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The Noe Valley Community Store is gone. So are Seeds of Life and dozens more Bay Area food collectives birthed in the 1970s. Rainbow Grocery, however, is still here.
Here's the latest S.F. mega development: 5M
JOHN KING: In today’s San Francisco, where political priorities and design principles are often at odds, it’s no surprise that downtown’s largest development proposal is being prodded from all sides.
Running out of money, time, a mother must let go
Madelyn Bennett, brought her son, John Gibson, home five years ago after he suffered irreversible brain damage during a drug binge at UC Berkeley’s Cloyne Court student residence.
Who is the key link to halls of power in Yee case?
It started as an FBI investigation into alleged gang activity in Chinatown and mushroomed into a political corruption case that brought down a state senator and pointed fingers at S.F. officials.
Chavez, Mujica headline A’s win over Astros
Jesse Chavez’s spot in Oakland’s rotation was teetering a bit, and the A’s were monitoring Saturday’s start closely.
49ers rookie OLB Eli Harold has been quick study
Three years ago, then-Virginia freshman Eli Harold saw a picture of an NFL player he was eager to emulate each time he powered on his iPad.
Raiders training camp like a vacation for Woodson
Future Hall of Famer Charles Woodson hasn’t missed a training camp practice yet, after not missing an offseason workout this year for the fist time in his career.
Backpacks and basics for Tenderloin kids' back to school
Nine-year-old Jethron Revilla knows what it’s like to show up on the first day of school in a windbreaker that doesn’t fit anymore.
Embattled S.F. Port Commissioner Mel Murphy resigns
MATIER & ROSS: Embattled San Francisco Port Commissioner Mel Murphy has resigned. Murphy was a big backer of Mayor Ed Lee.
GOP debate scorecard: winners and losers
EDITORIAL: Presidential primary debates in the year before an election tend to be of little interest to those who are not professional pundits or political junkies. Not this time.
There was little talk of tech, business, economy
The most significant reference to technology or Silicon Valley during Thursday’s televised Republican presidential debate came during a commercial for an upcoming movie about Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Trump keeps the spotlight in first GOP debate
Businessman Donald Trump refused to back down Thursday in the face of a barrage of attacks during the first national debate among the Republicans looking to grab their party’s presidential nomination.
Filmmaker John Korty ignored Hollywood back in ’66
Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas often are credited with creating a bastion of independent filmmaking in the Bay Area. But the actual founder is John Korty.
Merola’s ‘Don Pasquale’ alluring
OPERA REVIEW: There are various menfolk hanging around her, but “Don Pasquale” turns on the doings of its lone female character, the charming and resourceful Norina.
Yes, the rich are different, even in San Francisco
CAROLYNE ZINKO: Summer reads should be engrossing, entertaining, escapist fun. But occasionally, one comes along that also makes you think.
Oscar de la Renta collection sizzles at Lake Tahoe
For decades, event designer Stanlee Gatti has said that there are two things in life he’s never experienced: smoking pot and attending the annual Saks Fifth Avenue benefit fashion show at Lake Tahoe.
How San Francisco was saved from the 'Cement Octopus'
FROM THE ARCHIVE: S.F. residents helped stop the proposed system of freeways that would have sped cars through the city at the expense of neighborhoods and parks.
The Chronicle's Photos of the Week
Tragedy in Santa Cruz and fires in Lower Lake to fun and flair at the Turf and All Styles Dance Battle contest: Chronicle photojournalists were there to capture it all this week.
Jeremys department store in South Park closing
Jeremys, the S.F. discount emporium for high-end clothing bargains, will shut its doors at 2 S. Park St. for good on Sunday and consolidate into its Berkeley branch.
Vegas’ new game? It isn't gambling
SPUD HILTON: It was only a matter of time before someone came up with a fried chicken martini. Or a cupcake-dispensing ATM. Or a hotel that allows you to check in with a smartphone.
10 reasons to visit Santa Cruz County now
What is it about the Mystery Spot? This goofy roadside attraction, which opened in 1940, continutes to draw busloads of tourists from as far afield as Japan, Wales and Nevada.
Pot for foodies: Is marijuana the next California cuisine?
There is a new class of medical pot products — meant to be savored for their taste, not just for their ability to turn an eater into a puddle of goo.
These pork chops are the devil
The meat sold at Fatted Calf, sourced primarily from local farms and always from places where the animals are raised responsibly, needs little in the way of adornment.
B. on the Go: Way beyond good
EAT UP: There’s a line out the door most days at B. Patisserie, the Pacific Heights bakery from award-winning pastry chefs Belinda Leong and Michel Suas.
Petit Crenn ready to open in Hayes Valley
PAOLO LUCCHESI: Dominique Crenn stands in the dining room of her brand-new Hayes Valley restaurant, Petit Crenn, and exclaims with her hands out: “It’s a celebration of women.”
'Between the World and Me' - a call to our collective conscience
Part coming-of-age tale and part survival guide, the Atlantic magazine correspondent’s book retraces the arc of his searching interrogation of America’s enduring racial myths and inequities.
Players shake off rust as Cal football opens camp
Besides the first touchdown passes and the first interceptions of Cal’s training camp, there was also the first bold declaration.
Cardinal need to reload for consistent success
As David Shaw sees it, Stanford has had “a target on our chest and on our back every single year” since the end of the 2010 season, Jim Harbaugh’s last year on the Farm.
Brick patios, voluminous rooms define Kensington Tudor
WALK-THROUGH: Front and rear patios create opportunities for indoor and outdoor living at this Tudor home near the Kensington Farmers’ Market.
A changing city reinvents its waterfront
San Francisco’s waterfront has reinvented itself several times in the past 150 years. But while it has lost some of the grit, it has never lacked personality.
State’s precious water supply takes hit from marijuana
OPINION: California, the nation’s top agricultural producer, also is the source of up to 70 percent of the marijuana consumed in the United States.
These public housing residents don't want a city remodel
![Arsina Rabichev, 88, poses inside her apartment on Aug. 3, 2015. Rabichev and thirteen other elderly and disabled face eviction from the San Francisco Housing Authority pending a plan to renovate their building. Despite having been told they'll have temporary housing elsewhere, Rabichev fears that there's no guarantee they'll be able to move back home. "They want to turn the house into a big business. We can only pay 200 [a month], not 2000."](http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/40/06/50/8415755/9/135x0.jpg)
HEATHER KNIGHT: After decades of complaints from S.F. public housing residents about their squalid living conditions, the Housing Authority and city are finally embarking on making sweeping improvements. ...
San Francisco’s summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS: How bad is the urine situation in San Francisco? This is not a joke: Monday night, a light pole corroded by urine collapsed and crashed onto a car, narrowly missing the driver.
An insider's view at Outside Lands festival
PHOTOS: Can't make it to Outside Lands this year? Here's Aidin Vaziri's report from inside the sold-out festival.
Tim Brown’s twisting journey from marching band to Hall of Fame
The secret was out. Tim Brown was in the marching band his freshman year in high school and had started playing varsity football his sophomore year against his mom’s wishes.
Finding San Francisco’s lost frescoes at the Art Institute
CAILLE MILLNER: When the S.F. Art Institute told me that it had recently discovered a series of frescoes from the 1930s, I rushed over to see what they had found.
The one Mime Troupe arrest that changed Bill Graham's life
PORTALS OF THE PAST: Fifty years ago, police prevented the S.F. Mime Troupe from performing a play in Lafayette Park, arresting the company’s founder as 1,000 people jeered.
Will our collective moment of zen ever be the same?
DAVID WIEGAND: Much of Jon Stewart’s hourlong finale Thursday as host of “The Daily Show” was like an extended “roll credits.”
Bauer vets the refined yet rustic Lord Stanley
MICHAEL BAUER: It says a lot about the viability of our dining culture when talented chefs consciously decide to stake their claim in San Francisco.
16th century painting by Italian master coming to S.F.
An early 16th century painting by the Italian master Raphael will make its Western premiere at the Legion of Honor in January, after its U.S. debut in Cincinnati this fall.
Prosecutor put on leave in ‘Shrimp Boy’ case
An Alameda County prosecutor who is an expert on human trafficking was placed on leave after defense attorneys in a racketeering case alleged she had taken steps to launder campaign contributions.
How a dam’s destruction is changing environmental landscape
“This is very satisfying,” said project manager Aman Gonzalez, who is overseeing the destruction of the dam as several excavators grabbed pieces of it in their giant steel teeth.
Lightning strikes dazzle Bay Area
The Bay Area and coastal regions to the south saw some 1,000 lightning strikes overnight, thanks to a low-pressure system that also brought a smattering of light rain.
Richmond’s rent-control battle was brutal, but right choice made
CHIP JOHNSON: The Richmond City Council chose well this week when it approved a rent-control ordinance that had been rattling around council chambers for months.
Plague found in child camping in Yosemite National Park
A child has contracted the plague after a camping trip, prompting officials to launch an investigation and perform an environmental evaluation to determine if the bacterial disease has spread.
Bicyclists’ campaign against stop enforcement gets rolling
If the battle over ticketing bikes for rolling, or blasting, through stop signs and traffic signals is to be fought through the court of worldwide public opinion, those who oppose enforcement are off to a ...
School spells freedom for youths in detention
The nearly three dozen teenage boys — laughing, dancing, chanting and singing — didn’t look like robbers, car thieves or vandals. They looked like goofy kids at summer camp.
Cook Your Week: Din does DIY, restaurant-style
Last week, I wrote about Green Chef, a subscription DIY box that provides pre-prepared ingredients. There are many similar services, including Din, which focuses on restaurant chefs.
Special Report: How is Airbnb changing S.F.?
Airbnb and the housing crisis have come to a head in San Francisco. In this year's special report, see the impact block by block.
Top 100 Restaurants 2015: Find the Bay Area's best meals
MICHAEL BAUER: We have such a powerful restaurant scene that the list could swell to 200 and still exclude many excellent places. That’s what makes creating this guide so wonderful, yet so challenging.
FEATURED COLUMNISTS
At GOP debate, Trump trumps Trump
Donald Trump won some applause in Cleveland, but Thursday spelled the beginning of his inevitable decline.
The essential component of taking the dog for a walk
Walking his dog in Berkeley on Tuesday morning, Gary Meyer watched a woman park her pickup truck, get out with leash in hand, and say, “Oh s—, I forgot the dog.”
Presidio Social Club serves up charm with solid main courses
From the moment Presidio Social Club opened in 2006, it was a runaway hit. Maybe it was the sleek reconfiguring of what was formerly a military barracks.
Vibrant center of city’s future a good place to grab lunch
I have seen the future, and it’s a great place to go for lunch.
It might be good to do some healing now
When I was still in college, I got a part-time job as the weekend copy boy at the Oakland office of the San Francisco Examiner.
How much will Bay Area homes cost a year from now?
Like many people in the Bay Area, Ken Ball and his wife would like to sell their home in Oakland and use the profit to buy a house without a mortgage somewhere cheaper. The problem is, they can’t do it for nine to 12 months, and Ball wonders where the market will be then.
Mortgage payoffs likely to rock nonprofit housing in S.F.
There is a ticking time bomb about to go off that could seriously hurt some of the city’s oldest and most affordable nonprofit housing.
Investigators quiet about stolen gun used in pier killing
Authorities have yet to reveal much in the way of details about the theft of a federal ranger’s Glock semiautomatic pistol that was used in the fatal shooting of Kathryn Steinle.
Olympics need to be leaner, smarter to score a host
You’re probably familiar with the scene when a city wins the right to host the Olympic Games.
Why is Visa listening to an Illinois sheriff?
Did Visa CEO Charles Scharf lose a bet to Tom Dart? Why else would the leader of the payments giant capitulate to the demands of a sheriff whose jurisdiction extends no farther than Cook County, Ill.?
Ready for computers to leave umps out at home
The future of baseball was on display in San Rafael last week and it looked rosy, unless you’re an umpire, in which case you’re looking for a robot’s butt to kick.
Coffee bars, butter coffee, charcoal lemonade — hype or hope?
This week, summer came to San Francisco. The weather was hot, people were taking vacations, and I wandered the streets in search of novelty, feeling a little sad that I, too, wasn’t on vacation.
Daniel Patterson to step away from Coi, as Chicago chef enters
Daniel Patterson is one of the most influential chefs in California, if not the country.
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