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For 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo, 2019 debut is a disaster in Denver

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Ghost Ship trial: Three jurors booted; deliberations restarted with alternate jurors

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson did not say why three jurors had been dismissed in the trial of Derick Almena and Max Harris, but she admonished the renewed panel not to speak to the news media.

Defense lawyer Tony Serra, right, and his team leave the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif, on Monday, August 19, 2019. The presiding judge of the ongoing Ghost Ship trial dismissed three jurors over unspecified infractions, stalling the verdict, and sending replacement jurors back into deliberation.

Austin James Vincent, who was released from jail after allegedly attacking a woman outside her Embarcadero condo complex to save her from robots, surrendered to S.F. police in connection with an earlier knife incident.

Ahmani Johnson, 16, stands for a portrait outside of George Washington High School on Monday, August 19, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. Johnson is opposed to the controversial mural, "Life of Washington", and would like to covered up.

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SF Giants announcer has her father’s voice
Renel Brooks-Moon, daughter of the first black principal in San Francisco history, was named the S.F. Giants’ public address announcer.

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Editor's Pick

Jeffrey’s journey: An addict’s trail from street to cell

By Heather Knight

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Real or fake? Difficult to separate Raiders drama from HBO cameras
ANN KILLION: It is no coincidence the Oakland Raiders’ training camp absurdity and the Antonio Brown saga is playing out in front of the HBO ‘Hard Knocks’ cameras.

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?

California to Trump: See you in court, with a barrage of lawsuits
Xavier Becerra was appointed as California’s attorney general in the same month that Donald Trump was sworn in as president. While Trump has devoted considerable time since then to denouncing politicians and judges in California, Becerra has been taking him to court. Repeatedly.

Newsroom Voices

Visual Essay

The Chronicle's best Bay Area photos of July 2019

Gavin Newsom signs California bill tightening rules for police shootings
California is tightening its rules for when police officers can open fire on suspects, giving the state one of the toughest use-of-force standards in the country.

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; shares plunge 25% after judge allows Tubbs Fire trial
The plunge came three days after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali said a state court trial can decide whether PG&E is responsible for the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the second most destructive wildfire in state history.

Business Columnists

Bay Area pop-up restaurants worth seeking out
The best pop-ups our restaurant critic has been to this year.

Curran, SHN reach settlement in long-running dispute
The long and bitter legal battle between the owners of San Francisco's three major commercial theaters has ended in a complete break between impresario Carole Shorenstein Hays and her former partners at Shorenstein Hays Nederlander.

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.

Beer flows on the Sac River in new Brew Boat
Take one part spin class, one part frat kegger, and one part old-school riverboat and you’ve got the latest way to play on the Sacramento River: the Sac Brew Boat, a 16-person, people-powered mini-paddle-wheeler.

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.

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: Big business makes a vague promise to prioritize social good,...
Big business is facing pressure from customers, employees, and — above all — the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Can we trust its new promise to maximize the social good instead of just shareholders?

Opinion Columnists