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Rapper Tone Oliver makes up to $200 a day on BART. Should he be barred from busking?

A BART director is pushing for an ordinance that would prohibit all forms of solicitation for money, from busking to begging. But it’s unclear whether she has support from her colleagues — or whether the agency could even enforce such a law.

Tone Oliver performs on a BART train for passengers on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in Oakland, Calif.

Officials say they will speed up construction of the bus rapid transit system on Van Ness Avenue, where businesses are shutting down and bulldozers have become part of the landscape.

$3.9 million Emigrant Gap getaway for sale by UC Regents and Cal Aggie Alumni Association.

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Facial recognition

Bears, elk, sharks crown landmark wildlife surge
Many wildlife species, including bears, elk, sharks, whales, eagles and others are at their highest populations in more than a century, a direct result of habitat protection and crackdowns on commercial take and poaching, confirmed the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Giants roll D’backs as 22-year-old Logan Webb wins debut, Belt hits...
San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb, 22, pitched five strong innings and became the first Giant to win his major-league debut as a starter in 10 years.

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?

Critics say PG&E;’s rush to stop fires may hurt California forests
Some residents across Northern California say Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is in many cases needlessly cutting down cherished stands of redwood, fir and oak to make its power lines fire-safe.

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

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.

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
Bears, elk, sharks crown landmark wildlife surge
Many wildlife species, including bears, elk, sharks, whales, eagles and others are at their highest populations in more than a century, a direct...

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.

Locked in limbo
Some prisoners are serving life sentences under California’s old indeterminate sentencing law, where judges imposed indefinite time.

Opinion Columnists