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Due to a production error, some papers were missing text from Tuesday's story headlined "No instant runoff for S.F. this fall." Here is the complete segment:
"With the recall election Oct. 7, there's not enough time to get the voting machines ready, even if a mechanical voting system was certified" by the state,
John Arntz, the city's election director, said in an interview.
Instant runoff voting "is not going to happen this fall," he said.
Arntz announced his decision to the Board of Supervisors' finance committee,
which had planned to spend $750,000 to educate voters about the instant runoff system, also known as ranked choice voting. (8/7)
An article Tuesday incorrectly named the title of Jerry Roberts' biography of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The book is titled: "Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry." (8/6)
An article in Saturday's Datebook about the new chamber music festival Music@Menlo mischaracterized a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation that helped launch the festival. The grant was given specifically for a festival to be held in the Bay Area. (8/6)
In an article in Friday's Chronicle on the positions of Democratic presidential candidates on the war in Iraq, the Zogby poll showing former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri tied for the lead at 12 percent was a nationwide poll of likely Democratic primary voters. (8/6)
An article in Friday's Chronicle on Democratic presidential candidates' positions on the Iraq war incorrectly portrayed the position of Rep. Dennis Kucinich. He advocates the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, to be replaced by U.N. peacekeepers, as well as the transferal of Iraq's transitional civilian administration to the United Nations, to be funded by the United States. (8/5)
In Monday's Sporting Green story about the Giants, the day the Cubs' Moises Alou homered against San Francisco was misstated. That home run came on July 29. Also, there was incorrect reference on when ESPN selected Sunday's Giants-Reds game for a national telecast. That selection came on July 9. (8/5)
Joan Ryan's "Lost Girls" story in the July 27 Magazine misstated the name of Youth Guidance Center Judge Katherine Feinstein. (8/3)
An article in Friday's paper gave an incorrect height for a proposed high-rise at 301 Mission St. The high-rise will be 605 feet tall. A map gave the incorrect location for the building. It will be on Mission between Fremont and Beale streets. (8/2)
An article in Thursday's Chronicle misstated the address for the University of California Extension's location on Market Street in San Francisco. It is 425 Market St. (8/1)
An obituary for DeReath Curtis James Collins that appeared on Page A18 of Thursday's Chronicle misspelled the name of the agency to which memorial donations may be made. The agency is Lifehouse and the address is 18 Professional Center Parkway, San Rafael, CA 94903. (8/1)
A story in Thursday's Sporting Green had the incorrect result of the 1993 Alamo Bowl. Cal beat Iowa in that game, 37-3. (8/1)
An item about a cheese class in Wednesday's Food section contained an error. The class, Aug. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Pasta Shop in Berkeley, costs $40 per person. For more information and to reserve a place, call (510) 528-1786. (7/31)
The photo from "Bat Boy" that ran with the Stage Notes column in Datebook on Tuesday was from the New York production. Pictured were Kerry Butler as Shelley Parker and Deven May as the Bat Boy. Molly Bell and Justin Greer star in the TheatreWorks production. (7/31)
A headline in Tuesday's Datebook misstated the network planning a show about plucking a poor rural family from the South and placing it in California luxury. It is CBS. (7/31)
The credit was incorrect for the photo of Amanda Brown on the cover of the Datebook section Tuesday. The photographer was Michael Macor.
Architect Dan Liebermann's phone number was incorrect in Saturday's Home&Garden; section. It is (510) 549-9660. (7/31)
In a July 20 story on the front page, The Chronicle said the Arizona Daily Star had reported that the United Way in Tucson claimed credit for raising millions of dollars in donations that were actually raised by a California company. The paper actually reported that the amount was nearly $1 million, while the United Way says $1.05 million was involved. (7/31)
There was a mix-up in Monday's business section in the placement of three photos in a product review of MP-3 players. From left to right, the photos are of the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen, Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 and E- Digital Odyssey 1000. (7/30)
An article in Monday's business section about companies that buy supplies on EBay misidentified an audio design company in Berkeley. It is Intelligent Audio Systems. (7/30)
The headline on a story Monday about the killing of Marc Oldham in Plumas County gave an incorrect hometown for Oldham. He lived in Fairfax. (7/29)
A chart in the Sunday Sporting Green had the wrong year that Eddie Murray won the American League Rookie of the Year award. He won in 1977. (7/29)
Clarification: The writer of a letter to the editor, Kyle Vallone of San Ramon, ("Gov. Davis has earned the honor of recall," July 26), has admitted that he took much of the text of the letter from a Wall Street Journal editorial, submitted it to The Chronicle as his own work, and verified that it was his letter. (7/29)
A story about Buenos Aires in last Sunday's Travel section included the wrong city code. The city's dialing code is 11, so callers from the United States should dial 011 54 11 before dialing the local number. (7/27)
The name of the director of "Save It for Later" was misspelled in last Sunday's Movies section. His name is Clark Brigham. (7/27)
In the Friday section "Benefits" feature July 25, the phone number for the Jeremiah O'Brien National Liberty Ship Memorial was misstated. The number is (415) 544-0100. (7/26)
In a photo caption accompanying Steven Winn's Healing and the Arts story in Datebook Thursday, two women were misidentified. Donna Scheifler is on the left, and Adriana Marchione is on the right. (7/26)
The star rating for Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Wednesday's Food section was incorrect. The correct overall rating is 2 1/2 stars. Prices are $$ (most entrees are $11-$17), and the noise rating is 4 (75-80 decibels; can talk in raised voices). The cafe is at 4081 Hollis St. (at Park Avenue), Emeryville; phone (510) 594-1221. (7/26)
The date of the Seabiscuit lunch referred to in Thursday's the In Crowd column in Datebook was wrong. It is today fri at Moose's. (7/25)
A story Wednesday on California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley incorrectly identified political strategist Sal Russo. While he is head of one of the committees to recall Gov. Gray Davis, he is not consultant to Rep. Darrell Issa, the San Diego Republican leading a separate recall committee. (7/24)
An article Wednesday on new BART stations misstated the architectural team that designed the Millbrae station. The designers were Eli Naor and Moshe Dinar of VBN Architects. (7/24)
An error in a Bloomberg News story in Saturday's Bay Area section misstated the amount of advertising revenue at the center of a lawsuit filed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System against AOL Time Warner Inc. CalPERS claims AOL overstated advertising revenue by $1.7 billion. (7/24)
In the July 11 issue of San Francisco Friday, a photo caption about the South End Club Sunrisers misstated the location. The swimmers were in New York for the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. (7/24)
Clarification: A story Tuesday about a congressional hearing inaccurately stated that adding sodium bicarbonate and citric acid to water causes an explosion. Sodium dropped into water is extremely explosive, whereas sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in water is merely effervescent. (7/24)
A story in Tuesday's Sporting Green misstated tennis player Daniela Hantuchova's native country. Hantuchova is from Slovakia. (7/23)
On Page C2 of Saturday's Sporting Green, photos of the Giants' Juan Marichal and Felipe Alou were misidentified. Marichal's photo was on the left. (7/22)
In Saturday's Sporting Green, a graphic misstated the number of home runs Babe Ruth hit. Ruth hit 714. (7/22)
A photograph July 6 with the obituary purporting to show the late N! xau, a star in the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy," depicted the wrong person. In the photograph, N!xau is in the center. (7/20)
A story last Sunday on fund-raiser Carolyn Carpeneti incorrectly reported that a state Democratic Party dinner featuring Mayor Willie Brown and Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson was to be held that day in San Francisco. The event has been postponed to an unspecified date in the fall, said state party spokesman Bob Mulholland. (7/20)
A story last Sunday about Arnold Schwarzenegger misstated the office held by Joerg Haider of Austria. He is former president of the Austrian Freedom Party and currently is governor of the province of Corinthia. (7/20)
In one of the "15 Under 30" profiles in today's Magazine, 49er Jeff Garcia's team is misidentified, and 49er Andre Carter is misidentified. (7/20)
In last Sunday's Magazine wine review of Baraka, the price of the 2001 Vionta Albarino was incorrect. It costs about $10.50 and is $30 on the restaurant's wine list. (7/20)
An article in Insight last Sunday misspelled the first names of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. (7/20)
In a story in last Sunday's Living section, the location of chef Jan Birnbaum's Catahoula restaurant was incorrect. The restaurant is in Calistoga. (7/20)
A Datebook story on July 6 about survivors in the arts misstated which award Edward Albee's "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" won last year. It was a Tony. (7/20)
In a story Wednesday about a fatal accident on Interstate 280 in San Francisco that killed four people, the name of Amal Mansour, widow of crash victim Walid Mansour, was misspelled. (7/17)
Wednesday's Datebook interview with Marc Huestis misstated the New York television station that aired "Million Dollar Movie." It was Channel 9. (7/17)
A story in Wednesday's Business section misrepresented Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's compensation. Ellison receives use of a plane that Oracle occasionally leases from Ellison's aviation company, A Wing and a Prayer. (7/17)
Clarification: An article March 15 about federal legislation to ban a certain type of late-term abortion should have made it clear that fetal abnormality is only one of the common reasons that the procedure, known as intact dilation and extraction, is performed, according to medical experts. (7/17)
In Monday's The In Crowd column in Datebook, Hillcrest, a neighborhood in Little Rock, Ark., was misidentified. (7/15)
A story Monday on Iraq's new governing council misstated Iraq's population. It is 26 million. (7/15)
A list Saturday of Bush administration references to allegations that Iraq sought uranium from Africa misstated the date of a nationwide speech by President Bush. It occurred Oct. 7, 2002. (7/15)
Clarification: A story July 8 on the nomination of Federico Lawrence Rocha as U.S. marshal for the Northern District of California failed to mention that Rocha would succeed the acting marshal of the past two years, Thomas Klenieski. (7/15)
In the review of "Cookin' at the Cookery" at San Jose Repertory Theatre published in Friday's Datebook, the name of the playwright was incorrect. His name is Marion J. Caffey. (7/14)
A story Friday about new state regulations on insurance underwriting procedures misspelled Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi's name. (7/12)
A story Friday about the San Francisco Police Department's surveillance of anti-war protests misidentified Heather Fong. She is a deputy chief acting as assistant chief. (7/12)
In the On Golf column in the Thursday Sporting Green, the final hole Payne Stewart played in the 1999 U.S. Open was described incorrectly. Stewart made a par on the 18th to win the tournament. (7/12)
The date of a bamboo talk by Darrel DeBoer and plant display by Bamboo Sorcery Nursery at the San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, was misstated in Wednesday's Green Stuff column in Home & Garden. It will take place at 7:15 p.m. July 21. Call (800) 884-0009 for more information. (7/12)
A roll call on Wednesday's editorial page, from the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee vote on the financial-privacy bill SB1, misstated the votes of two members. Assemblyman Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, voted no; Assemblyman Russ Bogh, R-Yucaipa, did not vote. (7/12)
In his July 4 column, Rob Morse mischaracterized the means by which Bay Area supporters of Howard Dean for president had contacted would-be voters in next year's Iowa caucus. Dean's backers sent handwritten, personal letters. (7/12)
A story July 3 about the start of Smog Check II tests in the Bay Area misstated the region's status with regard to meeting federal clean air standards. The Bay Area is in marginal violation of federal standards. (7/12)
A new state tax change means that property will not be reassessed automatically when it is transferred from one registered domestic partner to the other. The policy was incorrectly described in a story Thursday. (7/11)
A caption in the Thursday's Wine section misspelled the name of Fleur Verte cheese. (7/11)
A caption in Wednesday's Food section misidentified a fish dish. The dish was branzino with asparagus salad. (7/11)
Because of a typographical error, an article Tuesday misstated one of the allegations made against Black Muslim leader Yusuf Bey in an Alameda County Superior Court complaint filed on Monday. The charge is tax evasion. (7/10)
An article Wednesday incorrectly identified the spot where an urchin diver was reportedly killed by a great white shark several years ago. It was in the ocean near Oxnard. (7/10)
Some of the information extracted from www.riceplate.com to identify parts of the Bay Area in hip-hop parlance for the "Sucker Free City" map was incorrect in Wednesday's Datebook. Funktown is on 10th Avenue in East Oakland; the 5 is at 50th Avenue in Oakland; and 6-9 Village is on 69th Avenue, Oakland. (7/10)
A caption with the review of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in Wednesday's Datebook misidentified actor Orlando Bloom. (7/10)
A graphic published in Wednesday's paper overgeneralized the trans fat content of margarine. Margarine gets all of its calories from fat, but the percentage that is trans fat depends on the process used to turn vegetable oil into margarine. Trans fat can account for as much as 34 percent of the fat content. (7/10)
An obituary for Alameda City Councilman Al DeWitt on Saturday July 5 contained inaccurate information. Mr. DeWitt was born in Alabama but raised, from the age of 5, in Sacramento. He began his career at the Alameda Naval Air Station as a civilian mechanic but soon was promoted to management and retired as a labor relations specialist. His survivors include seven siblings and three stepchildren. (7/10)
A map in Wednesday's edition showing the location of slayings in Oakland incorrectly identified freeways in the area. The correct freeways are shown here. (7/10)
A story in the Business section Tuesday about retail brands making a comeback should have said that Wal-Mart sells Riders jeans, formerly called Lee Riders. Also, the Esprit brand is 36 years old, not 40 years old. (7/9)
A ChronicleWatch article in Monday's paper erroneously included a photograph of a Red & White Fleet ferry. The item was about inaccurate schedules for another ferry line, the Blue & Gold Fleet. (7/9)
The Art Notes column in Tuesday's Datebook misstated the amount of copper that will be used for the new de Young Museum. It's 950,000 pounds. (7/9)
In some editions Monday, a photo caption accompanying a story about the surgery to separate Iranian sisters joined at the head contained an error. The photograph of the smiling twins was taken at a news conference in June. (7/8)
An editorial Monday incorrectly stated that the PipeVine charitable donation agency, which closed down June 2, had not conducted an audit of its finances. In fact, the agency did conduct an audit of its books. (7/8)
In Sunday's Book Review, the Literary Guide misstated the time of Alice Hoffman's reading on Saturday. She will appear at 5 p.m. at A Clean Well- Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, (415) 441-6670. Also, the date of a reading by Tanya Shaffer at the same store was misstated. She will read July 16. (7/8)
In Sunday's Sporting Green, the score of the Giants' loss Thursday in St.
Louis was misstated. The score was 9-5. (7/8)
In Sunday's Sporting Green, the A's ranking in team batting average was misstated. Through Friday, their .254 average ranked 11th in the American League. (7/8)
In Sunday's Sporting Green, the inning in which Dodgers pitcher Eric Gagne committed a mental mistake against San Diego was misstated. It was the top of the 10th inning. (7/8)
Captions for photographs of the stairways in the McCaslin/Yankwich and the Farmer/Rapperport houses were inadvertently switched in Saturday's Home & Garden section story about the late Palo Alto architect Birge Clark. Also, Elspeth Farmer's and Mark Heising's names were misspelled in the captions. (7/8)
Clarification: An editorial Sunday, "Recall anarchy is not a solution," referred to Bill Simon's gubernatorial campaign using a "doctored photograph" of Gov. Gray Davis receiving a campaign donation. In fact, the photo itself was not altered but was represented by the Simon campaign as being in the state Capitol in violation of fund-raising laws. It was taken at a private residence. (7/8)
David Lazarus' column in the Business section Wednesday incorrectly stated that Wells Fargo had changed its dispute resolution policies in an attempt to block California customers from joining class-action arbitrations. The column reported that the bank was moving the jurisdiction of such disputes from California to Nevada. That is not the case. Wells Fargo's agreement with its California banking customers states that their banking accounts are governed by California law. Wells Fargo credit card customer accounts are governed by the laws of Nevada, and have been since 1998, when the unit was based there. (7/6)
A magazine story on "The Great Lesbian Chefs of the Bay Area" (June 29) misspelled Citizen Cake chef Elizabeth Falkner's name. (7/6)
The URL for Readymade magazine mentioned in "The Bay's Best" (June 29) is www.readymademag.com. (7/6)
"Homeland Insecurity" (June 22), a feature on Pakistani DJ Keshav Jiwnani, should have stated that Pakistan is 804,000 square kilometers. (7/6)
Several women were misidentified in pictures accompanying a Living story about Sacred Grove Collective ("Holistic healing," June 29). The women pictured in the top photo, from left to right, were Patricia Calloway, Elwanda Braynen, Tureeda Mikell, Patricia Sherman and Iyanifa Ronke Nadira Dosunmu. The photo at the bottom of the page featured Aisha Bashir. (7/6)
A story on Friday about the designation of six terrorism suspects as eligible for trial before military tribunals misstated the number of American detainees, who are not eligible because the tribunals are intended for noncitizens. There are two, not three. Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who was declared an enemy combatant and imprisoned in a brig in South Carolina, is Qatari, not American. (7/6)
A story from 2001 about the CBS series "The Agency" was inadvertently printed in Thursday's Datebook. (7/4)
A story about Kim Nalley in Thursday's Datebook incorrectly characterized her debut album. "Million Dollar Secret" was a Johnny Nocturne Band recording with Nalley as the featured vocalist. (7/4)
A headline on a story June 25 about the Care Not Cash homeless reform measure in San Francisco incorrectly suggested that Supervisor Tony Hall had changed his position on the measure. Hall, who opposes Care Not Cash, had not taken a public position before. (7/4)
Glenn Dickey's column of June 12 about the ongoing trial between the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum contained a number of inaccuracies.
Dickey wrote that "the Raiders could have backed out of the deal immediately after the 1995 season. Instead, (Al) Davis signed off on it the following April (1996), at which time the team got a $60 million nonrecourse loan."
There was no provision in the Raiders-Coliseum contract for the team to back out of the deal after the 1995 season. The contract was signed Aug. 7, 1995. Further, the Raiders received a total of $47.4 million from two nonrecourse loans on Sept. 12, 1995; a $4 million loan on Feb. 1, 1996; a $2.5 million loan on March 28, 1996; and a $9.65 million subsidy for a training facility in 1996.
Raiders chief executive Amy Trask did not testify that she "only reads newspapers when she is on an airplane," as the column stated.
Dickey named six witnesses who he said testified that they told Davis the games were not selling out. This was not the case, although there was testimony that problems with ticket sales were discussed at an Aug. 7, 1995 meeting at which Davis was present.
Finally, although Dickey may have given the impression that he had read depositions in the case, in fact he had not. (7/3)
The quotation about the James Bond movie role in Thursday's In Crowd was misattributed. It was spoken by Clive Owen. (7/2)
An article Saturday about competing fund-raising walks for breast cancer misstated the Avon Foundation's decision last year to discontinue its three- day events. Last year's breast cancer walk in San Francisco did take place. In August, the foundation announced it would take over the management of the walks and sponsor two-day events in 2003, including the one that took place last weekend in San Francisco. (7/2)
Some of the prizes for Saturday's SuperLotto Plus were printed incorrectly Monday. The winnings were $2 for one of five numbers plus the mega, $10 for two of five numbers plus the mega, $8 for three of five numbers and $45 for three of five numbers plus the mega. Also, the Xtra Reward numbers were not published. They were 12399674 and 12432655. (7/1)
Due to an editing error, an article last Sunday about allegations of misconduct at the Port of San Francisco misstated the agency's annual budget. It is $51 million. (6/29)
An article on June 15 incorrectly identified Republican Tom McClintock. He is a state senator from Granada Hills (Los Angeles County). (6/29)
A headline in last Sunday's Insight section misspelled the name of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. (6/29)
An article in last Sunday's Travel Section about cruises that depart from and return to San Francisco carried incorrect information on which voyages are round trip or one way. Crystal, Princess and Holland America cruise lines have round-trip sailings out of San Francisco. Find details at www.crystalcruises.com; www.princess.com and www.hollandamerica.com, or through a travel agent. (6/29)
