LOVE my new @bart.gov holiday sweater. Appreciate that instead of thinking “how do we make it weirder/uglier?” they pivoted to “let’s make a holiday sweater people can wear to a first date or job interview!” ❄️🚇💯❄️

Things the @sfchronicle.com gave away during subscription drives: 🗞️ Firearms 🗞️ A llama 🗞️ A Batmobile 🗞️ Buried treasure And this 1922 house, which is about to go back on the market after 33 years. Gift link 🏡🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

I’ve been reading Carl Nolte for four-plus decades and I swear he’s never been better. Today’s column is particularly lovely.

I learned a lot about Nancy Pelosi this week — including her very early advocacy for AIDS patients. She visited them in SF General’s AIDS ward and convinced the Reagan administration to allow the AIDS Memorial Quilt to be displayed on the National Mall in 1987. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Just set up a monthly continuing payment to @alamedapost.com! They’re relatively new — filling a gap when we recently lost both Alameda newspapers — and they do a very solid job covering breaking news & culture. 🦃⚓️💯

Woke up at 6 a.m. sensing some news had broken, and wrote this. Nancy Pelosi was dismissed as a lightweight party planner. Read about the 1987 moment @pelosi.house.gov was (metaphorically) bitten by a radioactive spider and crushed her overconfident foes. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

New sculpture near the ferry terminals has a “War of the Worlds” vibe and I’m here for it.

Be like Art Agnos

We love the 3 new stairways @peterhartlaub.bsky.social's added to his list of favorites. Who knows: maybe one will make it into next year's #SFStairChallenge? 👀

Just talked to Art Agnos, in great spirits. Served one term — his support of the Embarcadero Freeway teardown sunk his reelection — but his tenure ages so well. Pushed for housing, parks and safe space for pedestrians and bicyclists. And the Embarcadero is now his biggest triumph. 📸: Minh Connors

I wrote this @sfchronicle.com column and still can't believe it happened. Photos of a high-speed auto race in Golden Gate Park. Cars going 100+ miles per hour, often with no barriers separating them from the crowd. (And then neighbors got involved.) 🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ 💨 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

So true. And ethical minefields aside, contemporary Superman and Spider-Man content has done a pretty good job of reflecting the changing newsroom — print to digital, deadlines, etc. — and resulting challenges.

I wish I currently had a podcast to take advantage of this! @jessethorn.bsky.social is a good dude & The Podfather. When I was lost at podcasting sea he listened to my pod & gave me advice that turned things around He did it in such a casual & confident way I suspect he did the same for 100 others

Answered the question "what's up with Coast Guard Island?" Across the estuary from my Alameda house. Got it's start busting Prohibition "rum-runners." And turns out there have been other immigration detentions there. The @sfchronicle.com archive is knowledge 🗞️🗞️ www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Thanks for the shout out for Tepco Beach

We asked Bay Area readers for their favorite secret destinations. 96% said "I'm not telling you, because then it wouldn't be a secret." But the other 4% knocked it out of the park. (Gift link 🎁 for all the koi lovers 🎏) www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Does this mean the Giants can play with aluminum bats?

LOVE this @coyotemedia.org piece from Alan Chazaro. From the Great Mall to Great America, airbrushing is both nostalgia and a Bay Area art form that endures. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...

Ahn Phoong > Sweet James

“We need to not turn our backs on the people being targeted today. We need solidarity. We need to bring hope back to America.” Listening closely to my neighbors who have seen this all before. @stjbs.bsky.social interviews No Kings protesters who were born/lived in WWII prison camps.

Rough year for Bay FC fans but Silkowitz has been a highlight reel In goal. Crowd cheered louder for this than any goal all season. #WeAreBayFC @mingemi.bsky.social

Oh man. Ace Frehley is gone. Condolences to the KISS Army I think often of the concert I wish I attended: KISS at the Cow Palace 8/16/1977, the day Elvis died. These images by @sfchronicle.com photographer Stephanie Maze show the vibes, and how many lives that band influenced. RIP 🔥🤘🔥

Love this so much!! I strapped a GoPro (precariously) on my bike for the 38-mile Roundabout around the perimeter of S.F. and Joy Jeong turned it into this extremely cool @sfchronicle.com video. Check it out! ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/video/articl...

In today’s free Total S.F. newsletter! 🦫 A tour of beautiful … Martinez? 🥪 My Top 10 Bay Area sandwiches 🌁 S.F. streets name stories — including one named after a notorious fraudster Sign up now! ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsfnewsletter New edition every Thursday!

With apologies to Crockett & Sunol, Martinez is my new No. 1 choice if I need to go into witness relocation in the Bay Area. I went there by bike & train (🫡 @Amtrak Capitol Corridor 🚆) and built a case to make this your next day trip. 🦫 🍸 💯 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

@rollovereasy.org Good morning Roll Over Easy! Photo of me on Tatooine! Or Fort Funston. I couldn’t really tell the difference that day. (On the Crosstown Trail Roundabout last week. Cayuga Park forever.)

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...

we need inflatables at dreamforce

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...

“This city is a complicated place, but I’ve found two truths: The Golden Age is a myth and San Francisco is never “over.”” Great read from @peterhartlaub.bsky.social, San Francisco’s historian/hype-man extraordinaire. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Wife: Calmly accepts the $3 off like a normal person. Me: Rage, rage into the night! Take your senior citizen discount and fuck right off Heidi’s Pies!!!

More stellar reporting from @heatherknightsf.bsky.social Not just the facts but the way she sets the scene & background details to get into the nuances of this apparent surprising MAGA turn — which Benioff now suggests was in his heart all along. Must read ⬇️

Most of this bump is attributed to me jumping on the M-Ocean View to get a turkey/avocado sandwich at Submarine Center in West Portal.

"This exists in San Francisco?" That will be your mantra on the city's new perimeter trail — a path filled with good dogs, great sandwiches, art everywhere, and a reassuring number of public restrooms. I covered it all by bike. Here are the highlights: 🚴‍♀️ 🌁 ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

My most boomer move of 2025: (Maybe ever?) Accidentally texted the doctor’s office that did my dental implant instead of the text thread with my two college BFFs.

Such an excellent breakdown of the 49ers play of the season. (Yes, we’re five games in, but I’m calling it now.) @eric-branch.bsky.social does it all — history stories, big picture looks and deep dives into special moments like this.

What. A. Game. I'm so glad Mac Jones didn't have to take the field again. Rocky Balboa-like performance. #Faithful #GoNiners

Another very fun story from a reader tip: Had a great time hanging out in The Flipper Room, a Concord frame shop that's also ... a pinball arcade? (They blend together perfectly.) Also a stealth story about work/life balance. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

He's blind living in supportive housing near the Tenderloin. He's also learned how to ride horses, has run a dozen marathons, joined a choir and is launching his latest art exhibition. Is Lord Frederick the most interesting man in San Francisco? 👑 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

A different perspective on the Sunset Dunes debate. Gift link 🎁 ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

“Look at you! You are so blessed.”

He's blind living in supportive housing near the Tenderloin. He's also learned how to ride horses, has run a dozen marathons, joined a choir and is launching his latest art exhibition. Is Lord Frederick the most interesting man in San Francisco? 👑 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Our friends at the Crosstown Trail just launched their newest route. 😍 You won't want to miss it!

Crosstown Trail just dropped a third route! It's a 38-mile loop around the city and I can't wait to try it on my bike. Map of the route, origin story and more details here ⬇️ 🌁 🚴‍♂️ ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Love this for the @oaklandballers.bsky.social and love this for Oakland. Hope Scrappy gets his own float. 🌳💚⚾️

Steve Silberman’s “Neurotribes” is a necessary read, now more than ever. Changed how I think and taught science, empathy and understanding. (He was also a great storyteller, history lover, activist & explainer of the Grateful Dead.) Thinking of Steve a lot today.

4.6! Epicenter was … the Tilden Park Little Farm? Lots of pissed off goats right now 🐐🫨 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Earthquake!!! That one didn’t mess around. Short & violent & felt close to us in Alameda/Oakland.

Do you remember? 🌎💨🔥