By Will HarperListening to Chronicle editor Ward Bushee on KQED's Forum made me nostalgic for Phil Bronstein. The former Mr. Sharon Stone had his faults, but what I liked about him was that he was more than a newspaper editor--he was a showman. Remember when Bronstein donned scuba gear to save a young alligator in a lake near the Presidio from an evil trapper? And who could forget when that Komodo dragon bit him at the zoo? Despite his flair for theatrics, Bronstein was nonetheless a solid news
A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?
Hey Phil Bronstein -- how do you like them apples?​San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein yesterday reminded the Bay Area of a use for newspapers any puppy owner is well aware of when he inaugurated a journalistic pissing contest. It was a move he may soon regret. In what was decidedly not a "Welcome to San Francisco" gift basket aimed at the interloping New York Times, Bronstein accused Times bureau chief Jesse McKinley -- whom he snidely did not name -- of "borrowing" a juicy