As the nation turns to the best college football programs in the country this weekend, we turn our attention to one of the worst: Lincoln University, a downtown Oakland school whose head coach, and athletic director, threatened me at the end of our interview. www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

🚨BEST DAY OF THE YEAR ALERT 🚨 For the 5th straight year at @sfgate.com we celebrated Corner Store Christmas! Here’s how it works…

For a decade, SF has been a frequent punching bag for the likes of Fox News and Joe Rogan. It was a dangerous place according to them, and you shouldn’t go there. But was that reality? And has it changed? We explore both in this, @sfgate.com's first mini documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge1z...

So glad to be able to chat with @niemanlab.org about what we're up to with @sfgate.com in Los Angeles. I'm proud to run a local newsroom, staffed by real Angelenos who live here and care. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/more...

Finally, some good national parks news.

In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment on the “6-7” phenomenon. via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/food/article...

For @sfgate.com: How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl... It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.

A casual, occasional reminder that if you like what we've been building in Los Angeles at @sfgate.com, you should sign up for our once-a-week Friday newsletter, The Southland. sfgate.com/newsletters/... It's free, and you'll get our week of stories right in your inbox.

Wild combination today: Bergum's press office calls @ashleyharrell.bsky.social's @sfgate.com story about squatters and illegal BASE jumpers in Yosemite "FALSE" and then Bergum himself says says they're addressing those exact issues with "appropriate law enforcement action." 🤔

How much does spite weigh? If you’re famed California architect Lloyd Wright, the answer is around 500 pounds of stone. via @farleyelliott.bsky.social sfgate.com/california/article/california-gas-station-500-pound-stone-spite-21092972.php?mrfhud=true

After 15 years of eating Los Angeles burgers, our SoCal bureau chief Farley Elliott has crowned his top favorites. ✍️ @farleyelliott.bsky.social

🚨 WE. ARE. HIRING 🚨 In June I told you @sfgate.com's national parks expansion across the American West was SMASHING and now we're looking to add a contributing editor to the team to help us cover the 🌵 Southwest 🌵. Story on how well it's going + Quick 🧵 on the job👇 www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Not many journalists have the time or space to write an opus, but we made sure @farleyelliott.bsky.social did because his opus is entirely about delicious cheeseburgers. If there was ever an @sfgate.com story to bookmark for next time you're in LA, this is the story: www.sfgate.com/la/article/5...

Oh hey! Need a bit of GOOD news this Friday? Well, we've got that. @sfgate.com launched a SoCal Bureau last year and hired 5 journalists to cover LA. It's been so successful under the steady hand of @farleyelliott.bsky.social that it now has its own newsletter: www.sfgate.com/la/article/s...

Few @sfgate.com stories have generated as much feedback as Charles Russo's discovery of a set of lost Ansel Adams photos that were never before seen by the general public and unknown to even his biographers and archivists. We figured some of it might be worth sharing: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

“Sunshine is my steady companion (the more-than-mile-high town sees 300 sunny days/year), and I’m free to stare endlessly, drink in hand, at what USA Today says is America’s best lake. Somehow, the high-limit crowd hasn’t found me yet.” via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

The best baseball team in the Bay Area right now? That's Alpine Little League of Menlo Park and Portola Valley, the freshly-crowned NorCal champs who are one tournament away from Williamsport. @sfgate.com story: www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a... Love a quirky deep dive into rural California communities, especially on stuff like witching/divining rods, which were still very much a thing when I was growing up on a farm. h/t @mattlafever.bsky.social

hmmm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...

Rare media wins!

Madrid, it seems, is wonderful.

If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in Calif. are at risk of being sold over the next 5 years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite, Mount Shasta, Big Sur & Tahoe. via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

🚨 GOOD JOURNALISM NEWS ALERT 🚨 @sfgate.com launched a National Parks bureau in Jan. 1. It's led to millions of readers and our site being one of America's fastest growing in back-to-back months. Instead of doing a 🧵 I wrote about who we hired + the wild numbers here: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

"What will happen when the restaurant actually opens? Will Angelenos simply shrug, or — like the Tesla protests that have roiled the brand nationwide — will there be large demonstrations in front of the property?" via @karenlpalmer.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/la/article/e...

A massive version of the company’s signature yellow arrow logo will adorn the top of the building, pointing out across the city — a giant, trademarked stamp on Las Vegas. via @karenlpalmer.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/food/article...

My favorite read of 2025 so far: "There are no signs or ticket booths or public viewing areas; the off-limits center sits silently among a neighborhood of warehouses somewhere between Disneyland and Irvine, unseen by the world." via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/california/a...

“This is a beloved beach and beach area, and we’re getting, I’d say, daily reports about what’s happening at the site,” said California Coastal Commission enforcement staff counsel Andrew Willis. www.sfgate.com/la/article/o...

Rancho Palos Verdes is literally sliding into the ocean, sometimes at a rate of 4 inches per week. Recently, though, the rate of failure has slowed, giving new hope to those on the edge. And it’s thanks to an unlikely ally: drought. via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Really brutal, important story by @leddder.bsky.social today on how Black cannabis entrepreneurs say they've been specifically left behind by Los Angeles — all while the debt (some totalling $1M) continues to mount. www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art...

The Los Angeles Times experienced more layoffs on Friday, marking the third round of layoffs and buyouts under billionaire owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. 📰: bit.ly/3GyqZ3T

"And what happens as more and more of American society falls apart? Will my family die if we don’t flee? When will we know it’s time to? When will we know if the water we’re in has started to boil? Will we still be in the pot? Will you?" via @drewmagary.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Oh hey, since expanding to cover national parks across the American West in February, @sfgate.com was the 4th fastest growing news site in America, and remains the most read site based on the West Coast (three spots ahead of the LA Times) per @pressgazette.co.uk.

“They haven’t been shown to be trustworthy,” Caneer told @sfgate.com. “They haven’t been shown to be reliable in anything they’ve done. That’s the problem — because they aren’t transparent, so everybody just assumes they’re hiding stuff.” “It’s extortion, basically.” www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

Went the full screeching liberal on Jeffrey Goldberg for peacing out on that secret Trump war pigs chat www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

The wildest restaurant in greater Los Angeles has never served a single customer. www.sfgate.com/la/article/q...

On the Channel Islands, the staffing cuts and spending freezes are having the opposite of the intended effect, and in the long run, they'll certainly cost the taxpayers more, former and current Channel Islands employees told SFGATE. “It’s the height of inefficiency.” www.sfgate.com/california-p...

Are you feeling uncertain about whether you "should" visit a national park in the near future? Do you have a trip to a national park planned that you're now reconsidering? I'd love to hear from you for an upcoming #nationalparks story!

It’s not every day that you can say “Ja Rule” and “low-budget local Greek restaurant commercial” in the same sentence. But five years ago, that’s exactly what happened, as crazy as it might sound. via @karenlpalmer.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/la/article/p...

“Guy Fieri is unquestionably the mayor of Flavortown, but maybe by the end of this adventure, I’d work my way up the ranks. Actuary of Flavortown, here I come.” www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

🚨 I HAVE NEWS 🚨 In January I told you @sfgate.com was doing a major national parks coverage expansion, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most loved outdoors spaces. Well, we hired a DREAM TEAM 🧵👇 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Re-upping this again because I’m so pleased with how it turned out. Your 2025 Oscars roast: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

@altyellonatpark.org Hi! I just started a new gig covering Yellowstone and a few other parks for @sfgate.com. (I’m based in Missoula.) Wanted to share my contact info in case it’s of interest: [email protected], signal.me#eu/AZf6PDlzu...

Wow, did not know this existed. SoCal bureau chief @farleyelliott.bsky.social on the ghost town at the edge of LAX: www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

i need this burger. please bring it to me the next time you visit @farleyelliott.bsky.social, thank you. www.sfgate.com/la/article/p...

Breakfast barbacoa.

A quick chat with the keeper of LA's (alleged) rental price gouging spreadsheet, the one that's been spinning around social media all week. www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

We’re looking for two budding digital journalists from Stanford and UC Berkeley to join us at SFGATE this summer, the largest news site on the West Coast.

Phenomenal piece of journalism here from @farleyelliott.bsky.social. This line will stick with me for a while: "While some losses, such as those on a stretch of a famous beach in Malibu, may be more acknowledged, they will all linger." www.sfgate.com/la/article/c...

So, somehow, TEN YEARS AGO, I wrote a book. It's all about the history of street food in Los Angeles: How we got here, the different styles (not just cuisines) you can find, and a lot of pointing out really great places to go eat. I'm really proud of it, but...