1991
• The Oakland and Berkeley Hills are hit by a firestorm (damage pictured, left)
• Frank Jordan is elected mayor of San Francisco
• Groundbreaking ceremonies take place at the AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco (logo pictured, right)
• San Francisco pornography and striptease club pioneer Jim Mitchell kills his brother and business partner Artie in Marin County
• Apple Computer introduces the PowerBook line of subnotebook personal computers