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9/11 25 years later: SFFD Chief Dean Crispen reflects on how that day changed his career
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (309+ words) In the aftermath of the smoke and rubble, departments from across the nation dispatched to New York, including a team from San Francisco fire department. Shortly after the nation's ground stop was lifted, eleven firefighters from San Francisco packed their…...
'They were the first': The pioneering radio show born in SF's Chinatown
1+ week, 1+ day ago (586+ words) When Ron Tong was a boy growing up in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1950s, he remembers his mother telling him to be quiet. As the clock struck 11 o’clock at night, she would sit at a small table facing a microphone…...
Massive Central Valley grass fire balloons to 3,600 acres
3+ week, 2+ day ago (271+ words) A fire burns in Tulare County near Alpaugh, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. A massive grass fire in the Central Valley is continuing to grow on Thursday morning amid dry air and temperatures in the triple digits. The Alpaugh Fire ignited…...
California's oldest neighborhood was built when George Washington was in office
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (651+ words) “I hear [the neighborhood described as an] artist village or little colony,” Damian Orozco said. “You get so many people that just fall in love with it and will come back time and time again.” “It just feels like a…...
Inside the Bay Area's 'city of the dead"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1430+ words) A view of Colma, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. “Monuments are not for the dead. They’re for the living,” Bargas explained. “I’ve inadvertently become like a grievance counselor. … Buying a monument and having that monument set is kind of the closure…...
The San Francisco bay area Origins of Rocky Road & IT’S-IT – NBC Bay Area
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (27+ words) The San Francisco bay area Origins of Rocky Road & IT'S-IT NBC Bay Area The San Francisco bay area Origins of Rocky Road & IT'S-IT...
A Bay Area mansion once hosted dignitaries. It's now a Grocery Outlet.
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (210+ words) A Santa Rosa Grocery Outlet sits on land once home to Joseph T. Grace's lavish mansion, a centerpiece of civic life before its demolition in the 1950s....
Pedro Point Bluffs Poised To Join Golden Gate Park Ranks
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (416+ words) The California State Coastal Conservancy voted to transfer Pedro Point parcels to the National Park Service, advancing federal protection and trail planning on the headlands....
Love Letters to San Francisco: There’s a story in every stone
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (924+ words) Ali Wunderman: “San Francisco had its challenges, but its fundamental character hadn’t changed. After 250 years, one difficult year is no reason to write its obituary.” There are people who move to San Francisco — and then there are people whose family…...
Itâs officially cool to like San Francisco again | Forum | sfexaminer.com
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (999+ words) Conde Nast bigwig Anna Wintour — seen in New York City in May — made a recent appearance in San Francisco that set tongues wagging and rumors flying. Don’t look now, but it’s cool to like San Francisco again. You can tell…...