• A story about performers who were talented but performed badly on purpose on screen misstated the number of Oscars won by Katharine Hepburn. She won four. (2/13)

• A caption with a photo of a home destroyed in the Australian wildfires misstated the location of the city of Bendigo. It is in the state of Victoria. (2/13)

• Jon Carroll's column Wednesday on Wells Fargo & Co. contained several inaccuracies: -- The column reported that Wells lost $255 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008. In fact, the company reported a loss of $2.83 billion. -- The column suggested that Wells Fargo received $25 billion from the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, because it was in financial distress. In fact, in every quarter of the year before receiving the TARP money, Wells reported a profit. Its fourth-quarter loss was related primarily to bad assets it took on as part of the purchase of Wachovia Corp., a distressed bank. Several media reports have noted that Wells did not ask for TARP money and accepted it only at the insistence of the federal government, which wanted major banks to receive an infusion of capital designed to stimulate lending. -- Further, the column suggested that Wells had used TARP money to buy Wachovia. In fact, Wells announced its plan to purchase Wachovia on Oct. 3, 2008 - and the decisions on TARP funds were not made until Oct. 13, 2008. Wells has said that no TARP funds were used for the purchase, which closed Dec. 31, 2008. (2/12)

• A story in Tuesday's Business section mentioned Artisan Confections in Arlington, Va. That company is unaffiliated with the Hershey Co. subsidiary by the same name that operates Joseph Schmidt Confections. (2/11)

• The location of Assembly Speaker Karen Bass' hometown was misstated. Baldwin Vista is in Los Angeles County. (2/11)

• An item about a sound installation at City Hall should have credited the work to artist Bill Fontana. (2/11)

• The date of the sailing ship Balclutha's maiden voyage was incorrect. The ship made its maiden voyage from Glasgow, Scotland, to San Francisco in 1887. (2/11)

• A story Monday about a new two-year project to cut HIV cases gave a wrong impression about how it was being funded. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation initiated the project and is providing the funding. The story also should have said that the goal of the project is to reduce by half the number of new HIV cases by 2015. (2/10)

• A headline on a story Monday that began on Page B1 erred in saying that UC had admitted that an employee knew she would get a new position when she took a buyout from her previous job. UC admitted that it had misled the public in saying that the employee, Linda Morris Williams, was unaware of possible employment at the UC Berkeley campus when she applied for the buyout. (2/10)

• A story Sunday about the "Jews on Vinyl" exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum misstated the location of Birdman Records. The label is in San Francisco. (2/10)

• A photo Sunday was misidentified as that of Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The photo was of Meryl Streep and Redford in "Out of Africa." (2/10)

• A headline and introduction to a chart Sunday incorrectly described the trend being illustrated. The headline should have read: "Nothing saved." The introduction should have read: "When Americans' savings rate fell, the economy boomed. The percentage of personal income that went into savings, since 1950:" (2/10)

• Publicist Lee Houskeeper's last name was misspelled in Friday's news obituary about San Francisco earthquake survivor Herbert Heimie Hamrol. (2/10)

• A caption for a photo of two Bay Area players misidentified the Giants' first baseman. He was Will Clark. (2/9)

• An interview with Harry Connick Jr. listed an incorrect MPAA rating for the movie "New in Town." The studio re-edited the film after it was initially rated - the new rating is PG. (2/8)

• A Party Page caption misspelled the name of Kris Anthony. (2/8)

• The obituary for Cramps founder Lux Interior misstated his age. He was 62. (2/7)

• A quote attributed to Nathan Ballard, press secretary for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, should have read, "During this fiscal crisis, the people of San Francisco need their city leaders to work together, not attack each other." (2/6)

• A caption accompanying a photograph of Barry Bonds on Page A10 incorrectly stated that, according to federal prosecutors, Bonds' ex-business manager had secretly tape-recorded the slugger. The recording was of Bonds' former trainer, Greg Anderson, according to the government. (2/6)

• A story about land deals involving the Boy Scouts of American misstated the connection of Jack Crawford to the Scouts. He no longer works for the Three Rivers Council in Texas, but he does work for the Boy Scouts in North Carolina. (2/6)

• A photo used in some editions to illustrate the story depicted a building site not involved in the suit. (2/4)

• A story Sunday about winemaker David O'Reilly misspelled the name of one of his vineyard sources. It is DuBrul Vineyard. (2/3)

• In the chart accompanying a column on shoe-shine services around San Francisco, the price for a shine at Mr. was misstated. A standard shine is $3. (2/3)

• The location of the Seward Street Slides and Mini Park was misstated. It is in Eureka Valley. (2/3)

• Mr. Osborne's surname was misspelled in both captions that accompanied an obituary. (2/3)

• A story on condominium conversions should have said that San Francisco's next condo-conversion lottery will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Also, the article quoted the owner of a tenancy in common saying that assessed valuations would rise after converting to a condo. The city does not reassess properties after condo conversion; it reassesses only those that change hands. (2/3)

• A report misidentified the university from which Board of Supervisors President David Chiu received degrees. It was Harvard. (2/2)

• An item on the Berkeley Repertory Theatre misstated where Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice" was performed in New York. It played off-Broadway. (1/29)

• The dim sum roundup should have included Ton Kiang, 5821 Geary Blvd., San Francisco. A description of the offerings will run in Sunday's Food&Wine; section. The version of the dim sum article on sfgate.com/food has already been updated to include Ton Kiang. (1/29)

• The article misstated the producer of Xoxoc dehydrated prickly pear with chile. The producer is Rooted Foods (rootedfoods.org), a company that promotes fair trade products that preserve local food heritage. (1/29)

• The Lunar New Year calendar misstated the Chinese Zodiac sign for several people. Michelle Obama was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Rush Limbaugh was born in the Year of the Tiger. Jason Giambi was born in the Year of the Dog. Susan Sontag was born in the Year of the Monkey. (1/29)

• Fish were misidentified in a photo caption accompanying a story about coho salmon. They are steelhead trout. (1/28)

• Due to a milliner's misidentification, Leah Garchik's column on Tuesday misstated the source of Aretha Franklin's inaugural hat. It was purchased from Mr. Song Millinery in Detroit. (1/28)

• The name of Linda Murray, editor in chief of BabyCenter.com, was misstated in Sunday's Style section. (1/28)

• An Outdoors Notebook mischaracterized a study on trout, climate change and the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog published in Herpetological Conservation and Biology. That study concluded: "Combined with the invasive fish that prevent frog breeding in larger lakes, lake drying may cause extinction of local fish populations." (1/27)

• A story in some editions about proposed changes in state agencies misidentified Victoria Bradshaw. She is the governor's Cabinet secretary and is overseeing the administration's proposals. (1/27)

• An article Sunday about a homecoming celebration for airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III misidentified a World War II-era fighter plane that buzzed the crowd. It was a P-51 Mustang. (1/27)

• A story on the Screen Actors Guild awards in Monday's Datebook misstated the award won by TV's "Mad Men." The show won for best drama cast. (1/27)

• A story Sunday about Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, misidentified the source of this quote: "Why wasn't there a professional gay person in the room, consulting with the political professionals?" The quote came from an unidentified member of the audience at the Equality Summit '09 in Los Angeles. (1/25)

• In Jon Carroll's column Wednesday in the Datebook section, part of the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery's benediction at the presidential inauguration was misidentified. He began it with the last verse of "Lift Every Voice and Sing." (1/24)

• Jon Carroll's column Monday in the Datebook section misstated the version of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" referred to in a New York Times story. It was the Jeff Buckley recording. (1/24)

• A story Thursday about Antarctica's warming climate misspelled the name of the lead scientist. He is Eric J. Steig. (1/23)

• A story in Thursday's Business section about a reported inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission into Apple Inc.'s disclosures regarding CEO Steve Jobs' health should have paraphrased Joe Grundfest, a Stanford professor of law and former SEC commissioner, as saying that Apple might not have been obligated to talk about Jobs' condition. (1/23)

• A story in the Extra edition Tuesday about Bay Area residents reacting to the inauguration of President Obama misspelled the name of a parent at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley. She is Marguerita Lightfoot. (1/22)

• In the Undercovers story in the 96 Hours section Jan. 15, the location of the Water's Edge hotel was misstated. It is on Raccoon Strait in Marin County. (1/22)

• A story Jan. 13 about the first isolation of the embryonic stem cells from human testes misspelled the name of the pioneer researcher who first isolated those cells. He is Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin. (1/22)

• The chess column on Monday didn't give the best solution to the problem. The most economical solution is 1. ... Qd3 mate! White's knight at e1 is pinned by Black's rook and therefore need not be removed in order for Black to force mate. (1/21)

• An item in a list of inaugural trivia Tuesday misstated the year Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to be sworn in on Jan. 20. The year was 1937. (1/21)

• The article on "Revolutionary Road" in the Datebook section on Jan. 10 misstated the conclusions of a National Endowment for the Arts report on American reading habits. The report did not offer conclusions about the amount of reading that occurs in the lifespan of individuals. (1/21)

• In Leah Garchik's column Monday in the Datebook section, the performers of the two Malamud stories at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center on Feb. 14 were misstated. The stories will be performed by the Traveling Jewish Theatre. (1/21)

• An article in the Bay Area section Sunday about Martin Luther King Jr. Day events misstated the year and location of King's "promised land" speech. It was delivered in Memphis in 1968. (1/20)

• In Leah Garchik's column in the Datebook section on Monday, the creation of the Omar Clay tribute cake should have been attributed to Sugar Butter Flour in Sunnyvale. (1/20)

• An article Sunday reported that Barack Obama will be the 44th person to become president. He will be the 44th president, but the 43rd person to serve in the office. Historians count Grover Cleveland as the 22nd and 24th president because his two terms were not consecutive. (1/19)

• A headline Thursday misstated the year in which actor Patrick McGoohan died. It was 2009. (1/19)

• A profile of Judy Grossman in last Sunday's Style section erroneously reported that the Athletic Scholars Advancement Program receives funds from the San Francisco School Alliance. The program does not receive funds from the alliance. (1/18)

• "Today on Television" in Saturday's Datebook mistakenly listed the program schedule for Monday, not Saturday. (1/18)

• A list of presidential firsts that appeared in Saturday's Datebook section incorrectly stated that President-elect Barack Obama will be the first post-Boomer president. He is part of the Baby Boom generation, which consists of those born from 1946 to 1964. (1/18)

• A caption on the front page of Saturday's Chronicle erroneously referred to the number of terms Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president. Roosevelt died in 1945 during his fourth term in office. (1/18)

• Chip Johnson's Friday column misspelled and misidentified Byron Williams. The story said that Williams is an ordained minister and occasional columnist. Williams is a pastor and syndicated columnist whose work appears in the Oakland Tribune. (1/17)

• A story Friday on the history of magnetism on the moon misstated the affiliation of the Berkeley Geochronology Center. It is an independent research institution, not part of the University of California. (1/17)

• In Friday's Sporting Green, the starting date for the SAP Open tennis tournament in San Jose was misstated. The tournament starts Feb. 9. (1/17)

• A Business story Friday on the U.S. Climate Action Partnership incorrectly stated the group's targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Under the group's plan, America's greenhouse gas emissions would be 80 to 86 percent of 2005 levels by 2020. By 2030, emissions would fall to 58 percent of 2005 levels, and by 2050, emissions would be 20 percent of 2005 levels. The story also incorrectly stated that the partnership wants Congress to create a national greenhouse gas registry by the end of this year. The partnership wants a greenhouse gas registry but has not set a target date for it. (1/17)

• C.W. Nevius' column Thursday misidentified an animated character from the movie "Toy Story." He is Buzz Lightyear. (1/16)

• In Thursday's Sporting Green, an article about the Cal men's basketball team misstated the team's Pac-10 finish last season. The Bears finished in ninth place. (1/16)

• An article Wednesday about the Archdiocese of San Francisco refusing to pay a property transfer tax misstated the total annual tax collected by the city. San Francisco collected $144 million in property transfer taxes in the 2006-07 fiscal year and $86.2 million in transfer taxes in the 2007-08 fiscal year. (1/15)

• A story about workplace furloughs in the Dec. 27 Business section mischaracterized the kinds of employees affected at the San Francisco Art Institute. The furlough there included most faculty members. (1/15)

• A story in Monday's Technology section on Facekoo should have said that eBay consolidated with auction site EachNet. (1/14)

• Chip Johnson's column on Tuesday inaccurately said that crime in Richmond had dropped in 2007. The column should have said that violent crime, homicides and aggravated assaults had decreased in 2008. -- In Monday's Datebook section, the Today calendar misstated the date of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Day: A King and an Emperor event. It will take place noon-4 p.m. Sunday at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak streets, Oakland. For more information, call (510) 238-2200 or go to www.museumca.org. (1/14)

• In Monday's Sporting Green, the caption under a photo of St. Mary's basketball player Diamon Simpson misidentified the USF player pictured. He was Dior Lowhorn. (1/13)

• Wednesday's story about a video showing a shooting at an Oakland BART station misstated the location of the city of Madera. It is in Madera County. (1/13)

• A story Dec. 3 about the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville misidentified the academic credentials of Chief Executive Officer Jay Keasling. He is a professor of chemical engineering. (1/13)

• A story in last Sunday's Datebook gave an incorrect date for the ODC/Dance company's engagement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The show runs March 12-29. (1/12)

• The clue for 23-Down in the Commuter puzzle on Page C7 on Wednesday was incorrect. The clue should have been "DEA agent." (1/10)

• In a story Dec. 30 about the Season of Sharing, the name of Fernando Sanchez's case worker was misspelled. She is Angela Picado. (1/10)

• A story Sunday about the pending sale of San Francisco artist David Ireland's house misstated the concern about the timing of the sale. By mid-April, Ireland will have lived elsewhere for more than three years, which will disqualify him for the tax exemption on as much as $250,000 in capital gains from the sale. No change in law will occur. (1/10)