Short answers, pulled from the story.
The massive earthquake struck San Francisco on the 18th of April 1906 at 5:12 in the morning. Ruptured gas lines ignited fires that raged for three days and nights, consuming more than three-quarters of the city's buildings.
The population of San Francisco grew from 1,000 people in 1848 to 25,000 by December 1849 following the discovery of gold. Prospectors flooded into the city, transforming it from a small settlement of 459 people in 1847 into a chaotic boomtown overnight.
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in California and was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone in 1978. This event forever altered the political landscape of San Francisco and the city became a global center for liberal activism.
Mount Davidson is the tallest hill in San Francisco and is capped with a tall cross built in 1934. Twin Peaks serves as another high point and overlook spot within the city's geography of more than 50 hills.
Technology jobs accounted for just 1 percent of San Francisco's economy in 1990 and grew to 4 percent in 2010. By the end of 2013, technology jobs were estimated to make up 8 percent of the city's economy.
In 2019, 8,035 homeless people were counted in San Francisco's point-in-time street and shelter count. This figure represented an increase of more than 17 percent over the 2017 count.