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Bay Briefing: How COVID vaccine boosters will roll out in the Bay Area

Bay Briefing: How COVID vaccine boosters will roll out in the Bay Area
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Big guns that never fired in anger: the Bay Area's coast artillery

Big guns that never fired in anger: the Bay Area's coast artillery
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That exotic-looking building in Cow Hollow was the first Hindu temple in the West

That exotic-looking building in Cow Hollow was the first Hindu temple in the West
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Gold Rush impresario set stage for S.F. to become great theater town

Gold Rush impresario set stage for S.F. to become great theater town
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How S.F. neighborhood sprouted where horses once raced

How S.F. neighborhood sprouted where horses once raced
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How an intercultural couple in early S.F. gained acceptance

How an intercultural couple in early S.F. gained acceptance
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Unusual romance in early S.F. defied cultural taboos

Intercultural unions were common in early California, but they were almost exclusively...

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Tucked away in an S.F. cemetery, an intriguing tale of the early city

The tombstone of Ann F. Moses in the Mission Dolores cemetery hinted at a mystery. It...

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She was the biggest fan of San Francisco's firefighters and California's 'most original woman'


She was the biggest fan of San Francisco's firefighters and California's 'most original woman'
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Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a great fan of both San Francisco and its firefighters.San Francisco Public LibraryShow MoreShow Less
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Coit Tower was built in atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, to beautify the city and pay tribute to its firefighters.Lance Iversen/The Chronicle 2008Show MoreShow Less
The biggest fan of early San Francisco’s celebrated volunteer firefighters, and one of the great free spirits in the city’s history, was a transplanted Southern belle named Lillie Hitchcock Coit.

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They strutted, brawled and threw the best parties in Gold Rush S.F. They also put out fires


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They strutted, brawled and threw the best parties in Gold Rush S.F. They also put out fires
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The statue in San Francisco’s Washington Square honoring volunteer firefighters, on April 29, 2021.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The statue in San Francisco’s Washington Square honoring volunteer firefighters, on April 29, 2021.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Near the northwest corner of Washington Square in North Beach stands a raised bronze sculpture of three uniformed firefighters. One is holding a rescued woman in his arms; another is gesturing and holding a trumpet; the third crouches with a fire hose.

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