Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/28

... that journalist James F. Bowman (pictured) wrote a grandiose poetry review for The Californian newspaper, then published an anonymous review in the Dramatic Chronicle savaging his earlier review?
... that AltaRock Energy's demonstration project for generating renewable energy through geothermal power may increase the number of earthquakes in California?
... that the majority of Mexican land grant Rancho Las Putas was covered by Lake Berryessa in 1957?
... that the San Francisco Art Association used the expansive Palace of Fine Arts to show a small collection of public art, and lost money each year from 1915 to 1922?

August 2009