SFGATE
SFGATE is a digital news website covering local news and culture in the San Francisco area.
It served as the online version of The San Francisco Chronicle (Left bias) until 2019, when the Chronicle and SFGATE "officially became two separately run entities with their own editorial staffs and independent newsrooms," according to SFGATE's website.
SFGATE was one of the earliest major market newspaper websites to be launched, having done so in 1994, at the time of The Newspaper Guild strike.
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Billabong, Volcom and Quiksilver — once staples of surf and skate culture — are closing all of their U.S. retail stores, including locations in the Bay Area. The closures follow Liberated Brands’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing this week. More than 100 stores nationwide are set to shut down in the coming weeks. The company cited competition, inflation and supply-chain delays as factors that contributed to its downfall. In a statement, Liberated said it “worked tirelessly over the last year to propel these iconic brands forward, but a volatile global economy,...