors Alex Sirac · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and World War II Nisei veterans on their 75th anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service at Crissy Field on the Presidio of San Francisco, California on November 12, 2016 - 2 outdoors DLIFLC PAO · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Crissy Field Marsh in San Francisco outdoors Rhododendrites · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Empty AT&T Park in the day sports Jared Erondu · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Home of the San Francisco Giants. sports Amy K Posner · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Chase Center - East Side - San Francisco sports Tony Wasserman from San Francisco, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
The SPIE Photonics West conference in San Francisco at Moscone Center in 2017. tech Dllu · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Display of puppets from Fairyland, 2010-2025 family E mln e · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
2012 MLK Day of Service 8813 (6796969085) family Ted Eytan · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Evan Brewer of The Faceless @ DNA Lounge nightlife Maclyn Bean · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
fear the fiasco concert at the DNA Lounge nightlife Derekjoel · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
DJ Doc Martin spinning at Taste Ultra Lounge in San Jose, California. nightlife Frederick Manligas Nacino (Opusdeiphotography) · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Imah's first hour show to a full house last 27th Nov. 2020 comedy Dubaicomedycom · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Food trucks at Mid-Autumn Festival, San Francisco Chinatown food-drink Gary Stevens · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Cafe with books - San Francisco, California, USA. food-drink Daderot · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Cafe interior - San Francisco, California, USA. food-drink Daderot · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Runners completing the third leg of the 2022 Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon on the Marina Green of San Francisco, California. wellness 9yz · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Volunteers smiling at WIkipedia Day 2026 community E mln e · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
slow food eat-in at Brooks Park in San Francisco. community Kevin Krejci from Near the Pacific Ocean, DSA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Volunteers at work on a Japanese Black Pine bonsai at the GSBF-CN, September 12, 2008 community Sage Ross · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Oakland Public Library Temescal Branch, Oakland, California, United States. learning Mx. Granger · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Cheryl Dunye presenting her film "The Watermelon Woman" at the Radar Reading Series in the San Francisco Public Library in June 2016. learning San Francisco Public Library · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
John Zerzan discusses The Coming Insurrection during a lecture at the 2010 San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair learning Cast · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0
Livermore's Farmer's Market at Carnegie Park markets Dm91 (talk) · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Union City Farmers' Market in 2015. Originally posted to Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/ixfd64/20577173794 markets Ixfd64 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunday morning at the Menlo Park farmers market. markets TravelerNickR · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Farmer´s Market at Civic Center in San Francisco (TK1) markets Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Rockridge, Oakland (October 20, 2013) Farmers Market markets Sharon Hahn Darlin · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Marshall’s Beach, October 2017 san-francisco Frank Schulenburg · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Gondola on Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA, USA east-bay Chamberednautilus · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Filoli mansion - backyard view peninsula Laurent Le Gourrierec · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Santana Row, SJ south-bay Payton Chung from DCA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Gabrielson Memorial Park, Sausalito, California north-bay (User:Wgreaves) · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
People performing a Greek line dance at the Greek festival in Belmont, California. belmont Dvortygirl · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Giant Pumpkin On Parade Float half-moon-bay MegalithAgency · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Six13 at Jewish Music Fest in Los Gatos, California los-gatos Kiddo27 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Depot Plaza in Mill Valley, California (as seen in March 2012). mill-valley Frank Schulenburg · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Swing at the Hippie Tree in Tiburon (California, USA) with views to San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. tiburon QuimGil · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Stinson Beach, California on June 27, 2009, seen from the south. stinson-beach jenly from Oakland, CA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sound of Fun Going Away (5488116778) petaluma cogdogblog · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Promotional sign on the Sonoma Plaza during the 2015 Sonoma International Film Festival. Photo by Jim Heaphy. sonoma Cullen328 · Wikimedia Commons CC0
My town - Flickr - bluesbby mountain-view bluesbby from Mountain View, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
This is in the hills of Cupertino. One of these houses has a small winery in the yard. There is also a winery up there, it has been there since the 1800's. cupertino bluesbby from Mountain View, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Here I'm in Milpitas at a lake, when I looked up and saw a line of people walking. I liked the look, and just had to have a photo. milpitas bluesbby from Mountain View, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
John Buckley Square & Pittsburg Power Plant, Pittsburg California pittsburg Armenshirazd · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Transportation (20161230-OC-LSC-0038) oakland USDAgov · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. berkeley BrokenSphere · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Vineyards in Napa, California, on October 14, 2017. USDA photo by Lance Cheung. napa USDAgov · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Richardson Bay and Sausalito sausalito E bailey · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Bi-Rite Market, 18th St in 2008 mission-district Eric Heath · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Low Cost Fist & Meat Market at the corner of Haight and Fillmore in the Lower Haight neighborhood of San Francisco, California. lower-haight Christopher Bowns · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
F Market & Wharves Bay and The Embarcadero station fishermans-wharf Kurykh · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Apartments at 2870–78 Washington Street, San Francisco, California pacific-heights Yngvadottir · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
People playing chess at Market Street, San Francisco, tenderloin Yair Haklai · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Gunde Maersk off of Lands End, San Francisco, California. outer-richmond Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunset in San Francisco from Potrero Hill facing West potrero-hill Jeffthechimp · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Gus's Community Market in Mission Bay, San Francisco. Photographed in July 2026. mission-bay Lexi Mattick · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Muni streetcar #1077 near Glen Park pulling out for service on the F Market & Wharves in August 2024 glen-park Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
A foggy day on Ulloa Street in West Portal, San Francisco in June 2017 west-portal Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
A man raises an American flag at Lake Merritt in Oakland lake-merritt Kiddo27 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Intersection of Olin Ave & Winchester Blvd in Santana Row santana-row Cristiano Tomás · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
SF Jazz Center hayes-valley User:Tfinc · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Flixbus parked on Townsend Street in January 2020 soma Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Financial District as seen from Coit Tower financial-district Dsdugan · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, USA embarcadero Clotee Pridgen Alloc… · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
View down Jones Street from Nob Hill to the Tenderloin in August 2020 nob-hill Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Photograph looking down Taylor Street in San Francisco, with a large portion of the city and the bay visible. russian-hill Liji Jinaraj · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
San Francisco, United States marina Rob Bye robertbye · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Union Square in San Francisco union-square Beyond My Ken · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
The Uoki Apartments Building, formerly The Uoki Sakai Market, in Japantown, San Francisco on Post Street. (2016) japantown Peter Alfred Hess · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Golden Gate Park golden-gate-park FASTILY · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Historische Gebäude in Presidio presidio Burkhard Mücke · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Dogpatch, San Francisco dogpatch rosatrieu · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Swing in the trees in Bernal Heights Park, San Francisco, California bernal-heights Rhododendrites · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
beautiful golden sky treasure-island wbaiv · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Fruitvale Village in May 2025 fruitvale Pi.1415926535 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Cherry Avenue south of Britton Avenue in Willow Glen neighborhood in California, looking south. willow-glen Peterpj77 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Display of puppets from the 2010s at Children's Fairyland kid-friendly E mln e · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Golden Gate Bridge Emerging from Fog, San Francisco fog-escape Dongmin03 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Sunset from Alcatraz date-night Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
The american doom metal band Pentagram live at the DNA lounge, San Francisco, USA in 2009 nightlife brandi666 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Chinatown, San Francisco. Street view with umbrellas on a rainy day. rainy-day Ed Schipul · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Lands End, San Francisco, United States free Saksham Gangwar saksham · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Gate at Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco) (TK1) Japanese Tea Garden Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Presidio Tunnel Tops park view, with Alcatraz Island in the background, on July 18, 2022, the day after it opened to the public Presidio Tunnel Tops Dicklyon · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
A row of machines at Musee Mecanique in San Francisco. Musée Mécanique Rhododendrites · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Alcatraz Island (39495489730) Alcatraz Island Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Ships at Pier 9, San Francisco, California, USA Coit Tower & Telegraph Hill Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Chinatown, San Francisco Chinatown Walk from the Dragon Gate Ligocsicnarf89 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Ingrid Michaelson performing live at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California, on Monday, October 24, 2016. The Fillmore Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall Ken Lund · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Rides for all! Children's Creativity Museum mliu92 from San Mateo · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
2017 Yerba Buena Gardens Yerba Buena Gardens Beyond My Ken · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio, San Francisco (TK1) The Walt Disney Family Museum Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
US Navy Blue Angel aircraft making a low pass over the crowd at the Golden Gate Bridge during the 2008 San Francisco Fleet Week. Golden Gate Bridge Walk Foghorn · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
This is the city of Oakland, Beautiful Lake Merrit. A Cityscape with it's own reflection. Lake Merritt Loop AliceChAragon · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
An outdoor concert on a Friday evening in a courtyard at Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, California, United States. Background information here: [1] Oakland Museum of California Mx. Granger · Wikimedia Commons CC0
This pond had a series of stepping stones decorated as lilypads. They seemed to be made of rubber or plastic and moved a bit when stepping on them. Oakland Zoo D Coetzee from San Mateo, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC0
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California Berkeley Repertory Theatre Photo: Andreas Praefcke · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0
2017.07.30-Winchester Mystery House Detail NRHP Reference No 74000559 Winchester Mystery House Lyla0724 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Muir Woods, Early Light, Walking Among the Quiet Giants - Flickr - dalecruse Muir Woods National Monument Dale Cruse - 11M SF views from San Francisco, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Bolinas Bay (left) and Stinson Beach (right) as seen from California State Route 1 looking northwest Stinson Beach Stepheng3 (talk) · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Cataract Creek, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Marin County, California Mount Tamalpais State Park Frank Schulenburg · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa Valley, California, USA (6319723539) Napa Valley Wine Train Jim G from Silicon Valley, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Empress M pop-up at the Oxbow, Napa, California Oxbow Public Market Missvain · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
People watching a show at Six Flags in Vallejo, California Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Kiddo27 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Coryphella cooperi from Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, California Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Tide Pools ANudibranchMom · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
San Francisco Golden Gate Park's Conservatory of Flowers in March 2018. Conservatory of Flowers Gregory Varnum · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Anna Hyatt Huntington--El Cid Campeador--1927--Legion of Honor--San Francisco--photo by Steven Saylor Legion of Honor Stevensaylor · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
2017 SFMOMA from Yerba Buena Gardens SFMOMA Beyond My Ken · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
San Francisco, California, USA Exploratorium Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Luristan Newt (Neurergus kaiseri) at the California Academy of Sciences. Please attribute to Evan Baldonado // AquariumKids.org California Academy of Sciences EvanBaldonado · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Japantown 日本町 (6039328375) Japantown & Japan Center Malls InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
On Tuesdays & Thursday mornings guests can watch divers clean the tunnels and hand feed some of the fish inside! Aquarium of the Bay Huntercoughlin · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
DSC_1208 (2) Baker Beach Luiz Pantoja from São Paulo · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Leah Telescope Dome at Chabot Space Center Chabot Space & Science Center Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Lawrence hall of science Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science Lasthib · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
General view of the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California, USA. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley Daderot · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Paramount Theater Paramount Theatre Oakland Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose from Montreal, Canada · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Hikers on Mount Diablo State Park. (Hiker in rear is Cary Bass-Deschenes) Mount Diablo State Park Michael Bass-Deschenes · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Vineyards in the North Coast California wine region of the Livermore Valley east of San Francisco Bay Livermore Valley Wine Country Agne27 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
View of the harbor in February 2017 Pillar Point Harbor & Half Moon Bay Sausalitoarchitect · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
CuriOdyssey Coyote Point Recreation Area San Mateo, Ca April 13, 2016 CuriOdyssey cifraser1 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
General view of the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, California, USA. Hiller Aviation Museum Daderot · Wikimedia Commons CC0
iPhone 4s 35mm/f2.4 Auto ISO 03/30/2014 Mori Point Michael Fraley from San Francisco, US · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
The Tech Museum in downtown San Jose. As seen from Cesar Chavez Park. The Tech Interactive HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California in 2024 Computer History Museum Antony-22 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, California, USA. Hakone Estate & Gardens Daderot · Wikimedia Commons Public domain
Queue for Park Entrance California's Great America Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0
Meadow in Rancho San Antonio County Park Rancho San Antonio Preserve Ixfd64 · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Levi's Stadium and San Tomas Aquino Creek San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium Thomson M · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0
The setup at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California for the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. San Jose Sharks at SAP Center BrokenSphere · Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Point Reyes National Seashore Point Reyes National Seashore Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI · Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0