Sam Whiting
Arts and Culture Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle for 33 years. Covers parks and historic preservation and enjoys writing obituaries
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sfchronicle.com | Jessica Flores |Sam Whiting
Crowds of tourists walk through the main cell block at Alcatraz Island in 2012. San Francisco politicians have said the idea of reopening the prison is absurd. Michael Short/Special to the ChronicleSan Franciscans and visitors alike reacted with incredulity to President Donald Trump’s order, posted Sunday night on Truth Social, that federal agencies work to reopen Alcatraz as a prison more than 60 years after its closure.
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sfchronicle.com | Sam Whiting
Peixotto Playground in San Francisco’s Corona Heights Park reopened this week after a landslide on Jan. 1, 2023, forced an extended shutdown for repairs and stabilization of the adjacent hill. Sam Whiting/S.F. ChronicleThe revamped Peixotto Playground in Corona Heights with the stabilized hill behind it. Sam Whiting/S.F. ChroniclePeixotto Playground in San Francisco reopened at the end of April 2025 after repairs from a landslide caused by the 2022-23 winter storms.
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modbee.com | Sam Whiting
May 1-A great winged totem representing an Aztec warrior landed in the Portola District Thursday afternoon, when it was installed as a permanent fixture guarding the Palega Recreation Center, a few blocks west of San Bruno Avenue. The wire mesh sculpture depicts a Mesoamerican Eagle Warrior and was titled "Invocation" by its creator, the late Mission District artist Pepe Ozan.
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sfchronicle.com | Sam Whiting
“Invocation” by Pepe Ozan has a new home at the Palega Recreation Center in San Francisco’s Portola neighborhood. San Francisco Arts Commission“Invocation” is installed at the Palega Recreation Center. Sam Whiting/S.F. Chronicle“Invocation” is installed at the Palega Recreation Center. Sam Whiting/S.F. Chronicle“Invocation” is installed at the Palega Recreation Center.
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sfchronicle.com | Sam Whiting
Gladys Thacher in the early days of Enterprise for High School Students, a San Francisco nonprofit helping young people find paying summer and after-school jobs. Courtesy Thacher FamilyGladys Thacher, right, with Diane Dalton at an event in 1976Chronicle File PhotoLike many of the big houses in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights, Glady Thacher’s home had a formal living room that nobody ever sat in during the day.
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High praise coning from @SFjkdineen, the dean of SF real estate writers and @RafaelMandelman, the dean of @NoeValleySF
Another bullseye by the dean of send offs @SamWhitingSF @RafaelMandelman @NoeValleySF https://t.co/uu4VNFLdkX
Burying one of the Greats. Fred Lyon photographer of #fog in #SanFrancisco in the 40s and 50s. https://t.co/FydCOU2EOV https://t.co/5xpRhoFxuD
Thanks @SFPublicLibrary for the shoutout and to @patrickcombs for the delivery and to @jachristian for bringing it all together.
It's just too good not to share. Bring your tissue and say goodbye to your mascara. Thanks @SamWhitingSF for spreading the ♥️
