Bay Area Beginnings
- Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web (which is later renamed to Yahoo!) is launched by Stanford graduate students in Sunnyvale.
- Oakland native Michael Franti forms Michael Franti and Spearhead, and the new band release their first album Home.
- Rock band Smash Mouth forms in San Jose.
Bay Area Sports
- Major League Soccer expands to San Jose with the development of the San Jose Clash. They later change their name to the Earthquakes in 1999.
- Cal-Berkeley basketball standout and San Francisco native Jason Kidd is drafted second overall in the NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks.
