2012
- The San Francisco Giants win the World Series
- Matt Cain (pictured) pitches a perfect game at AT&T Park in San Francisco
- Five people are found dead at a home in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood
- The Novato meteorite (trajectory pictured) crosses the North Bay
- A gunman kills 7 people inside Oikos University in Oakland
- The South San Francisco Ferry Terminal opens
- Nadia Lockyer resigns as Alameda County Supervisor
- Gus Morrison is appointed mayor of Fremont
- Eric Swalwell is elected to California's 15th congressional district
- A large fire erupts at the Chevron Richmond Refinery (smoke plume pictured), and a shelter in place order is given by Contra Costa County
- Tesla Motors introduces the Tesla Model S