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Giants win game, Bay Bridge series on Evan Longoria’s clutch hit and milestone day

In Bruce Bochy’s 4,000th game as a major-league manager, the Giants came from behind to win on Evan Longoria’s clutch single and capture this year’s Bay Bridge series, three games to one.

San Francisco Giants' Evan Longoria rounds the bases after solo home run in 3rd inning during MLB game at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, August 25, 2019.

The $600 million Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit line, or SMART, envisioned as a fast-moving alternative to the traffic on Highway 101, is struggling with a dearth of riders and sales tax revenue. A sales-tax measure on the ballot next year could decide whether it survives.

Anna Chase poses for a portrait outside of the house that she was recently evicted from in Monterey Heights in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. She rented a room through HubHaus, a startup that facilitates "co-living communities".

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Far away and under the redwoods, but haunted by the sights in San Francisco
An escape to the Sonoma Coast provides a needed alternative to the stress of city life, but it’s impossible not to think about the agony on San Francisco’s streets.

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Want Mullens or Beathard? Shanahan: They won’t be on waiver wire
Kyle Shanahan wasn’t asked Saturday night if he planned to keep three quarterbacks on the 49ers’ 53-man roster. He volunteered that information.

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?

Origami-Palooza draws avid folders to Japantown
Origami-Palooza, a free event at the Japan Center Malls, drew some 600 aficionados of the art of paper folding on Sunday. Orgami rock star Jeremy Shafer and John Collins, the Paper Airplane Guy, were big draws.

Newsroom Voices

Visual Essay

The Chronicle's best Bay Area photos of July 2019

Democrats sounding less aspirational, more confrontational
The candidates spend a lot of time bashing President Trump — but are they spending enough time creating a positive, aspirational message that voters can latch onto?

Political Columnist

Joe Garofoli
Tom Steyer pushes anti-corporate message in SF talk
Billionaire former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer pushed back against accusations Monday from his presidential campaign rivals that he’s buying a...

Some Bay Area homes still have recession-era property tax break
Bay Area home prices may be through the roof, but about 50,000 properties in the Bay Area, or 2% of the total, still have temporary property tax reductions.

Business Columnists

The 20 best food trucks in the Bay Area
Chronicle food writers take to the streets and share their favorite Bay Area food truck fare, from Baja fish tacos to chaat to Sichuan noodles.

Daniel Handler examines SF's changing culture in 'Bottle Grove'
Late in 2014, when the successful children’s books author — known for “A Series of Unfortunate Events” — began writing his latest book, “Bottle Grove,” he noticed an unusually wild change of scenery in his neighborhood.

Food & Wine Critics

Vote: The future of San Francisco's historic Cliff House

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

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...

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.

A look back at 50 years of the Gap
In 1969, Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco in the Timothy Pflueger-designed El Rey Theatre building, selling apparel like Levi’s jeans, vinyl records and a vision of casual living that has become a signature of San Francisco in the five decades since.

Outdoors

Tom Stienstra
Bay Area park experts share advice, secrets for spectacular...
With one little secret or two, you can make nearly any park your own, say three explorers who have ventured to as many Bay Area parks and trails...

Guides

Tom Stienstra
The Ultimate Bay Area Hikes and Outdoors Guide

San Francisco love story: A hooker, her gambling man and a hanging
In Mission Dolores cemetery a tombstone bears the names of Charles and Arabella Cora, who were married for exactly two hours. It is a monument to a tragic only-in-San Francisco love story, involving a beautiful young prostitute, her rakish gambler consort, and the largest vigilante movement in U.S. history.

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.

Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has the opportunity to change Facebook’s policy on how users must identify accurately who they are and attest to that identification when they post information.

Opinion Columnists