1924
- The California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco (pictured), modeled after the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur in Paris, opens
- KGO Radio begins broadcasting from General Electric's Oakland electrical facility
- Lawndale is incorporated in San Mateo County, at the behest of the cemetery owners in the area, which had been established after San Francisco banned all cemeteries in 1900, and removed most existing ones from the city
- Congregation Beth Israel is established in Berkeley
- San Francisco is reported to have the highest average per capita income of any city in the world[1]