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San Francisco Chronicle

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    A Charlie Brown Christmas Composer Vince Guaraldi's Heirs Suing for $2M in Unpaid Royalties

    Given the time of year, you've probably seen -- and heard -- A Charlie Brown Christmas recently. The 1965 animated TV special's celebrated soundtrack was performed by noted San Francisco jazzman Vince Guaraldi's trio, and recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. But for the pianist and composer's c ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2011

    Law & Disorder: "The Examiner" Punches Crooks in the Junk

    Given the time of year, you've probably seen -- and heard -- A Charlie Brown Christmas recently. The 1965 animated TV special's celebrated soundtrack was performed by noted San Francisco jazzman Vince Guaraldi's trio, and recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. But for the pianist and composer's c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Off the Grid Moves Under SF Chronicle on Fridays

    Google MapsFood trucks park Wednesday and now Friday right under the Chronicle's collective noses​Off the Grid has been so successful at putting street food once a week on Fifth and Minna Streets, in the alley that bisects the San Francisco Chronicle, that its appearances are doubling. Starti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Q&A with Katie Sullivan Morford of Mom's Kitchen Handbook

    Joe MorfordKid nutrition blogger Katie Sullivan Morford.​Registered dietitian Katie Sullivan Morford is a food and nutrition writer with more than 20 years of professional writing experience. She's been published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Cooking Light, Bon Appétit, Sel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Advanta Investors, Promised 11 Percent Profit, Will Lose Up To 36 Percent

    There's one born every minute...​An investment offer advertised in the San Francisco Chronicle by the bank Advanta promised 11 percent annual interest at a time when savings accounts typically offered less than 2 percent. As we noted in an article and blog post shortly thereafter, the offer was to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Benjamin Powell, Jonathan Johnson Killed in Ingleside Crash

    ​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the two men killed in an Ingleside car crash this morning as Hayward resident Benjamin Powell and Castro Valley resident Jonathan Johnson. Both were 18 years old.The car carrying Powell and Johnson apparently crashed into a utility pole o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Congestion Pricing Likely To Be Killed By Prop. 26

    Thanks to Prop. 26, expect this to continue. Also, expect San Francisco to stay broke. ​Today's front-page story in the San Francisco Chronicle highlights a number of hefty "congestion pricing" fees drivers may soon have to shell out for the privilege of driving into the city, or even between cert ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2010

    Suckers! The media want us to think there's a bedbug invasion.

    Thanks to Prop. 26, expect this to continue. Also, expect San Francisco to stay broke. ​Today's front-page story in the San Francisco Chronicle highlights a number of hefty "congestion pricing" fees drivers may soon have to shell out for the privilege of driving into the city, or even between cert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Chronicle Scribes' Secret Weapon in Union Negotiations: Essays

    Will longtime reporters' essays make a dent with management? ​Over the past several years, multiple writers for the ever-shrinking San Francisco Chronicle have told us they felt like rats in a snake's cage. The paper is now thin enough to fit comfortably in your back pocket -- and its staff is jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Chronicle Slashes Subscription Rates for Weekend Delivery

    The San Francisco Chronicle's new subscription offer​The cash-hemorrhaging San Francisco Chronicle last year hiked its subscription rates in what editor Ward Bushee described as an effort to make up for declining ad revenue in the digital age -- essentially asking readers to foot more of the bill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Porn Scandal Shocks City Planners -- But Doesn't Surprise Them

    Meanwhile, over at the planning department...​A number of current and former members of the city's planning department told SF Weekly they were "mortified" and angry regarding allegations that at least four senior planners have been sending around pornographic e-mails accompanied by purportedly ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

    Pride of the city​Over the weekend Your Correspondent was lucky enough to have one of those reality-check conversations with a reasonable layperson -- these sorts of chats come far too seldom for us poor hacks, who spend a lot of our time talking to the wonkish caste that includes legislative aide ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2010

    Stalker threatens D.A. (an opponent of the death penalty) with the electric chair

    Pride of the city​Over the weekend Your Correspondent was lucky enough to have one of those reality-check conversations with a reasonable layperson -- these sorts of chats come far too seldom for us poor hacks, who spend a lot of our time talking to the wonkish caste that includes legislative aide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Nickel and Dime-Obsessed Chronicle Hooks Human Tragedies to Taxpayer Costs

    Ah, but how much was that chalk?​Mark Shotley, the paraplegic, incontinent, pneumonia-ridden homeless man The San Francisco Chronicle characterized nine years ago as a drag on city health care funds, is dead now. But the macabre, nickel-and-dime-obsessed journalistic tic that led the paper to couc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Yes, There's a Prize

    Lemme tell you what I can get for $72 million...​Everyone is familiar with the concept -- perform well, receive compensation. That's why Keanu Reeves pulls in the big bucks. Now it's your turn. Send your perfect scores on this quiz here and the first one to ace it wins a prize. It's tax free (so t ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 2, 2009

    December Book Events: "Is the Book Dead? High Tech and the Written Word," Michael Medved, Norman Podhoretz, Dave Eggers, San Francisco Panorama, Writers with Drinks at the Make-Out Room

    Lemme tell you what I can get for $72 million...​Everyone is familiar with the concept -- perform well, receive compensation. That's why Keanu Reeves pulls in the big bucks. Now it's your turn. Send your perfect scores on this quiz here and the first one to ace it wins a prize. It's tax free (so t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    You Want Fresh Faces? Our Suggestions for the 2010 GOP Slate.

    On Wednesday, the latest in a batch of Republican political neophytes expressed his desire for high-ranking political office in California. Damon Dunn, the former Stanford and NFL receiver and current Orange County real-estate mogul, said he plans to run for Secretary of State.But as the San Francis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Chronic City: There's Pot In Them Thar Hills! How To Make Marijuana Scary Again.

    But the authorities say 'not so fast...'​The latest mainstream media narrative in California's marijuana wars is a spruced-up version of an old favorite: "Mexican drug traffickers" are growing massive amounts of pot in state and national parks, and are despoiling the natural environment in doing s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Society of Professional Journalists Reassures Us of the Robustness of Our Field By Honoring Three Men: Two Dead Guys and a 90-Year-Old

    In order to re-inforce our point that this year's SPJ honorees heark from a different era, here's a Spencer Tracy referenceLast week, the Society of Professional Journalists -- whose membership is growing ever more, shall we say, selective every day now -- honored three men as "fellows," the highest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    News Flash: San Francisco Menaced By 'Fog'

    In other news: Soylent Green is peopleBy Fake Ward Bushee Editor, Fake San Francisco Chronicle When I first came to San Francisco after spending many years as editor of the Arizona Republic, the first thing that struck me - literally -- was Frank Vega's 7-iron (he insisted it was a tradition at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Chronicle's Rapid Weight Loss: New Paper Is Inch Thinner Than Old

    Yes, today's new Chronicle is more than an inch thinner than its prior incarnation Of all the many complaints leveled against the San Francisco Chronicle, "It's too darn wrinkly" never came up with us. And still, there was the Chron proudly announcing the dawn of its "wrinkle-free era" today with pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Chron Death Watch: Panel of Journalists Talking to Audience of Journalists and Covered by Journalists Express Concerns

    Could this guy have fit all the panelists and audience in his truck?In some cases, you really can tell how a story is going to end by the way the stage is set, and this was one of them. Picture this: The Society of Professional Journalists hosts a community discussion about the potential death of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    SF Wine Events, Feb. 20-March 1

    All proceeds from the 2/20 Victorian wine tasting and 2/24 dinner will go to the Australian Red Cross's bushfire relief efforts.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    The Shaming of Monifa the Gorilla

    This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Central Coast Weekly Blasts Chron's Environmental Coverage

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Why the 'Black Friday Story' Is the Enemy of Real News

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2008

    Prop. 8 campaign uses Chron content to scare voters

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Overtime Report Catches City Departments Working! Democracy will Save the Eastern Neighborhoods!

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Print is dying, but Chron gets glossy new press

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Eggers NYT OpEd: Debate Over Torch Heats Up

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2007

    Best Male Vocals

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Man, What Are You Doing Here? New Oil Spill Culprit: Billy Joel

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    Chron Watch -- What's Not Working -- SF Chronicle

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2006

    Still Snoopin'

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike!

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    The Continuing Evolution of Sucka Free City

    By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country give over their front pages to the annual Black Friday story. Every year, without fail, unlucky repo ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Volunteers

    Fear, loathing, and the Chronicle's voluntary termination incentive program

  • Calendar

    July 20, 2005

    Teeny-Boppers

    Bust out a can

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Diversity Scramble, Left. On Two. Break.

    A 49ers diversity training video included crude racial jokes, steamy strippers, and not-so-hot lesbians. So what's the problem? Take quiz, find out.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, June 2, 2004

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 22, 2002

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    Dog Bites

    What's $100 Million When You're Homeless?; We Feel Safer Already

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    Sporting News

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • Calendar

    January 6, 1999

    Mecklin

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Dog Bites

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • Calendar

    February 4, 1998

    Beat the Press

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    Dog Bites

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • News

    April 24, 1996

    Chatterbox

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

  • News

    September 13, 1995

    Chatterbox

    The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

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