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Wildfire Investigations

PG&E;’s role in the 2017 Tubbs Fire to go to jury trial

California investigators have said PG&E was not responsible for the Tubbs Fire. But victims’ attorneys wanted a jury to decide the issue — and they’ll get their way.

A car is seen burnt and charred after the Tubbs fire tore through dozens of homes off of Bicentennial Way in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

The Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco’s second-tallest building and an icon of the city’s financial might for four decades, is being marketed for sale for the first time. With real estate values soaring, the tower and two smaller, adjacent buildings also being sold could command more than $600 million.

A screen shot from security video shows Austin James Vincent, 25, grabbing Paneez Kosarian and preventing her from entering her Embarcadero condo on Aug. 11, 2019. San Francisco police say he assaulted her.

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The end of Cabernet in Napa Valley?
Cabernet Sauvignon is the lifeblood of Napa Valley. But climate change threatens the grape variety’s survival here. Now, a small contingent of vintners is taking matters into their own hands.

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A’s top Astros on Robbie Grossman’s single in 13th
After another typically brilliant outing by Justin Verlander, after more than four hours and after 13 innings, the A’s walked off a winner at the Coliseum on Friday night.

Sports Columnists

San Francisco Giants
Bochy's quest for 2000
Bruce Bochy is on track to become the 11th manager to reach 2,000 career wins. Will he make it?

Now you can zoom in on the entire Washington High mural — right here
The Chronicle has created 360-degree videos of “Life of Washington” so that everyone can see it and make up their own mind about what its fate should be.

Newsroom Voices

Visual Essay

The Chronicle's best Bay Area photos of July 2019

Kamala Harris’ thread-the-needle message put to test
The California senator is deploying a strategy that seeks to straddle the line between the progressive Democratic presidential candidates who advocate sweeping structural change and moderates with a more incremental message. She’s pegging the strategy to Iowa, which votes first and where the candidate is investing heavily.

Political Columnist

Joe Garofoli
‘White men have no electability advantage at all’
Political pundits often use the term “electability” to dismiss the chances of a non-white male candidate, but a new study says that’s a...

Postmates cleared for robot deliveries in SF — Marble wants in, too
Postmates will be allowed to test up to three autonomous delivery robots in San Francisco.

Business Columnists

Chez Panisse alumni open casual lunch counter in Berkeley
Fava serves a mostly vegetarian menu of salads, wraps, soups and drinks in a tiny, takeout-only space.

Silicon Valley Comic Con 2019: An insider's guide
Silicon Valley Comic Con returns this weekend, Friday-Sunday Aug. 16-18, boasting a lineup that includes Arnold Schwarzenegger and other actors from “The Terminator” movie series, “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa, plus many other celebrities.

Food & Wine Critics

Guides

Top 100 Restaurants: Best Mexican food in Bay Area

Interactive Map
Mapping cinematic wrath, from 'Godzilla' to 'San Andreas'
Nearly a movie per year in the 21st century has featured S.F. under attack. We mapped out all the damage —see if your house would survive.

Datebook Columnists

See, do, eat
Bay Area summer fun guide
If you’re bored this summer, you’re doing it wrong. Check out The Chronicle’s recommendations for the best ways to enjoy your time.

Six road trips you need to take to rediscover California
California is made for road trips — a quilt of coastline, Sierra, desert and valley stitched together with asphalt. Forget about fighting the crowds on Highway 1, and make for roads less traveled that will ferry you from dramatic river canyons to Hollywood-worthy pinnacles, deserted black-sand beaches to goat cheese fresh from the surprisingly friendly goat.

Outdoors

Tom Stienstra
Lassen national park is finally open
Spring finally has emerged at Lassen Volcanic National Park, nearly two months later than last year. Lassen can be your safety net to camp, hike...

Guides

Tom Stienstra
The Ultimate Bay Area Hikes and Outdoors Guide

How Fort Point, protector of SF, was saved at foot of Golden Gate Bridge
A search through The Chronicle’s archive turned up a collection of unpublished photos of Rep. Phillip Burton touring Fort Point in 1969 to drum up support for turning the abandoned base into a national historic site — and even older negatives.

Chronicle Covers
Explore the stories behind classic front pages
The San Francisco Chronicle came into existence more than 150 years ago. See classic newspaper pages from our archive for every day of the year.

Give Rose Pak her due, but keep Chinatown label on new subway station
Rose Pak deserves a memorial that should go inside a Chinatown station.

Opinion Columnists