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PG&E; CEO Geisha Williams out amid utility’s widening financial crisis
PG&E; CEO Geisha Williams out amid utility’s widening financial crisis
By J.D. Morris
Geisha Williams, the PG&E Corp. chief executive who led California’s largest investor-owned utility during some of the most turbulent times in its history, has stepped down. -
Possible bankruptcy? PG&E; may notify employees Monday
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Kamala Harris in the Senate
Kamala Harris’ prosecutorial background has helped define her time in the Senate — which will draw intensive scrutiny if, as expected, she declares her candidacy for the 2020 presidential nomination.
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Kamala Harris toys with warm SF crowd
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SF’s progressive supervisors have once again struggled to coalesce around a cause, leading some to question how effective they will be even as they’ve retaken the Board of Supervisors majority.
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Cousins faces long odds to return to All-Star level
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Dominique Wilkins could hear the melancholy in DeMarcus Cousins’ voice last June.
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USF basketball revival stirs storied Hilltop memories
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BRUCE JENKINS: Hail the revival and call up the echoes. It will be a fine Saturday evening on the Hilltop.
Support grows for giving part of SF windfall to public schools
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New Supervisor Haney sees City Hall ‘conspiracy’ against D6
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HEATHER KNIGHT: On day two of their job, most supervisors are arranging furniture, hanging pictures and figuring out the city’s email system. Matt Haney was spinning conspiracy theories.
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Editorial: Time to force issue on gun background checks
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EDITORIAL: For a fleeting moment, it seemed as if the Dec. 14, 2012, slaughter of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School would have been the last straw for members of Congress beholden ...
Brown’s retirement project: avoiding nuclear holocaust
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LOIS KAZAKOFF: In his parting interview with The Chronicle, Jerry Brown ticked off a list of projects he will take on now that he’s left the governor’s office.
Shutdown has done more damage to parks than just trash
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Money is crucial fertilizer for small businesses, but many entrepreneurs — especially women, people of color and low-income groups — lack easy access to loans.
Trump promises H-1B visa holders path to citizenship
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President Trump had a surprising message for highly skilled foreign-born workers in the country early Friday morning: stay awhile.
Ex-Google executive closes Tawla
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Tawla, an upscale eastern Mediterranean restaurant, closed its doors Dec. 16, a little more than two years after opening on Valencia Street.
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TOM STIENSTRA: In one turn of the head from certain spots along the Santa Cruz Mountains, you can get a view that can make you feel that you have made good on a New Year’s resolution.
Counseling saved John Jay Osborn’s marriage
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Looking back, John Jay Osborn says it’s no surprise he and his wife hit a rough patch in their marriage 35 years ago.
Beam me up from ‘Roswell, New Mexico’
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I’m sure someone out there will enjoy the CW’s “Roswell, New Mexico.”
Pop Quiz: Toro y Moi on why he had to unplug
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Toro y Moi’s latest album “Outer Peace” takes an arch look at our connected lives with a narcotically funky beat. But to make the 10-song set, its creator had to completely disconnect.
Spenger’s is closed, but its artifacts live on
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Alicia Spenger is currently coordinating a cache of memorabilia accumulated at her family’s bygone 125-year-old Berkeley restaurant, Spenger’s Fish Grotto, for public auction.
Beloved bakery scales back on wholesale accounts — temporarily
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Fans of Tartine’s fresh baked bread are legion — and can often be found standing in epic lines at the Guererro Street bakery to get warm loaves.
How the Bay Area came to embrace Detroit-style pizza
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JONATHAN KAUFFMAN: No one who specializes in an “authentic” regional pizza style can resist the impulse to make it their own.
The quest to save SF’s Arab-owned corner stores
![Bonita Abram, regular customer, hugs Miriam Zouzounis with her father, David Zouzounis standing next to a portrait of his mother, Penny Zouzounis, co-founder with father Theodore "Big Ted" at Ted's Market on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190114063151im_/https://s.hdnux.com/photos/77/32/76/16625568/7/727x0.jpg)
The Ramallah Golden Arak bottle may not look like much to you if you didn’t grow up watching your uncles drink it. But to Palestinian Americans, the red and gold label is a reminder of home.
Now is the best time of year to visit California wineries
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ESTHER MOBLEY: This time of year is a very underrated period for winery visits. I love seeing the bare, leafless vines and the beginnings of cover crop between them.
Sleek Marin coffee shop serves up lattes, play space for kids
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Fox & Kit, Marin’s latest obsession, is a sunlit, well-appointed coffee shop “where both the parent and the child want to go.”
Student stylists share their visions of SF fashion
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In the age of Instagram influencers and the high-def red carpet, the idea of “styling” models and images has become ubiquitous. But what does a professional stylist actually do?
With Everviolet, a cancer survivor creates supportive lingerie
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Mill Valley’s diminutive jewelry and home accessories shop, Poet and/the Bench, was the venue for a recent lingerie trunk show.
That time The Chronicle gave real estate to new subscribers
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OUR SF: Imagine, if you can, a Bay Area real estate market that’s relaxed to the point where property in SF, San Carlos, Mill Valley and Piedmont could be handed out like free tote bags.
A Cold War mystery hiding in plain sight
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: For decades you could see them from across the bay — two giant white “golf balls” atop Mount Tamalpais.
Hot Property: Mediterranean estate in Carmel
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Golf course views, bespoke finishes, an inviting courtyard and plenty of space await at 7030 Valley Knoll Road, a grand Mediterranean in Carmel that comes fully furnished.
The 52 California wineries you need to visit in 2019
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Today, California wine country stretches all over the state, no longer confined to the familiar stretches of Napa and Sonoma.
Federal workers give Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland earful on shutdown’s impact
OTIS R. TAYLOR Jr.: It’s hard to go to work when you know you’re not getting paid. That’s how Oakland native and TSA worker Lester Harris feels.
DeMarcus Cousins could add to the fun for the Warriors
SCOTT OSTLER: We got your Boogie Bailout right here, said the Warriors on Sunday evening with their fun-fun-fun 119-114 win at Dallas.
Davis man who killed rookie cop left note saying he was hit with ‘sonic waves’
A man identified as the gunman in the ambush killing of a Davis police officer left a note in his apartment saying that police had hit him with “ultra sonic waves.”
What will football helmets look like in future? UC Berkeley scientists may know
AL SARACEVIC: Tucked away in an unassuming cluster of warehouses on Richmond’s industrial west side, Dr. Robert Knight spends his days cracking heads. Figuratively speaking, of course.
How Trump can win the wall: Stop calling it ‘the wall’
WILLIE BROWN: President Trump could get his wall in a minute. All he needs to do is stop calling it “the wall.” Politics is the art of ambiguity mixed with sleight of hand.
Martha Ryan helps thousands of families through Homeless Prenatal Program
VISIONARY OF THE YEAR: As a shelter volunteer in San Francisco three decades ago, Martha Ryan had no idea of the role she would play in improving the lives of thousands of people and their descendants.
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Newly installed Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t the only family member with an office in the Capitol — his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom , is moving in as well, with the title of “first partner.” Siebel Newsom’s focus will be on gender equality and lifting up women and families. She will ...
No doubt about it: Kamala Harris is running
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Federal workers without pay can file for California...
Federal workers in California who are furloughed or working without pay because of the partial U.S. government shutdown can apply for state unemployment benefits, although they will have to repay the benefits if they recover their lost wages. On Friday, the House passed a bill, by a vote of ...
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California’s foie gras ban upheld, though chefs vow to fight on
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Hello from the Pope, in praise of holiness
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On the SF waterfront — where old meets new
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Has Chinese food entered a new golden era in the Bay Area? Here's a list of local restaurants that showcase the best of China's regional cuisines.
The Ultimate Mission District Dining Guide
There is no better food neighborhood than San Francisco’s Mission District. We’ve compiled a list of the best things to eat and drink at the best spots in the neighborhood.
The Ultimate NorCal Brewery Map
This interactive guide features nearly 300 breweries in Northern California. Search for your favorites, or check out our list of beer excursions.
The Ultimate Tech Travel Guide
This guide covers where to dine on robot-made burgers, stay in hacker hostels, watch gamers compete in front of hundreds of cheering e-sports fans, and much more.