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Easter services return to Bay Area by reservation - worshipers 'thrilled to be back'

Easter services return to Bay Area by reservation - worshipers 'thrilled to be back'
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone sprinkles holy water at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Photos by Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Keith Bergquist prays during an in-church Easter Mass celebration at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A pew is marked for social distancing at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Socially-distanced choir members stand to sing during an in-church Easter Mass celebration at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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Stephen Bechtel Jr., former CEO of family construction firm and San Francisco philanthropist, dies at 95

Stephen Bechtel Jr., former CEO of family construction firm and San Francisco philanthropist, dies at 95
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Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. 1960, Steven D. Bechtel, jr., becomes president of Bechtel Corporation.courtesy BechtelShow MoreShow Less
3of4Bechtel Group Inc. construction co. chmn. Steve Bechtel Jr.Matthew Naythons / The LIFE Images Collection via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
4of4President Nixon called leaders of the construction industry to the White House and asked them to report to him in 30 days on ways of halting the wage price spiral in the building industry. Left to right: Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson; Nixon; Peter T. Shoemann, president of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry; Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., president of Bechtel Corporation; and John A. Stastny, vice president of Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, representing National Constructors Association. Bechtel died Monday, March 15,2021 at his home in San Francisco. He was 95.Bettmann / Bettmann ArchiveShow MoreShow Less

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On SFMOMA's free reopening, dressed-up museumgoers revel at being back with art

On SFMOMA's free reopening, dressed-up museumgoers revel at being back with art
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Paulnia Szyzdek watches a video at SFMOMA on its reopening day after nearly a year of being shuttered due to the pandemic.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Guests wearing masks enter SFMOMA as it reopens to the public following its pandemic closures.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Guests mount the grand staircase at SFMOMA in San Francisco as it reopens to the public after nearly a year of closure due to the pandemic restrictions.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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Mike Brown, Chronicle copy boy turned communications ace, dies at 73

Mike Brown, Chronicle copy boy turned communications ace, dies at 73
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Mike Brown with wife Kathy in Ashland, Ore., in June 2019 on their 50th wedding anniversary.Courtesy Kathy Brown 2019Show MoreShow Less
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Mike Brown, former Chronicle copy boy and longtime spokesperson for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Courtesy Kathy BrownShow MoreShow Less
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Mike Brown, former Chronicle copy boy and longtime spokesperson for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Courtesy Kathy BrownShow MoreShow Less
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Mike Brown (center) with wife Kathy, daughter Molly and rocker Neil Young while recording sound from locomotives at the Southern Pacific train yard.Courtesy Kathy BrownShow MoreShow Less

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Four more years for SkyStar wheel in Golden Gate Park

Four more years for SkyStar wheel in Golden Gate Park
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The 150-foot high SkyStar Ferris wheel looks over the eastern end of the Music Concourse at Golden Gate Park.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020
The SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park will start spinning again at noon Thursday and keep spinning for four more years under a controversial extension finalized by the Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday afternoon.
The commission voted 7-0 to go along with an earlier unanimous vote by the Recreation and Park Commission to extend the 150-foot-tall attraction in the Music Concourse beyond its original expiration date at the end of March.

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Oakland parents at 'Schools Not Screens' rally press to get classrooms reopened

Oakland parents at 'Schools Not Screens' rally press to get classrooms reopened
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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, a graduate of Skyline High School, is flanked by kids from the Oakland Unified School District at a rally for reopening schools.Sam Whiting / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Oakland parents Ken Perry and Koren Temple-Perry and their 6-year-old daughter, Sophia Perry, made signs for the rally to get Oakland schools reopened.Sam Whiting / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Kim Desai rallies with her homemade sign calling for Oakland to reopen schools.Sam Whiting / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Lea Fassluke, 4, says she hopes Oakland public schools will reopen in time for her to attend in person next fall.Sam Whiting / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights, dead at 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights, dead at 101
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Bookstore, which he co-founded, with Peter D. Martin, in 1953.John O’Hara / The Chronicle 2001Show MoreShow Less
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti at Caffe Trieste in North Beach in 2006.Deanne Fitzmaurice / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s copy of T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets,” his most treasured book, was given to him by the mother of his girlfriend in Greenwich Village in 1943.Courtesy Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2017Show MoreShow Less
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti with copies of “Howl and Other Poems” in 1957.Bob Campbell / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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S.F. parade follows 139-year-old Victorian's trek to new home

S.F. parade follows 139-year-old Victorian's trek to new home
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1of9The two-story Victorian Englander Home reaches its new destination as it was relocated from 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The house, known as the Englander House, which was built in 1882, was a historic home and the owner spent years preparing for the move.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of9Two neighbors takes photos from their balcony as the two-story Victorian home leans nearby while it was relocated from 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The house, known as the Englander House, which was built in 1882, was a historic home and the owner spent years preparing for the move.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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Holocaust survivor Berta Berkovich Kohut, who survived Auschwitz by sewing dresses for Nazi officers' wives, dies in San Rafael

Holocaust survivor Berta Berkovich Kohút dies in San Rafael at 99
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Berta Berkovich was the last among 40 young Jewish women who survived Auschwitz by sewing cocktail dresses, ball gowns and fancy fashions for the wives of Nazi officers.Tom Areton 2019Show MoreShow Less
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In the fall of 2019, a British historian tracked down 98-year-old Berta Berkovich Kohút at her home in San Rafael to record her World War II story.
The tale took three days to tell. Kohút was the last among 40 young Jewish women who survived Auschwitz by sewing cocktail dresses, ball gowns and fancy fashions for the wives of Nazi officers.

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Before his big break, Rush Limbaugh was turned down by this S.F. radio station

KGO-AM gave Limbaugh a tryout in 1985 when he was just finding his audience of...

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