Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/7

2008

Mervyn's former headquarters, Hayward)

The fire at about 7 a.m. on October 13, 2008

• Three people are fatally shot at the office of SiPort, a start-up company in Silicon Valley
• The Hayward-based Mervyn's department store chain is liquidated (headquarters pictured)
• The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival premieres at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
• A fire on Angel Island (pictured) scorches a third of the island
• One Rincon Hill South Tower in San Francisco is completed
• The 555 Mission Street office tower in San Francisco is completed
• The 88, a residential skyscraper in San Jose, is completed
• Tesla Motors introduces the Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric sports car
• Vintner Robert Mondavi dies in Yountville