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Waymo gets green light for robot cars in California; no humans needed
Waymo gets green light for robot cars in California; no humans needed
By Carolyn Said
Waymo is the first company in California allowed to test robot cars on public roads with no human driver behind the steering wheel, it said Tuesday.
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Faked soil samples, falsified documents, two criminal convictions, three lawsuits — in recent months, the cleanup of the former Hunters Point shipyard has been rocked by scandal.
Warriors at peak of their dynasty — and keep rising
BRUCE JENKINS: The New Orleans Pelicans have listed Anthony Davis as “TBD” for Wednesday night’s game against the Warriors at Oracle Arena.
Ex-Met director Thomas Campbell to lead SF museums
The Fine Arts Museums of S.F.'s new director will be Thomas P. Campbell. "I want to be on the ground running," he said.
In SF, a chef keeps Day of the Dead customs intact
It started with a small altar in a classroom 20 years ago. Rosa Martinez, a native of Oaxaca, wanted to bring her Day of the Dead traditions into the Catholic school attached to the Mission Dolores Basilica.
SF supes OK rezoning underused lots to allow more affordable housing in SoMa
Twenty-four underused parcels of land in SoMa — most of which are parking lots — could be turned into affordable-housing projects, the Board of Supervisors decided.
Trump’s plan to eliminate birthright citizenship and what you need to know
President Trump says he plans to issue an executive order eliminating “birthright citizenship” for U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
A night at Dimples, Japantown’s sometimes gross, often funny, always welcoming oasis
DRINK UP: It’s a Friday around 11 p.m., and Dimples is in full swing.
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Alfonzo McKinnie was in a film class his junior year of high school when he first watched “Hoop Dreams,” the 1994 basketball documentary.
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JOHN SHEA: The Giants want to catch up with the elite teams, including the Dodgers, and are trying to hire a new boss to make it happen.But do they really want to follow the Dodgers’ blueprint?
In key California House races, Republicans are turning out early and big
With the midterm elections just days away, there’s little indication that California is seeing a “blue wave” of Democratic votes, at least in the early returns of vote-by-mail ballots.
2018 California Fire Tracker
This interactive map developed in The San Francisco Chronicle newsroom provides information on wildfires burning across California.
Voter Guide: What you need to know for the November election
The Chronicle urges all voters to take part in the Nov. 6 election. Here is our guide to the ballot measures and races that state and local voters will be deciding.
How to share confidential news tips with The Chronicle
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Whether it's the latest in the "Halloween" franchise or a frightening classic, it's the season of big scares on the big screen. Are you an expert? Test you knowledge with our Halloween movie quiz!
Why fewer kids are playing football: A study in decline
Growing awareness of links between football and brain trauma leaves more kids on sidelines.
Raiders stand pat at trade deadline; Rodgers-Cromartie retires
The Raiders were quiet at the NFL trade deadline Tuesday but still absorbed the departure of a player. There had been reports of Oakland shopping, among others, defensive end Bruce Irvin, safety Karl ...
Beathard’s injury could mean 49ers’ No. 3 QB makes debut
On the one-year anniversary of their deal for a franchise quarterback, the 49ers were dealing with far different news at the NFL’s most important position Tuesday. Two days before their prime-time ...
Klay Thompson sets NBA record in rout of Bulls
CHICAGO — Klay Thompson is so prone to three-point-shooting binges that, when he opened this season in a rare slump, his teammates weren’t just confident that he soon would snap out of his rut. They ...
Shaw: Stanford might not open attack as much at Washington
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Cal knows it will have hands full against Washington State
When Cal reviews video of the previous week’s game, the coaching staff usually splices highlights and lowlights. This week, the Bears watched every second of an entire offensive series. Nursing a ...
Breeders’ Cup has been good to trainers Hollendorfer, Bonde
Jerry Hollendorfer and Jeff Bonde train at Golden Gate Fields and in Southern California, but they are at Churchill Downs this week preparing their horses for the 35th Breeders’ Cup.
Trump proposal wounds Bay Area transgender community
Donna Personna had come to expect what she described as the routine indignities of the Trump administration’s policy moves against her transgender community. Removing federal protections for ...
Oakland’s new transitional housing aims to put ‘visual...
Oakland officials finalized the purchase Tuesday of a 70-unit building that will shelter homeless people as they transition into permanent housing beginning in December. The three-story, century-old ...
S.F. working to double beds at crucial homeless facility
CITY INSIDER: S.F. officials are working to nearly double the number of beds available at the Hummingbird Place Navigation Center.
Warriors must pay $40M in arena debt
The Golden State Warriors must pay off the estimated $40 million in remaining debt incurred by Oakland and Alameda County for renovations to Oracle Arena, an arbitrator has ruled.
Give them RVs place to park or force them out?
Officials in San Francisco City Hall are weighing solutions to a new phase of the homeless crisis, illustrated by scruffy RVs that spread from the Mission to the Bayview.
Cox blames ‘political class’ for a bleak California
California’s two candidates for governor had agreed to speak in the same room for probably the last time Tuesday at a breakfast hosted by former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
Sanders backs rent-control measure, candidate Beckles
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders followed his stop in the Bay Area over the weekend with endorsements Monday of a state ballot measure that would lift restrictions on residential rent control.
Trump helping to turn Orange County blue
The head of the Republican National Committee had plenty of places she needed to be with the midterm election mere days away.
Facebook earnings growth takes hit as security costs soar
In a closely watched report, Facebook announced earnings Tuesday that were roughly in line with Wall Street analysts’ expectations, with the company reporting $13.7 billion in revenue on Tuesday.
Candy stripers: Are they for real?
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Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
EDITORIAL: President Trump has asserted that he will sign an executive order seeking to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents .
RVs overruning S.F. neighborhoods need a city response
EDITORIAL: There’s nothing recreational about these vehicles.
Merkel’s departure will be profound for Europe, the world
OPINION: The era of Angela Merkel is ending.
The matriarchs of Bay Area cuisine, past and present
What we call “California cuisine” was created mostly by women working in the Bay Area in the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. There was Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, of course, and others, too.
The 6 creepiest places to fall asleep in California
While scaring guests half to death seems like an iffy marketing proposition, October is the month when more than a few California properties and attractions go out of their way to play up the possibility.
A tech-fueled revolution in air travel is nearly here
Electric airplanes, vertical takeoff and cheap tickets mean we may soon do more flying than driving.
Chef accused of sexual harassment set to open new Berkeley...
Less than a year after being accused of sexual harassment by more than 30 former employees, disgraced East Bay chef Charlie Hallowell appears to be poised to open a new Berkeley restaurant this week.
Remembering Mission Street Food
What was to become the most influential San Francisco restaurant of the last decade materialized in an antojitos truck on the corner of 21st and Mission streets.
Mission Bay gets a shot as a culinary mecca
Seven Stills co-owner Tim Obert is counting down the days until the construction comes to an end at 100 Hooper St.
Is my Halloween costume offensive? Six questions to ask
For anyone who is having a hard time figuring out if a potential Halloween costume might be offensive, here are six questions to ask yourself.
For the love of Muni: Kids honor transit agency with costumes
This year, like every year, Halloween brings out the greatest positive endorsement of all for the transit agency: Children unconditionally love Muni.
For ‘Bohemian’ cast, being Queen was a killer challenge
Rami Malek recalls there was no contract and no guarantees “Bohemian Rhapsody” would even get made when he first flew to London to practice being Freddie Mercury.
Cellist Queyras debuts dynamic Bach cycle
Listening to the first notes of someone’s solo Bach cycle is a little like observing your seatmate at the beginning of an international flight: I hope I like you, because we’re stuck here for a long time.
Film retrospective shows how we are the children of Jean Vigo
The best artists’ work is invested in hard-edged experience — regardless of age.
Tacro creator looks to expand to Noe Valley
This year, SoMa bakery and cafe Vive La Tarte already created the Tacro — that is a taco-croissant mashup. Now, it is planning to launch in Noe Valley.
Iconic SF building was home to Bohemians for decades
The group that gave the Block its reputation for outrageous bohemianism in the 1890s was a mischievous band of writers, artists, architects and designers who called themselves Les Jeunes (The Young Ones).
Crystal Vielula’s fashion menagerie in San Francisco
In artist Crystal Vielula’s hands, gritty city life transforms into a queer, fashionable wonderland
Katherine Vetne wants to melt your Baccarat into a puddle of art
On a recent visit to San Francisco retailer Gump’s, artist Katherine Vetne and collector Richard Ford perused the store’s famous crystal department for almost an hour.
The legacy of Baba Hari Dass, Santa Cruz’s silent guru
There are no signs leading to the Mount Madonna Center, located on 355 acres of land in the Santa Cruz mountains overlooking the farms of Watsonville.
Ranger, 97, proud to repeat history of women’s WWII role
THE REGULARS: The chatter within the small, packed theater quickly subsides as Betty Reid Soskin walks into the room. She commands the crowd’s attention.
The Chronicle's Photos of the Week
Chronicle photographers shot a range of assignments in the Bay Area including the aftermath of an industrial fire in Oakland and a profile on professional big wave surfer Bianca Valenti.
Rebuilt Belvedere home enjoys sweeping views of Belvedere Cove
WALKTHROUGH: Stunning views of Belvedere Cove and the yacht harbor play against high-end finishes in this rebuilt four-bedroom.
SF supes OK rezoning underused lots to allow more affordable housing in SoMa
Twenty-four underused parcels of land in SoMa — most of which are parking lots — could be turned into affordable-housing projects, the Board of Supervisors decided.
Trump’s plan to eliminate birthright citizenship and what you need to know
President Trump says he plans to issue an executive order eliminating “birthright citizenship” for U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
A night at Dimples, Japantown’s sometimes gross, often funny, always welcoming oasis
DRINK UP: It’s a Friday around 11 p.m., and Dimples is in full swing.
Warriors’ Alfonzo McKinnie sees hoop dreams go full circle in homecoming
Alfonzo McKinnie was in a film class his junior year of high school when he first watched “Hoop Dreams,” the 1994 basketball documentary.
Dodgers lose World Series their way; do Giants want to emulate them?
JOHN SHEA: The Giants want to catch up with the elite teams, including the Dodgers, and are trying to hire a new boss to make it happen.But do they really want to follow the Dodgers’ blueprint?
In key California House races, Republicans are turning out early and big
With the midterm elections just days away, there’s little indication that California is seeing a “blue wave” of Democratic votes, at least in the early returns of vote-by-mail ballots.
2018 California Fire Tracker
This interactive map developed in The San Francisco Chronicle newsroom provides information on wildfires burning across California.
Voter Guide: What you need to know for the November election
The Chronicle urges all voters to take part in the Nov. 6 election. Here is our guide to the ballot measures and races that state and local voters will be deciding.
How to share confidential news tips with The Chronicle
We welcome information from the public that could be newsworthy. Find out how to send sensitive or private news tips to The Chronicle.
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In case you haven’t noticed, Donald Trump’s national approval rating jumped to 44 percent in a recent Gallup poll, an all-time high. While this news may cause jubilation for some and others to become apoplectic, it also warrants an explanation, and I’m happy to oblige. Fortunately, I ...
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Bulldozer ballet performed at groundbreaking for Conservatory
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Oakland’s pot equity program withering on the vine
Oakland’s long-touted program to help black and brown pot entrepreneurs succeed alongside bigger marijuana businesses is dead. Officially, it’s around still. But it may as well not be. The program was crafted so Oakland natives and longtime residents, especially those arrested and ...
SNL’s Gilda Radner gets a sensitive, illuminating portrait...
Gilda Radner died in 1989. She never heard of Barack Obama, never used Skype or the Internet or asked Siri a question. For people 35 or younger, she has pretty much always been dead. And yet somehow the idea of a documentary about her, not only in practice but as a concept, doesn’t feel like ...
Catherine Wagner’s photographic framing at Mills College museum
Bay Area artist Catherine Wagner has built a formidable reputation as a photographer over a career spanning four decades, four books and numerous museum exhibitions. Her ambitious exhibition at Mills College Art Museum, on view Saturday, Sept. 8-Dec. 9, is her bid for a broader portfolio as a ...
In a tough year for SF, October in the city is still special
It’s been a tough year for San Francisco. A homeless crisis, a drug crisis. The new Millennium Tower is leaning, the newer Transbay Center has structural problems and closed down right after it opened up, the traffic is terrible, and Van Ness is a mess. And this used to be the City That Knows ...
In a battleground Central Valley House district, it’s women...
TURLOCK, Stanislaus County — If Democrats defeat four-term Central Valley GOP Rep. Jeff Denham in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional races next week and retake the House, it will be because of women who took Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, at her word when she ...
La Taqueria, the Mission’s most famous taqueria, finds its...
Customers at La Taqueria will soon spy a new sign tacked onto the front window: For Sale. Miguel Jara, 77, and his immediate family have owned the San Francisco taqueria, as well as the building that houses the business, since 1972, and lines continue to spill from the doorway all through the ...
Montserrat Caballé, soprano known for her flawless tone and...
Montserrat Caballé, the versatile Spanish soprano whose pure, gleaming tone and impeccable technique illuminated a wide range of operatic and song repertoire, died on Saturday, Oct. 6, at a hospital in Barcelona. She was 85 and had been in the hospital for a month. A spokesman for the ...
Pumpsie Green, who integrated Red Sox, opens up about...
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Marsh project means more fish, birds and wildlife
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End the debate gamesmanship in California
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