NEW The bones of 25 people were left in a pit in Fort Mason in the 1870s, not one full skeleton among them. Researchers are finally able to tell their (likely) story sfchronicle.com/sf/article/civ…

New - the National Park Service announced final plans to take down the fence keeping hundreds of elk at the northern tip of Point Reyes National Seashore. sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

Where are California’s tsunami hazard zones? Look up your address on this map By Tara Duggan and Harsha Devulapalli sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Wisdom, the 74-year-old albatross, lays egg. via The Associated Press apnews.com/article/oldest…

Update to this story - last night, the S.F. Board of Supervisors approved a “comprehensive performance and management audit” of the city-owned San Francisco Zoo for the first time in 25 years. sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

The San Francisco Zoo slams an animal welfare report made by a city commission, saying it had caused attendance and donations to drop. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/zoo…

Crab coming Jan. 5 sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

My first written piece for The Atlantic, on friendship and routine and making time for the best things in life

NEW: We trace the origin story of the 'Zizians' back to a 94-foot tugboat called Caleb, which sunk in a harbor near Half Moon Bay. The WWII-era vessel is still there today, partially submerged near the Mavericks surf spot. w/ Megan Cassidy Matthias Gafni sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

KQED News California Report Please don’t forget their suffering continues. #Altadena and the #PacificPalisades need all the help you can give. 🙏🏼💔

RIP Oscar Jonesy, a 43-year-old silverback gorilla at the San Francisco Zoo beloved by visitors and staff. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/osc…

For a third day, an AP reporter was blocked from a White House event, this time a press conference between Trump and Modi, the AP's exec editor Julie Pace said in a statement this evening

Here's what we learned about the potential impact from Trump's executive order that aims to eliminate the Presidio Trust, the federal agency that runs Presidio National Park, "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” With Nora Mishanec sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pre…

So sorry to hear about the death of Curtis Kimball, a pioneer in SF's street food scene. Here's a story I wrote about him and the popularity of his creme brulee cart back in 2009. sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…

Deeply honored to be a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize alongside Jennifer Gollan <3 This year the San Francisco Chronicle produced not 1, but two of the six finalists. Proud our investment in investigative journalism is getting recognized. SPEAKING OF WHICH.... goldsmithawards.org/announcing-the…

Part 2 of my colleagues' gripping series on California's for-profit psychiatric hospital system is out. Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino have spent years investigating this system - their reporting is a must-read. (Gift link) sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

New: Summer camping trips in California latest to take a hit. sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Tomorrow morning, Susie Neilson and I will be on KQED Forum to talk about our investigation into the role insurers and algorithms play in widespread underinsurance among wildfire survivors. Come ask us questions and let us know your story! kqed.org/forum/20101019…

BREAKING President Trump says he is pausing tariffs for 90 days. The exception being China, he says he is increasing tariffs on China to 125%.

Animal welfare advocates are pushing for San Francisco to ban an inexpensive but inhumane, they say, mousetrap that also harms wildlife. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/glu…