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(Chronicle photo) David Patrick Underwood, 53, was shot and killed during Friday night's "unrest" in Oakland while servin...

Red, the liturgical color of Pentecost, doesn't show as brightly during a streaming church service It's easy to get riled up, wh...

The coronavirus has forced everyone to make hard financial choices, both in their business and personal lives. Thr State of California, faci...

The story that supplanted the Minnesota riots and COVID-19, at least for a day (the launch begins at 6 hours, 10 minutes in):

Snapshot of the tweets with red arrows added On Tuesday President Trump fired his usual barrage of tweets on a variety of subjects, but ...

Only whole chicken, but at least it's organic Nearly three months ago Costco shoppers picked clean the chicken aisle because of the ...

Walking in someone else's shoes even for a brief period fosters empathy. And so it is that today many people, including your humble blog...

(Chron photo) When we saw the pictures of the Saturday morning fire at Fisherman's Wharf , we feared the worst. Some of our favorite...

Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA Today I thought about my Dad, who passed away in June . He was the last of seven boys, six ...

Michelangelo produced dozens of sculptures, and his Pieta and David alone catapulted him to the front rank of Renaissance artists. As a ...

Edward Luttwak ( Guardian ) Author and historian Edward Luttwak , 77, is known for his in-depth knowledge and bold predictions, some acc...

(WSJ graphic - click to enlarge) At the beginning of the coronavirus panic we were given a few rules: 1) stay indoors as much as possi...

Casa Quezada, where 26 residents tested positive (Chron) Single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in San Francisco are old, lacking in ameniti...

Stories of one that mean something or nothing: Republicans flip seat in California House delegation: [bold added] Nancy Pelosi and Re...

(Photo by  Dallas Morning News ) Willie Brown is a partisan grey eminence of the Democratic Party, but that doesn't stop him from ma...