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For decades in the 20th century, a Union Square department store was synonymous with the...

Hanukkah begins Nov. 28 and continues until the evening of Dec. 6. Here's what you need to know about the holiday, and how to celebrate it in S.F. and beyond. 

In defense of Pier 39. May it rise after the pandemic kitschier than ever FacebookTwitterEmail Richard Nixon. The Zodiac Killer. The Embarcadero Freeway. The Oil Crisis. The Bee Gees. Nothing else from the 1970s got worse reviews in the pages of The San Francisco Chronicle than Pier 39. The waterfront tourist center, upon its arrival in 1978, the greatest existential crisis in the city’s history — larger than an earthquake and fire that destroyed half of San Francisco in 1906. (For all its horrors, no one compared the earthquake to prostitution.) “Tourism kills, believe me,” colum...

Joshua Kosman January 6, 2021Updated: January 7, 2021, 3:56 pm Helgi Tomasson has served as artistic director and principal choreographer for the San Francisco Ballet since 1985. Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle Helgi Tomasson will step down as artistic director and principal choreographer of the San Francisco Ballet by June 2022, the company announced Wednesday, Jan. 6. The move will put the seal on nearly four decades of artistic leadership that has helped propel the ballet company to the forefront of the dance world. Since being named to the position in 1985, Tomasson, 78, has...