[Verginius Rufus]

I used to hear that the only reason to get the SF Chronicle was the columnists...but the ones of that era are all dead now. The best-known was Herb Caen. I remember seeing him being interviewed on national TV after the 1989 earthquake (the one that hit just before one of the World Series games was supposed to begin).

[easternsky]

Herb Cain was very interesting usually very provocative. They also ran Debra Saunders I think was her name she was good. It was sometime in the early eighties I realized the content was different depending where you lived. they had 5 stars on the front and you might live in a 3 star and get the more Conservative pictures and content do not remember how it worked. they punched out some vile things over the years.