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Gaines Fire burns 1,300 acres in Mariposa County

Phil Matier

UC Davis alumni get it backward on Sierra retreat — buy high and (try to) sell low

Seemed like a good idea at the time. UC Davis alumni are looking to sell a 210-acre Sierra spread for $3.9 million after a plan to build a family camp failed to get off the ground.

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

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.

August 16, 2019 - A view form inside Van Ness and Vallejo Market as owner John Lee walks past the construction in front of his shop. Muni says it's learned some lessons in the first phase of the Van Ness Ave project, and it's taking a new approach to construction that should speed things up and finish the street work by 2021. Merchants and residents have their doubts.

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Fort Point hosts Civil War reenactment
Infantryman gripped polished muskets, slung leather pouches decorated with gold “US” pendants over their shoulders and lifted swords in the salty air of San Francisco’s Fort Point on Saturday as part of the annual reenactment commemorating the American Civil War era.

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Giants fail to support Bumgarner in his first loss in 11 starts; Cubs next
The Giants, who scored 28 runs to win the first three games of their series at Arizona, provided Madison Bumgarner just one run of support in a 5-1 loss.

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
Yosemite’s Glacier Point Road set to close in 2021
Yosemite National Park is planning to close Glacier Point Road for the entire 2021 season to rebuild the road and add parking at a key trailhead,...

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.

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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