... that The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco, a 1959 album by jazz band The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, reached the bestseller charts with 50,000 copies sold by May 1960?
... that as Burton Abbott was being executed in California's gas chamber in 1957, the governor was contacting the warden to stay the execution?
... that the book This Is Not The Life I Ordered, co-authored by former California State Senator Jackie Speier, has twice reached the San Francisco Chronicle best seller list?
... that former mayor of San Jose, California Ernie Renzel was called the "Father of San Jose International Airport" for his work in establishing the city's first airport?
... that Korean independence activist Jang In-hwan (pictured) used Arthur Schopenhauer's "patriotic insanity" defense when on trial for the murder of Japan lobbyist Durham Stevens, in San Francisco in 1908?

October - December 2007