Breaking: Another upside-down flag hung from a high granite peak in California: sfchronicle.com/outdoors/artic…

Snow is melting fast in the mountains Yosemite recorded 85% of average snowpack at this year’s April peak. Plenty good for rivers and waterfalls

In 1962, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered the closure of Alcatraz sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… Peter Hartlaub

Pacifica can keep its controversial seawalls to battle the rising ocean, California agency says — but for a limited time only By Tara Duggan sfchronicle.com/california/art…

The California Board of Equalization plans to hold a hearing May 28 to explore potential legislation in response to the algorithm-driven underinsurance unearthed by the Chronicle’s reporting. trib.al/wv95gn4

UPDATE: State Farm will move ahead with raising rates for homeowners by an average of 17% starting next month after securing the approval of a judge and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. trib.al/RIntgHJ

Here's an incredible opportunity: The San Francisco Chronicle is looking for our next Food & Wine editor. Is it you? eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

I devoured every word of this article like an expensive prix fixe meal

Breaking: State Farm just got approved for a 17% home insurance rate hike in California. Now they want another 11% -- and more for condos. Scoop from Megan Fan Munce: sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Breaking San Francisco Chronicle: in a new filing, State Farm says it is still pursuing its original 30% homeowners rate hike request from last summer — a cumulative 11% hike on top of the 17% interim rates that were approved last week, and more for condos/renters: sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Federal prison officials visited Alcatraz last week and plan to return sfchronicle.com/sf/article/alc…

News: WashPost offers enhanced buyouts to all full time newsroom employees with 10+ yrs at paper They're also offered to ALL opinion section employees as it refocuses on "personal liberties and free markets." WaPo says this will aid transformation for growth, not yield cuts

New: Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument near Santa Cruz will open Aug. 15. (President Obama designated it a monument in 2017, but it's taken some time to prepare) sfchronicle.com/california/art…

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Breaking: The CEO of the San Francisco Zoo has resigned after months of controversy sfchronicle.com/sf/article/zoo…

This map of data from efru.la shows where testing found beryllium, a carcinogenic metal. But 2/3 of the homes tested didn't even check for beryllium, which has never before been found in homes after a fire. More from me and Susie Neilson: sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

EXCLUSIVE: Man linked to massive Esparto fireworks explosion was not allowed to possess or acquire fireworks by feds. Nearest approved storage container for Devastating Pyro was third of a mile away from explosions, raising ?s about why product was there sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Yes, a benefit concert is in the works. More details coming soon. Grateful to everyone helping spread the word. Let’s keep showing up for Kerrville and the Hill Country. americansongwriter.com/robert-earl-ke…

"At a moment when California high-speed rail faces possible abandonment, the new CEO sees a tantalizing lifeline: $1 billion annually from the state, supplemented by an infusion of private capital. It’s a hopeful, perhaps heady proposition" By Rachel Swan sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Trump wants to prioritize denaturalization. Here's what Californians should know sfchronicle.com/california/art…