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[[image:Gallery4.JPG|thumb|right|300px|View of San Fierro from the Garver Bridge]]
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'''San Fierro''' is the second fictional city encountered in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is based on real-life San Francisco, California.
| image = [[File:SanFierro-GTASA-montage.jpeg|300px]]
| caption = From top left: San Fierro, [[Big Pointy Building]], [[Palisades]], a [[Tram]], [[Foster Valley]] and the [[Gant Bridge]]. 
| games = [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
| pop = 800,000
| state = [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]
| motto = None.
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{{also|You may be looking for the [[San Fierro in HD Universe|San Fierro]] mentioned in the [[HD Universe]].}}
[[File:SanFierro-GTASA-detailedmap.jpg|thumb|left|131px|A detailed map of San Fierro.]]
'''San Fierro''', [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]] is the second city encountered by the [[Carl Johnson|protagonist]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is based on real-life [[wp:San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]]. The name San Fierro translates to "Saint Iron" (who does not exist in any religion) while San Francisco's name translates to "Saint Francis", a Catholic saint.


San Fierro is the smallest metropolitan area in [[San Andreas]], situated on a peninsula in the western part of the state. South of the city lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad]] and the small town of [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone County]]. To the north of the city, across a re-creation of the Golden Gate Bridge ([[Gant Bridge]]), lies the town of [[Bayside]], and northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with a beautiful bay to the north and the [[Panopticon]] to the east. San Fierro is connected to [[Los Santos]] and [[Las Venturas]] by road, rail and air.
San Fierro is the smallest metropolitan area in San Andreas, but the most urbanized, and is situated on a peninsula on the western part of the state. South of the city lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad in GTA III Era|Mount Chiliad]] and the [[Whetstone]] county. To the north of the city, across the [[Gant Bridge]], a recreation of the famous Golden Gate Bridge, lies the town of [[Bayside]]. Northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with the beautiful [[San Fierro Bay]] to the north and [[The Panopticon]] to the east.


There is a sizeable country club complete with a golf course within San Fierro. One of [[Carl Johnson]]'s girlfriends, [[Katie Zhan]], exercises here a lot when not at the dojo.  In addition to this, San Fierro has a district marked by rainbow signs meant to emulate San Francisco's famous Castro district, home to a sizeable gay population. San Fierro is also home to the famous football team, the San Fierro 69ers, a double entendre referring to both the San Francisco 49ers and the "69" sexual position.
There is a sizeable [[Avispa Country Club|country club]] complete with a golf course within San Fierro. San Fierro has [[Queens|a district]] marked by rainbow signs that is meant to emulate San Francisco's famous [[wp:The Castro, San Francisco, California|Castro District]], home to a sizeable gay population.


The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 3 years before the game takes place, though dialogue suggests that an earthquake has occured just recently.
The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, three years before the game takes place, though dialogue suggests that an earthquake has occurred just recently.  The most obvious sign of the intense damage is the crumbled section of freeway lying to the immediate west of [[Garver Bridge]]'s San Fierro approach, which is an apparent emulation of the damage done to [[wp:California State Route 480|San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway]] that is undergoing renovation, whose remnants could be seen for years after the earthquake. The freeway section does not seem to have any visible connection to the existing freeway, however. The city's infrastructure and buildings are not visibly damaged from the earthquake, the only such damage being in the Doherty area.


==Weather==
== Storyline ==
San Fierro commonly experiences rainstorms. This combined with thick clouds of fog that sometimes cloud the city late at night and during the early hours of the morning can make driving and flying difficult because of reduced visability. The [[Tierra Robada]] sandstorms sometimes blow into parts of San Fierro.
[[File:SanFierro-GTASA-map.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Street map of San Fierro.]]
:''For previous story in Whetstone, see [[Whetstone#Events of GTA San Andreas|here]].''
After escaping Los Santos with [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]], Cesar meets with Carl. Cesar finds an available street race with the mysterious [[Wu Zi Mu|Wu Zi "Woozie" Mu]]. Carl races Catalina's "new boyfriend" [[Claude]], for the ownership of a garage in San Fierro. Soon after, The Police discover The Truth's weed fields, and Carl flees to San Fierro with The Truth.  


[[File:Xoomer-GTASA-Doherty-exterior.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Carl Johnson|Carl Johnson's]] [[Doherty Garage]]]]
Once there, Carl finds that all is wrong. The [[Doherty Garage|garage]] he won from Catalina is derelict, and he discovers the disturbing truth about the [[Loco Syndicate]], the crime organization responsible for the spread of drugs in Los Santos. The syndicate is run by leader de mysterio [[Mike Toreno|Michael "Mike" Toreno]], a shady person with a surprising background. [[T-Bone Mendez|"T-Bone" Mendez]], a [[San Fierro Rifa]] leader, serves as the muscle of the organization, along with [[Jizzy B.]], the biggest pimp in town, serving as concierge. As he is investigating the Loco Syndicate, Carl also discovers that Woozie is actually the head of a [[San Fierro Triads|San Fierro Triad]] gang, the Mountain Cloud Boys, who are in the midst of a war with the [[Da Nang Boys]], a Vietnamese crime organization.


==Districts==
After many odd jobs and errands for multiple bosses, Carl, Woozie and Cesar decide to take down the Loco Syndicate from the inside. Carl first pays Jizzy a visit, offering Jizzy his services. Jizzy gives Carl some work, during which he meets Mendez and Toreno. After being sure that Jizzy didn't suspect him, Carl confronts him at the [[The Pleasure Domes Club|Pleasure Domes]] nightclub. A massive shootout is followed by a high-speed car chase, in which Jizzy is killed by Carl. Then, he heads down to [[Pier 69]], and kills Mendez and Carl's former friend [[Ryder|Lance "Ryder" Wilson]] in a massive shootout between the [[San Fierro Triads|Triads]], the Rifa, the [[Ballas]], Carl and Cesar. Finally, Woozie informs him that Toreno is getting ready to leave in a helicopter, and Carl shoots him down with a rocket launcher. He then destroys the syndicate's crack lab in [[Doherty]], ending the Loco Syndicate once and for all.
* [[Doherty]] - Dogpatch
* [[Hashbury]] - Haight-Ashbury
* [[Garcia]] - The Mission
* [[Easter Basin]] - China Basin/Hunters Point
* [[Queens]] - The Castro
* [[King's]] - Noe Valley (and Pierre Valley)
* [[Santa Flora]] - Twin Peaks
* [[China Town]] - Chinatown
* [[Juniper Hill]] - Russian Hill
* [[Juniper Hollow]] - Cow Hollow
* [[Calton Heights]] - Pacific Heights
* [[Palisades]] - Presidio Heights
* [[Downtown/Financial]] - Financial District
* [[Esplanade East]] - Embarcadero
* [[Esplanade North]] - Fisherman's Wharf
* [[Ocean Flats]] - Ocean Beach
* [[Paradiso]] - The Presidio
* [[Battery Point]] - Fort Point


==Landmarks==
Carl then receives a mysterious call from a "friend" who claims knowledge of Sweet's whereabouts, prompting him to head out to the desert, to find none other than Toreno. From there, a new chapter in the San Andreas storyline unfolds.


As with every other city in San Andreas there are emulated landmarks. In San Fierro, these include:
Simultaneously, Carl and Cesar also succeed in establishing their garage business in a successful vehicular chop-chop, which stores some of its "customer's wishlist" cars in a nearby showroom. For the most part, Kendl and Cesar decide to stay back in San Fierro, attracted to the city's gentle appeal, before joining Carl back in Los Santos after Kendl briefly joins him in Las Venturas.


* [[Transamerica Pyramid]]; known as the Big Pointy Building. One can travel to the top for a bird's eye view of San Fierro. One parachute (And only one, so exercise caution) is provided, in case players have the urge to jump off.
== Districts ==
* The Golden Gate Bridge makes an appearance as the [[Gant Bridge]]. This bridge links San Fierro and the town of Bayside. The bridge appears to have functioning [[Tollbooths|tollbooths]], as evidenced by the fact that cars heading into San Fierro stop at the toll plaza. However, the player is apparently immune to the toll.
[[File:ChinatownSanFierro-GTASA.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Chinatown, San Fierro|Chinatown]]]]
* The Oakland Bay Bridge makes an appearance as the Garver Bridge. This bridge links San Fierro and Tierra Robada near Las Venturas. Along side the [[Garver Bridge]] is the [[Kincaird Bridge]], which is modelled after the Forth Rail Bridge, which itself resides beside the Forth Road Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. This may also be a reference to the home of ''Rockstar North'', where the original bridge is located. The Forth Road Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge look remarkably similar.
[[File:Palisades-GTASA.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Palisades]] district]]
* Lombard Street, known as the crookedest street in the World, is [[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]].
Many of San Fierro's districts are re-imaginings of real neighborhoods in San Francisco:
* Fort Point makes an appearance in the game, underneath the Gant Bridge. However, the fort has been taken over by [[Jizzy]], a pimp, and is known as [[Jizzy's Pleasure Domes]].
* [[Battery Point]] - [[:wp:Fort Point, San Francisco|Fort Point]]
* The Castro district is emulated as "[[Queens]]", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the neighborhood as being the heart of San Francisco's gay community.
* [[Juniper Hollow]] - [[:wp:Neighborhoods in San Francisco#Cow Hollow|Cow Hollow]]
* The San Fierro City Hall, based on the Beaux-Arts styled San Francisco City Hall, is located at the west end of Queens.
* [[Paradiso]] - [[:wp:Neighborhoods in San Francisco#The Presidio|The Presidio]]
* A replica of Mount Sutro's Sutro antenna tower is located atop Missionary Hill just south of San Fierro. An observation area is located nearby, offering a pristine view of the city's southern side.
* [[Esplanade North]] - [[:wp:Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco|Fisherman's Wharf]]
* Foster Valley, located between [[Missionary Hill]] and the [[Easter Bay Airport]], may be inspired from planned cities such as Foster City (which may explain the origin of the name as well). The contemporary buildings in the area, as well as a row of identical cylindrical shaped buildings along an artificial lake, mildly resemble Oracle Corporation's World Headquarters at Redwood Shores, Redwood City, which is, coincidentally, also located near Foster City.
* [[Esplanade East]] - [[:wp:Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]]
* The [[Zombotech Corporation]], a parody of Umbrella Corporation from Resident Evil, is headquartered in San Fierro as well. The sign on the inside says "Zombotech: Sinister Zombie Research Corporation, Welcomes Visitors!"
* [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]]/[[Financial]] - [[:wp:Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]]
* [[Calton Heights]] - [[:wp:Pacific Heights, San Francisco|Pacific Heights]]
* [[Chinatown, San Fierro|Chinatown]] - [[:wp:Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]
* [[Juniper Hill]] - [[:wp:Russian Hill, San Francisco|Russian Hill]]
* [[Palisades]] - [[:wp:Neighborhoods in San Francisco#Presidio Heights|Presidio Heights]]
* [[Santa Flora]] - [[:wp:Twin Peaks (San Francisco, California)|Twin Peaks]]
* [[San Fierro City Hall|City Hall]] - [[:wp:San Francisco City Hall|City Hall]]/[[wp:Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]]
* [[Queens]] - [[:wp:The Castro, San Francisco|The Castro]]
* [[King's]] - [[:wp:Noe Valley, San Francisco|Noe Valley]] (and Pierre Valley)
* [[Easter Basin]] - [[:wp:Neighbourhoods in San Francisco#China Basin|China Basin]]/[[wp:Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco|Hunters Point]]
* [[Doherty]] - [[:wp:Dogpatch, San Francisco, California|Dogpatch]]
* [[Garcia]] - [[:wp:Mission District, San Francisco, California|The Mission]]
* [[Hashbury]] - [[:wp:Haight-Ashbury|Haight-Ashbury]]
* [[Ocean Flats]] - [[:wp:Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California|Ocean Beach]]
* [[Avispa Country Club]] - [[:wp:Cliff House, San Francisco|Cliff House]]
* [[Missionary Hill]] - [[:wp:Mount Sutro|Mount Sutro]]
* [[Foster Valley]] - [[:wp:Foster City, California|Foster City/Peninsula]]
* [[Easter Bay Airport]] - [[:wp:San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco International Airport]]


==Getting around==
== Known streets ==
[[Image:Gallery77.JPG|thumb|250px|The San Fierro Docks]]
* Bay View West
Although cars are prominent, there are cable cars (trams) that circle San Fierro. Players are, however, unable to ride them, as they are literally unstoppable, and will plow through any obstacle without incurring damage.
* [[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]]


The [[Brown Streak]] Railroad stops at Doherty's [[Cranberry Station]] across from [[Doherty Garage|CJ's garage]].
== Landmarks ==
[[File:GantBridge-GTASA-sunrise.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sunrise over [[Gant Bridge]].]]
[[File:BigPointyBuilding-GTASA-top.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Big Pointy Building]]]]
[[File:WindyWindyWindyWindyStreet-GTASA.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]]]]
As with every other city in the GTA world, many landmarks in San Fierro are based on real life:
* The [[:wp:Golden Gate Bridge|Golden Gate Bridge]] makes an appearance as the [[Gant Bridge]]. This bridge links San Fierro and the town of Bayside. The bridge appears to have functioning [[tollbooths]], as evidenced by the fact that cars heading into San Fierro stop at the toll plaza. However, the player is apparently immune to the toll, not having to pay it.  Gant Bridge extends over [[San Fierro Bay]], which is a re-creation of [[wp:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay]], and physically separates San Fierro from [[Bayside]] and [[Tierra Robada]].
* The [[wp:San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge|San Francisco Bay Bridge]] makes an appearance as the [[Garver Bridge]]. This bridge links San Fierro and [[Tierra Robada]] near [[Las Venturas]]. Alongside the Garver Bridge is the [[Kincaid Bridge]], which is modeled after the Forth Rail Bridge, which itself sits beside the Forth Road Bridge outside Edinburgh, Scotland. This may also be a reference to the home of ''Rockstar North'', where the original bridges are located. The Forth Road Bridge and the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge look remarkably similar.
* The [[wp:Transamerica Pyramid|Transamerica Pyramid]] is re-created as the [[Big Pointy Building]], the base of the building surrounded by somewhat humorous signs. One can travel to the top for a bird's eye view of San Fierro. One [[parachute]] (and only one, so exercise caution) is provided, in case players have the urge to jump off.
* [[:wp:Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]], known as the "crookedest street", appears as [[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]] in San Fierro's [[Calton Heights]].
* [[:wp:Fort Point, San Francisco|Fort Point]] makes an appearance as [[Battery Point]] in the game, which sits underneath [[Gant Bridge]]. However, the fort has been taken over by the pimp [[Jizzy B.]], and is known as [[The Pleasure Domes Club]].
* The [[:wp:Castro District, San Francisco|Castro district]] is emulated as "[[Queens]]", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the neighborhood as being the heart of San Francisco's gay community.
* [[San Fierro City Hall]], based on the Beaux-Arts styled [[wp:San Francisco City Hall|San Francisco City Hall]], is located at the west end of [[Queens]].
* A replica of Mount Sutro's radio antenna ([[wp:Sutro Tower|Sutro Tower]]) is located atop [[Missionary Hill]], at the south end of San Fierro. An observation area is located nearby, offering a pristine view of the city's southern side.
* [[Foster Valley]], located between [[Missionary Hill]] and [[Easter Bay Airport]], may be inspired from planned cities such as Foster City (which may explain the origin of the name as well). The contemporary buildings in the area, as well as a row of identical cylindrical buildings along an artificial lake, mildly resemble Oracle Corporation's World Headquarters at Redwood Shores, Redwood City, which is, coincidentally, also located near Foster City.


The [[Easter Bay International Airport|Easter Bay Airport]] is located to the southeast of the city, off Exit 3, the second to last exit, from the Garver Bridge Approach.
=== Other Landmarks ===
* [[:wp:Forth Railway Bridge|Forth Bridge]]
* [[:wp:Ferry Building|Ferry Building]]
* [[:wp:Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]]
* [[:wp:Golden Gate Park|Golden Gate Park]]
* [[:wp:Fort Mason|Fort Mason]]
* [[:wp:Presidio of San Francisco|Presidio of San Francisco]]
* [[:wp:Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption|Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption]]
* [[:wp:San Francisco Opera|San Francisco Opera]]
* [[:wp:San Francisco cable car system|San Francisco cable car system]]
* [[:wp:Great Highway|Great Highway]]


==Storyline==
== Public transport ==
[[File:Tram-GTASA-front.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The cable car passing between the [[Calton Heights]] and [[Chinatown, San Fierro|Chinatown]] districts]]
Although cars are prominent, there are cable cars ([[Tram|trams]]) that circle San Fierro. No one is, however, unable to ride them, as they are literally unstoppable and will plow through any obstacle without incurring damage. The [[Brown Streak]] Railroad stops at Doherty's [[Cranberry Station]] across from the [[Doherty Garage]]. The [[Easter Bay International Airport|Easter Bay Airport]] is located at the southeast of the city from the [[Garver Bridge]] approach.


After a deadly shootout under the [[Mulholland Intersection]] in Los Santos, Carl Johnson is dragged by Officers [[Frank Tenpenny|Tenpenny]] and [[Eddie Pulaski|Pulaski]] to the little town of Angel Pine, where they deposit him, using the recent incarceration of CJ's brother [[Sean "Sweet" Johnson|Sweet]] as leverage to convince CJ to do their dirty work, which includes murdering witnesses. Along the way, Tenpenny employs CJ to help him obtain crack, and introduces him to the pot-growing hippie, [[The Truth]]. At this point in time, [[Cesar Vialpando|Cesar]] calls CJ, informing him that his gang has been disbanded, and that his life is now in danger. After escaping Los Santos, Cesar meets with CJ, and they street-race with the mysterious [[Wu Zi Mu]]. After CJ participates in some very poorly planned and executed robberies with Cesar's cousin, [[Catalina]], he flees to San Fierro with The Truth.
== Weather ==
San Fierro's atmosphere appears to be cooler than the rest of the state. The city commonly experiences rainstorms. These, combined with the frequent late-night and early-morning fog, can make driving and flying difficult because of reduced visibility. To further complicate the city's weather patterns, the [[Tierra Robada]] sandstorms occasionally blow into the northeastern parts of San Fierro, making flying near the Garver Bridge and [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]] skyline extremely treacherous.


Once there, CJ finds that all is wrong. The [[Doherty Garage|garage]] he won in a street race with Catalina is derelict, and he discovers the disturbing truth about the [[Loco Syndicate]], the crime organization responsible for the spread of drugs in Los Santos. The syndicate is run by [[Mike Toreno]], a shady person with a surprising background. [[T-Bone Mendez]], a [[San Fierro Rifa]], serves as the muscle of the organization, along with [[Lance "Ryder" Wilson|Ryder]], CJ's homie from [[Grove Street]], and [[Jizzy B]], the biggest pimp in town. As he is investigating the Loco Syndicate, CJ also discovers that Wu Zi Mu (Woozie) is actually the head of a [[San Fierro Triads|San Fierro Triad]] gang, the Mountain Cloud Boys, who are in the midst of a war with the [[Da Nang Boys]], a Vietnamese crime organization.
== Notable residents ==
; 3D Universe
* [[Jizzy B.]] <small>(? - 1992)</small>
* [[Berkley]]
* [[Claude]] <small>(? - 1992)</small>
* [[Carl Johnson]] <small>(1992 - ?)</small>
* [[Dwaine]]
* [[Ran Fa Li]] <small>(1992 - ?)</small>
* [[Guppy]] <small>(? - 1992)</small>
* [[Michael Hunt]]
* [[Jethro]]
* [[Daniel Lamb]] <small>(the protagonist of [[Rockstar Games]]' Manhunt 2 is also originally from San Fierro. ([[1963]] - ?)</small>
* [[T-Bone Mendez]] <small>(? - 1992)</small>
* [[Su Xi Mu]]
* [[Zero]]
* [[Katie Zhan]]
* [[Wu Zi Mu]]


After many odd jobs and errands for multiple bosses, CJ, Woozie and Cesar decide to take down the Loco Syndicate. CJ first pays Jizzy a visit, then promptly proceeds to kill him in a high-speed car chase. Then, he heads down to [[Pier 69]], and kills T-Bone and Ryder. Finally, Woozie informs him that Toreno is getting ready to leave in a helicopter, and CJ shoots him down with a rocket launcher. He then destroys the syndicate's crack lab in [[Doherty]], ending the Loco Syndicate once and for all.
; HD Universe
* [[Lester Arnold]] <small>(leader of the [[Angels of Death]] was born in San Fierro)</small>
* [[Chris Cummings]] <small>(a contestant on the [[Venturas Poker Challenge]], is originally from San Fierro)</small>
* [[Fabien LaRouche]] <small>(moved from [[France]] to San Fierro in [[1999]])</small>
* [[Jeremy St. Ives]] <small>(co-host of [[The Men's Room]], was born in San Fierro in [[1976]])</small>


CJ then receives a mysterious call from a "friend" who claims knowledge of Sweet's whereabouts, prompting him to head out to the desert, to find none other than Mike Toreno. From there, a new chapter in the San Andreas storyline unfolds.
== Sports Teams ==
San Fierro is home to the football team, the [[San Fierro 69ers]], a double entendre referring to both the San Francisco 49ers and the "[[69]]" sexual position. In a crude reference to anal sex, the city's baseball team, the [[San Fierro Packers]], which is based off the [[wp:San Francisco Giants|San Francisco Giants]], is sponsored by none other than Fierro Fudge.
 
== Trivia ==
* A notable landmark that has a resemblance to Alcatraz was going to appear in the game but was deleted for unknown reasons. The map at Toreno's [[Mike Toreno's Ranch|ranch]] and [[Lil' Probe'Inn]] shows a sizeable island off the coast of San Fierro.
* Daniel Lamb, protagonist of [[Manhunt 2]], was born in San Fierro.


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Latest revision as of 08:00, 18 July 2019

CITY
San Fierro
From top left: San Fierro, Big Pointy Building, Palisades, a Tram, Foster Valley and the Gant Bridge.
Appearance(s): Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
State: San Andreas
Population: 800,000
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You may be looking for the San Fierro mentioned in the HD Universe.
A detailed map of San Fierro.

San Fierro, San Andreas is the second city encountered by the protagonist in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and is based on real-life San Francisco, California. The name San Fierro translates to "Saint Iron" (who does not exist in any religion) while San Francisco's name translates to "Saint Francis", a Catholic saint.

San Fierro is the smallest metropolitan area in San Andreas, but the most urbanized, and is situated on a peninsula on the western part of the state. South of the city lies the massive Mount Chiliad and the Whetstone county. To the north of the city, across the Gant Bridge, a recreation of the famous Golden Gate Bridge, lies the town of Bayside. Northeast of the city lies the county of Tierra Robada. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with the beautiful San Fierro Bay to the north and The Panopticon to the east.

There is a sizeable country club complete with a golf course within San Fierro. San Fierro has a district marked by rainbow signs that is meant to emulate San Francisco's famous Castro District, home to a sizeable gay population.

The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, three years before the game takes place, though dialogue suggests that an earthquake has occurred just recently. The most obvious sign of the intense damage is the crumbled section of freeway lying to the immediate west of Garver Bridge's San Fierro approach, which is an apparent emulation of the damage done to San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway that is undergoing renovation, whose remnants could be seen for years after the earthquake. The freeway section does not seem to have any visible connection to the existing freeway, however. The city's infrastructure and buildings are not visibly damaged from the earthquake, the only such damage being in the Doherty area.

Storyline

Street map of San Fierro.
For previous story in Whetstone, see here.

After escaping Los Santos with Kendl, Cesar meets with Carl. Cesar finds an available street race with the mysterious Wu Zi "Woozie" Mu. Carl races Catalina's "new boyfriend" Claude, for the ownership of a garage in San Fierro. Soon after, The Police discover The Truth's weed fields, and Carl flees to San Fierro with The Truth.

Carl Johnson's Doherty Garage

Once there, Carl finds that all is wrong. The garage he won from Catalina is derelict, and he discovers the disturbing truth about the Loco Syndicate, the crime organization responsible for the spread of drugs in Los Santos. The syndicate is run by leader de mysterio Michael "Mike" Toreno, a shady person with a surprising background. "T-Bone" Mendez, a San Fierro Rifa leader, serves as the muscle of the organization, along with Jizzy B., the biggest pimp in town, serving as concierge. As he is investigating the Loco Syndicate, Carl also discovers that Woozie is actually the head of a San Fierro Triad gang, the Mountain Cloud Boys, who are in the midst of a war with the Da Nang Boys, a Vietnamese crime organization.

After many odd jobs and errands for multiple bosses, Carl, Woozie and Cesar decide to take down the Loco Syndicate from the inside. Carl first pays Jizzy a visit, offering Jizzy his services. Jizzy gives Carl some work, during which he meets Mendez and Toreno. After being sure that Jizzy didn't suspect him, Carl confronts him at the Pleasure Domes nightclub. A massive shootout is followed by a high-speed car chase, in which Jizzy is killed by Carl. Then, he heads down to Pier 69, and kills Mendez and Carl's former friend Lance "Ryder" Wilson in a massive shootout between the Triads, the Rifa, the Ballas, Carl and Cesar. Finally, Woozie informs him that Toreno is getting ready to leave in a helicopter, and Carl shoots him down with a rocket launcher. He then destroys the syndicate's crack lab in Doherty, ending the Loco Syndicate once and for all.

Carl then receives a mysterious call from a "friend" who claims knowledge of Sweet's whereabouts, prompting him to head out to the desert, to find none other than Toreno. From there, a new chapter in the San Andreas storyline unfolds.

Simultaneously, Carl and Cesar also succeed in establishing their garage business in a successful vehicular chop-chop, which stores some of its "customer's wishlist" cars in a nearby showroom. For the most part, Kendl and Cesar decide to stay back in San Fierro, attracted to the city's gentle appeal, before joining Carl back in Los Santos after Kendl briefly joins him in Las Venturas.

Districts

Chinatown
The Palisades district

Many of San Fierro's districts are re-imaginings of real neighborhoods in San Francisco:

Known streets

Landmarks

Sunrise over Gant Bridge.
Big Pointy Building
Windy Windy Windy Windy Street

As with every other city in the GTA world, many landmarks in San Fierro are based on real life:

  • The Golden Gate Bridge makes an appearance as the Gant Bridge. This bridge links San Fierro and the town of Bayside. The bridge appears to have functioning tollbooths, as evidenced by the fact that cars heading into San Fierro stop at the toll plaza. However, the player is apparently immune to the toll, not having to pay it. Gant Bridge extends over San Fierro Bay, which is a re-creation of San Francisco Bay, and physically separates San Fierro from Bayside and Tierra Robada.
  • The San Francisco Bay Bridge makes an appearance as the Garver Bridge. This bridge links San Fierro and Tierra Robada near Las Venturas. Alongside the Garver Bridge is the Kincaid Bridge, which is modeled after the Forth Rail Bridge, which itself sits beside the Forth Road Bridge outside Edinburgh, Scotland. This may also be a reference to the home of Rockstar North, where the original bridges are located. The Forth Road Bridge and the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge look remarkably similar.
  • The Transamerica Pyramid is re-created as the Big Pointy Building, the base of the building surrounded by somewhat humorous signs. One can travel to the top for a bird's eye view of San Fierro. One parachute (and only one, so exercise caution) is provided, in case players have the urge to jump off.
  • Lombard Street, known as the "crookedest street", appears as Windy Windy Windy Windy Street in San Fierro's Calton Heights.
  • Fort Point makes an appearance as Battery Point in the game, which sits underneath Gant Bridge. However, the fort has been taken over by the pimp Jizzy B., and is known as The Pleasure Domes Club.
  • The Castro district is emulated as "Queens", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the neighborhood as being the heart of San Francisco's gay community.
  • San Fierro City Hall, based on the Beaux-Arts styled San Francisco City Hall, is located at the west end of Queens.
  • A replica of Mount Sutro's radio antenna (Sutro Tower) is located atop Missionary Hill, at the south end of San Fierro. An observation area is located nearby, offering a pristine view of the city's southern side.
  • Foster Valley, located between Missionary Hill and Easter Bay Airport, may be inspired from planned cities such as Foster City (which may explain the origin of the name as well). The contemporary buildings in the area, as well as a row of identical cylindrical buildings along an artificial lake, mildly resemble Oracle Corporation's World Headquarters at Redwood Shores, Redwood City, which is, coincidentally, also located near Foster City.

Other Landmarks

Public transport

The cable car passing between the Calton Heights and Chinatown districts

Although cars are prominent, there are cable cars (trams) that circle San Fierro. No one is, however, unable to ride them, as they are literally unstoppable and will plow through any obstacle without incurring damage. The Brown Streak Railroad stops at Doherty's Cranberry Station across from the Doherty Garage. The Easter Bay Airport is located at the southeast of the city from the Garver Bridge approach.

Weather

San Fierro's atmosphere appears to be cooler than the rest of the state. The city commonly experiences rainstorms. These, combined with the frequent late-night and early-morning fog, can make driving and flying difficult because of reduced visibility. To further complicate the city's weather patterns, the Tierra Robada sandstorms occasionally blow into the northeastern parts of San Fierro, making flying near the Garver Bridge and Downtown skyline extremely treacherous.

Notable residents

3D Universe
HD Universe

Sports Teams

San Fierro is home to the football team, the San Fierro 69ers, a double entendre referring to both the San Francisco 49ers and the "69" sexual position. In a crude reference to anal sex, the city's baseball team, the San Fierro Packers, which is based off the San Francisco Giants, is sponsored by none other than Fierro Fudge.

Trivia

  • A notable landmark that has a resemblance to Alcatraz was going to appear in the game but was deleted for unknown reasons. The map at Toreno's ranch and Lil' Probe'Inn shows a sizeable island off the coast of San Fierro.
  • Daniel Lamb, protagonist of Manhunt 2, was born in San Fierro.
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