Is it really going to snow in the Bay Area next week? 🧵 The coldest air mass since 2023 is forecast to move over the region Tuesday & Wednesday, dropping the freezing level below 3,000 feet. Snow can fall 500 to 1,000 feet below the freezing level and heavy showers can temporarily drag it lower.

“Watership Down” (1978) (at a very downer 3rd grade bday party 🐇😦) “So I Married an Axe Murderer” (1993) (nearly empty theater) “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) “Team America World Police” (2004) (in a critic screening filled with parents who apparently thought it was a PG-rated puppet movie)

I should’ve known this was a @peterhartlaub.bsky.social joint before I clicked through. The skunk smelling exhibit is my Proustian Madeline!

Biked and took @caltrain.com to my childhood park Coyote Point. It's a lesson how the Bay Area things we grew up with that once felt routine, seem wild and mystical when you return with perspective. 📸: Manuel Orbegozo www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

50 years ago today it snowed in San Francisco. It hasn’t fallen in measurable levels since. Thanks @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social for the reminder — I would have missed this anniversary! Gift link ❄️🎁❄️ www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/articl...

As a relative newbie to SF (2 year resident), a thousand times this! One of the safest, most gorgeous, and vibrant cities in the US.

This is great. I live in Cincinnati now, and I've had plenty of people ask if SF is as bad as people say, and I just shake my head. I've walked all over SF, hiked it, taken my kids there. And, like where I live now in Cincy, you have to be aware of where you are! I miss the city so much

Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F. But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement. On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans. Gift link 🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F. But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement. On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans. Gift link 🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Loved this so much! Brought me back to a great day in Bay Area sports.

Another cool historic photo cache makes its way to @davidgallagher.bsky.social!

I always have a couple of boxes of Girl Scouts Thin Mints cookies in the freezer. (Hidden under bags of edamame or frozen peas, so my kids don’t ever find them.)

Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.

The StarTribune live blog is paywall free: - The man shot by federal agents this morning has died - Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. - ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

My fav S.F. animal story of all time: Golden Gator. The Presidio alligator that sparked a 1996 newspaper war, inspired my former editor to wear scuba gear and eluded trappers for months. A look back at the media circus … and where he is now. Gift link! 🐊🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Biking into Point Richmond via @sfbayferry.com for my latest @sfchronicle.com underrated Bay Area downtown tour! Where should I go? Will swim in the Plunge and check out the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline. Lunch is open & recommendations for small businesses to visit welcome.

In eight years I’ve gone from … I don’t ever want a dog *to* We can get a dog but we’re not taking it to a salon or dressing it up in people clothes *to* Maybe we should get matching sweaters?

Digging through the archive today for a fun column. Reminded (as I am frequently) how far we've traveled when it comes to political decorum, and what constitutes a front page story.

Very fiery sunrise this a.m. 🌅🌅🌅

I don’t think Amanda Bartlett is on Bluesky but someone please tell Amanda this may be the most S.F. story ever & I’m hella jealous. 🐾 🌁 www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

So sorry I missed the Claude memorial. Was coaching a basketball game. But felt better knowing @heatherknightsf.bsky.social would absolutely crush this and our beloved city would represent. RIP Claude 🐊🌁❤️

I don’t usually write about real estate but this one has a cool S.F. history angle. Anyone want to go in? Figure it will only take about 100 of my friends to collect the down payment. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Greetings from 2016. 💦🤘🏼💦

1000% agree. Think about this a lot and honestly sorry that my generation was writing snarky blogs about pop culture & taking our privilege for granted & not paying attention to the alarming trajectory of wealth disparity.

The Jesus candle provides …

Seeing this last drive as a win-win situation for the 49ers. Win and they just beat the Eagles in Philly with a box of discarded parts & rookies on D. (Lose and no one else can get hurt next week.)

The city is resilient. ❤️

Nordstrom walked so the Metreon, [SFMOMA], Yerba Buena Gardens and Salesforce Park could run. And now, we think it’s all finished? Why? Because the rules of retail and office work have changed? Because no one wants to go to a windowless indoor mall in one of the most beautiful cities in the world?

“There is no pundit I trust more than history.” A look back at an 1800s ballpark on Market Street (!!!) and how it should give us hope when looking at our dismal downtown dead mall. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

A former mud trail in Dogpatch is now an “unofficial” city park. Love this fun little civic victory brought to our attention by my longtime @sfchronicle.com colleague Sam Whiting. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

I’d like to announce that I’ll be accepting Marisa Tomei’s Academy Award for “My Cousin Vinny.” It’s an honor. For me. Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Everyone who can’t bring themselves to stop projecting that there might be more than one side to this* needs to watch this video analysis. And turning away the physician at the end. Jesus. (*Including some people at the org that produced this.) www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Mission Local has been so great lately. I’m generally scaling back expenses, but after reading 3 superb stories this week I added a (modest) monthly donation to support their community news. Thanks @missionlocal.org staff for your excellent S.F. coverage! mission-local.donorsupport.co/page/donate

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

My sister, mom, niece and nephew are at the game. Top 10 regular season 49ers game to see live … ever?

The best Christmas miracle!!! 👠🪩❤️

My greatest work of investigative journalism 🗞️🎄

The Chronicle photo staff has sooooo much talent. 📸🏆💯

I wrote this under embargo and remember being shocked when the other reviews came in. It felt like @pattonoswalt.bsky.social was the only other person fully behind this absolute kickass time at the movies. Punisher War Zone & @lexialex.bsky.social forever. www.sfchronicle.com/movies/artic...

Always good to hear from Steve DeBerg, who I think of mostly for this comeback and that game for the 49ers where he had laryngitis & played with a giant amplifier on his back.

the world is largely a dumpster fire right now, but @peterhartlaub.bsky.social went to "Tuba Christmas" last week and experienced the world premiere of "All I Want for Christmas is You" arranged for 65 tubas — and you should too. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

I watched a 65-tuba orchestra perform the world tuba premiere of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and it changed me. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Writing a 1,000 word column about how Frisco is OK but only a tourist would say the San Nerk Yankees.

This @sfchronicle.com feature is so well done! Don’t miss. I feel like I just consumed a really good prestige TV series. Honestly started imagining Cate Blanchett in the “Hurricane Weinberg” role. Cheers @tonybravosf.bsky.social and Caleb Pershan.

Good luck finding a decent carnitas burrito in Birmingham …

SFFD station decorations return! Sixth year of the contest — brought back after an @sfchronicle.com article urged the return of a 1940s tradition. Lights. Wreaths. Real snow? And block parties on 12/20! 🎄 🚒 #SFFDHoliday @sffdpio.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

San Francisco: 50 degrees Half Moon Bay: 70 degrees Yes, that's right. 3 p.m. temperatures in the Bay Area. #CAwx

Season ticket holder 👋 Frustrates me that the front office increasingly sounds a lot like the A's/Earthquakes with spending, despite being in one of the biggest NWSL markets with a strong fanbase "We were the second worst team, guess we'll just have to try with what we have, what else can you do?"

I hope this fails spectacularly, and replaces/exceeds "pivot to video" in the annuls of atrocious top-down journalism decisions. The media should be constantly building trust while challenging its readers/listeners/viewers, not launching personalized echo chambers as a formal initiative.