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Warriors ride big 2nd quarter to Game 1 rout of Pelicans
Warriors ride big 2nd quarter to Game 1 rout of Pelicans
The Warriors were well on their way to a 123-101 rout Saturday night of the Pelicans when, after draining a three-pointer in front of his bench, Klay Thompson turned around, shimmed his shoulders and stuck ... -
Curry pleads his case, but Warriors keep him out of Game 1
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Alvin Gentry and Steve Kerr — brothers joined at the quip
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Giants crushed by Dodgers — Pablo Sandoval pitches perfect inning
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Larry Harvey, founder and leader of Burning Man, dies in SF
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Carnival at Morgan Hill middle school ends with officers hurt, 8 arrested
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California Highway Patrol officer dragged for 1,000 feet on freeway
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Fact-checker says part of Gavin Newsom’s TV ad is ‘false’
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Warriors assistant coach: Stephen Curry is ‘very close’ to full strength
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Warriors game day: Will Stephen Curry return for Game 1 vs. Pelicans?
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49ers’ sixth-round pick: Florida safety Marcell Harris
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Giants pregame: Leave your Ferris Buehler jokes at home
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Giants place Joe Panik, Mac Williamson on disabled lists
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Stanford’s Dalton Schultz drafted by Dallas, Peter Kalambayi by Houston
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San Ramon driving school owner admits helping students get licenses illegally
Even the SF Bay ferries are crowded these days
CARL NOLTE: It is one of those deals with the devil that make modern life so complex: You take a good-paying job in the city while opting for a good life in the country or the suburbs.
Advocates: Plan to cut rent aid would devastate poor
Cindy “Brandy” Werling’s budget would make a miser wince. But if the Trump Administration’s plan for housing help for the poor go through, that wince might instead be a scream.
Golden State Killer suspect makes 1st court appearance
Joseph James DeAngelo hunched in his wheelchair, his 72-year-old body looking pale and feeble in an orange jumpsuit inside the courtroom.
Detectives nabbed suspected killer with genealogy site
Investigators desperate to solve a notorious cold case played the role of consumers interested in their family tree as they used an open-source genealogy website to identify the suspected Golden State Killer.
BART’s cat-and-mouse game to keep SF stations clean
On Thursday evening, San Francisco’s Civic Center BART Station was in its usual squalid condition: obviously high people roaming the platforms, drug dealers congregating near the entrance at U.N. Plaza, ...
Giants’ Sandoval gets to pitch against Dodgers ... and flat-out dominates
JOHN SHEA: To fully understand why Pablo Sandoval stunned the baseball world by pitching a perfect inning Saturday is to understand Garth Brooks.
Trump’s admission about lawyer in ‘crazy Stormy Daniels deal’ unprecedented
WILLIE BROWN: I’m not sure where it will land in the pages of American history books, but for the first time we have a president admitting publicly that he was involved with a porn star.
The 19th century nude scene that took San Francisco by storm
PORTALS OF THE PAST: On Aug. 24, 1863, a thunderbolt hit S.F. The sensation appearing at Maguire’s Opera House was all anyone could talk about. In 16 nights, 30,000 people came to see her.
California, Trump barrel toward showdown over fuel standards
The Trump administration reportedly may freeze fuel-mileage standards for cars and end California’s ability to set auto-emissions rules, potentially gutting one of the country’s most important climate ...
Top 100: How Michael Bauer handled restaurants facing harassment allegations
In an essay about how to evaluate restaurants where the chef or owner has been charged with harassment, I was wavering on whether to include five important restaurants previously in the Top 100.
Explore the definitive Bay Area restaurant guide from critic Michael Bauer. Revisit Top 100 classics, see the 18 restaurants new to the list this year, find the best dining options near you and much more.
Raiders take a chance on Maurice Hurst, others
The Raiders’ third-round pick in this year’s draft, LSU edge rusher Arden Key, said he would be, “if we were just talking talent, a top-five pick, automatic.”
Lydia Ko shuns emotion, chases first win since July 2016
Lydia Ko reacts to most tee shots with the nonchalance of a person picking up clothes at the dry cleaners.
Why the pass-rush needy 49ers didn’t draft a pass-rusher
The 49ers, a team with nine picks and no players with more than 10 career sacks on their roster, did something surprising in the NFL draft: They didn’t select one edge rusher.
Can Anthony Davis lead Pelicans to upset over Warriors?
AL SARACEVIC: The Warriors will face a pretty tall order in the second round of the NBA playoffs. His name is Anthony Davis, and he stands 6-foot-11.
Sharks’ woes mount: Kane suspended for Game 2
ANN KILLION: The hole the Sharks dug themselves in a Game 1 blowout loss got a little deeper on Friday afternoon.
Monster Jam: Watsonville woman balances truck rallies, college...
In some respects, Rosalee Ramer is a typical college student. A mechanical engineering major at Georgia Tech, she likes to hang out with her friends, practice yoga and play piano. She keeps her laptop ...
‘Citizen naturalists’ fan out across Presidio in annual...
A group of nature enthusiasts gathered at San Francisco’s Presidio for a pair of noble causes: celebrating the region’s biodiversity and trying to beat Los Angeles in a competition.
UC Berkeley students treated to llama therapy before finals
Six therapeutic llamas came on Friday to bring therapy to UC Berkeley, a place that can always use it.
More talk, less action on effort to get mentally ill homeless...
HEATHER KNIGHT: Three blocks from City Hall — that gold-plated building where politicians are deciding how to spend more than $10 billion next fiscal year — sits a shooting gallery in broad daylight.
Judge: Councilwoman Brooks lied under oath ‘many times’
Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks repeatedly lied under oath and “exhibited no true remorse for her callous behavior” during a trial over whether she assaulted former Black Panther leader Elaine ...
Breed continues to have the edge when it comes to money
San Francisco Supervisor London Breed’s mayoral campaign has continued raising money at a breakneck pace since she announced her candidacy for the city’s top job in January, making her the ...
Newsom far ahead in fundraising in California governor’s race
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, leading all the polls in the race to replace termed-out Gov. Jerry Brown, is pulling away in the fundraising derby as well.
San Francisco mansion joins Roam’s stable of co-living hotels
In a city of elegant residences, San Francisco’s Archbishop’s Mansion still stands out.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation CEO on leave
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a major force in regional philanthropy, has placed its CEO on paid administrative leave as an investigation continues into a workplace culture that former employees ...
PG&E; hit with $97.5M penalty over back-channel talks
California utility regulators on Thursday penalized PG&E $97.5 million over improper back-channel communications with their own agency following the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast.
Korea summit takes the world further away from war
EDITORIAL: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, pulled off a stunning feat of diplomacy this week.
Last Word: Of monkeys and men
When the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on the curious case of the monkey selfies this week, it was partly to question the motives and methods of the other primates involved.
Last Word: Ben Carson’s cruelty on housing
When he wasn’t out planning purchases of $31,000 furniture sets, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson found time to propose a tripling of the minimum rent paid and making it easier to impose ...
Original details abound in Henry Gutterson-designed 4-bedroom
Designed by architect Henry Gutterson, this four-bedroom in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood offers original woodwork, brick patios and a lush garden.
Where to taste Petite Sirah in Napa and Sonoma
Petite Sirah is not small in any way. Here's where to taste the black-as-night wine that has a long history in California.
Yosemite Valley is under siege from tourists. Can it be saved?
John Buckley has visited Yosemite more times than most will in a lifetime. As a young man, he remembers padding along the banks of the Merced River, which meanders through Yosemite Valley, the park’s ...
The best way to see Yosemite? From the back of a mule.
Before trails and pavement, before the railroad arrived in 1907, most tourists visited Yosemite on beasts of burden. Today, a few operators keep the tradition alive.
The spirit of Beyoncé takes hold in a Nob Hill cathedral
CAILLE MILLNER: “I’m getting chills!” yelled a young woman behind me at Grace Cathedral’s first-ever Beyoncé Mass .
Optimism is opening an art gallery, and its name is Burning in...
There is no more optimistic act in the art world than to open a new gallery. A commitment to making art requires courage; writing about it demands a certain hubris. To sell art, though, one must project a ...
Pita’s ‘Bjork Ballet’ a stunning work
The three varied premieres that make up Program D — the last program of San Francisco Ballet’s historic Unbound Festival on Thursday, April 26, at the War Memorial Opera House — were swathed in an ...
Reif steps in to lead S.F. Symphony, with dazzling results
After severing connections with conductor Charles Dutoit in the wake of serious allegations of sexual misconduct , the San Francisco Symphony went looking for someone to take over the weeks he’d been ...
Summer movies rule, from ‘Avengers’ to Han Solo
The summer movie season starts a little earlier each year. “Black Panther,” which will probably be the most popular action film of the year when 2018 is over, was released in February.
Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is too long and crowded
MICK LaSALLE: The Avengers have spawned a number of good, very good, or reasonably entertaining movies. But with “Avengers: Infinity War,” the franchise arrives at the stage of decadence.
Blast off to Planet Björk with choreographer Arthur Pita and...
The shoe room at San Francisco Ballet seems to be in chaos as Arthur Pita, the self-described David Lynch of dance, throws mannequins and pointe slippers throughout the space. The South African-born ...
S.F. SPCA raises the woof (and $1.8 million) at 150th...
MISS BIGELOW: A “woof” carpet replaced the traditional red version recently at the San Francisco SPCA 150th anniversary gala, where SPCA volunteers and pooches lined the City Hall stairway greeting ...
Stock in Trade to bid farewell to the Marina after six years
Stock in Trade ( 2036 Lombard St. ) , the Marina’s late night spot for neighborhood bar hoppers in need of one last drink before heading home, will close its doors at the end of the month.
The struggles and rewards of a West Oakland urban farm
While visiting family in North Carolina late last year, Rodney Spencer got a call about a bunny. The executive director of City Slicker Farms, a 17-year-old East Bay urban farming nonprofit, Spencer had ...
Back to the Roots bets big on indoor gardening
“The future of gardening is indoors,” says Back to the Roots co-founder Alejandro Velez.
Now that you know about finger limes, here’s where to get them
My April 8 column on finger limes created quite the stir, making it one of the most popular columns in my 12 years writing for The Chronicle. I received letters from readers all over the Bay Area ...
Pasta Pop-Up deserves to be permanent in North Beach
MICHAEL BAUER: From a marketing perspective it makes sense that Francesco Covucci and Peter Fazio have named their new North Beach restaurant Pasta Pop-Up.
The Chronicle's Photos of the Week
Chronicle photographers captured colorful moments this week during the 4/20 celebration in Golden Gate Park and a dojo performance at the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco’s Japantown.
Death of a Black Panther: 50 years after Bobby Hutton’s killing
FROM THE ARCHIVE: A half century ago, the Black Panthers clashed with Oakland police in a violent episode that forever changed the political organization and the city from which it grew.
BART’s cat-and-mouse game to keep SF stations clean
On Thursday evening, San Francisco’s Civic Center BART Station was in its usual squalid condition: obviously high people roaming the platforms, drug dealers congregating near the entrance at U.N. Plaza, ...
Giants’ Sandoval gets to pitch against Dodgers ... and flat-out dominates
JOHN SHEA: To fully understand why Pablo Sandoval stunned the baseball world by pitching a perfect inning Saturday is to understand Garth Brooks.
Trump’s admission about lawyer in ‘crazy Stormy Daniels deal’ unprecedented
WILLIE BROWN: I’m not sure where it will land in the pages of American history books, but for the first time we have a president admitting publicly that he was involved with a porn star.
The 19th century nude scene that took San Francisco by storm
PORTALS OF THE PAST: On Aug. 24, 1863, a thunderbolt hit S.F. The sensation appearing at Maguire’s Opera House was all anyone could talk about. In 16 nights, 30,000 people came to see her.
California, Trump barrel toward showdown over fuel standards
The Trump administration reportedly may freeze fuel-mileage standards for cars and end California’s ability to set auto-emissions rules, potentially gutting one of the country’s most important climate ...
Top 100: How Michael Bauer handled restaurants facing harassment allegations
In an essay about how to evaluate restaurants where the chef or owner has been charged with harassment, I was wavering on whether to include five important restaurants previously in the Top 100.
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The spirit of Beyoncé takes hold in a Nob Hill cathedral
“I’m getting chills!” yelled a young woman behind me at Grace Cathedral’s first-ever Beyoncé Mass . It was 6:32 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, and the big-screen countdown to the main event had just begun. No matter. My fellow worshiper — a black ...
At SFMOMA Modern Ball statements are made
“We need to get back to the priority of attention,” said Denise Bradley , when asked what statement her white sequined dress was making. The occasion was the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Modern Ball, and it had been suggested that attendees wear clothes making statements. ...
Yes, median pay at Facebook really is about $240,000 a year
A law that requires public companies to disclose the median pay of their employees and compare it with their CEO’s compensation is producing some eye-popping numbers that spotlight income inequality in America. Among the 40 largest Bay Area companies that have reported, ...
Nothing happens quickly at BART; Powell Street face-lift is no...
San Francisco’s heavily traveled Powell Street BART Station is getting a $30 million-plus face-lift. And as usual with big BART projects, the five-year job is already running behind schedule — about 18 months behind. Station improvements include new ceilings, platform ...
Authors offer antidotes to democracy’s despair
One of the treasures of the Bay Area Book Festival is the way it celebrates and compels reading, thinking and listening. This ever-evolving event, now reaching its fourth year under the stewardship of indefatigable founder and Executive Director Cherilyn Parsons, is bringing 250 authors to ...
Supervisors roll into action on the wrong San Francisco street...
To all of you who live in, work in or visit San Francisco, take heart. Our city leaders are able to act swiftly and decisively to tackle a major crisis on our sidewalks. Sure, the crisis they’re concerned about is that three companies have dumped electric rental scooters around the city ...
We need conversations about race, not apologies, after shop...
Mark Stone has apologized after witnesses say he used a racial slur at Cornology, the gourmet popcorn shop in Emeryville. Witnesses said he shouted “n—s” at a group of black juveniles in his store Sunday. “I have great remorse and much regret in the ...
Kronos Festival is an eclectic treat
You think you’ve seen it all in terms of musical cross-cultural eclecticism — or a lot of it, anyway — and then you hear an exuberant jam featuring a griot troupe from Mali, a string quartet and a guy playing a musical saw. Then you realize it’s time to recalibrate a little. ...
On the far Sonoma coast, distinctive Cabernet comes from an...
Vineyards tend to be remote, but few are as remote as Waterhorse Ridge. It is perched on one of Cazadero’s high, lonely ridgelines, 7 miles as the crow flies from the Pacific Ocean. Beyond the property, few markers of civilization are visible. On a clear day, if the area isn’t shrouded in ...
Why Bay Area chefs are on the cutting edge of innovation...
Whether the company knew it at the time or not, more than 20 years ago Apple came up with a slogan that captures the Bay Area ethos better than anything I’ve heard: “Think different.” Could Apple, Twitter or Uber have been created anywhere else? For that matter, could Chez Panisse? ...
‘Godard, Mon Amour’ is the great Godard movie Godard could...
In “Godard Mon Amour,” writer-director Michel Hazanavicius takes everything great about the French director Jean-Luc Godard and uses it to explain everything that’s wrong with him. Like the best of Godard’s own work, this new movie has the humor and briskness of a comedy, while ...
Even the SF Bay ferries are crowded these days
It is one of those deals with the devil that make modern life so complex: You take a good-paying job in the city while opting for a good life in the country or the suburbs. The suburbs are more affordable, the schools are better, and the grass is greener. But the devil demands his price: The ...
Golden Knights reward Vegas fans with 7-0 romp over Sharks
LAS VEGAS — In a town famous for hookups and quickie marriages, this romance seems like true love. At least the dozens of Golden Knights fans standing in line before Game 1, waiting for tattoos — real tattoos, not temporary — had better hope it is. The expansion hockey ...
Warriors’ Quinn Cook best of friends with enemy coach
Quinn Cook is the New Orleans Pelicans’ gift to the Warriors. The Warriors can thank Pelicans’ coach Alvin Gentry for Cook. Call it another turn of the NBA’s Great Wheel of Life. When the Warriors hired Kerr, he immediately hired Gentry as his top assistant and offensive strategist. ...
Charms of Lake County best suited to leisurely exploring
If today’s marketing gurus had been around in the 19th century, Lake County most likely would have been named Lake and Other Cool Stuff County. There’s a lake, sure. A big one. Possibly the oldest one in North America and the largest freshwater lake entirely in California (Tahoe clearly ...
Julian Schnabel’s fashionable Legion debut
Julian Schnabel’s paintings of the early 1980s were the DeLoreans of the art world: audacious in design, promoted as revolutionary, expensive as hell and, ultimately, dismissed as overhyped. The sports car failed, fated to become no more than a collectible oddity. The artist grew ever more ...
RFK doc misses the bigger picture for Baby Boomers coming of age
If you say the year “1968” to anyone who lived through it, it will automatically prompt a sequence of memory flashes: Martin Luther King, protests, riots, the Chicago Democratic National Convention, the election of Richard M. Nixon, and of course, the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy ...
Art lovers at the bold, bright Modern Ball raise $4 million...
For once, John Berggruen got off easy at Modern Ball — the biennial fundraiser benefitting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Typically the vaunted gallerist buys a patron-level table (which, from $30K to $100K per table, ain’t peanuts) for Gala Dinner donors. At ...
Ricardo Lara glad that Steve Poizner “repents” for past...
State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens (Los Angeles County), a candidate for state insurance commissioner, sounded strangely coy about whether he plans to attack one of his rivals, Steve Poizner, for the hardline positions Poizner took on immigration during the bare-knuckle 2010 GOP ...
Orcas’ attack on gray whale shows the unfortunate side of...
Start with the premise that every animal has a soul, and that every soul wants life. That can make it difficult to see a life-and-death encounter in the outdoors and accept it as part of nature’s way. It happened again last week in Monterey Bay in front of ...
Trump’s admission about lawyer in ‘crazy Stormy Daniels...
I’m not sure where it will land in the pages of American history books, but for the first time we have a president admitting publicly that he was involved with a porn star. The revelation came Thursday on the morning TV show “Fox & Friends,” when a rambling President ...
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Breaking down San Francisco’s car break-in epidemic
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The quest to save Stephen Hawking's voice
How a Silicon Valley team helped rebuild his distinctive sound.
Many Chinas, Many Tables
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The Ultimate NorCal Brewery Map
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Neighborhood rises in shadow of Salesforce Tower
During the past five years, S.F.'s Transbay district has been transformed, fueled by both the city’s economic boom and long-term planning efforts focused on the area.