Jeff Bercovici

Nov 28, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Jeff Bercovici

They lined up by the score in the predawn dark and chill on Pier 33, clutching camping chairs and children, swaddled in blankets woven in tribal patterns, and crowded aboard ferries. Their destination: Alcatraz Island, there to take part in one of San Francisco's most unique and enduring Thanksgiving Day traditions. The annual sunrise gathering on Alcatraz carries multiple layers of meaning, according to its organizers, the International Indian Treaty Council.

Nov 2, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Emily Dreyfuss |Jeff Bercovici

We're now just days away from the event that will expose the divisions at the heart of American society. That's right: Daylight saving time is ending. The semiannual changing of the clocks, which takes place early Sunday morning, Nov. 3, elicits strong feelings in people, pro and con. Californians, on balance, are against it: In 2018, to join Arizona and Hawaii in opting out of the whole mishegas. Here at The Standard, the rift over daylight saving time runs right down the middle of the newsroom.