2011
- Steve Jobs dies at his home in Palo Alto
- Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dies in his suite at the Oakland Airport Hilton Hotel
- A gunman kills 3 co-workers and wounds 6 others at Permanente Quarry in Cupertino
- Occupy Oakland protests and demonstrations (pictured) at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
- Ed Lee is elected mayor of San Francisco
- Fremont solar panel manufacturer Solyndra closes
- Former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris begins serving as California's first female Attorney General