Demian Bulwa

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions The cannabis shop on storied Haight Street had it all: prime real estate, star power, political clout and social justice. Then things got ugly.

NEW:

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions

By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

An FBI agent killed a man after the Boston Marathon bombing. Oakland PD had helped hide his past A trove of internal police files provides a more complete accounting of the early episode that could have jeopardized Aaron McFarlane’s career before a high-profile shooting.

NEW:

An FBI agent killed a man after the Boston Marathon bombing. Oakland PD had helped hide his past

By Katey Rusch and @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing Michael Jacobs’ story illustrates how even a ‘homicidal’ defendent can end up living right next door.

An alleged killer is living in a San Francisco psychiatric care facility that is considered secure and locked, but a reporter strolled right in

By @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2025/08/12/a...

hopefully his departure will make a small difference or maybe even a vas deferens

Bay Area’s police watchdog is not quite ready to quit The national reckoning over police abuse has lost momentum. But at age 80, Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris keeps suing to force change.

The Bay Area’s police nemesis is not quite ready to quit

By @stjbs.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

This is what happened when Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry Thomas Keller is a legendary chef. Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan hadn’t met him, until she went to the French Laundry and he asked her to leave.

MUST-READ:

Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry. It turned into my most extraordinary night as a critic

By MacKenzie Chung Fegan www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

Before killings linked to cultlike ‘Zizians,’ a string of psychiatric crises befell AI doomsdayers Before killings linked to cultlike ‘Zizians,’ a string of suicides and psychiatric crises befell AI doomsdayers

NEW:

Before killings linked to cultlike ‘Zizians,’ a string of psychiatric crises befell AI doomsdayers

By @meganrcassidy.bsky.social @michaelbarba.bsky.social and @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

The complicated legacy of S.F. Police Chief Bill Scott The complex legacy of SF Police Chief Bill Scott, who navigated a pandemic, a theft epidemic, union backlash and a reckoning against killings by officers.

The complicated legacy of S.F. Police Chief Bill Scott

By @meganrcassidy.bsky.social and @michaelbarba.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

This California student could go to prison for taking four chickens. Was it a crime or a ‘rescue’? UC Berkeley student Zoe Rosenberg is going to trial for taking chickens from a California slaughterhouse. Critics call it terrorism, but she calls it a rescue.

NEW:

This UC Berkeley student, who wears chicken-themed socks under her GPS ankle monitor, could go to prison for taking four birds from a slaughterhouse.

Was it a crime — or a ‘rescue’ www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

'The Lost and the Found' takes a deep dive into two stories of homelessness For decades, retired San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan covered the city's unhoused population.

Catch me on NPR’s national “Here and Now” show with the inimitable Deepa Fernandez today talking about my book, “The Lost and The Found” — @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social here’s the recording and an excerpt from the book: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

San Francisco’s Parks Alliance is in financial disarray, leaving community groups ‘high and dry’ San Francisco’s Parks Alliance is in financial disarray, leaving community groups ‘high and dry’

NEW:

San Francisco’s Parks Alliance is in financial disarray, leaving community groups ‘high and dry’

By @michaelbarba.bsky.social and @jdmorris.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p...

Marin couple’s pursuit of ‘dream home’ destroyed by city’s nightmarish bureaucracy, suit says A lawsuit alleges that the city of Belvedere levied excessive fines and set arbitrary deadlines for a home remodel that dragged on for years.

A wealthy Marin County couple that owns a $12 million home with bay views are suing tony Belvedere, saying their extensive remodel turned into a nightmarish ordeal that prompted a $250K fine. The city says the project just took too long.

By @stjbs.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

S.F. journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell’s student paper S.F. journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell’s student paper

A San Francisco journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell High School's student newspaper

By @jilltucker.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

In Fight Over Abrego Garcia’s Deportation, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law.

Trump asserts that his critics care more about foreign-born murderers and thugs than they do about law-abiding Americans. Yet the case of one imprisoned migrant has come to crystallize the debate about whether Trump himself is a law-abiding American. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

A major California city wants to revive its dry river. It’s not easy Decades ago, the Kern River flowed through Bakersfield. Now it is dry — but some residents are dreaming of its return.

A major California city lost its river. Residents are fighting to revive it

By @kurtisalexander.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Oakland needs a win. Will Barbara Lee follow the lead of two recent Bay Area debuts? Like San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Warriors forward Jimmy Butler, political veteran Barbara Lee must unite competing factions as Oakland’s next mayor.

Oakland needs a win. Will Barbara Lee follow the lead of two recent Bay Area debuts?

Latest @joegarofoli.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Should you visit Yosemite this summer? It’s complicated As Yosemite's busy summer tourism season looms, trepidation and uncertainty swirl.

Should you visit Yosemite this summer? It’s complicated

By @gregrthomas.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

The 1906 earthquake devastated downtown San Francisco. Here’s a tour of what survived From the Fairmont Hotel to the Flood Building, a visual tour of landmarks that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

An aerial photo of San Francisco shows vast destruction — and the seeds of a new city

Great stuff from @peterhartlaub.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

One lucky farmer is about to buy a slice of Wine Country way below market value A new program, Buy-Protect-Sell, seeks to sell agricultural land to a Sonoma County farmer anywhere from 30% to 70% below current market value.

One lucky farmer is about to buy a slice of Wine Country way below market value www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

‘We shouldn’t have to hide’: UC Berkeley, Stanford international students worry they’ll lose visas Many international students told the Chronicle they are too scared to speak out as the Trump administration has revoked more than 1,300 college students' visas.

They wouldn't give their names.

“We’re definitely afraid,” said one.

Of 10 international students interviewed at Berkeley and Stanford, just one would be identified.

Others said they felt too “vulnerable,” “unsafe,” “helpless.”

By @nanetteasimov.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

As San Francisco car break-ins plunge, these businesses are suffering Bipped economy? San Francisco auto glass shops are suffering as car break-in crimes drop and their workloads decrease.

It's all cracked windshields and few bipping victims at these San Francisco businesses

By @rswansf.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...

By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino had already spent months investigating California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals.
They soon found her story epitomized the crisis inside these facilities.

This underrated North Bay town makes time travel possible This historic town built on chickens and eggs and community is like time travel in all the best ways

Dived into history, found a haunted mall and ate a world class piadina in downtown Petaluma.

It was easy to get there by bike/transit!

My day trip into the past — with A++ @jachristian.bsky.social photos!!

Gift link! 🎁 🐓

www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

She lives in the U.S.’ trans ‘sanctuary.’ This S.F. woman left it to escape Trump Lynn Riordan found stability as a transgender woman in San Francisco. Now she’s considering giving it up to escape President Donald Trump’s anti-trans agenda.

President Trump’s executive orders removing protections from transgender and gender nonbinary Americans could reach California. One trans woman isn’t waiting for that to happen.

By @raheemfh.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...

He sold his car to an acquaintance. How’d he end up owing SF $38K? An Oakland man sold his car to an acquaintance. How’d he end up owing SF $38,000 in parking fines?

An Oakland man sold his car to an acquaintance. How’d he end up owing San Francisco $38,000 in parking fines?

By @stjbs.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/o...

Who is Ziz?

Our deep dive into six violent deaths linked to a Bay Area set of devout vegan tech whizzes includes a fake drowning and fear of AI apocalypse

By @mgafni.bsky.social @rswansf.bsky.social @michaelbarba.bsky.social @meganrcassidy.bsky.social

GIFT LINK www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

He hiked through Jan. 1 burn scar two days before Palisades Fire erupted A video Jesse Gros took on his Jan. 5 walk through a burn scar in the Pacific Palisades Highlands neighborhood before the L.A. fire began has gone viral.

VIDEO: He hiked through the Jan. 1 burn scar two days before the Palisades Fire erupted

By @mgafni.bsky.social

GIFT LINK: www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

On Trump’s first day, both parties made moves that could offend their core supporters Some Democrats’ support for the Laken Riley Act illustrates how difficult the road will be for the party to claw back power if they are divided on key issues.

"Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump have both made moves early in Trump’s presidency that could offend their core constituencies. But it’s only Democrats likely to pay a price."

Latest Joe Garofoli column www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Chefs mourn S.F.’s Charles Phan, the ‘founder of modern Vietnamese cuisine’ Chefs, colleagues and friends reflect on the influence of Charles Phan of San Francisco's the Slanted Door.

Chefs mourn San Francisco's Charles Phan, the ‘founder of modern Vietnamese cuisine’

By @elenakadvany.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

Elon Musk has endorsed changes that could hit hard in California. Here's what he could do As his profile within the Trump administration has grown, Elon Musk has endorsed many ideas that, if enacted, could affect California.

Elon Musk has endorsed changes that could hit hard in California. Here's what he could do

By @sophiabollag.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...