Timecapsule podcast: San Francisco, November 17-23

A weekly handful of the weird and wonderful happenings that have made San Francisco, San Francisco.

November 22, 1852 - An earthquake opens a wide fissure through which the waters of Lake Merced flow to the sea -- or does it?

November 18, 1865 - San Francisco writer Mark Twain's wild west tale "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" becomes the talk of New York City.

November 22, 1935 - The soon-to-be legendary "China Clipper" flying boat lifts off from San Francisco Bay, on its way to making Pan American the first airline to cross the Pacific Ocean.