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
Ferries of San Francisco Bay Ferries of San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay in California has been served by ferries of all types for over 150 years. John Reed established a sailboat ferry service in 1826. Although the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge led to the decline in the importance of most ferries, some are still in use today for both commuters and tourists. One of the earliest ferry routes ran between San Francisco and Oakland on what was called the "creek route". The name derived from the Oakland landing site located at the foot of Broadway where