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The gasometer on what was then named Army Street and today is Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco.(OpenSFHistory/wnp14.2249)
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Gas, electric… coal? Customers have long bemoaned their energy bills

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Sheet music for Belle Baker's hit "Eli, Eli" (Library of Congress/Irene Heskes Collection)
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In 1929, Vaudeville’s Jewish ‘red hot mama’ Belle Baker was a hit in San Francisco

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
a sketch of an atomic bomb teetering on the edge of a cliff — on top of the bomb, a suburban home sits peacefully
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How San Francisco native son Rube Goldberg drew his way to fame and fortune

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2024November 27, 2024
a black and white portrait of a bearded man in an 18th-century suit
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The forgotten — and very first — Jewish mayor of San Francisco. And no, it’s not Sutro or Feinstein.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 12, 2024November 13, 2024
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Where does Daniel Lurie’s fortune come from? Here’s the Levi Strauss heir’s family tree

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 11, 2024January 6, 2026
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From McKinley to Bush, this paper has always covered presidential races much the same way

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 1, 2024November 4, 2024
Our Oct. 14, 2016 cover story was about a pair of California etrog growers.
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What’s up with the etrog? How this inedible citrus entered Jewish life

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 21, 2024January 27, 2025
From our July 31, 1931 issue
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How we’ve judged other Jews’ global holiday observances over the years

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2024October 8, 2024
An Earl Raab column in our pages, Dec. 24, 1976
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50 years ago: A debate over whether Jews were ‘ethnic’ enough for ethnic studies

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
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Sardines and lungs for Rosh Hashanah? How our pages have reflected changing palates

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

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