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East Bay commuters pay $1,000 a year to take the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. Join Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, who led hearings on the bad-news eastern span when he chaired the state Senate Transportation Committee; Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders; and Chronicle reporters Jaxon Van Derbeken and Michael Cabanatuan for a Scribble Live Chat on June 3. Here’s your chance to ask those nagging questions to people who just might have answers.

The room seemed normal enough. It was well-lit, sparsely decorated and littered with the kind of random items — a stuffed animal, some postcards, a dictionary — that most personal spaces contain. There was one problem: Along with my group of eight, there was a zombie chained to one corner. We had one hour to escape. This

Who says a girl is finished in modeling at 25? From Iris Apfel’s Kate Spade ads at 93, Carmen Dell’Orefice still walking the runway at 83, author Joan Didion appearing in Celine ads at 80, Joni Mitchell’s Saint Laurent campaign at 71, Charlotte Rampling’s starring role for NARS at 68 and the 60 + women

Protest is as American “as apple pie,” noted UC Berkeley School of Law professor Franklin Zimring. But protests in Oakland have turned violent, destroyed property and shut down City Council meetings. Mayor Libby Schaaf is under attack from those who want limits on protests and those who see any attempts to manage protest as repressive government

Sepp Blatter will remain President of FIFA. Earlier today, at FIFA’s congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Blatter was re-elected for a fifth time defeating Prince Ali of Jordan, the only other candidate on the ballot. FIFA now enters a period of uncertainty. The 79-year old Blatter, in a rambling acceptance speech, invoked God, beach soccer and

Tech workers! They’re just like us! But, really. Although much has been written about hoodies, messenger bags and T-shirts, our recent photoshoot, in which we invited programmers to show us their style, showed that people who work for Bay Area tech companies often break the normcore mold. We sent our street style photographer out “into

Eastern Conference title on line as Rangers, Lightning meet in Game 7 In the first of back-to-back conference finals Game 7s, the Rangers will meet Tampa Bay in New York on Friday for the East title and a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Rangers can be comforted by the knowledge that goalie Henrik Lundqvist has won his past six Game 7s, posting an 0.81 goals-against average in those games. Washington center Nicklas Backstrom, who led the NHL with 60 assists, underwent hip surgery Wednesday, the team announced.

Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer eager to get started “I feel I use the law degree every day in coaching,” said DeBoer, who on Thursday was introduced as the Sharks’ head coach. With that strong intellect and recent NHL coaching experience, DeBoer separated himself from approximately a dozen candidates interviewed by Sharks general manager Doug Wilson. “We spent a lot of time together,” Wilson said of his second coaching hire in 11 years as the club’s top hockey executive. DeBoer repeatedly... Читать дальше...

Though my husband spelled my name more than once, he assumed that when the agent read it back correctly, it was typed in correctly. Not once has the airline given us an answer; it’s always just: “We’ll get back to you when we hear.” The only suggestion we’ve been given is to buy a new ticket. Alitalia representatives keep telling us they are waiting for an answer from their European “main office” to be able to correct this. By the time they get back to us with an answer, if it’s not the one we want... Читать дальше...

To swim, snorkel, scuba-dive and kayak in the crystal-clear ocean and enjoy the beautiful scenery, the delicious Thai food and friendly Thai people. Check out the caves, which are decorated as a phallic shrine to a princess goddess. [...] the beach food sold from wooden long-tail boats — Thai version of a food truck. Booking your trip back to the mainland through the hotels; very expensive. Use the local travel agents; fast, reliable and a third of the price. Have a drink at one of the cool... Читать дальше...

Airplane cabins only have so much space for you, your hulking “carry-on” bag and the purse or laptop bag full of “essentials” you simply must have at your fingertips (but that you don’t want taking up legroom space under the seat). Enter the High Altitude Flight Bag by Genius Pack, a bag about the size of a baking pan that holds gadgets and other necessities, but that also straps to the bottom of the tray table. When the tray table is up, the Flight Bag offers easy, eye-level access to your electronics... Читать дальше...

Among all the rivers of money that have flowed to the Clinton family, one seems to raise the biggest national security questions of all: the stream of cash that came from 20 foreign governments who relied on weapons export approvals from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department. Federal law designates the secretary of state as “responsible for the continuous supervision and general direction of sales” of arms, military hardware and services to foreign countries. American military contractors and... Читать дальше...

[...] the breathtaking corruption charges brought Wednesday by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch against a number of FIFA’s top executives, several of whom were extradited to the United States by Swiss law enforcement. Young players from Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland swarmed about town with their families wearing jerseys and hats of Manchester United and Barcelona, or the German and Brazilian national teams. Last year’s World Cup final in Brazil between Argentina and Germany was watched... Читать дальше...

Sacred Harp singing is considered to be one of the oldest forms of American folk music. It dates back to the 1700s, to a choral style that developed in the churches of colonial New England, but eventually took root in the rural south. It’s a particip...

Could Ray McDonald be exhibited CTE symptoms? The sad, reckless, and dangerous behavior of former 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald continues to mystify. Five arrests in the last year, including two in the last week, have cost McDonald his job with the Chicago Bears. McDonald was released from the 49ers in December after a charge of sexual assault surfaced, which was preceded by a domestic violence arrest in August. McDonald was cleared of the first charge because of insufficient evidence, the second civil case is still pending. Читать дальше...

Ruthless trials show Iran cannot be trusted, May 28, Page A10 In Debra J. Saunders’ column, a quote was incorrectly attributed to Jason Rezaian. It was his wife, journalist Yeganeh Salehi, who said, “We have police. They arrest girls or women for having bad hijab or not being covered enough. But it’s not that we live with the police in our head, you know?”