Emilio Garcia-Ruiz

Pats 5, Hitmen 4

A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that...

10 Big Ideas project: San Francisco has thousands of empty public jobs. A new training program could help people get them and afford the high cost of living.

10 Big Ideas project: “Downtown Dollars” participants would get discounts on purchases at local businesses, helping revive San Francisco’s commercial corridor.

The San Francisco Chronicle will unveil a new, faster operating platform for its article pages this weekend. This project allowed us to reconsider all aspects of our site, including those that have received complaints from readers. Through the years, one of the most controversial has been our reader comments sections, which many of you have argued too often devolve into unproductive conversations. We believe a well-moderated comments section can be a good place for the exchange of free and open…