Yerba

The city that grew there was called Yerba Buena, “the Good Herb,” but was renamed San Francisco in 1847, a hundred twenty years short of the Summer of Love.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

The city that grew there was called Yerba Buena, “the Good Herb,” but was renamed San Francisco in 1847, a hundred twenty years short of the Summer of Love.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

"Tori [Victoria Justice] gets us a free vacation in this exotic [fictitious] country called Yerba ... but we end up going to jail when Tori has a wardrobe malfunction and kicks the Yerbanian chancellor in the eye," star Ariana Grande says.

VIDEO: Ariana Grande Gets Locked Up on Victorious 2011

San Francisco, then called Yerba Buena, had some four hundred people, most of them Kanakas natives of the Sandwich Islands.

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000

San Francisco, then called Yerba Buena, had some four hundred people, most of them Kanakas natives of the Sandwich Islands.

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000

"It used to touch the shore about where we are standing, forming a little inlet called Yerba Buena Cove."

The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks Mabel Thayer Gray

Behind this point is the little harbor, or bight, called Yerba

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

Francisco, it has enabled the city to build more than 25,000 units of housing and transform areas such as Yerba Buena Center in the South of Market neighborhood from a series of rundown buildings and vacant lots to a cultural center and vibrant public park.

SFGate: Top News Stories Carolyn carolynjones@sfchronicle.com (Marisa Lagos 2011

Francisco, it has enabled the city to build more than 25,000 units of housing and transform areas such as Yerba Buena Center in the South of Market neighborhood from a series of rundown buildings and vacant lots to a cultural center and vibrant public park.

SFGate: Top News Stories Carolyn carolynjones@sfchronicle.com (Marisa Lagos 2011

It can be used to make caffeine-rich herbal teas such as Yerba Mate.

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