Farley Elliott

A lovely lunch in the California husk of a dead Souplantation The soup and salad are endless at the all-you-can-eat restaurant.

The soup and salad are endless at the all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Blood, sweat and butt tattoos: Hilary Duff fans went all in to see her in LA The pop musician and actor's first tour since 2008 sparked a ticket frenzy.

In a day of bad news, let this brighten your mood.

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Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights Aramark says it now has the right to revoke their housing rights at any time.

Exclusive: Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights www.sfgate.com/national-par...

A fringe theory about 49ers injuries has gone viral. Here's what scientists say. The theory hunts for an explanation to all the injuries.

my SFGATE colleague Anna Guth spoke with scientists about the dumbest fringe theory in sports www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

For Calif.'s worst college football team, a 0-287 slump is the tip of a scandal Are the Oaks an aspiring folktale or an ill-fated fantasy?

As the nation turns to the best college football programs in the country this weekend, we turn our attention to one of the worst: Lincoln University, a downtown Oakland school whose head coach, and athletic director, threatened me at the end of our interview. www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

🚨BEST DAY OF THE YEAR ALERT 🚨

For the 5th straight year at @sfgate.com we celebrated Corner Store Christmas!

Here’s how it works…

Is San Francisco actually on the rise? YouTube video by SFGate

For a decade, SF has been a frequent punching bag for the likes of Fox News and Joe Rogan. It was a dangerous place according to them, and you shouldn’t go there. But was that reality? And has it changed?

We explore both in this, @sfgate.com's first mini documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge1z...

We're far from alone. Shoutout to every journo doing work in this place, from NYT/LAT to LA Taco, LA Public Press and the new scene of startup Substacks (In The Valley, Eastside Rag, etc.) going hyper-local.

LA has always been a storytelling town. Let's keep using our voices.

“More of everything”: In Los Angeles, an “explosion” of new efforts aim to up the city’s local news game A well-funded coalition building out neighborhood news, a new newsletter from an expanding for-profit site, and a nonprofit breaking through on social media are just a few examples of the latest bids ...

So glad to be able to chat with @niemanlab.org about what we're up to with @sfgate.com in Los Angeles.

I'm proud to run a local newsroom, staffed by real Angelenos who live here and care.

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America's smallest 'national park' includes a 12-second hike Travel over the bridge and past the suburban mountain mural.

Finally, some good national parks news.

The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out In-N-Out's order-numbering style has led to numerous viral videos recently.

In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment on the “6-7” phenomenon.

via @farleyelliott.bsky.social
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How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to be 'irreplaceable' Giants star Skattebo's rookie season is over, but his journey is still making an impact.

For @sfgate.com:

How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.

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All you gotta do is sign up for The Southland newsletter, and we'll come find you (instead of the other way around).

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In the LA age of dwindling newsrooms, I'm proud that we're here, telling stories, having a blast. Come join us.

Why does everybody hate the Valley in LA? Hating on the Valley extends beyond a pop culture punch line.

Or one of my favorite stories in a minute, a cultural excavation of the San Fernando Valley — why it's been unfairly loathed for so long, and how current forces are conspiring to make the place (gasp!) cool.

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Frank Lloyd Wright's son and Calif.'s forgotten, 500-pound stone of spite Fifty-five years of sarcasm and hate have fueled a local strip mall.

What sort of stories? Features mostly, fun dives into curious area oddities like Huntington Beach's 500-pound spite stone:

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Wild combination today:

Bergum's press office calls @ashleyharrell.bsky.social's @sfgate.com story about squatters and illegal BASE jumpers in Yosemite "FALSE" and then Bergum himself says says they're addressing those exact issues with "appropriate law enforcement action." 🤔

Frank Lloyd Wright's son and Calif.'s forgotten, 500-pound stone of spite Fifty-five years of sarcasm and hate have fueled a local strip mall.

How much does spite weigh? If you’re famed California architect Lloyd Wright, the answer is around 500 pounds of stone.

via @farleyelliott.bsky.social
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After 15 years of eating Los Angeles burgers, our SoCal bureau chief Farley Elliott has crowned his top favorites.

✍️ @farleyelliott.bsky.social

SFGATE launched a National Parks bureau. It led to explosive growth. SFGATE was one of America's 10 fastest growing news sites in back-to-back months.

🚨 WE. ARE. HIRING 🚨

In June I told you @sfgate.com's national parks expansion across the American West was SMASHING and now we're looking to add a contributing editor to the team to help us cover the 🌵 Southwest 🌵.

Story on how well it's going + Quick 🧵 on the job👇 www.sfgate.com/national-par...

52 of the greatest burgers in Los Angeles A freeway-crossing quest for the best bite.

Not many journalists have the time or space to write an opus, but we made sure @farleyelliott.bsky.social did because his opus is entirely about delicious cheeseburgers.

If there was ever an @sfgate.com story to bookmark for next time you're in LA, this is the story:
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SFGATE, the West Coast's largest news site, launches LA newsletter Southern California's more than 20 million people deserve more coverage.

Oh hey! Need a bit of GOOD news this Friday?

Well, we've got that. @sfgate.com launched a SoCal Bureau last year and hired 5 journalists to cover LA. It's been so successful under the steady hand of @farleyelliott.bsky.social that it now has its own newsletter:
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Readers, academics, trustees overwhelmed by discovery of new Ansel Adams photos Few stories have generated this much reader feedback.

Few @sfgate.com stories have generated as much feedback as Charles Russo's discovery of a set of lost Ansel Adams photos that were never before seen by the general public and unknown to even his biographers and archivists.

We figured some of it might be worth sharing:
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At America's best lake, the California billionaires haven't won yet The mountain town getaway that's still attainable.

“Sunshine is my steady companion (the more-than-mile-high town sees 300 sunny days/year), and I’m free to stare endlessly, drink in hand, at what USA Today says is America’s best lake. Somehow, the high-limit crowd hasn’t found me yet.”

via @farleyelliott.bsky.social
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'We're huge and people see it': Bay Area suburb chases Little League dreams The team's star player is 6 feet tall at 12 years old.

The best baseball team in the Bay Area right now? That's Alpine Little League of Menlo Park and Portola Valley, the freshly-crowned NorCal champs who are one tournament away from Williamsport.

@sfgate.com story: www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

California is full of hidden reservoirs. These mystics find them. A professor said the practice is "a religion of sorts."

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Love a quirky deep dive into rural California communities, especially on stuff like witching/divining rods, which were still very much a thing when I was growing up on a farm.

h/t @mattlafever.bsky.social

hmmm.

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Rare media wins!

Madrid, it seems, is wonderful.

Map shows which 16M acres of Calif. public lands eligible for sale in GOP bill 258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.

If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in Calif. are at risk of being sold over the next 5 years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite, Mount Shasta, Big Sur & Tahoe.

via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social
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