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Dead whale found in Oakland estuary near Jack London Square
Dead whale found in Oakland estuary near Jack London Square
By Sophie Haigney and Steve Rubenstein
Passing cyclists, fishermen and construction workers coped with the aroma as best they could Friday morning, but the estuary air near Jack London Square was decidedly pungent.
Ready, set ... San Francisco runs wild in Bay to Breakers footrace Sunday
A roiling, costumed parade of humanity will shimmy through San Francisco Sunday during one of the world’s longest-running annual footraces — and by far the most fun. The 106th ...
California birthrate plunges to lowest level in a century
The birthrate in California has plunged yet again, to its lowest level in a century, according to the latest U.S. statistics, as young adults continue to postpone having or not have families. ...
Burglar spent hours inside Oakland municipal building
A man broke into a downtown Oakland building that houses much of the city’s administrative work over the weekend, wandering around for hours before hauling off an unknown number of items in what ...
Brown signs bill protecting undocumented immigrants in California courts
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday to limit when a person’s immigration status can be disclosed in open court, a measure aimed at keeping crime victims and witnesses from exposing ...
ICE arrests of noncriminals in California soar amid Trump crackdown
Immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions continue to soar in California, where the Trump administration emphasized its crackdown with a February sweep in the northern part of the state ...
How SF woman tracked down stolen pug with help from hundreds...
When Stephanie Lee went into the Whole Foods on Market Street near the east corner of Duboce Triangle one evening in late April, she assumed it would be fine to tie her 12-year-old pug, Phyllo, to a post ...
19th Street BART station in Oakland reopens after bomb threat
5/19/2018 Train service is delayed and recovering in all directions around the19th Street Oakland BART station, after the station was closed for nearly an hour while police investigated a bomb threat. ...
SF Mayor Mark Farrell renominates 2 for police commission who...
San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell asked the Board of Supervisors on Thursday to reconsider his picks for the city’s Police Commission, two days after the board rejected the same nominations in a 6-5 ...
Where California’s candidates for governor stand on fixing...
Gov. Jerry Brown never had to decide whether to support single-payer health care because a bill never reached his desk. But just because the Legislature isn’t considering it this year doesn’t mean the ...
‘He really loves the job’: Could SF interim Mayor Mark...
5/19/2018 Back in January, shortly after being named San Francisco’s interim mayor after the unexpected death of Mayor Ed Lee, Mark Farrell told The Chronicle’s editorial board his upcoming six months in ...
California GOP has a lot riding on 2 candidates for governor
5/19/2018 Californians looking to vote for a Republican in the June 5 governor’s primary face largely the same choice they have for the past decade: a tough-talking conservative officeholder or a wealthy ...
Rick Fisher gets a home, after struggling with health
Rick Fisher loves his three dogs. Even when he was struggling to keep a roof over his head, the dogs were always on his mind.
Ready, set ... San Francisco runs wild in Bay to Breakers footrace Sunday
A roiling, costumed parade of humanity will shimmy through San Francisco Sunday during one of the world’s longest-running annual footraces — and by far the most fun. The 106th ...
California birthrate plunges to lowest level in a century
The birthrate in California has plunged yet again, to its lowest level in a century, according to the latest U.S. statistics, as young adults continue to postpone having or not have families. ...
Burglar spent hours inside Oakland municipal building
A man broke into a downtown Oakland building that houses much of the city’s administrative work over the weekend, wandering around for hours before hauling off an unknown number of items in what ...
Brown signs bill protecting undocumented immigrants in California courts
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday to limit when a person’s immigration status can be disclosed in open court, a measure aimed at keeping crime victims and witnesses from exposing ...
ICE arrests of noncriminals in California soar amid Trump crackdown
Immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions continue to soar in California, where the Trump administration emphasized its crackdown with a February sweep in the northern part of the state ...
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‘He really loves the job’: Could SF interim Mayor Mark...
Back in January, shortly after being named San Francisco’s interim mayor after the unexpected death of Mayor Ed Lee, Mark Farrell told The Chronicle’s editorial board his upcoming six months in office would be the end of his political career. “This is it,” he said ...
Even in Oakland, calling the cops on black people just living...
The first time I saw the video of a white woman on the phone with police because two black men were using a charcoal grill at Lake Merritt, I thought it was a parody, a provocative satire on race in America. But, no, this is America, a country where a black person must be prepared for the ...
In Bay Area, Newsom leads big in race for governor — 2...
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a 4-1 lead with Bay Area voters in the upcoming gubernatorial primary, according to a new 2018 Bay Area Council Poll, with 36 percent of those surveyed undecided. The online poll of 1,000 voters in the nine Bay Area counties found Democrat Newsom ...
SF’s legacy restaurants hang on amid changing tastes
The Chronicle’s list of the 100 best restaurants came out the other day, dessert in a region obsessed with food and the good life. Business is booming; 18 new restaurants made the top 100 this year. But what about the old restaurants? After all, eating and drinking is the ...
Scooters on SF’s streets: What’s not to like?
Love ’em or hate ’em, those electric scooters zipping around downtown are the future. Pedestrians and motorists may scream. City officials may confiscate them by the dozens. But the fact is that young people, especially younger women, are more comfortable on the scoots than on a bike. ...