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Founded 1865 by teenaged brothers Charles deYoung and Michael H. deYoung as the Dramatic Chronicle, a theater program that grew a news department, leaving off the Dramatic after 1868.

Acquired by Hearst in 1999.

Official Website:
http://www.sfgate.com/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maxwell Anderson	Playwright	15-Dec-1888	28-Feb-1959	What Price Glory?
Norman Angell	Economist	26-Dec-1872	7-Oct-1967	The Great Illusion
Phil Bronstein	Editor	c. 1951		San Francisco Chronicle Editor, 2003-08
Willie Brown	Politician	20-Mar-1934		Mayor of San Francisco, 1997-2004
Ward H. Bushee	Editor	c. 1949		San Francisco Chronicle Editor
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	Poet	24-Mar-1919		A Coney Island of the Mind
Warren Hinckle	Journalist	?		Former editor of Ramparts
Franklin K. Lane	Government	15-Jul-1864	18-May-1921	US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20
Chris Matthews	Talk Show Host	17-Dec-1945		Hardball with Chris Matthews
Frank Norris	Novelist	5-Mar-1870	25-Oct-1902	The Octopus
Eugene H. Robinson	Journalist	1955		Associate Editor, Washington Post
Pierre Salinger	Journalist	14-Jun-1925	16-Oct-2004	Easily taken in by Internet conspiracies
Mike Vaska	Activist	1960		Discovery Institute
Caspar Weinberger	Government	18-Aug-1917	28-Mar-2006	Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush

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