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Trump orders fewer ‘regulatory burdens’ for diverting water to CA farms
Trump orders fewer ‘regulatory burdens’ for diverting water to CA farms
President Trump dived headfirst into one of California’s most contentious fights Friday, signing a memorandum intended to divert more water to farmers.
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The troubles that San Francisco’s most famous taqueria faces is a reminder that many kinds of tensions threaten businesses that are assumed to have achieved permanence.
Study: Juul users more likely to get hooked
Young Californians are so taken with vaping that they’ve forgotten the most important thing about the e-cigarettes, a new survey finds. These toxic devices are highly addictive.
Warriors coach Kerr has a secret passion: baseball
Somewhere along the line, Steve Kerr made a wise career choice. Basketball was his destiny, but there was a time in his life where his best sport was baseball.
San Jose bishop names 15 priests accused of sex abuse
The Catholic Diocese of San Jose on Thursday released the names of 15 clergy members who were known by the church to be child sex abusers.
Ex-priest in San Jose Diocese sex-abuse report in jail on molest charges
One of 15 former priests named by the Diocese of San Jose this week as credibly accused child sex abusers is facing new allegations of molesting young girls in Santa Clara County.
California unemployment rate at record low 4.1%; Bay Area’s even lower
KATHLEEN PENDER: California’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in September, a record low since it starting tracking the number this way in 1976, according to the Employment Development Department.
Trump’s great economy is not so great
ROBERT REICH: I keep hearing that although Donald Trump is a scoundrel, at least he’s presiding over a great economy. Really? Look closely at the living standards of most Americans, and you get a ...
San Francisco’s public spaces — it’s not always apparent they’re public
JOHN KING: Good architects tend to be optimists. They believe that they can use design to create cozy nooks for everyday people in brash big cities.
SF Gay Men’s Chorus to play St. Ignatius decades after church rejected it
HEATHER KNIGHT: With its members’ unceasing joy, artistic flair and proud-to-be-me mentality, it’s hard to imagine anything more quintessentially S.F. than the Gay Men's Chorus.
An Atari arcade on BART? In the 1970s in SF, it was game on
OUR SF: For pure “did that really happen?” strangeness, it’s hard to beat Dec. 1, 1976. That was the day BART officials, facing serious money problems, installed an arcade on the platform of the ...
Epic kid Halloween costumes: Little RBG, Hall and Oates, and more
The Chronicle’s homemade Halloween costume contest began more than a decade ago, and it's back with a cash prize.
Cash, fame, costumes: Join our #TotalSF Halloween Contest
TRICK-OR-TREAT at The Chronicle and show-off your family's crafty or Bay Area-themed costume! Columnist Heather Knight and Pop Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub are bringing back The Chronicle's ...
2018 California Fire Tracker
This interactive map developed in The San Francisco Chronicle newsroom provides information on wildfires burning across California.
Voter Guide: What you need to know for the November election
The Chronicle urges all voters to take part in the Nov. 6 election. Here is our guide to the ballot measures and races that state and local voters will be deciding.
SFChronicle.com Exclusive: From the Archive
Angel Island for sale? In the 1940s it was
Photos rediscovered in The Chronicle archive show the island decades ago, including when it was nearly sold for $200,000.
NBA: Back to the teenage years?
BRUCE JENKINS: The NBA’s G League will offer “Select Contracts” worth $125,000 to elite prospects who are at least 18 years old but not yet eligible for the draft. This is a big deal.
In another dead season for 49ers and Raiders, who’s worse?
ANN KILLION: In a fitting bit of scheduling, the 49ers and the Raiders will play each other on the Day of the Dead.
49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh says he can handle...
Robert Saleh doesn’t have a Twitter account, which is a blessing for the 49ers’ defensive coordinator. This season, as Saleh’s defense has struggled with tackling and communication, he’s ...
NLCS: Smart hitting arrives just in time
BRUCE JENKINS: The game of baseball became an annoying swirl of shifts, strikeouts and launch angles this season.
Warriors’ Jacob Evans navigates rookie learning curve
With a 6-foot-9 wingspan, 35½-inch vertical leap and high basketball IQ, Jacob Evans seemed tailor-made for the modern NBA, the type of versatile defender who could command an immediate rotation spot.
Record number of East Bay jail inmates likely to vote in midterms
Sascha Atkins-Loria had only a few hours at Alameda County jail in Oakland to register inmates to vote, so she didn’t waste time last week as she delivered her pitch to each housing unit.
Who killed Emily Courchesne? Family still seeks answers
Marjorie Courchesne has tried not to pester detectives, living as normally as possible. But there’s no escaping the reality that someone killed her 37-year-old daughter last October.
SF water safe to drink — tests in Sunset show no pesticides
Independent lab tests ordered by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission found no evidence of pesticides in San Francisco’s drinking water.
Contractor sues Transbay center authority for $150M
The contractor that oversaw construction of the shuttered Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is suing the authority that owns the facility for $150 million.
Why didn’t Kevin de León go after Dianne Feinstein?
De León had two ways to make his last stand: challenge Feinstein aggressively or play nice and not risk offending her.
Dems are winning money race in key contests
Jim Brulte, chairman of the state Republican Party, could only shake his head at the campaign finance numbers released this week for California congressional races.
SF District 10 hopefuls key in on transit and housing
In the eyes of developers and planners, large plots of sparsely populated land in Bayview-Hunters Point have the potential to become bustling communities.
SF school board’s crowded ballot: 18 vie for 3 spots
San Francisco voters face a long list of candidates for the San Francisco school board — 18 contenders vying for three open spots, with no incumbents among them.
Is rent control the answer to sky-high prices?
A rent-controlled apartment in the Bay Area is a coveted find that tenants will hang on to as long as possible. So why is a measure that would allow cities to expand rent control not just losing here, but ...
Juul hiring aggressively amid FDA probe
Even as Juul Labs faces scrutiny from U.S. regulators, the electronic cigarette company is embarking on a worldwide hiring spree, seeking to fill hundreds of jobs.
SF’s first Amazon Go store approved for Financial District
The future of retail — one where smartphone apps take the place of the familiar rows of cashiers and registers — may soon touch down in San Francisco’s Financial District.
Data science in demand in Silicon Valley
David Wagner had a question for his students. Standing in front of one of the fastest-growing classes at UC Berkeley, the professor explained lines of code used to construct a graph comparing pressure in ...
Tech industry backs OPT extension for foreign graduates
A group that lobbies for tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Apple, has voiced its support for a little-known visa program that helps foreign students in the U.S. join the high-tech workforce ...
A major change in Prop. 13 heads to the ballot
EDITORIAL: For 40 years, Prop. 13 has loomed above California budget making by carving strict limits, creating a lopsided tax system, and scaring away talk of major changes.
Trump adds heat, not light, on California fires
EDITORIAL: President Trump generates a lot of smoke when he talks about fire.
Our smart devices must be made to forget us
OPINION: Riveting testimony before Congress these past few weeks may impact America for years to come.
Welcome to Jeanne d’Arc, the Frenchiest bistro in SF
Have you been to the 46-year-old Restaurant Jeanne d’Arc? I know I hadn’t before last month. Travel review site TripAdvisor ranks it as the fifth best restaurant in all of San Francisco, but The ...
A Brown Kitchen: Jaggery chocolate cake with chai masala
Jaggery in its truest form is one of the most unrefined forms of sugar produced in India, similar to the Mexican piloncillo.
How an Indonesian chef is bringing the heat to the Bay Area
Nothing pumps up Siska Siltonga Marcus more than a 100 pounds of Fresno chiles and red jalapeno peppers.
Angry somms and ousted chefs
ESTHER MOBLEY: An update on the sommelier scandal: Rumors continue to circulate about who may have been responsible for the cheating and how it may have gone down.
Tanya Holland closes Brown Sugar Kitchen
Tanya Holland closed her acclaimed West Oakland restaurant Brown Sugar Kitchen several weeks ago, without much fanfare. The nationally known chef had been mulling over the idea for a while , she said, but ...
Isla Vida opens in the Fillmore, with grand plans for the future
Isla Vida is only the beginning, according to owner Jay Foster and his business partners Matthew Washington and Erin Traylor . The trio’s new Afro-Carribean spot , the only restaurant ...
Choreographer’s ‘Gifts’ is a thank-you to her own dog
Natasha Adorlee Johnson danced a lively pas de deux with her dog Howard the other day at San Francisco’s Mission Creek Park.
Ex-pro hockey player Ashlin Halfnight also writes plays
The puck or the play? That was the question. Not many people shuffle between professional hockey and playwriting. But then again, Ashlin Halfnight isn’t many people.
Throwaways from other ‘Hamlet’ are Ubuntu’s treasures
LILY JANIAK: In Ubuntu Theater Project’s “Hamlet,” illumination often comes in unexpected moments — moments that other productions of Shakespeare’s tragedy might throw away.
This Baja wine region is the Napa Valley of Mexico
The Chronicle has launched a new weekly Travel newsletter! Sign up here. Lines of grapevines disappear into the distance, where they blend into the mountains. Smoke from the open grill lifts into ...
11 things you need to know to cross the U.S.-Mexico border
So you take a day trip or a weekend out of San Diego to visit an evolving Tijuana, or the burgeoning wine regions of northern Baja, and now you have to get back into the United States.
Trick Dog sequel Bon Voyage opens on Valencia
Five years after opening the doors to Trick Dog in the Mission, the Bon Vivants crew behind it will debut their long-awaited follow-up project — Bon Voyage .
SF’s swankiest building was made to survive if city burned
PORTALS OF THE PAST: Many beloved SF buildings have disappeared over the years. But none was as rich in history as the Montgomery Block.
Shark Tank at 25: How San Jose’s favorite venue got built
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Break out the Zambonis for this South Bay slap shot to the past. It’s hard to believe, but San Jose’s Shark Tank turns 25 this year.
Macy’s new men’s floors: Same as it ever was
When Tony Bravo learned that the men’s store had recently consolidated back into the flagship Macy’s at 170 O’Farrell, he decided to take a look.
Stormy Daniels to make SF stop at Penthouse Club
Look to the skies. Those clouds gathering and the thunder rumbling over North Beach can only mean one thing: Stormy Daniels is on the horizon.
The Chronicle's Photos of the Week
Chronicle photographers covered Fleet Week's annual Air Show over the San Francisco Bay and the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park.
Volunteer fire chief helps Napa County town through tough times
THE REGULARS: When the alarm bell rings in the Napa County town of Angwin, J.R. Rogers drops everything and is usually one of the first to answer the call.
Octagonal sun room, sumptuous owner’s suite await in...
WALKTHROUGH: Designed by a builder for his family, this two-story spot bathes in sunlight and enjoys a dramatic chef’s kitchen, octagonal sun room and owner’s suite.
Esther Mobley's winery guide to Sebastopol and West County Sonoma
The Chronicle wine critic details how she would spend a day wine tasting through Sonoma's West County
Ex-priest in San Jose Diocese sex-abuse report in jail on molest charges
One of 15 former priests named by the Diocese of San Jose this week as credibly accused child sex abusers is facing new allegations of molesting young girls in Santa Clara County.
California unemployment rate at record low 4.1%; Bay Area’s even lower
KATHLEEN PENDER: California’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in September, a record low since it starting tracking the number this way in 1976, according to the Employment Development Department.
Trump’s great economy is not so great
ROBERT REICH: I keep hearing that although Donald Trump is a scoundrel, at least he’s presiding over a great economy. Really? Look closely at the living standards of most Americans, and you get a ...
San Francisco’s public spaces — it’s not always apparent they’re public
JOHN KING: Good architects tend to be optimists. They believe that they can use design to create cozy nooks for everyday people in brash big cities.
SF Gay Men’s Chorus to play St. Ignatius decades after church rejected it
HEATHER KNIGHT: With its members’ unceasing joy, artistic flair and proud-to-be-me mentality, it’s hard to imagine anything more quintessentially S.F. than the Gay Men's Chorus.
An Atari arcade on BART? In the 1970s in SF, it was game on
OUR SF: For pure “did that really happen?” strangeness, it’s hard to beat Dec. 1, 1976. That was the day BART officials, facing serious money problems, installed an arcade on the platform of the ...
Epic kid Halloween costumes: Little RBG, Hall and Oates, and more
The Chronicle’s homemade Halloween costume contest began more than a decade ago, and it's back with a cash prize.
Cash, fame, costumes: Join our #TotalSF Halloween Contest
TRICK-OR-TREAT at The Chronicle and show-off your family's crafty or Bay Area-themed costume! Columnist Heather Knight and Pop Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub are bringing back The Chronicle's ...
2018 California Fire Tracker
This interactive map developed in The San Francisco Chronicle newsroom provides information on wildfires burning across California.
Voter Guide: What you need to know for the November election
The Chronicle urges all voters to take part in the Nov. 6 election. Here is our guide to the ballot measures and races that state and local voters will be deciding.
How to share confidential news tips with The Chronicle
We welcome information from the public that could be newsworthy. Find out how to send sensitive or private news tips to The Chronicle.
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Dwelling in the spaces between this and that
Is it liminal? It’s a game I like to play, coming up with examples of the transitional places and phenomena that occupy the spaces in-between, temporary and ambiguous: Doorways. Twilight. Wetlands. Airports. Elevators. Stairs. Hallways. Adolescence. Shoulders. Shoulder season. Derived ...
How to choose words, get money and stay connected
• Bay Gelldawg reminds us that as of January 2019, in accordance with legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 28, provisions of the state Education Code will no longer use the term “foreign language” and instead will use the term “world language.” Section 30 of the ...
California unemployment rate at record low 4.1%; Bay Area’s...
California’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in September, a record low since it started tracking the number this way in 1976, the Employment Development Department reported Friday. The Bay Area boasted the state’s lowest unemployment rates, falling below 3 percent in eight of ...
Weekend getaway to Skyline Ridge on the Peninsula
What you see: At Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, you can take a short stroll to pretty Horseshoe Lake. Or you can go all day, with an ambitious hike or mountain bike ride to a ridge with a view west across the foothills, the Butano Rim and to the coast. What you have here is a preserve ...
End the debate gamesmanship in California
Let this be the last California election in which a front-runner for governor or U.S. Senate can dictate the time, place and format of a debate. There were two reasons voters did not get a chance to watch and compare the candidate for these two high-profile offices on statewide television in ...
George Gascón is out. Here’s who might jump into SF DA’s...
Phones have been ringing all over town since District Attorney George Gascón announced he won’t seek re-election next year. Former Police Commissioner Suzy Loftus got a big boost when Mayor London Breed and a host of women’s groups endorsed her over the other big names in the ...
By Otis R. Taylor Jr
Hey Oakland, it’s time to give the boot to Desley Brooks
In less than three weeks, voters in East Oakland will have a chance to greatly improve their representation at City Hall. Councilwoman Desley Brooks has held an iron grip on her district for 16 years — and the district can’t afford another four years of Brooks. Neither can Oakland. Many ...
Angry somms and ousted chefs: An update on the wine- and...
First, an update on the sommelier scandal that dominated the wine world’s news cycle last week : There is no update. Or rather, there’s no big update. Rumors continue to circulate about who may have been responsible for the cheating and how it may have gone down, but the Court of Master ...
SNL’s Gilda Radner gets a sensitive, illuminating portrait...
Gilda Radner died in 1989. She never heard of Barack Obama, never used Skype or the Internet or asked Siri a question. For people 35 or younger, she has pretty much always been dead. And yet somehow the idea of a documentary about her, not only in practice but as a concept, doesn’t feel like ...
Catherine Wagner’s photographic framing at Mills College museum
Bay Area artist Catherine Wagner has built a formidable reputation as a photographer over a career spanning four decades, four books and numerous museum exhibitions. Her ambitious exhibition at Mills College Art Museum, on view Saturday, Sept. 8-Dec. 9, is her bid for a broader portfolio as a ...
Grimes Poznikov, the Automatic Human Jukebox, gets temporary...
Famous people around these parts get their names on important places. Robin Williams got a tunnel, Willie Brown got a bridge. Grimes Poznikov got a Porta Potti. Perhaps you don’t know who Poznikov was, but he was famous in his time. He was the Automatic Human Jukebox, among the most ...
The choice in one California race: Which big-money Democrat...
Democrats love to talk about getting big money out of politics. So if big money in politics is your issue, here’s a challenge: Which Democrat do you vote for lieutenant governor? (Yes, we know what your next question is: “Who’s running?”) Do you vote for Eleni Kounalakis? Her ...
Welcome to Jeanne d’Arc, the Frenchiest bistro in San Francisco
San Francisco wasn’t working out for Claude Lambert. In 1965, he’d fled to New York from the tiny town outside Orleans to which the French Ministry of Education had banished him, then fled New York as well (too cold) for San Francisco (warmer?). Here, though, he was working at a residence ...
Montserrat Caballé, soprano known for her flawless tone and...
Montserrat Caballé, the versatile Spanish soprano whose pure, gleaming tone and impeccable technique illuminated a wide range of operatic and song repertoire, died on Saturday, Oct. 6, at a hospital in Barcelona. She was 85 and had been in the hospital for a month. A spokesman for the ...
Save the Redwoods League celebrates 100 years of forest activism
Like the mighty Sequoia sempervirens (that’s a coast redwood tree to you and me) that can live for thousands of years, Save the Redwoods League has been in no rush to host black-tie, citified fundraisers. But now at the ripe-old age of 100, the league fluffed its fronds Oct. 13 with a ...
How much did the Raiders struggle? Let us count the ways
After Raiders losses, team owner Mark Davis fumes and mopes and sometimes boils over. He has been known to berate assistant coaches on plane flights home, and to fire head coaches after games in midseason. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Who wants a team owner who is a happy loser? ...
When it comes to Californians, Trump is never at a loss for...
President Trump is totally and completely devoted to campaigning every hour of every day and in every location where there is a political contest. And he’s just as committed to insulting any of his opponents, which he seems to find in California with startling regularity. First it was House ...
SF Gay Men’s Chorus to play St. Ignatius decades after...
With its members’ unceasing joy, artistic flair and proud-to-be-me mentality, it’s hard to imagine anything more quintessentially San Francisco than the Gay Men’s Chorus. But 37 years ago, the still-new singing group wasn’t welcome in all corners of the city. In a devastating blow ...
Our Ultimate Guides
LGBTQ Heritage Guide: Explore sites pivotal to San Francisco’s gay culture
From the bawdy dancehalls of the Barbary Coast and bohemian-era hangouts to the rallies for equal rights and memorials to a lost generation, there is a reason that SF is considered the capital of gay culture.
Interactive map: Chinese restaurants in the Bay Area
Has Chinese food entered a new golden era in the Bay Area? Here's a list of local restaurants that showcase the best of China's regional cuisines.
The Ultimate Mission District Dining Guide
There is no better food neighborhood than San Francisco’s Mission District. We’ve compiled a list of the best things to eat and drink at the best spots in the neighborhood.
The Ultimate NorCal Brewery Map
This interactive guide features nearly 300 breweries in Northern California. Search for your favorites, or check out our list of beer excursions.
The Ultimate Tech Travel Guide
This guide covers where to dine on robot-made burgers, stay in hacker hostels, watch gamers compete in front of hundreds of cheering e-sports fans, and much more.
