San Francisco Chronicle

Roslyn Kind has the usual show biz stories-pilots that never got made, lousy managers who stalled her singing career, and moments of glory with everyone from Ed Sullivan to Geraldo....

Vincent Hallinan, the legendary San Francisco trial attorney who for seven decades battled in courtrooms in behalf of the Left, labor and the downtrodden, died of a heart attack Friday....

They hide out along rocky coastlines in the Pacific Basin, indulge in group sex and prefer a simple diet of kelp. Sometimes they smuggle pearls. Such revelations aside, abalone offer...

For the first time in the era of biotechnology, a team of California scientists is cloning a fragment of genetic material from an extinct stingless bee that was entombed in...

What`s hot in fire-prevention products? The prepared homeowner should not scrimp on smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, garden hoses and, if you live in a two-story house, rope ladders, says Doug...

Gov. Pete Wilson signed legislation giving condemned prisoners the choice of dying in San Quentin`s gas chamber or by lethal injection, a step aimed at avoiding last-minute court actions that...

Video cameras and home computers might not seem like obvious firefighting tools, but they`re the latest weapons in battling the devastation of a big blaze, whether it`s a raging wildfire...

Despite official denials by the Grateful Dead`s office, the illness of Jerry Garcia apparently leaves the future of the band in doubt. His condition appears to be far more serious...

Aaron Spelling is back. Funny that he, of all people, would produce a new generation`s TV of choice. Spelling, the man credited with calling TV ''cotton candy for the mind,''...

The onetime king of the city`s nightlife, Agostino ''Bimbo'' Giuntoli, famed for his ''girl in a fishbowl'' act at his North Beach cabaret, has died at the age of 88....