1933
- Coit Tower in San Francisco is completed (interior mural pictured)
- The Alley (pictured), a restaurant and piano bar in Oakland, opens
- The Oakland Symphony is formed as a volunteer community orchestra
- The San Francisco City Clinic for treating sexually transmitted diseases is established
- The Black Cat Bar reopens in San Francisco, upon the repeal of Prohibition
- The alleged kidnappers and murderers of San Jose resident Brooke Hart are lynched