North Bay Native (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake Counties our family territory). Days like the one you just described are why I stay. I left the Bay Area in 2007, and headed to Butte County. I do miss the ocean, but the political/social aspects of life here are far, far more to my liking, and I do get back to the coast a few times a year. I understand the culture here, and fit in. Can’t say that about Bay Area any longer, and it breaks my heart. For example, wore my “Reagan as Che” T-shirt to the grocery store (Winco) yesterday. Two knowing smiles, and three (!!!) people actually said something positive. The gal who rang me up told me of visiting the Reagan Ranch with her dad, a ranch hand, when she was a little girl. “God, I wish there were men like that around today.” My friend, wearing the same shirt in Santa Rosa, has had people berate/heckle him. No thanks.
Wow. Santa Rosa used to be moderate to Conservative. The Bay Area is sadly, a lost cause. A beautiful place, but a lost cause