Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area Gate across the bay<br> Atherton is incorporated in San Mateo County<br> California Memorial Stadium "(pictured, right)" opens in Berkeley, as the home field for the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley<br> The East Bay Municipal Utility District is formed to provide water and sewage treatment services to the East Bay<br> The San Francisco Opera Ballet gives its first performance, of "La bohème" "(pictured, left)", with Queena Mario and Giovanni Martinelli, conducted by founder Gaetano Merola, at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium 1924 1925 The heated, saltwater Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco opens "(pictured, left)"<br> The
San Francisco Ballet de Coteau's battle with terminal cancer forced him to step down from the position. Emil de Cou, who had been serving as conductor since 1995, then assumed the role of music director, leading the Orchestra until 2001, when he left to join Washington D.C.'s National Symphony Orchestra. He was replaced by first associate conductor Jean-Louis LeRoux, who then left the interim position in 2003 and was succeeded by Andrew Mogrelia. In 2005, Mogrelia left in order to focus on his duties as music director at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. That same year, Martin West, frequent guest conductor for the