NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...

NEW INVESTIGATION: Insurance companies use hidden rules to slash disaster survivors' payouts. The @sfchronicle.com obtained hundreds of internal records showing how insurers including State Farm cut claims payments to LA fire victims. Read more (gift link): tinyurl.com/y4fpza2p 1/

NEW: The CA Department of Insurance promised to craft "science-based" for smoke damage to make homes safe after fires. But a @sfchronicle.com investigation found the committee writing the rules is slanted towards insurers' handpicked experts, raising concerns about survivors' safety. Gift link:

Major S.F. Bay cleanup of long-defunct gas plant sites begins near Fisherman’s Wharf—The cleanup, which began in June after a decade of planning, is expected to continue… www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

A major California highway is sliding toward the sea. There is no quick fix—Finally, this summer, the state announced a proposed solution: Dig the longest tunnel in state history. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

What's a reasonable price tag to keep an entire California county -- even a tiny one -- connected to the rest of the state? www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Ah, I see it now. My tween is exploring a post-Dadaist form of chaos

BREAKING: Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Rev. Jorge Bautista, a pastor at the College Heights United Church of Christ in San Mateo, felt called to join a prayer vigil in opposition to Trumps' immigration crackdown. He later found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. From @stjbs.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Lurie speaking now: SF is on the rise. Detailing convo w DJT last night “Militarized enforcement on our streets will not help”

BREAKING via @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

absolutely heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Blew up my weekend to write this “Marc Benioff come-to-your-senses challenge.” I’ve rarely shared my opinions about politics in the Chronicle beyond some LGBTQ+ & bike/pedestrian safety things but Jesus he wants the military on S.F. streets what the hell? www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Spot on thread here from my reporting partner @jjreport.bsky.social. LAFD brass publicly slammed our report of rekindling early on. And now have ignored it altogether in after-action report. That is precisely where lessons are to be learned for future CA and LA wildfires.

In January while reporting on the Palisades Fire, @mgafni.bsky.social and I heard from fire survivors about a coincidence. The Palisades Fire started in the same spot as a fire that burned less than a week earlier on New Year's Day. They wondered if the two fires might be connected 🧵

Investigators allege Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht lit a fire early New Year’s Day that was extinguished but smoldering and rekindled days later.

Chilling details of what led up to suspected Palisades Fire arsonist lighting hillside on fire. With @jjreport.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

A California wildfire wiped out this little-known ancient forest of massive trees just before major fire-prevention work was set to begin. “I am sad because this old-growth forest is no more. I am angry because this outcome was a choice.” www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

FASCINATING

California sees return of ‘gold fever’ amid record-high gold prices www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

The other side of "wood-fired" menu delights @elenakadvany.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

Comedian Larry David ushered hybrids and EVs into the carpool lane? Who knew! @rswansf.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Belva Davis died Wednesday at the age of 92. Davis, who worked as a journalist in the Bay Area for nearly 50 years, was the first African-American woman to become a TV reporter on the West Coast.

California is about to ban plants within 5 feet of homes in fire-prone areas of the state. Some residents and local officials are pushing back www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

The gender issues associated with working from home are substantial and should be part of any policy discussion. (Gift link)

Lawmakers call this the biggest effort in decades to reduce electricity price hikes. Will it work?

Home hardening and defensible space can halve wildfire damage, study finds phys.org/news/2025-08...

The Pickett Fire had burned an estimated 1,200 acres by 5:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

How many ways do you think these Hollywood homeowners could improve their defensible space? @fireaside.bsky.social's CEO, Jason Brooks, found quite a few. bsky.app/profile/fire...

Berkeley says dogs — and people — shouldn’t dig in popular park atop contaminated landfill—Half a year after tests revealed elevated levels of radiation lurking beneath Berkeley’s beloved César Chávez Park built atop… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

New fire just on the north end of Susanville, a threat to homes on end of Paiute Lane and Susanville Indian Rancheria. Viscious wind shift on this thing in last 10 minute. Susanville fires have a history of really ripping in the afternoon hours. Dangerous fire.

California weather forecasts could soon become less accurate when this data source goes offline www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

Allegations mounting against LA city and state officials that the Palisades Fire was a rekindling of an earlier, abandoned blaze. With @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

A good time to read up on the life of Ruben Salazar, the history of immigrant/Latino life in LA, and the manner of his death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_S...

Smoke from Canada wildfires drifted over Northern California on Monday morning and could add a slight orange tint to the sky through Tuesday. #CAwx

California faces a rare combination of weather warnings Monday as a cut-off low-pressure system spinning off the coast simultaneously creates rough seas and elevated fire weather danger. #CAwx

Radical changes coming to California yards. Gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

A meditation on one Oakland neighborhood @brontewittpenn.bsky.social ‪@xianleonard.bsky.social‬ and Olivia Cruz Mayeda www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

See for yourself: Side-by-side footage shows the start of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles and small fire that broke out in the same area six days earlier. Did it rekindle? An exclusive, with @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

What would you do if famed chef Thomas Keller asked you to leave the French Laundry, then kept you there until 1 a.m.? bsky.app/profile/sfch...