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be enough to lure back remote workers?
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 * Adam Richey, longtime bartender at Original Joe’s, dies at 51
 * Yes, Napa's expensive. But you can still visit on a budget
 * COVID in California: Moderna seeks vaccine approval for youngest children
 * Listen: Bay area cases up even as pandemic recedes
 * Quiet North Bay pocket suddenly booming with dazzling desserts
 * KTVU replaces Frank Somerville with new weeknight anchor
 * Firefighters battle 40-acre vegetation fire in Alameda County
 * DeSantis’ feud with Newsom ramps up amid S.F. ‘dumpster fire’ insult
 * Court: Law limiting president’s power to fire admin is unconstitutional
 * Live updates | Ukrainian troops: Casualties at steel plant


Bay Area
San Francisco is one of the ‘rattiest cities in America.’ Will rat birth control
help?
San Francisco has a rat problem, which is why the city is using rodent birth
control as a more humane way to reduce the number of rats in the city.

 * Feral cats ‘having a field day’ at Oakland Coliseum

Warriors
How Gary Payton II helped lift Warriors to series-clinching win over Nuggets
Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II hit several big shots late to help
lift the team to a 102-98 win over the Nuggets in Game 5 of the first round
Wednesday night at Chase Center.

 * Warriors crank up defense against Nuggets when it matters

 * Ostler: Warriors are a playoff experiment, hunting for winning combinations

 * Warriors eliminate Nuggets with 102-98 win, advance to Western semis

 * Warriors’ Andre Iguodala out at least a week. Here’s what it means

San Francisco 6:06 AM
Up to a $30,000 raise in works for S.F. child care and preschool workers
Money raised through a San Francisco commercial rent tax will finally be
released for spending, allowing city officials to boost early educator pay while
expanding subsidized care for eligible families.
Real Estate
The Bay Area leads U.S. in $1 million home sales, and no other region is even
close
Statewide, California has four of the top five large metro areas with the most
$1 million home sales.

 * Bay Area homes are increasingly bought as trusts. Here's why it matters

COVID
Why aren’t more Californians getting second COVID booster shots? It’s
complicated
In the four weeks since U.S. health regulators began allowing some Americans to
get a second COVID-19 booster, relatively few have done so — a stark contrast to
the furious scramble to get first shots last year.

 * As COVID cases ‘swell’ in Bay Area, this time it’s on you to weigh risks

Opinion
Editorial: S.F.’s homelessness department has skirted oversight for long enough
A Chronicle investigation found squalid conditions inside the city’s permanent
supportive housing stock. It’s clear there needs to be accountability.
Data Spotlight
 * S.F. is very similar to this state on the East Coast. Here's why
 * Is S.F. Police Department actually understaffed? What data shows
 * Where median household incomes increased most during last decade
 * S.F. crime rates shifted in pandemic. Here's what’s happening now


Interactive Map
Tracking COVID-19 cases across California
Track the spread of coronavirus cases in the Bay Area and California.
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Chronicle Investigation
Chronicle Investigation
S.F. has spent millions to shelter the homeless in hotels. These are the
disastrous results

The hotels are a cornerstone of the city’s permanent supportive housing program,
but with little oversight or support, they've descended into chaos, crime and
death  — and the homelessness crisis has worsened.

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 * Can S.F. Chinatown’s Grant Avenue transform into a ‘must-see’?
   Grant Avenue in S.F.’s historic Chinatown is struggling. A group of community
   nonprofits aims to help revitalize the street by turning a vacant store into
   a free art exhibition and visitors center.
   

Outdoors
 * S.F. resident dies from fall at Palisades Tahoe while skiing
 * Caution urged on Mount Whitney after hiker’s body recovered
 * A 90-mile-long adventure is waiting for you in the Eastern Sierra
 * ‘Stunning’ new deep-sea species found in Monterey Bay

Real Estate
 * What does a $1.5 million home look like across California?
 * Study: Men can afford four times as many homes in S.F. as women
 * Bay Area neighborhoods with the highest ‘compete scores’
 * 10 markets on the cusp of a S.F.-style affordability crisis

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     tape got in the way
 3.  As COVID cases ‘swell’ in the Bay Area, this time it’s on you to weigh the
     risks
 4.  Why the abrupt closure of a Bay Area vet clinic was seen as
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 5.  KTVU replaces Frank Somerville with new weeknight anchor
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 8.  UC Berkeley student facing felony charges for threatening to shoot staff,
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 9.  Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive will stay permanently car-free after S.F.
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 10. How Steph Curry-Steve Kerr bond guides Warriors, from rare blowup to raw
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Warriors
 * Warriors crank up defense against Nuggets when it matters
   The Golden State Warriors cranked up their defense in the fourth quarter, a
   crucial late-game development to earn their 102-98 victory over the Nuggets
   and a spot in the Western Conference semifinals.
   By Ron Kroichick
   
 * How Gary Payton II helped lift Warriors to series-clinching win
   By Connor Letourneau
   
   How Curry-Kerr bond guides Warriors, from rare blowup to raw critiques
   By Ron Kroichick
   
   Andre Iguodala (neck) out at least a week. Here’s what it means
   By Connor Letourneau
   
   What should Warriors’ lineup be called? Poll reveals strong Splash vibes
   By Jon Schultz
   

Sports
   
 * A’s bullpen nails down 1-0 win over Giants
   Paul Blackburn and five Oakland Athletics relievers combined for a three-hit
   shutout in a 1-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday night.
   
   
 * 49ers have proven that star power can be found in any round
   
   
 * Giants HR leader Joc Pederson exits 1-0 loss to A’s with groin tightness
   Stumbling onto greatness: How the 49ers drafted Terrell Owens
   A’s Kaval explains tweets: ‘Important we’re in these conversations’
   

Sports Editors' picks
 * Ostler: Draymond Green wants media fame and TNT's betting on him
 * Jenkins: Krukow on MLB's ‘unwritten rules,’ his COVID recovery
 * Oakland Athletics Coliseum: A history of the MLB stadium
 * Warriors playoff predictions: How far can they go? Who surprises?

Sports Columnists
   
 * Ann Killion Sports Columnist
   Warriors’ Steph Curry inspired my new Wordle-like craze:...
   
   Stephen Curry inspires Golden State Warriors fans and teammates, but taking a
   cue from Wordle, there’s no end of ways to describe his greatness on...
   
   
 * Scott Ostler Sports Columnist
   Warriors are NBA’s great playoff experiment, hunting for...
   
   The Golden State Warriors find themselves in the almost unique position of
   experimenting with their rotation as they sort through which lineup...
   
   
 * Bruce Jenkins Sports Columnist
   Warriors spared wave of injuries hitting star players in NBA...
   
   If the basketball gods exist, presiding over the karmic order of things,
   they’ve been hovering over the Warriors lately. Injuries are threatening...
   

Visual Essay
Klay Thompson: Reliving All-Star's biggest moments
As Klay Thompson returns to the Warriors' lineup after a two-year absence, we
look back at some of his greatest games.

Food Guides
Food Guides
Top 25 Restaurants: Where to eat in the Bay Area, Spring 2022

Find Somali classics, nourishing Cantonese soups and other fantastic food, with
filters for indoor dining, outdoor dining, delivery and takeout.

Food & Wine
 * Matt Horn serves exceptional fried chicken sandwiches. What about the rest?
   The famed Horn Barbecue chef’s sophomore restaurant Kowbird in Oakland hasn’t
   fully come together yet.
   By Cesar Hernandez
   
 * Sonoma grape farmers build expensive pipelines to city’s recycled sewage
   By Esther Mobley
   
   Bansang, latest from S.F. Korean restaurant group Daeho, opens this week
   By Gwendolyn Wu
   
   Noodles will unite S.F.’s Chinatown and North Beach for one-day festival
   By Momo Chang
   
   As it turns out, some of S.F.'s best French fries are made like kimchi
   By Soleil Ho
   

Top Restaurants
 * Top Italian Restaurants in the Bay Area
 * Top steak restaurants in the Bay Area
 * Top burritos in the Bay Area
 * Top fried chicken in the Bay Area

Food & Wine Critics
   
 * Soleil Ho Restaurant Critic
   Why the most unforgettable dish at this Japanese restaurant is...
   
   Yuzu, a tiny izakaya in San Mateo, serves a low-key spectacle of a rice bowl
   known as ishiyaki.
   
   
 * Esther Mobley Senior Wine Critic
   Yes, Napa's expensive. But you can still visit on a budget
   
   Visiting Napa Valley is expensive! So the Wall Street Journal reports,
   stating the obvious.
   

Bay Area & California
 * In Petaluma, the ‘extravagant life’ is over as climate activism grows
   Solar panels, gray water systems and biking around town are all trending in
   Petaluma neighborhoods that are urgently taking action to preserve the
   climate.
   By Julie Johnson
   
 * Appeals court says Caltrans can clear Berkeley homeless encampments
   By Bob Egelko
   
   Second autopsy finds Mario Gonzalez died of ‘restraint asphyxiation’
   By Andres Picon
   
   Oakland police move closer to ending 20 years of federal oversight
   By Sarah Ravani
   
   Study: Women in homes with handguns are at 50% higher risk for suicide
   By Danielle Echeverria
   

Coronavirus News
   
 * California’s new bilingual chatbot combats COVID misinformation
   The California Department of Public Health has launched a Spanish- and
   English-language chatbot to prevent misinformation and disinformation about
   COVID-19, specifically within Latino and...
   
   
 * California does not have to require prison workers to get COVID vaccines
   
   
 * Are there still places where proof of vaccination is required in Bay Area?
   California streamlines workplace pandemic rules — including masking
   California’s COVID cases rise for the fourth week
   

Newsroom Voices
   
 * Heather Knight Columnist
   A baker needed a kitchen. A bar was willing to provide it. How...
   
   A cake baker needed a kitchen. A bar had an empty one. But when San
   Francisco’s notoriously bureaucratic city government told Sophie Smith the...
   
   
 * Justin Phillips Columnist
   The online caricature of Chesa Boudin doesn’t fit reality
   
   At a Bayview vigil for an unarmed Black man killed by police, San Francisco
   District Attorney Chesa Boudin listened earnestly to supporters and one...
   
   
 * Carl Nolte Columnist
   San Francisco: ‘Every block is a short story, every hill a novel’
   
   San Francisco is a great walker’s town. Not only is the city famously scenic,
   but it has dozens of distinct neighborhoods and odd corners: hills,...
   


Tech
Tech
Here’s what Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter could mean for San
Francisco

The deal could have major ramifications at the San Francisco headquarters, with
the tech mogul previously expressing skepticism around remote work.

By Roland Li

Business & Tech
 * PayPal to close S.F. office after flexible work policy
   The San Jose-headquartered company is closing its San Francisco office at 425
   Market St.
   By Roland Li
   
 * Here’s what Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter could mean for S.F.
   By Roland Li
   
   Hearst Foundations announce quarterly awards totaling more than $2 million
   By Sam Whiting
   
   Zoom must take steps to prevent ‘Zoombombing’ under new $85M settlement
   By Bob Egelko
   
   Obama sends message to tech companies on misinformation reform
   By Chase DiFeliciantonio
   

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Politics
 * Newsom to decide on next steps for single-payer health care in California
   A state commission finalized a report that found health care costs will
   skyrocket by 30% in nine years under the current system and advocates
   creating a new system to provide health care to all...
   By Sophia Bollag, Sophia Bollag
   
 * California Republicans have little power, but confidence at convention
   By Joe Garofoli
   
   David Campos won’t challenge Matt Haney for Assembly seat in June
   By Joe Garofoli
   
   Republicans stand behind McCarthy following recordings of him bucking Trump
   By Tal Kopan and Joe Garofoli
   
   VP Kamala Harris decries U.S. maternal health care crisis in S.F. visit
   By Catherine Ho
   

Opinions
 * Editorial: San Francisco’s homelessness department has skirted oversight...
   A Chronicle investigation found squalid conditions inside the city’s
   permanent supportive housing stock. It’s clear there needs to be
   accountability.
   By Chronicle Editorial Board
   
 * Letters: I won’t ride BART unless a mask mandate is reinstituted
   
   Letters: Help me understand why using cotton to teach about slavery is bad
   
   We’ve heard Biden’s promises on student debt before. Let’s see the...
   By Manuel Galindo
   
   How Elon Musk’s perverse sense of philanthropy explains his Twitter...
   By Howard V. Hendrix
   

Politics
California Bills 2022: Track Sacramento’s most important legislation
A guide to the most consequential and interesting bills on the agenda this year
in Sacramento.
Political Columnist
   
 * Joe Garofoli Senior Political Writer
   Supervisor Matt Haney wins special election for Assembly...
   
   Two Democrats raced to the finish in a hard-fought campaign to replace David
   Chiu in the Assembly.
   

Audio Tours with Chronicle Journalists
Audio walking tours that highlight the hidden corners and little-known histories
of San Francisco. Each tour is written and narrated by Chronicle journalists and
guided by your phone.

Education
Education
S.F. teacher used a cotton plant to teach about slavery. The fallout has divided
parents

Backlash comes amid a national conservative push to remove lessons about racism
from school curricula.

By Jill Tucker

Podcasts
 * Listen: Bay area cases up even as pandemic recedes
   Fifth & Mission podcast: People all over the Bay Area are getting COVID again
   at increasing rates, but as Dr. Anthony Fauci says that America is "out of
   the pandemic phase," far fewer people...
   By fifth & mission
   
 * Listen: 'Nurses need to be supported'
   By fifth & mission
   
   Listen: Inside San Francisco SROs
   By fifth & mission
   
   A teacher, a cotton prop, and a lesson on slavery
   By Fifth & Mission
   
   Burned out? Here's how to practice self-care in the kitchen
   By Extra Spicy Podcast
   

Listen to Our Top Shows
 * Fifth & Mission: Listen to The Chronicle's flagship news podcast
 * Extra Spicy: Listen to Soleil Ho's food and culture podcast
 * Total SF: A celebration of San Francisco culture
 * New to podcasts? Here's how to listen

Featured Podcast Episode
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Fifth & Mission Podcast: Chronicle reporters Matthias Gafni and Cynthia Dizikes
discuss their reporting on the care provided to Ailee Jong, and whether the
hospital’s decision to undertake the...
Watch
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   Losing the "best baby"
   Doctors and hospital leaders at John Muir Medical Center had assured a couple
   they could perform a specialized surgery on their 2-year-old daughter. She
   died on the operating table. The hospital was previously warned that it
   couldn’t handle her case.

Datebook
 * Andrew Garfield, ‘Milk’ writer challenge Mormon beliefs with new show
   Dustin Lance Black admits he’s bracing himself for the Latter-day Saints'
   reaction to "Under the Banner of Heaven," his new FX series.
   By Jessica Zack
   
 * These Bay Area domestic workers are making theater
   By Lily Janiak
   
   Mickey Hart teams up with old friends for first Planet Drum show in 15...
   By Andrew Gilbert
   
   Dangerous same-sex love in Cold War-era Soviet army tale 'Firebird'
   By Pam Grady
   
   Toro y Moi opens up, embraces Filipino heritage
   By Aidin Vaziri
   

What to watch
   
 * ‘I Love That for You’ makes us want to know Vanessa Bayer better
   The Showtime comedy provides a showcase for the likable “Saturday Night Live”
   veteran, but her character keeps us at an emotional distance.
   
   
 * How accurate is 'The Offer' is about 'The Godfather?' Don't ask its writer
   
   
 * 'Memory' is about a hit man with Alzheimer's — played by Liam Neeson
   Elisabeth Moss can't save Apple TV+'s 'Shining Girls'
   Gong Li is back in action in disappointing spy thriller 'Saturday Fiction'
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Datebook Columnists
   
 * The long road to publishing a novel brings relief, life lessons
   How I survived stress that made me ill and saw my first novel finally get
   published.
   

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How to support Ukraine at Bay Area arts and entertainment events
The Chronicle's guide to Bay Area arts and entertainment offerings that support
efforts to help those caught in the crossfires of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Chronicle Vault
Chronicle Vault
Remembering Marine World, the offbeat animal park where an elephant water skied

Opened in 1968 in Silicon Valley, the odd and beloved animal park was known for
dolphin shows, a water-skiing elephant and strange news stories that sounded
like fiction.

Chronicle Vault
 * Like Ukrainian cities shattered by war today, S.F. was reduced to rubble...
   The blow that landed on the city 116 years ago was inflicted by nature, not
   man, but the results were equally destructive.
   By Gary Kamiya
   
 * Golden Gate Bridge was built with tons, and nerves, of steel
   By Gary Kamiya
   
   When science fiction became reality at the bottom of the bay: Incredible...
   By Peter Hartlaub
   
   Read The Chronicle’s 1972 ‘The Godfather’ review: ‘Best gangster movie...
   By Peter Hartlaub
   
   When exactly was the Golden Age of San Francisco? We did the math …
   By Peter Hartlaub
   

Obituaries
   
 * Peter Keane, rabble-rousing S.F. attorney and champion of good...
   The masterful and widely admired attorney, who carried a copy of the
   Constitution with him wherever he went, was known for his integrity and
   compassion.
   
   
 * Gail Needleman, renowned Bay Area expert in American folk music, dies at 73
   
   
 * Joel Bartlett, Bay Area meteorologist known for madcap weather stunts...
   Julia Marshall, influential San Francisco State art educator, dies at 74
   Jean Shelton, influential Bay Area method acting coach who taught Danny...
   

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