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A huge, upside-down U.S. flag now hangs from a prominent peak at Donner Summit near Truckee.
New ‘distress flag’ hung atop a prominent peak in Tahoe National Forest
Someone has strung a huge upside-down U.S. flag from a prominent granite peak outside the California town of Truckee.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A huge, upside-down U.S. flag now hangs from a prominent peak at Donner Summit near Truckee.
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The Presidio Trust, a federal agency charged with running and protecting the historic San Francisco park, should be “eliminated” because it is “unnecessary,” according to an executive order issued by the White House on Wednesday night.
Presidio Trust targeted for elimination in latest Trump executive order
The order calls for cutting all federal funding to the Presidio Trust that is not legally necessary.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Presidio Trust, a federal agency charged with running and protecting the historic San Francisco park, should be “eliminated” because it is “unnecessary,” according to an executive order issued by the White House on Wednesday night.
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The Trump administration said Friday it would continue to block Associated Press journalists from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the wire service was using the name Gulf of Mexico.
White House Will Continue to Bar Associated Press in Gulf of Mexico Fight
Associated Press journalists have been blocked from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the organization has declined to use the term ‘Gulf of America.’
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Trump administration said Friday it would continue to block Associated Press journalists from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the wire service was using the name Gulf of Mexico.
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Nancy Pelosi is a lot of things: A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A Speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass.
So when photos from 1972 were discovered in the Chronicle archive, we were both struck by the name on the front:
“Mrs. Paul Pelosi + Family”
So when photos from 1972 were discovered in the Chronicle archive, we were both struck by the name on the front:
“Mrs. Paul Pelosi + Family”
The cringey history of the Chronicle’s first Nancy Pelosi photos
We found the Chronicle’s first photos of Nancy Pelosi. They led us on an archive journey filled with surprises and a cringey twist.
sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Nancy Pelosi is a lot of things: A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A Speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass.
So when photos from 1972 were discovered in the Chronicle archive, we were both struck by the name on the front:
“Mrs. Paul Pelosi + Family”
So when photos from 1972 were discovered in the Chronicle archive, we were both struck by the name on the front:
“Mrs. Paul Pelosi + Family”
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After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is reclaiming their ancestral lands — and their traditional wildfire management practices. nextcity.org/features/whe...
Where Fire Back Means Land Back
After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is reclaiming their ancestral lands — and their traditional wildfire management practices.
nextcity.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is reclaiming their ancestral lands — and their traditional wildfire management practices. nextcity.org/features/whe...
