Media in the San Francisco Bay Area
James King of William began publishing the "Daily Evening Bulletin" in San Francisco in October, 1855 and built it into the highest circulation paper in the city. He criticized a city supervisor named James P. Casey, who, on the afternoon of the story about him, ran in the paper, shot and mortally wounded King. Casey was lynched by the early vigilante committee. The "Morning Call" was established and began publishing in December 1856, and later merged with the "Bulletin" to become the long-running "Call-Bulletin". The "San Francisco Chronicle" debuted in June, 1865 as the "Dramatic Chronicle", founded by Charles and M.H. de Young aged 19 and 17.
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
In 2002, weekly production halted and the magazine became biweekly. "Chronicle Editor" Phil Bronstein told "Editor & Publisher" magazine that the newspaper was hemorrhaging money on the magazine but readers were furious about the halting of weekly publication. "We were getting completely hammered [financially]. But then we decided we ought to either kill it, or bring it back every week."