1990

Dow Jones hits record 2800 Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities Niners romp over Denver Broncos 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV Gas costs $1.08, milk $2.15, and bread $1.29

Three-day conflagration burns four square miles in Oakland and Berkeley hills, kills 25 people and injures 150. Damage estimated at up to $2 billion.

The Mays take Gramma to New York City.

Papa Syl and Andrew share some quality time at Lake Tahoe.

Buster joins the family!

1991

The Soviet Union folds Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years Bill Graham dies in helicopter crash The Embarcadero Freeway is gone. Finally. Ex-cop Frank Jordan becomes The City's 40th Mayor.

Aaron was once shorter than all these people.

The young and the old....

1992

"Welcome to Fremont, Home of Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist" Acquittal of L.A. Police in Rodney King beating spurs riots in San Francisco Bob Lurie sells Giants to local group for $100 million The longest measurable drought in modern history

Relaxing with Maggie (or is that Murphy?) at Jay's House

Sisters forever

Geeks forever

1993

UC Berkeley expels "The Naked Guy" Gunman kills eight people and wounds six at 101 California law offices before shooting himself Ismay, Montana, (population 22) changes its name to Joe (but only during football season).

Cousins!

Midge enjoying a meal at April Point - a favorite British Columbia stop.

1994

Northridge earthquake kills 61 people and injures 9,100 in Los Angeles Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29) City ordinance banning smoking in all workplaces takes effect in SF

1995

Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House Last Far Side by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980) New San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opens on Third Street S.F. 49ers roll to a record fifth Super Bowl championship, whupping San Diego, 49-26 O.J. Simpson found "Not guilty" Willie Brown becomes The City's first African American mayor

Campaigning Mayor Frank Jordan, right, on a dare jumped naked into the shower at his home with KRQR disc jockeys Mark Thompson, left, and Brian Phelps, center

Jessica's Bat Mitzvah

Boys and their toys....

1996

Emporium Capwell closes its doors Blizzard buries eastern US Voters pass Measure B, authorizing $255 million for China Basin ballpark Federal agents crack Unabomber case, arresting Ted Kaczynski

This space unintentionally left blank. Apparently nobody stopped to take any pictures in 1996, presumably because it was one of Syl's worst years health-wise. Holding true to form, however, he bounced back. We were all happy to move on to '97!

1997

San Franciscans mourn Princess Diana Yosemite National Park reopens after record 73-day closure precipitated by January floods. University of California Regents approve a plan to merge the UCSF hospital with Stanford Medical Center

Columnist Herb Caen, who chronicled his adopted city for nearly six decades, celebrating its moods and foibles, died Feb. 1, 1997. He was 80.

1998

US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 BankAmerica, at home in San Francisco for nearly a century, will wed East Coast powerhouse NationsBank Corp. Mark McGwire slugs two home runs as season ends, for a record-shattering total of 70

Aaron's Bar Mitzvah

1999

Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown sworn in, giving both sides of the bay a Mayor Brown Senate acquits of President Clinton, amidst lingering disgust Owner Eddie DeBartolo gives up his stake in San Francisco 49ers Seems like it was just last year!

San Jose native Brandi Chastain doffs her shirt and creates a sensation after kicking the U.S. team to Women's World Cup Soccer championship. July 11, 1999