Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/66
1949
- KPFA community supported radio is founded in Berkeley
- East Contra Costa Junior College is founded in Pleasant Hill
- Fantasy Records is founded in San Francisco
- The first Mervyns department store opens in San Lorenzo (contemporary logo pictured)
- The Western Air Defense Force (pictured) is established at the Hamilton Air Force Base in Marin County
- Berkelium is synthesized at the University of California, Berkeley