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The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper ...
Died. February 1, 1997. (1997-02-01) (aged 80) San Francisco, California, U.S. Occupation. Columnist. Herbert Eugene Caen ( / keɪn /; April 3, 1916 – February 1, 1997) was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A ...
John Ta Chuan Fang. . . ( m. 1960; died 1992) . Children. 3 sons. Florence Fang ( Chinese: 方李邦琴; born 1933/1934) is a Chinese-American businesswoman, publisher, and philanthropist active in the San Francisco area. She is the former owner of the San Francisco Examiner and other media titles and has been a fund-raiser for the Republican ...
Philip Frederick Anschutz ( / ˈænʃuːts / AN-shoots; born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and music. In 2004, he purchased the parent company of the Journal Newspapers ...
Tales of the City is a series of ten novels written by American author Armistead Maupin from 1978 to 2024, depicting the life of a group of friends in San Francisco, many of whom are LGBT. The stories from Tales were originally serialized prior to their novelization, with the first four titles appearing as regular installments in the San ...
Gwen Knapp. Mary Gwen Knapp (November 18, 1961 – January 20, 2023) was an American sports journalist. During her career as sportswriter, she wrote for newspapers including The Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Times. [1] She also wrote for the Sports on Earth website. [2]
Peter Seidler loved to dream out loud about a World Series parade for his San Diego Padres and their long-suffering fans. The owner and chairman of the club, Seidler dismissed the notion that San ...
The Zodiac Killer [n 2] is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. [n 1] The Zodiac murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969, operating in rural, urban and suburban settings. He targeted three young couples and a lone male cab ...