1958
- Rice-A-Roni, "The San Francisco Treat", is introduced
- The first Cost Plus store opens at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco
- The New York Giants move to San Francisco and become the San Francisco Giants (logo pictured)
- San Francisco columnist Herb Caen coins the term Beatnik, adding the suffix "-nik" from Sputnik I to the Beat Generation, or "Beats"