But seriously, what's up with all the Southern Baptists in Northern California?
In no particular order
a) I'm pretty sure a lot of Okies wound up in California
b) There's a decent number of Hispanic Southern Baptists
c) The name "Southern Baptist Convention" is dated and probably a bit of a misnomer at this point. The SBC is all over the place now. Heck, there used to be a sizeable denomination called the "Canadian Southern Baptist Conference", before they (mercifully) changed their name.
The Okies are more of a SoCal thing. Northern California is going to be weird on a map like this, because the predominant church in the Bay Area and surrounding areas has long been Catholicism. The area was not heavily settled by any traditionally Protestant populations, so Mainline adherence is lower than in most of the country. The point about Hispanic Baptists is an accurate one that many people don't realize, and would help edge the SBC over other denominations in the area.
