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Breaking news alerts Wildfire coverage Air quality, outage maps In-depth local reporting Puzzles and comics SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Download the app for free. Many residents knew they had something to do with the military, but the secrecy that initially surrounded them created rumors that persisted How Fishermans Wharf went from fishing hub to tourist mecca. In some . But is he a "leadership genius"? A look back at how the 1940s wartime economy changed advertising in The Chronicle. When he's not chasing down a story, he likes watching movies, traveling and trying new restaurants. I miss getting up every morning and reading The Chron. Now, new photos come to light. We found Chronicle Batmobile contest winner Richard Morse after his brother saw the column about the tongue-in-cheek giveaway. While searching The Chronicles archive for photos and stories for the upcoming Lunar New Year, I turned up packs of negatives showing Rice Bowl Festivals. What happens in Vegas doesnt stay in Vegas, California to end mask, vaccine mandates for health care workers, Whos the king of our concrete jungle? When Jefferson Airplanes 1980s reunion concerts rocked the Bay Area. This version seems to be very limited in scope and content. Get Premium Access. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university's award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. Blaze races to sea: The Mount Vision fire threatens Point Reyes 25 years ago. Pritikin played up the mansions reputation as haunted, making the hotel a popular landmark and drawing the From housing sit-in to Da Mayor: A look back at Willie Brown in The Chronicles photo archives. Bob Mankoff Presents: Show Me The Funny (Animal Edition). Sixty years ago this week, officials opened the Embarcadero Freeway. Map shows stunning improvement in California drought. With the anniversary of this bold and stupefying idea Queen Elizabeth II is dead at 96. A search through our archive turned up dozens of photo negatives from event that created the United Nations. For sale: one island, 1.1 square miles, stunning views of San Francisco, decades of American historical significance. The 49ers drafted Joe Montana 40 years ago, and San Francisco football would never be the same. If you are interested in pausing your home delivery, you can contact us for a vacation hold at (415)777-7000 or email us at homedelivery@sfchronicle.com with your account information. The Chronicles archive has hundreds of photos and negatives of Beach Blanket Babylon, including some behind-the-scenes shots that havent been seen in decades. California Highway Patrol officers used a bullhorn to order A salute to the king of Golden Gate Bridge stunts. Fifty years ago this week, Haight-Ashbury residents were ready to bury the counterculture movement that had come to define the neighborhood and the city itself. With Stephen Curry & Co. winning their Remembering Robert Kennedy in SF 50 years after his assassination. Actress Marsha Warfield shared the clip to her Twitter timeline, saying, Because nothing is racist to a racist, or theyd have to admit theyre a racist.. For reasons hard to pinpoint, 1980s articles in The San Francisco Chronicle archives often feel more dated than stories that were published decades earlier. There are consequential and interesting bills on the agenda in Sacramento. For sale to good home: Ultrarare 1970s Muni streetcar. The 1974-75 Golden State Warriors played with style on their way to the teams first NBA championship in the Bay Area. Its only the latest attempt by the city to ease traffic congestion around the famous street. Known for its visibility and proximity to Candlestick Park, the Hunters Point crane has a mostly forgotten history: Its giant arch was once used to stress-test nuclear-tipped Polaris missiles. Then in 1950, she moved to Sausalito, opened up a How The Chronicle covered the first Earth Day, 50 years ago. For more than a century, comedys biggest names have stopped in San Francisco to capture some laughter. I loved the ads I really enjoyed the Sunday edition with its magazines and commentaries. 15 Sacred Heart Prep 57, OT. It took two hours for the mansion that defined Millbrae for decades to go from the centerpiece of one of the Bay Areas most lavish estates to a pile of ash. Just before the start of the 2018-19 NHL season, a visit to The Our archives Coit Tower photos disappeared. The problem is that many don't realize they are eligible. Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018. Today's Comic from Luann Read Now. Photos of the great Peninsula train derailment of 1953 rediscovered. With the dramatic devastation around the Marina, the Embarcadero, the Bay Bridge and the Cypress Structure, its easy to forget that Santa Cruz County was hit hard by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. More than a century ago, most of Californias old-growth redwoods had been FDR discovery: 80-year-old, long-buried photos of presidents Bay Area visit. Just to the east of Crystal Springs Reservoir sits the Pulgas Water Temple, a landmark commemorating completion in 1934 of the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct, which brought water from the lakes and valleys in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to kitchen taps in Neil Diamond, Elton John: Concert sun goes down for 2 pop giants. I miss getting up every morning and reading The Chron. << Back to all Seattle Times Comics. How to get the most out of your Chronicle subscription. Something like that. Storyland spent six years becoming an ambitious childrens playground. According to Rasmussen, 72% of Americans agreed with the statement, including 53% of Black respondents. It was over in five. The ground shook. The story of Jack London Square begins in 1950, when Oaklands Board of Port Commissioners named four blocks of waterfront area after one of its most famous former residents. Its easy to flip through decades of Depression-era discovery: Shasta Dam construction photos unearthed. It was San Francisco. It is OK instead of the morning paper in hard copy, Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018. If you dig around, youll find a lot of stories about the Rock. Then, as the first 15 train cars pass a switch point near Burlingame on Aug. 19, 1953, a An ode to Kezar Stadium: Archive digging leads to big SF photo scores. To keep my carbon footprint down, I read books and magazines electronically. And where does Brock Purdy rank? Joe Rosenthal: The photographer behind World War IIs most iconic photo. The deadly storm this month that killed five people and brought flooding to parts of the Bay Area sparked a memory about one of the worst sets of winter downpours to hit Northern California: the storms of December 1981 and January 1982. Please stop trying to kill him. As scientists search for a vaccine to end the coronavirus pandemic, we look back in The Chronicle archives at the all-out effort to vaccinate Bay Area residents against polio. concert discovered amid dust. While never beloved The Chronicles editorial board called for the foolish freeway to be demolished only six months in it would take a 6.9-magnitude earthquake, and a Lucky to get out alive: When a deadly Bay Area storm wreaked havoc in 1982. When the Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt turned San Francisco upside down. Life after disaster: Chronicles oldest negatives show a return to normality in 1906. The South Bay native's overdue retrospective, "Archaeology of Memory" at BAMPFA, salutes the Chicanx artist'sactivism. In honor of the parks 150th anniversary, rarely seen archival photos of people enjoying Golden Gate park throughout the 20th Century. California's winter storm brought rare snow to low elevations across the San Francisco Bay Area, including to Santa Cruz, MountDiablo, MountTam and other cities. A change to the comics page. The House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in San Francisco in May 1960 turned into a violent confrontation and the beginning of a decade of student-led mass protests. Comprehensive guide explores six regions along the route with more than 150 stops to create an unrivaled experience. Fifty years ago, students at what was then San Francisco State College fought back and changed academia forever. You may change your credit card, address information or cancel your subscription before A recent dig through The Chronicles archive turned up one of our most surprising Angel Island for sale? I loved the ads I really enjoyed the Sunday edition with its magazines and commentaries. January 17, 2018. In the Vietnam War era, those views came into conflict in the Bay Area. There are many GoComics with tens of thousands of listed "followers" that have far fewer daily comments than does Bozo with its 902 listed followers. Cancel Anytime. A century ago, technological innovation and the heart of a war-battered nation came together in San Francisco in a tribute to troops who called the Bay Area home. The Chronicles archive revealed a trove of photos of the building during and after its construction. Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018. Back then, most West Coast folks had never seen a double-decker bus, unless they were SF alligators: When giant reptiles were moved (ever so carefully). When San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin was king. I especially enjoy the Sunday edition - however, the format has apparently changed with the addition of obituaries (many) and elimination of the news quiz. What happens in Vegas doesnt stay in Vegas. 1959 San Francisco aerial photos show a city on the verge of transformation. Cartoonist Scott Adams' recent racist rant drew condemnation and led to his comic being pulled from many newspapers. To our readers: As of this week, The Chronicle is no longer carrying the "Baby Blues" comic strip. Sign up to get daily weather forecasts in your inbox. While the annual Pride celebrations, war protests, and parades for the Warriors, Giants and 49ers are fresh in our memories, Market Street has been the stage for large public rallies and demonstrations for more than a century. Just news stories in articles. Long-lost Civic Auditorium photos: SFs early parties, balls, conventions, operas. California has expanded Medi-Calto adults 50 and older, regardless of immigration status. Rainbow gold mine: Early SF Pride Parade photos rediscovered in archive. Created by lesbian feminists to distribute information and stories suppressed by the mainstream literary industry, Old Wives' Tales was a rebellion, part of a movement of feminist bookshops that . 100 years of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk fun and memories. Student Login. Century-old Chronicle ads: I. Magnin, Folgers Coffee, Levi Strauss and more. For a century and a half, San Franciscans relied on Gumps for one-of-a-kind gifts. Black History Month: Events, performances and ways to celebrate. Nothing says happy holidays like a giant inflatable hippopotamus floating through the streets. The Kindle edtion is reaosnabley well orgainized and saves me money and from dealing with a lot of paper. I lost to the coronavirus in Las Vegas. Turner turned heads at the Venetian Room in San Franciscos Fairmont Hotel in 1983, while Cooper and Jagger rocked in front of bigger crowds, Archive gold: The High Sierra 7 decades ago from 16,000 feet. For decades, The Chronicles photos from The Last Waltz, one of San Franciscos greatest rock music events, were lost, thought never to be seen again. It seems inconceivable now, but it happened 75 years ago. The best of the Bay Area is at your fingertips with the San Francisco Chronicle app. Eighty years ago this week, one of San Franciscos greatest parties got started. SFs Cherry Blossom Festival: 50 years of signaling spring in Japantown. No one hiked it like they did Mount Tamalpais. Break out the Zambonis for this South Bay slap shot to the past. His Detroit Pistons coach sees New bars are bringing buzz to Wine Country, plus more developments, Foreigners keep buying Napa Valley wineries. A New Comic Strip by Andrea Beizer. For decades you could see them from across the bay two giant white golf balls atop Mount Tamalpais. If nearly half of Blacks are not OK with white people according to this poll, not according to me, according to this poll uh thats a hate group, Adams said on his show. Scott Adams, the creator of the internationally syndicated Dilbert comic strip, unleashed a racist rant this week on YouTube, saying Black people are a hate group and I dont wanna have anything to do with em a statement that is being met with condemnation, including the cancellation of his cartoons from newspapers. Twenty-eight years ago, the Loma Prieta earthquake shook the Bay Area to its core, killing 63 people, most in the collapse of the Nimitz Wine Country fire of 1964: Eerie similarities to this weeks Flames tearing through Napa and Sonoma counties and beyond. A Chronicle critic intervenes in the rebuilding of a traditional Catholic cathedral. Heres who has offered big bucks so far. 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