Opinion By Marshall Kilduff Updated 6:20 pm, Friday, August 8, 2014 Photo: Paul Sancya, Associated Press Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins drinks a glass of tap water after a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Collins announced Monday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) less Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins drinks a glass of tap water after a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling ... more Photo: Paul Sancya, Associated Press S.F. Chronicle news quiz, Aug. 10 1 / 1 Back to Gallery 1. What did underdog GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari do to … [Read more...] about S.F. Chronicle news quiz, Aug. 10
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San Francisco is the central character in The Chronicle’s contemplative new comic
James Sullivan, Chronicle Pop Culture Critic Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Photo: Michael Macor Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Madonna with a few of the drawings that will appear in his comics, including the Russian Orthodox Holy Virgin Cathedral, Spreckles Lake and Victorians along Broderick St. Quirky local cartoonist Paul Madonna will debut his comic strip, "All Over Coffee" soon in the Chronicle. event on 2/6/04 in San Francisco Michael Macor / The Chronicle less Madonna with a few of the drawings that will appear in his comics, including the Russian Orthodox Holy Virgin Cathedral, Spreckles Lake and Victorians along Broderick St. Quirky local cartoonist Paul Madonna ... more Photo: Michael Macor San Francisco is the central character in The Chronicle's contemplative new comic 1 / 1 Back to … [Read more...] about San Francisco is the central character in The Chronicle’s contemplative new comic
Gwen Knapp’s last column for The Chronicle
Gwen Knapp, Chronicle Columnist Updated 11:47 pm, Saturday, July 7, 2012 When I told my erstwhile colleague Ray Ratto that I was leaving The Chronicle, he said I shouldn't write a farewell column. So here it is: The 49ers' chances of winning the next Super Bowl have just improved. They claimed their last Lombardi Trophy only months before I arrived to write a sports column in July 1995. Now, on nearly the same date 17 years after I appeared in a San Francisco newspaper, I am going to work for a website called Sports on Earth, due to launch in seven weeks. The past 17 years saw the Raiders' return to Oakland; Steve Mariucci's Midwestern goofiness; a merger of The Chronicle and old Examiner; "Moneyball"; Mike Singletary; Tim Lincecum; trips to court with Barry Bonds and Bill Romanowski; trips to the Final Four with Jamila Wideman, Candice Wiggins, Jayne Appel and Nneka Ogwumike; a reefer-scented World Series parade; and the 49ers' renaissance - but not a Super Bowl … [Read more...] about Gwen Knapp’s last column for The Chronicle
Chronicle classic: Laugh, I thought I’d die, Herb Caen, 1970
By Herb Caen Published 6:09 pm, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Photo: The Chronicle Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Herb Caen logo Herb Caen logo Photo: The Chronicle Chronicle classic: Laugh, I thought I’d die, Herb Caen, 1970 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Well, nobody said life would be easy, but for members of my generation, it’s becoming ridiculous. One is reminded of the joke about the psychiatrist’s secretary who says, “In my office, I can’t win. If I come to work early, I’m anxious, if I’m on time, I’m compulsive, and if I’m late, I’m hostile.” Our group, the over 50s, is in the same boat, and it has sprung a leak. Most of us were born poor and are in danger of dying affluent, drowning in a sea of plastic, non-disposable luxuries none of us … [Read more...] about Chronicle classic: Laugh, I thought I’d die, Herb Caen, 1970
They’re going to try “Martian Chronicles” again
Sci-fi Geeks rejoice; a classic might come to the screen. Hollywood Reporter says: Paramount has picked up movie rights to "The Martian Chronicles," sci-fi maven Ray Bradbury's classic short story collection about humans trying to colonize Mars. In three structures, the stories dealt with attempts to settle Mars and the Martians' efforts to fight the humans off, and the colonization of the red planet and a nuclear war that eventually forces most of the humans to return to Earth. In the aftermath of the war, humans become the new Martians. This could be good; you never know. But there’s a problem with the story, one modern science has revealed. Wikipedia describes the second story in the Chronicles thus: Ylla, a Martian woman trapped in an unromantic marriage, dreams of the coming astronauts through telepathy. Her husband, though he pretends to deny the reality of the dreams, becomes bitterly jealous, sensing his wife's inchoate romantic feelings for one of the astronauts. He … [Read more...] about They’re going to try “Martian Chronicles” again