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San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (SFSU), a public urban CSU campus founded in 1899, is known for the 1968 strike that created the first U.S. Black studies department, seven colleges, 144-acre Lake Merced campus, and a fall 2026 enrollment rebound to 20,824 students after years of decline.
San Francisco volcanic field
The San Francisco volcanic field is a volcanic area in northern Arizona near Flagstaff with more than 600 volcanoes, most recently erupting at Sunset Crater around 1085.
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Zoo & Gardens: 100-acre AZA-accredited zoo in southwestern San Francisco, opened 1929 as Herbert Fleishhacker Zoo, run by the Zoological Society since 1993, with 1,500+ animals and recent audit controversy.
San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks: Siberian tiger Tatiana mauled keeper Lori Komejan in December 2006, then escaped on Christmas Day 2007, killing Carlos Sousa Jr.; enclosure wall was 12.5 feet, below AZA standards.
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, often called the Bay Bridge, is an 8.4-mile crossing of San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, opened in 1936.
San Gabriel Mountains
The San Gabriel Mountains are an east-west Transverse Range forming the northern edge of the Los Angeles Basin, home to 10,064-foot Mount San Antonio, Angeles National Forest, and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley is a region of eastern Los Angeles County, California, lying south of the San Gabriel Mountains and home to about 2 million people.
San Germán, PR Metro Area
San Germán, PR Metro Area (also "41900") is an economic region in Porta del Sol, southwestern Puerto Rico, with about 140,000 residents, centered on San Germán, the island's second-oldest city, founded 1506-1508 and settled at its present site in 1573.
San Gervasio
San Gervasio, the principal Maya archaeological site of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; also possibly the ancient Tantun. Largest island settlement, Late Postclassic trade hub tied to Chichen Itza, linked by tradition to the goddess Ixchel.
San Gil
San Gil is a municipality in the department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, founded in 1689 and known nationally as the adventure-sports and tourist capital of Santander.
San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a walled medieval hill town in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence, famous for its surviving towers (14 of about 72), Via Francigena role, 1990 UNESCO listing, and Vernaccia DOCG wine.
San Giorgio in Velabro
San Giorgio in Velabro is a medieval titular church in Rome's Velabrum near the Arch of Janus, rebuilt under Pope Leo II, holding St George relics, a Cavallini apse fresco, and restored after a 1993 Mafia bombing.
San Giorgio Maggiore (church)
San Giorgio Maggiore is a Benedictine church on an island in the Venetian Lagoon, designed by Andrea Palladio, built between 1566 and 1600, and facing St Mark's Square.
San Giuliano
San Giuliano is an archaeological site in northern Lazio, Italy, about 70 km northwest of Rome, known for its Etruscan rock-cut tombs and medieval fortified village.
San Gorgonio Mountain
San Gorgonio Mountain (Old Grayback), 11,503 ft, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges, in the 37,980-acre San Gorgonio Wilderness of the San Bernardino Mountains.
San Guillermo Biosphere Reserve
San Guillermo Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biósfera San Guillermo), Argentina's first UNESCO biosphere reserve (1980), protects about 981,460 ha of Andean puna in San Juan Province, notably up to half the country's remaining vicuñas.
San Holo
San Holo, stage name of Dutch producer Sander van Dijck (born 1990, Zoetermeer), future bass pioneer behind the Dr. Dre "The Next Episode" remix, "Light," the bitbird label, and albums album1, bb u ok?, EXISTENTIAL DANCE MUSIC, and TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD.
San Ildefonso black-on-black pottery
San Ildefonso black-on-black pottery is a Pueblo style with matte black designs on a polished black surface, developed by Maria and Julian Martinez around 1918.
San Isidro-Samalayuca Gas Pipeline
The San Isidro-Samalayuca Gas Pipeline (Gasoducto San Isidro-Samalayuca) is a short, high-capacity natural gas pipeline in Chihuahua, Mexico, serving the Norte III power plant since 2017.
San Jacinto Mountains
The San Jacinto Mountains are a Peninsular Ranges range in Riverside County, California, home to 10,834-foot San Jacinto Peak, Mount San Jacinto State Park, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Idyllwild, and the seismically active San Jacinto fault zone.
San Jacinto Peak
San Jacinto Peak, 10,834 ft, highest summit of the San Jacinto Mountains, California; ultra-prominent peak (8,299 ft prominence, No. 6 in contiguous US) in Mount San Jacinto State Park, reached via the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County, California: Central Valley county established 1850, county seat Stockton, eight cities, 823,815 residents (2025 est.), $3.15 billion agriculture, Port of Stockton, governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors.
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley: southern two-thirds of California's Central Valley, a major agricultural region (7% of US farm output) known for severe groundwater-driven land subsidence, SGMA management, and drinking water contamination.
San Jose del Monte
San Jose del Monte is a component city in Bulacan, Philippines, about 42 km from Manila; Bulacan's first city (RA 8797, 2000) with 651,813 residents in 2020, a resettlement origin, a rejected 2023 HUC plebiscite, and a 2026 water crisis takeover.
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes, MLS Western Conference soccer club founded 1995 as the Clash; two MLS Cups (2001, 2003), relocated to Houston 2005, returned 2008; plays at PayPal Park.
San José galleon
The San José was a Spanish treasure galleon that sank off Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708 while carrying Peruvian silver and gold; its wreck was found in 2015.
San Jose International Airport
San Jose International Airport, formally Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC), is a city-owned airport two miles from downtown San José, California, serving Silicon Valley.
San José Mogote
San José Mogote is a Formative-period archaeological site in the Etla subvalley of Oaxaca, Mexico, occupied for roughly a thousand years before Monte Albán was founded.
San Jose SaberCats
San Jose SaberCats, AFL arena football team (1995-2015) at HP Pavilion/SAP Center; four ArenaBowls (2002, 2004, 2007, 2015), 217-110 record, coach Darren Arbet, folded after 2015.
San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks, NHL ice hockey team in San Jose, California, Pacific Division; founded 1990, first season 1991-92, play at SAP Center, owned by Hasso Plattner, one Stanley Cup Final appearance (2016), no Cup.