Happy 100th birthday to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater! Local legend/ longtime owner Allen Michaan sat down to talk about the theater’s history, future and what makes it such a special Bay Area establishment. I had a lovely time filming this piece for @sfchronicle.com 🎬 youtu.be/K3EddM_IT-g?...
“In many ways it’s a time capsule. And it will be here for another 100 years.”
For the Grand Lake’s 100th birthday 🎂🍿 I wrote about a romance between a man and architecture — and how it rescued the best theater in the Bay Area.
Gift link for The Town 🌳🎁
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Don’t miss this Grand Lake video from @jachristian.bsky.social!!
Truly captures the unique beauty and proud Oakland roots of my favorite cinema.
“We have always been a union house here, and remain (with union projectionists) to this day.”
✊🏼🍿❤️
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Happy 100th birthday to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater! Local legend/ longtime owner Allen Michaan sat down to talk about the theater’s history, future and what makes it such a special Bay Area establishment. I had a lovely time filming this piece for @sfchronicle.com 🎬 youtu.be/K3EddM_IT-g?...
A Red Tail hawk perches on top of a leafless tree with a view of the San Bruno Mountains and San Francisco Bay in the background.
There's a pair of Red Tail hawks living in the tree next door and I get to say hi to them from my deck every morning with coffee.
The White Elephant Sale is my Olympics. I went three times this year! @nuala.bsky.social captured the vibes perfectly 🐘 @coyotemedia.org www.coyotemedia.org/weird-oaklan...
it was very pretty!
A rainbow crosses a view of the Golden Gate Bridge looking north from San Francisco as a storm moves over the region.
A woman wearing a long coat carries an umbrella while walking down the street as seen from inside of a restaurant looking out.
A vertical, long lens image looking east on California Street in San Francisco as cars drive up and down and power lines cross through the frame.
A view looking up at skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco with rain drops covering the windshield the photo was taken through.
An hour of weather coverage in San Francisco 🌈 @sfchronicle.com bit.ly/4aJCHEd
I forgot how to deal with ice on my car..
A Marin County city beloved for its historic waterfront drafted a sea level rise plan that showed key landmarks being underwater in the coming decades. Controversy ensued.
Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle
San Francisco union leaders and SFUSD officials inched their way closer to an agreement Tuesday as teachers entered their second day of a strike with school sites still closed.
Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle
Also, what is either an old KFC ad or an old bourbon at (but I can’t find any info on it so help is appreciated) and this little graf of “good news”
Some things that caught my eye: An ad for Joaquin Garay’s Copacabana, a list of Bay Area theaters, a list of restaurants re-opening following the start of the war and an ad for the redwoods in Humboldt County.
I inherited a mid-century modern nightstand and this 1941 copy of The San Francisco News was shoved in the back of a drawer in perfect condition. Such a time capsule.
A man stands on the deck of a home looking out on a view of East Oakland.
A sliver of afternoon sunlight cuts through a tall window illuminating the floor of an empty room.
Bought a hills house with a view and some very fun new light ✨
I’ve heard Storygraph!
Some Bay Area bird populations have seen a steep decline over the past 20 years, especially shorebirds. Photos from the South Bay flats for @sfchronicle.com bit.ly/3YhXoRP
The Mill Valley-Sausalito Bike Path was the first to be overtaken by King Tide flooding this morning @sfchronicle.com
The parking lot of Sausalito’s The Spinnaker restaurant disappeared beneath King Tide floodwaters @sfchronicle.com
Locals found a creative way to navigate through the King Tide today in Sausalito @sfchronicle.com
Days before it was slated to close, Oasis gets a Christmas gift that will allow them to reopen in 2026.
D'Arcy Drollinger gave me the exclusive!
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Had the privilege of following @sfballet.bsky.social soloist Nathaniel Remez while he prepared for a night as Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. Check out the video on YouTube and Q&A by Zara Irshad on @sfchronicle.com 🩰 bit.ly/sfnutcracker
I’ll be up bright and early on the lookout for storm damage for @sfchronicle.com’s live weather blog. If you see something in your neighborhood, let me know!
The Berkeley Bowl holiday rules are simple: only send your single best shopper, this isn’t the time to bring your out-of-town friends to admire the mushroom selection. Seasons pros only!!
A great egret spreads its wings and flies from its grassy perch above the waters of Lake Temescal. Fog creeps over the Oakland Hills in the background.
From a foggy Lake Temescal walk this morning.
Sunning sunrises and sunsets AND the supermoon. Skies will be gorgeous across Northern California the next couple of days. Get outside! #CAwx
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"Shadows are fallin' and I'm runnin' out of breath
Keep me in your heart for a while
If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less
Keep me in your heart for a while."
( 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social )
My 17-year-old son just showed me a text thread with his friends, legit sad & consoling each other over the Claude news.
San Francisco loves its animals and its icons. Not even kidding he should lie in state at City Hall.
📸: @jachristian.bsky.social
Can I throw my Bay Area sunset photos in the ring..
In between my daily assignments, I managed to get out and about in the vineyards. For more of these, click the link below :
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One of the longest vineyard fall color breaks I can remember in Sonoma and Napa County. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism
