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Near the San Francisco Bay area is the Burlingame Drive-in Theatre in, yes, Burlingame. Portraying the distinct look of Northern California
drive-ins, the Burlingame sports the spread "W" ticket booth The Burlingame is still open for business, though recent rumors state that this drive-in will soon be closed and forgotten. Update 05/06 : The Burlingame was shut down in 2001 and was demolished a couple of years later. 05-06
Also see Roadside Peek's tribute to the Geneva Drive-in. Update 05/06 : The Geneva Drive-in had originally opened up in 1950. Once a dog racing track, this drive-in shut down in 1999/2000. The Geneva was bulldozed in March 2002 and is currently a vacant site. Many thanks to Chet Wilson for update. 05-06 Update 06/06 : I used to live 2 blocks from the Geneva Drive-In in Daly City, CA when I was a young girl. Our little family went every weekend in Update 07/07 : To the left is a photo of the Geneva Drive-in Theatre from 1970. The old grandstand was originally used for dog racing, but was converted to a drive-in in 1950. The canteen and projection booth were in the grandstand lower lever. The upstairs is blocked off. The Geneva was a nice clean theater and a pleasure to work at. The Geneva was considered a San Francisco theater, even though it was located across the San Mateo County line. Many thanks to Jim Shaw, former projectionist of the Geneva Drive-in Theatre for all comments above. Also, thanks to Jack Tillmany for granting permission to use his 1970 photo. 07-07
Here's the 49er Drive-in Theatre in Sacramento. Also sporting the spread "W" ticket booth structure, the 49er's lot appeared to be in decent shape. Check out the interesting look of the snack bar.
Ceres, CA... just south of Modesto. The marquee of the Ceres Drive-in Theatre beckons to roadside travelers and invites all to enter its parking lot. This drive-in appeared to be in good shape.
Update 05/06 : The Marysville Drive-in played its last movie in 2005. 05-06
Update 08/07 : According to the May 31, 2007 issue of the Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento County Planning Commission has approved a major commercial center at the site of the Sacramento 6 Drive-in. With the demise of this last operating drive-in in California's capital city, it appears that the open air drive-in theatre experience in Sacramento will soon be just a memory. 08-07
Update 05/06 : The Sunrise Drive-in was demolished in 2004 after over 40 years of existence. 05-06
With a snack bar very similar to the Burlingame's, the Coliseum Theatre is closed for movie purposes and now operates as a swap meet. The congestion in the parking lot was horrendous, to say the least. The drive-in opened up in the 1960's.
A cross between the Burlingame and the Geneva, the Solano Drive-in Theatre of Concord, CA is still operating as both a drive-in movie theatre and a swap meet. Update 05/06 : The Solano Drive-in showed its last movie in 2004. 05-06 Update 07/07 : The Solano Drive-in re-opened in Spring 2007. One screen reopened on May 4, 2007 and the second screen is re-opening soon. Many thanks to Angelica Rodriguez, Donald Smith, Greg McDaniel, Jen Niemotka, Richard Rangel, Scott Carlisle, and Terry Minton for update. 07-07
One of the Syufy operated drive-ins, the Capitol Drive-in Theatre of San Jose was bustling on another weekend swap meet day.
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( Demolished)
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a saucer shaped snack bar.
Right
near downtown San Francisco is the Geneva Drive-in Theatre. The
Geneva just dripped of emotion, from the huge grandstand off in the back
to the abandoned appliances in the lot. Not to mention the numerous screen
towers. 
our 57 Desoto and our grocery bag of popcorn. It backs up to the the famous Cow Palace in Daly City and it's about 15 minutes from downtown San Francisco. 
Located
north of the Bay Area is the Marysville Drive-in Theatre which opened in 1966. A bit
North East of Sacramento, the Marysville was located right off the West
end of a highway. The Marysville Drive-in is still open on summer nights
and all weekends.
Concord,
CA
Capitol Drive-in Theatre