Originally Posted by
wasapi
I have admitted - and shown - that I am stupid. Will I be able to see this from my location, North of San Francisco? Thanks.
For you the Sun will rise while Mercury is already in transit. However, weather permitting you will be able to observe a little more than half of the transit.
See my transit chart for San Francisco, and that should be good enough for you:
https://www.CurtRenz.com/mertran.html