2010
- A fight on an AC Transit Bus is recorded on video and uploaded to YouTube
- A pipeline explosion in San Bruno (pictured) registers a shock wave equivalent to a magnitude 1.1 earthquake
- Sun Microsystems is acquired by Oracle
- The Calistoga AVA is established
- Onizuka Air Force Station in Santa Clara County closes
- Jean Quan (pictured) is elected mayor of Oakland
- Michael Sweeney is re-elected mayor of Hayward
- The San Francisco Giants win the World Series
- The NUMMI automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont closes, then reopens as the Tesla Factory (pictured)