San Francisco in the 1970s a disaster area. In the same year, with bankruptcy imminent for the San Francisco Ballet, a grassroots effort brought national attention to the association. Prior to the discovery of the first AIDS case in 1981, Dr. Selma Dritz, the city's medical epidemiologist, became alarmed at the increase in sexually transmitted diseases among the city's gay men, opining that epidemics had been triggered after 1974 by "political and social changes in the city". "The Grateful Dead Movie" was filmed in 1974 in San Francisco during the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five performances at the Winterland Ballroom. After the 1974 kidnapping of
San Francisco Yacht Club San Francisco Yacht Club The San Francisco Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Belvedere, California, United States. They were formerly located in San Francisco. Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the Pacific Coast. The original anchorage and clubhouse were located in San Francisco near Mission Rock, but inadequate depth of water and increasing industrial growth in the area resulted in a move to Sausalito. Waterfront property was purchased and a new clubhouse erected, but it was subsequently destroyed by fire in 1897. The rebuilt building is still standing and now houses