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Environment

New maps show how little is left of West Coast estuaries

A high-tech survey of 450 estuaries along the West Coast found that 85% of the tidal wetlands that once existed in California, Oregon and Washington has disappeared, including huge swaths of once-lush wildlife habitat around San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Large pelicans swim through the wetlands near Cullinan Ranch along Highway 37 in Vallejo, Calif. Friday, August 16, 2019.

The president’s voters don’t expect him to find them a job. They don’t expect free health care, and they don’t have college debt. Trump’s voters know they are screwed. They just want to be entertained. It’s the Democrats who can tear each other apart over the issues and leave a weakened nominee.

Employees look forward to one of the requisite perks of Silicon Valley tech life�free gourmet meals and drinks served throughout the day Monday through Thursday in the TreeTops CafŽ. The Bay Meadows development recently opened TinPot Creamery, Blue Bottle Coffee and Fieldwork Brewing Company in the adjacent town square.

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Facial recognition

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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Jay-Z will be a superstar NFL (talent-search) quarterback
SCOTT OSTLER: The NFL signed rapper Jay-Z to a contract, which pleases some people and angers others.

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?

Judge orders suspect in attack caught on video to wear ankle monitor
“When I saw the video, I was frankly alarmed at the level of violence,” the judge said Friday.

Newsroom Voices

Visual Essay

The Chronicle's best Bay Area photos of July 2019

Trump can be beaten, top fundraiser tells Dems, so ‘stop wringing your...
The president of Emily’s List says Democrats are allowing President Trump to psyche them out and get into their heads before the 2020 presidential race. She is optimistic and says female voters could well drive the party to victory.

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...

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.

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.

Editorial: Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act and California...
The Trump administration’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act is bringing on a California challenge.

Opinion Columnists