Filming Locations of Seasons 1 and 2 identified!

Fellow fan and 'locations hunter' Jonathan from San Clemente, California, identified some of the brainteasers among the filming locations of seasons 1 and 2 that had not been identified yet.

In the openeing scene of The Twenty-Four Karate Plague, a load of gold/uranium waste from the nuclear labs of the 'California Northern University' is picked-up by a truck of a qualified nuclear waste company; however, a 'Northern California University' does not and did not exist in California. Jonathan identified it to be part of the San Francisco State University campus which is located right between Lake Merced and Ingleside Terraces. The screenplay probably dubbed it 'Northern' in order to give reason the transport had to cross the Golden Gate Bridge.

Towards the final act of Tower Beyond Tragedy, Amory Gilliam and Kim Ahern are driving down what appears to be California State 1. They are passing a street sign "You are entering Crystal Cove" (actually, the camera shows the opposite's direction sign "You are leaving Crystal Cove"), and then, Gilliam turns onto a pathway to the right with lot of trees which ends in front of a white building at the Pacific coastline. It finally turned out that this location is much closer to Daly City than expected. Jonathan identified Gilliam's 'final rest' to be the former 'Dollaradio Station' in Pacifica, just south of Daly City. Built in 1926, the ship-to-shore radio and telegraph station was sold in 1945, and converted into a private residence. Today, the area is suffering severe erosion damage, so the steep coast behind house - where Gilliam tried to kill Kim before Mike and Steve arrived on scene - does not exist anymore (at least not the way we see it in the episode). You can access more details on the radio station's history and current status by clicking the link above.

Last but not least, Jonathan did a really tremendous indentification for the condemned house the Morgan kids used as a hideout in The Runaways. After putting a lot of indications perfectly together and a great additional historical research, the location was finally identified. The house in question was located in the Western Addition but does not exist anymore as this particular part of that district was almost completely rebuilt under the 1960's and 1970's housing program by the City of San Francisco. We can actually see the housing program work in progress in a scene when Mike and Steve leave the house, and Steve walking down the street towards a construction site bureau. The housing complex under construction in background is located on McAllister Street (still existing today) but the hideout house as well as the adjacent warehouse (which delivered important indication for the identification as well) were demolished since then. Long story told short: the hideout was located at 835 Octavia Street.

Thanks much to Jonathan for these magnificent contributions.