1946
- Two guards and three inmates die during an unsuccessful escape attempt (pictured) from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
- Cargo airline Emery Worldwide begins operating out of Redwood City
- Potato chip maker Granny Goose is founded in Oakland
- Overstock and government surplus Cannery Sales stores open in San Francisco
- Japanese American newspaper Nichi Bei Times begins publishing in San Francisco
- The Pacifica Foundation is created by World War II conscientious objectors E. John Lewis and Lewis Hill
- The Stanford Research Institute (contemporary building pictured) is founded in Menlo Park
- Sunset Books is founded by the San Francisco-based publishers of Sunset magazine
- Southwest Airways (plane pictured) begins operations out of San Francisco International Airport
1946
- Two guards and three inmates die during an unsuccessful escape attempt (pictured) from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
- Cargo airline Emery Worldwide begins operating out of Redwood City
- Potato chip maker Granny Goose is founded in Oakland
- Overstock and government surplus Cannery Sales stores open in San Francisco
- Japanese American newspaper Nichi Bei Times begins publishing in San Francisco
- The Pacifica Foundation is created by World War II conscientious objectors E. John Lewis and Lewis Hill
- The Stanford Research Institute (contemporary building pictured) is founded in Menlo Park
- Sunset Books is founded by the San Francisco-based publishers of Sunset magazine
- Southwest Airways (plane pictured) begins operations out of San Francisco International Airport