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The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863.. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst and the flagship of the Hearst chain, [1] the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the ...
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge " (1890) is a short story by American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce, [ 1] described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature". [ 2] It was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was ...
The Boarded Window. " The Boarded Window: An Incident in the Life of an Ohio Pioneer " is a short story by American Civil War soldier and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on April 12, 1891, and was reprinted the same year in Bierce's collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. [ 1]
List of San Francisco newspapers. AsianWeek. Bay Area Reporter. California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences (1855-1880) [ 1] California Star (1847-1848) [ 1] California Star & Californian (1848) [ 1] Chung Sai Yat Po. Daily Evening Bulletin (1855-1895) [ 2] Daily Evening News [ 3]
Moxon's Master. " Moxon's Master " is a short story by American writer Ambrose Bierce, which speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess -playing automaton that murders its creator. First published in The San Francisco Examiner on April 16, 1899, it is one of the first descriptions of a robot in English-language ...
Winifred Bonfils. Winifred Sweet Black Bonfils (October 14, 1863, Chilton, Wisconsin – May 25, 1936, San Francisco, California) was an American reporter and columnist, [ 1] under the pen name Annie Laurie, a reference to her mother's favorite lullaby. [ 2] She also wrote under the name Winifred Black. [ 3]
AsianWeek was one of the newspapers owned and operated by the Fang family of San Francisco, with others including the San Francisco Independent and the San Francisco Examiner. It was founded by John Fang in 1979 and helmed by long-time AsianWeek President James Fang from 1993-2009. AsianWeek headquarters were located in San Francisco's ...
Starting on November 1, 1994, some 2,600 reporters, editors, drivers, press operators and paper handlers of the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner walked off the job. The strike turned violent. Bricks were thrown through paper carriers' windshields as they drove from the newspaper distribution center, and one non-union ...