Inner Editor
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
July 11, 2018
"Or take a stroll over to Ink Dwell, the new studio of painter Jane Kim, who specializes in ornate audoban-style murals of still wildlife...” (One Day One Place: Half Moon Bay, July 11, by Greg Thomas, S.F. Chronicle travel editor)
WHAT IS 44 + 66?
July 03, 2018
From The (San Mateo) Daily Journal, Letters to the editor, July 2, 2018:
San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Mark Church opined recently that the June election had been "extremely successful" because 44 percent of residents voted […]. How sad that in a democracy where all citizens have an equal right to vote, fewer than half take advantage of the privilege. Do 66 percent of citizens subscribe to the bromide "I don’t really care, do u?”
(Reader Pierre Messerli caught this mathematically challenged letter.)
LOCALS BUY HALF MOON BAY REVIEW
June 05, 2018
PACIFICA JOURNALIST RENEE BATTI: NEW ALMANAC EDITOR
May 10, 2018
ARE YOU A GOOD COPY EDITOR?
January 27, 2018
New York Times standards editor challenges you to a copyediting duel.
GRAMMAR HELL
December 08, 2017
Read 'em and weep.
GOOD NEWS: SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN RISES FROM THE ASHES
November 08, 2017
"The Bay Guardian won’t be coming back as a weekly paper — for daily breaking news and independent voices, please visit 48 Hills, the website started in 2013 by Bay Guardian editors Tim Redmond and Marke B. The Bay Guardian will be making political endorsements, publishing political advocacy and opinion, relaunching Best of the Bay and the GOLDIES arts awards, and digitizing 48 years of archives and ephemera." BAY GUARDIAN
RIPTIDE REPORTERS ROCK
October 05, 2017
Riptide reporters Dan Stegink, Alan Wald, Big Banker, and Better Business Burro regularly share coastside news with you, our readers. If you care to join our glorious, unpaid profession, just ask.
JOHN MAYBURY, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Summer of Love: In Case You Missed It
July 24, 2017
Not to miss: interviews with Peter Coyote and Scoop Nisker.
Apostrophe Catastrophe
July 03, 2017
Peter Loeb proposes a $1,000 fine for every "apostrophe catastrophe" (as Herb Caen used to call them) such as this whopper from Pacifica Patch: "A state report shows how much city officials are paid, and while some cities don't pay their mayor's anything, others pay big time..."
Language Hate Groups
June 03, 2017
Nightstalker: Bristol's Punctuation Vigilante
April 04, 2017
He seeks out and corrects misplaced apostrophes and other crimes against the English language.
Wordplay
March 19, 2017
New & Improved
October 30, 2016
Who? What? Where? When? Whiz?
September 27, 2016
San Francisco Chronicle photo caption (September 27) defies logic and/or laws of physics: “Jennifer Molleda looks at the blood-specked face of her husband, Alan Wakim, who had two bullets whiz by his head after going through his windshield on the way to work."
The Saga of Billy and Bill
September 07, 2016
Riptide reader Peter Loeb was browsing the news online September 6 when he spotted a Patch.com story (see it in boldface below) about Apple's new iPhone release party at the "Billy Graham Civic Auditorium" in San Francisco. As poor Bill Graham spun in his grave, Patch apparently caught the mistake and fixed it. Ah, the beauty of instant correction on the Internet; newspapers have to wait 24 hours to print corrections.
Apple iPhone 7 Event: Live Stream, What to Expect
Apple's annual event takes place at the Billy Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco Sept. 7.
By Feroze Dhanoa (Patch National Staff) - September 6, 2016 6:18 pm ET
Apple is widely expected to reveal the new version of the iPhone at its keynote Sept. 7, and speculation is swirling over what new features the signature phone will have. The event starts at 10 a.m. Pacific Time at the Billy Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
Why It's Hard to Catch Your Own Typos
August 19, 2016
The science of making mistakes and the art of correcting them.
Fire the Translator
August 04, 2016
Tenant instructions, Tokyo rental apartment