Tara Duggan
Staff Writer, Climate Desk at San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer on the climate beat, formerly food. Coauthor of "Steamed: A Catharsis Cookbook" (Running Press) and other cookbooks.
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sfchronicle.com | Michael Barba |Tara Duggan
Melinda Dunn, left, the chair of the board of the San Francisco Zoological Society, and Tanya Peterson, its CEO and executive director, speak at a Board of Supervisors committee meeting on Dec. 5, 2024; the image is a composite of two screen captures of the live feed from that meeting. Sfgov.orgA top San Francisco Zoo official who backed a plan to remove the zoo’s controversial CEO resigned Tuesday, capping off a weekslong power struggle over the future of the city-owned institution.
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sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
A boat tows a dead whale through San Francisco Bay toward Angel Island for a necropsy in April 2024. This year, dozens of whales have been swimming in the bay, and some have turned up dead. Brontë Wittpenn/The ChronicleA gray whale carcass seen in Bolinas last week. There's been a spike in gray whale sightings in San Francisco Bay this year, with 33 individuals observed, compared to only four last year. And in the past week, five dead whales have washed up on Bay Area shores.
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sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan |Michael Barba
San Francisco Zoo CEO Tanya Peterson visits the giraffes in the African Savanna habitat in 2011. Paul Chinn/S.F. ChronicleA San Francisco Zoo board member resigned Friday over concerns about the body’s indecision on whether to stand behind — or remove — its controversial CEO.
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sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
The Bureau of Prisons recently visited Alcatraz, currently a major San Francisco tourist attraction, and is making assessments regarding potentially reviving the prison, which has been closed for more than 60 years. Here, tourists are seen aboard the boat to the island.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan |Michael Barba
San Francisco Zoo CEO and Executive Director Tanya Peterson is seen in 2011 visiting giraffes at the African Savanna exhibit. Paul Chinn/The ChronicleTanya Peterson, the CEO and executive director of the San Francisco Zoo, is expected to face a vote on her potential ouster next week following longstanding concerns about her leadership and the well-being of animals and staff, a union representative for zoo employees said.
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