Bay Briefing: We must end this uncivil war
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President Biden fist bumps newly sworn-in Vice President Kamala Harris after she took the oath of office on the west front of the U.S. Capitol.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Jan. 21, and San Francisco has an eye-popping vaccine goal especially given the current rate of vaccination. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
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Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed,” two weeks after a failed insurrection at the Capitol. In his inaugural speech, the president called for an end to “this uncivil war” before pausing for a moment of silence for the more than 400,000 people who have died in the U.S. from COVID-19.
Bay Briefing: A very different Inauguration Day
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People talk outside the U.S. Capitol ahead of the Presidential Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 in Washington, D.C.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Jan. 20, and as a new president is set to take office, a dangerous pandemic is still raging through America. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Morning, America
As he becomes president this morning, Joe Biden is promising a return to normalcy. But what is “normal” anymore? And will Americans recognize it after four years of chaos under Trump?
Bay Briefing: Kamala is a tipping point
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Sen. Kamala Harris (right), with Rep. Barbara Lee, will be sworn in as vice president on Wednesday.Pool / Getty Images
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Tuesday, Jan. 19. No need to double check your calendar: There is a red flag warning in parts of California in winter. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
‘It’s not preordained which way we’ll go’
Two weeks after images of a violent mob including white supremacists storming into the Capitol were seared into Americans’ minds, Capitol Hill will feature a very different image: the swearing-in of Kamala Harris, first Black woman and woman of color to become vice president.
Bay Briefing: Trumpism s future after Trump? Watch this California representative
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and President Trump attend a legislation signing rally with local farmers in Bakersfield last year.David McNew / Getty Images 2020
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, Jan. 8, and it’s not clear that vaccinations will help open schools this spring. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Tapping into ‘the GOP’s zeitgeist’
Donald Trump will be out of the White House in less than two weeks, but Trumpism isn’t going anywhere. The question is, how powerful a grip on the Republican Party will it hold after this week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol?
Life after disaster: Chronicle’s oldest negatives show a return to normality in 1906 [San Francisco Chronicle]
Jan. 5 In The Chronicle’s archive we have four boxes of glass negatives that neither I nor anyone else at the paper knows much about. We don’t know who took the photos, perhaps an early staff member, but do know they are very old. Early in 2020, I figured it was time to find out what the images in this unique collection contained.
Each box has about a dozen 4- by 5-inch glass negatives in pretty good shape, with only two or three broken. They have fared better than our Golden Gate Bridge construction and opening day negatives, which have warped or cracked over the years.