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SF Embarcadero attack suspect back in jail after earlier case...
Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Austin James Vincent in connection with an incident earlier this year. Investigators believe he had a knife and threatened to kill a woman.
Neighbors had a plan to transform Haight Street eyesore. Then...
City Hall asks for plans to enliven a vacant lot at Haight and Stanyan Streets, receives an excellent proposal and then rejects it. The site will remain an ugly parking lot for the foreseeable future.
Hysteria drills: 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo sizzling in...
After a terrible outing in Denver, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is dealing with his first experience of the hysteria that surrounds an NFL quarterback.
What’s in a nickname? Baseball has the answer
The upcoming Players Weekend, featuring baseball players wearing nicknames on the backs of their uniforms, recalls some of the great baseball nicknames of the past.
Don’t underestimate Trump’s supporters. They can re-elect...
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 ...
A’s reunion celebrates ’89 title, mourns Bob Welch, Dave...
The 1989 Oakland Athletics will convene Sunday at the Coliseum, to mark the 30-year anniversary of their World Series championship season. The reunion will include a layer of sadness, given the deaths of Bob Welch, Dave Henderson and Tony Phillips in recent years.
Memories of Perry’s as the Union Street restaurant rings in...
Perry Butler opened his namesake Union Street restaurant in August 1969 to give the city a place for burgers, wine and beer. The blue-and-white tablecloths are still there, as is Butler himself.
Everyone’s going too fast to see easy way to save lives
The last time I almost got killed by a car was seven months ago. It was raining, hard. I kept my umbrella over my head as I exited the bus. It wasn’t late — only about 6 o’clock in the evening — but it was winter, and the sky was already dark. Understanding that these conditions made ...
There really is a place where old buses are admired and...
It’s safe to say that most people don’t care much for buses, but in a big old garage in Fremont, they are admired, respected and treated as artifacts.
New pitcher Puk and old ballpark give A’s big advantage
The Oakland Coliseum is proving to be a plus for the A’s, who saw the debut of pitcher A.J. Puk.
Keeping insurance in areas prone to wildfires a challenge, new...
Getting and keeping homeowners insurance is getting harder in areas prone to wildfires, but not in the state as a whole, new data from the California Department of Insurance show.
Anthony Davis trade to Lakers blows up Twitter
News that the New Orleans Pelicans had reached a trade agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers to send Anthony Davis to Southern California sent Twitter into a frenzy
For A’s Jurickson Profar, Little League World Series is...
Jurickson Profar of the Oakland A’s played for Curacao in the Little League World Series in 2004 and 2005. As it turned out, he was the first of three Profar brothers to play at the Williamsport, Penn., event. The latest is Jurdrick Profar.
As crowds diminish, Prairie Creek Redwoods stands tall
With schools starting up across the Bay Area and Northern California, the Redwood Empire is the first major recreation region with campsites becoming available after a busy summer. Across this region, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is the No. 1 state park with cabins and campgrounds, massive ...
Vanessa Hua
In the final weeks of summer, what’s on your camp menu?
On camping trips, among the pleasures of the morning, I count the furious cheer of birdsong, the glimmer of the dew and the supremely satisfying sound of a can of biscuit dough popping open. Ever had a camp doughnut? It’s a specialty of mine. Gourmet it’s not, but I guarantee they will get ...
In our marriage, I let Brian take the wheel.
Every marriage has a nice person and a person who gets things done. Crazy Mike’s the nice one. Uncle Jon was the nice one right up until the day Monica divorced him. In our 35 years, Brian’s been the nice one. He brings stuffed peppers to the neighbor next door. He writes checks to St. ...
A tribute to Dad, the king of imagination
I grew up around columns. As many readers know, my father, Arthur Hoppe, wrote a column for The Chronicle for almost 50 years. He was a political and social satirist, and along with Herb Caen, Charles McCabe, Stanton Delaplane and others, led a golden age of journalism in San Francisco. The ...
Even a home not always enough to save long-term homeless
Marcus Emery called me every few weeks to update me on his life — and to give me his new phone number. I’ve got four numbers saved under his name in my cell phone. “Mr. Otis, this is Marcus,” he’d say in his slow, velvety baritone that made his name sound like “Maaar-cus” when ...
Stern Grove Festival will party on with new Goldman duo at the...
At the season finale starring the Isley Brothers, Dr. Douglas Goldman — his great-grandmother Rosalie Meyer Stern created the festival — passed the baton to sons Matthew and Jason.
Week in Trumpland: Greenland to Crazyland
“Not normal” is the Washington cliche in Donald Trump’s Washington, but that hardly begins to capture the absurdity of this week.
Recipe: Burma Superstar’s Tea Leaf Salad
Desmond Tan’s tea leaf salad is a crunchy, juicy bowl of funky, salty, sour and nutty flavors. Here’s how to make it at home.
Much-needed Tenderloin housing makes architectural splash —...
The nine-story building with 113 affordable apartments is jaunty and earnest at once, with brick walls and inviting storefronts that already have tenants including a grocer specializing in fresh produce. Too bad it took 11 years to summon the newcomer into existence.
