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Bay Briefing: A San Francisco legend passes FacebookTwitterEmail Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, owner of City Lights bookstore, dead at 101.John OHara Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 24, and San Francisco has a history of not keeping its buildings in one place — and we’re not talking about earthquakes. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Soul of the S.F. scene Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, painter and pivotal figure to the Beats and about every ...

Boil-water notice lifted for Pasadena Yvette Orozco, STAFF WRITER FacebookTwitterEmail According to an official notification on its social media platforms, the city of Pasadena was advised by the Texas Commission on Environmental this morning that tap water for residents in Pasadena is safe to consume.File photo, Houston Chronicle / Chronicle file The city of Pasadena has lifted its boil-water advisory. According to an official notification on its social media platforms, the city was advised b...

City of Pasadena urges residents to boil water Yvette Orozco, STAFF WRITER FacebookTwitterEmail The city of Pasadena says residents should boil tap water used for consumption or making ice. The extreme temperatures caused the city of Houston’s Southeast Water Purification Plant, which provides water to Pasadena, to experience low water pressure. Required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to inform customers about precautions to take when consuming tap water, the city’...

Mick LaSalle February 1, 2021Updated: February 1, 2021, 9:40 am Stanley Tucci is not a movie critic for The Chronicle. Photo: Jim Cooper, Associated Press Dear Mr. Mick: How do you juggle two high-powered careers — as The Chronicle movie critic we love, and as Stanley Tucci, movie actor, cook and author? James Cline, Berkeley Dear Mr. James: In the late 1980s, I saw Stanley Tucci in a movie for the first time, and I got a very bad feeling. He was about my size and coloring, my et...

All 61 qualifying businesses to get aid through Pearland city program FacebookTwitterEmail Pearland City Manager Clay Pearson has lauded the city’s decision to add funds to a program to help qualifying businesses affected by the pandemic. “We will be able to fund all the eligible applications that have come to us; so this is just a win on top of a win to be able to provide this type of assistance,” he says.Chronicle file The city of Pearland has boosted funding for a pandemic-related aid ...