The Best of San Francisco Chronicle
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San Francisco Chronicle on Architecture
One tower or two? San Francisco’s newest high-rise wants to have it both ways
This 395-foot high-rise is designed to look like two towers, not one. It’s also the...
San Francisco Chronicle on Drugs
This is the hometown of San Francisco’s drug dealers
One area in Honduras is the hometown of a stunningly high number of people who, fleeing poverty and violence, migrate to San Francisco, where they ultimately sell drugs.
San Francisco Chronicle on Housing
Listen: Inside San Francisco SROs, a housing crisis hidden from view
Fifth & Mission podcast: San Francisco has long depended on single room occupancy...
San Francisco Chronicle on Paul Graham
Top local donor Paul Graham: little-known name with firm ideas
The top Bay Area donor to local elections isn’t a household name, even in political circles. Progress San Francisco has spent most of its money to support moderate candidates running for the Board of…
San Francisco Chronicle on Pets
S.F. now has a fine dining restaurant for dogs
What may be the country’s first dog restaurant is now open in San Francisco.
San Francisco Chronicle on Phone Addiction
Check your phone 86 times a day? Tech insiders say that’s by design
At his company's recent F8 conference in San Jose, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a message for developers: Keep building. On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take the stage at the search…
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He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbot
The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious artificial intelligence website allow him to speak with her once more?
How that cilantro rotting in your fridge connects to climate change
While I’ll be the first to tell you that solely focusing on personal responsibility to...
She sold her home for nearly half its $1 million value. The ‘pay it forward’ deal is…
A financial tool long popular with universities and charities is gaining traction with...
How COVID affects the brain: Bay Area doctors hunt for answers
In one of the hottest areas of coronavirus research, scientists want to unlock the...
«Bernard noted that the affected brain regions were “all linked to the olfactory bulb,” which sends signals from the nose to the brain. It also connects to the temporal lobe, home of the hippocampus — which is key to memory and cognition.»
Why this woman chose to sell her Point Reyes home for nearly half its $1 million value
The $550,000 sale of this Point Reyes property, which Zillow estimates could be worth...
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