This little news piece from 1981 is making the rounds. As the reporter notes, “this is only the first step in newspapers by computer”: So many things to love here: the “estimated two to three thousand home computer owners in the Bay Area” the newspaper guy saying “and we’re not in it to make money. [...]
“Crunch!”? Really? A huge cargo ship bumps into the Bay Bridge and spills 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel–not just oil, but bunker fuel–and this is the Chronicle’s headline? Is it supposed to be a joke? When I looked at my copy this morning, I originally thought this was a feature recapping some little disaster that I [...]
In June, the Chronicle ran a good story about a woman who discovered—and pursued—the person who had stolen her identity. It is engaging to read and a lucky score for the Chronicle, a story like that, one that unfolds cinematically and neatly. There are advantages to being the only show in town, as far as [...]
So it’s taken me a while to get around to this but here goes. On the San Francisco Chronicle‘s web site, a new blog popped up earlier this month: “Colleagues Remembered.” Based on the title, it sounds like a bunch of death notices. But it’s actually a series of tributes to various editors and reporters [...]
Who said that even if you aren’t interested in sports, you should still read Ray Ratto’s sports column for the San Francisco Chronicle? Because that person is probably right. Ratto’s columns are articulate, sharply observed, and appropriately sarcastic. Today’s column, for example: “Newsom indulges stadium delusion” stands as evidence that when we talk about sports, [...]
Today may be the hottest day of the year. The hot weather wreaks havoc with our air quality, and a few friends have remarked on the thick layer of smog that settled over San Francisco yesterday (imagine the view in this photo, but browner). Normally, Pacific winds keep us cool and blow all of our [...]
My favorite bit of news for the day comes from SFGate’s Politics Blog. The San Francisco Chronicle’s estimable political reporter Carla Marinucci describes the political bloodsport that the Republican primary for the 25th State Assembly District (Modesto and environs) has become. Candidate Bill Conrad has sent a negative mailer casting doubt on candidate Tom Berryhill’s [...]
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