Then, at the last minute, that owner pulled out. This year, the citys oldest store will close its doors for the last time. This online archive is for access and use only by individuals for personal use. We are not a home for those who espouse racism. The Kindle Edition of The San Francisco Chronicle contains most articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). It travels 30 mph, and the ride seems smooth. No. Alameda has spent millions studying a movable bicycle and pedestrian bridge that would cost at least $200 million to build and rise as high as a 16-story building. Once a school holiday and daylong event of all things spring for children in San Francisco, May Day faded as a celebration in the 1970s. Pritikin played up the mansions reputation as haunted, making the hotel a popular landmark and drawing the From housing sit-in to Da Mayor: A look back at Willie Brown in The Chronicles photo archives. Cancel Anytime. Adams furthered his offensive rant by saying that he escaped by living in a neighborhood with a very low Black population. Why Pistons are praising Warriors' Ex-Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman might have a promising future. Amid the gunfire of April 6, 1968, Bobby Hutton, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Old photos offer new glimpses of devastation. Century-old Chronicle ads: I. Magnin, Folgers Coffee, Levi Strauss and more. SF visit puts Soviet leader in a good mood before high-level US summit. No one hiked it like they did Mount Tamalpais. Tom Stienstra survived every risk the outdoors threw at him. Have you heard the one about the mimes who got married in Union Square? To our lucky (??) sends student to hospital, Yes, that's a toucan flying around Walnut Creek, Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 American adults. Chronicle art critic Giants home openers: Classic moments spread across 60 years. Across San Francisco, many small-business owners are in a predicament: They saw revenues plunge during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as losses from commercial burglaries. Among The Chronicles photo negatives in the archive were treasures from the Golden Gate Bridges opening day ceremonies both opening days. Stanford Stadium was the venue for several games involving the United 1974-75 Warriors were champions, but their wardrobes were the real MVPs. While The Chronicles archive contains gems dating to the newspapers 1865 founding, discovering staff photos from before the 1950s is like striking gold. Student Login. Tribute to Milk and Moscone: Found photos show SF leaders in younger days. per month after the free trial period until cancelled. In 1940s, jewel of the bay was on the block. Thats a hate group and I dont wanna have anything to do with em. SFs May Day: How a once-popular childrens celebration fizzled out. Username: Password: Don't have an account? How the 1981 49ers taught San Francisco to believe in itself again, David Lance Goines, Berkeley poster artist for Chez Panisse, dies at 77. Heres where California reservoir levels stand after this weeks rains. Clothing and offbeat cures for illnesses dominated the San Francisco newspaper pages from 1900 to 1909. A search through our archive turned up dozens of photo negatives from event that created the United Nations. On the morning of March 22, 1957, the ground started shaking. The Hoover Institution that resides in the tower named for former President Herbert Hoover is a public policy think tank, generally thought of as conservative. The case goes to trial in Napa this week. A look back at how the 1940s wartime economy changed advertising in The Chronicle. Chronicle Vault. Heres who has offered big bucks so far. The anniversary of the great quake of 1906 provides How the Giants ended up in San Francisco in 1958. In the 1920s to the 1940s, the biggest names were brothers: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo and Zeppo. Very few readers noticed when we killed it and we only had a handful of complaints. Sign up to get daily weather forecasts in your inbox. Its a thrill when you find a hidden gem deep in the archive not a thrill like zooming through the Demon roller-coasters double corkscrew at 50 mph, but a thrill nonetheless. The letters to the editor and the obituaries are gone as well as restaurant reviews. DePaul (Scripts), Manley (Daily Art) & Weigel (Sunday Art), Francesco Marciuliano; drawn by Jim Keefe. The other complaint is there are no box scores, standings or TV schedules in the Sports section like in the hard copy. Read today's comics and catch up on comics from the past on houstonchronicle.com. readers: When The Chronicle gave away the Batmobile sort of. For decades you could see them from across the bay two giant white golf balls atop Mount Tamalpais. Its not the first time Adams has enraged the public. Imagine being able to travel to New York or Hawaii from San Francisco International Airport in little more than two 1930s Golden Gate Bridge construction photos rescued from ruin. This publication is not available for some devices. Today's Comic from Pearls Before Swine Read Now. Up close with Claude the albino alligator. In honor of the anniversary, a search through the Chronicles archive turned up dozens of photos from performances and rehearsals across the decades, including photos as early as 1949. Just to the east of Crystal Springs Reservoir sits the Pulgas Water Temple, a landmark commemorating completion in 1934 of the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct, which brought water from the lakes and valleys in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to kitchen taps in Neil Diamond, Elton John: Concert sun goes down for 2 pop giants. SFs Cherry Blossom Festival: 50 years of signaling spring in Japantown. A Chronicle archive look-back at the best of our Jerry Garcia photos. Many residents knew they had something to do with the military, but the secrecy that initially surrounded them created rumors that persisted How Fishermans Wharf went from fishing hub to tourist mecca. This version seems to be very limited in scope and content. The world's largest comic strip site for online classic strips like Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, Non Sequitur, Get Fuzzy, Luann, Pearl Before Swine, 9 Chickweed Lane and more! Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Thanksgiving memories: Decades of photos of San Franciscans helping others. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the verdict, the White Night riots and the police response that followed. With Veterans Day coming on the heels of a big election, I headed to The Chronicles archive in search of stories and images about the men and women who served our country and the events that celebrated their service. Experts are skeptical, Data nerds: These are the most popular San Francisco datasets, Californias snowpack could face fresh risk rain-on-snow events, States storms arent letting up. The price is good, but not when it is so inconsistent in content. Golden Gate Bridges 1937 debut: An awe-inspiring archive find for the ages. restaurant is still one of my favorites, even after a major change. San Francisco 1906 earthquake: When The Chronicles front page had 50-year-old news. The electronic edition although it has the news, does not have the items that make TheChron. Joe Rosenthal: The photographer behind World War IIs most iconic photo. Your weekly guide to Bay Area arts & entertainment. Bannerman, Xunise, Konar, Lawton, Patrinos & Piro. No. Availability is pretty reliable. While a recent hunt for photos of President Franklin D. Roosevelts wartime 1942 tour of the Bay Area proved fruitless, the search did turn up photo negatives from Six decades of SF Fourth of July photos, from fireworks to fog-outs. In the shadow of one Northern California disaster, we mark the anniversary of another. We will charge your default card or another payment method on file. Fifty years on from San Francisco's most destructive earthquake, Chronicle reporters . Sixty years ago this week, officials opened the Embarcadero Freeway. Months before Pearl Harbor, two US sailors tore down a Nazi flag flying outside the German consulate in San Francisco we searched The Chronicles archive to see what happened next. For sale: one island, 1.1 square miles, stunning views of San Francisco, decades of American historical significance. This subscription will automatically renew until you decide to cancel. When Princess Margaret took San Francisco by storm in 1965. There are times it does not come through and that is a little annoying. Could taking Pfizers Paxlovid reduce the risk of getting long COVID? Its views were far less spectacular than Mount Diablos. Grace Cathedral atop Nob Hill may look like a church that has been around for centuries, but it was completed only in 1964. The number of BARTs canceled trains nearly tripled in 2022, Is California overdose epidemic slowing? There are many GoComics with tens of thousands of listed "followers" that have far fewer daily comments than does Bozo with its 902 listed followers. State Sen. Scott Wiener has formed an exploratory committee, the first step toward running for Congress. Cancel Anytime. I miss getting up every morning and reading The Chron. California's winter storm brought rare snow to low elevations across the San Francisco Bay Area, including to Santa Cruz, MountDiablo, MountTam and other cities. You Might Also Like Dark Side of the Horse Samson. The Argyle Sweater. A search of The Chronicles archive ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing turned up photos and pages telling the story from the first push by the U.S. to travel to the moon to the splashdown of the lunar module in the Pacific Ocean. The House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in San Francisco in May 1960 turned into a violent confrontation and the beginning of a decade of student-led mass protests. 6,092 talking about this. From Arnold Palmer to Johnny Miller: Decades-old photos of golf stars and big tournaments at San San Franciscos Harding Park has a rich history of local golfers made good especially during the 1960s. If you do not wish to continue at this renewal price, you may cancel any time by visiting. The 1980s reunion of one of San Franciscos biggest Summer of Love bands was an unexpected and short-lived delight. Comments. Each tour is written and narrated by Chronicle journalists and guided by your phone. A freight train leaves San Francisco after 5 a.m. and heads south toward the Peninsula, on its standard route. Thats the gamble we take when learning to live with COVID. 75 years of SFs Nutcracker: Photos from beloved ballet across decades. Feb. 24, 2023 Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 10:31 a.m. The 49ers drafted Joe Montana 40 years ago, and San Francisco football would never be the same. Bob Mankoff Presents: Show Me The Funny (Animal Edition). Bam! When the solar-energy movement got its day in the sun in SF. The Bay Bridge School benefit concerts: A great run of shows for a Bridge School benefit concerts: A great run of shows for a worthy cause The tiny meadows actual name is the Garden of Shakespeares Flowers, and we can thank the California Spring Blossom and Wildflower Association for its inception and the countless weddings held there. Thinking back to these times, I headed to The Chronicles archive and found proof that Highway 101s Bayshore Freeway was once a considered a futuristic transportation innovation. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university's award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. In these images, the sights might not have the worldwide acclaim Post-Pearl Harbor photos show San Francisco bracing for war. Before her long career in the U.S. Senate, Dianne Feinstein was a California criminal justice expert and a San Francisco mayor. 10 San Ramon Valley 59, No. Hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight learn about Claude the albino alligator from California Academy of Sciences. Rolling Stones in the Bay Area: 50 years of huge shows. This years Giants Opening Day is postponed, but 60 years ago, fans flocked to see the first pitch of the season at the new Candlestick Park. For technical or billing issues, please contact Archive Customer Support. Asking price: a few hundred thousand dollars. No. When the Concorde supersonic turbojet roared into the Bay Area.