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For the hockey player, please see Herb Cain. Herbert James Cain ( December 24, 1912, in Newmarket, Ontario - February 23, 1982 in Newmarket, Ontario

Herbert Eugene Caen (April 3, 1916 – February 1, 1997) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist working in San Francisco. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Born in Sacramento, California, Caen worked for the San Francisco Chronicle from the late 1930s until his death, with an interruption from 1950 to 1958 during which he wrote for the San Francisco Examiner. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since His collection of essays entitled Baghdad-by-the-Bay was published in 1949. He died of lung cancer in San Francisco and his funeral was one of the best-attended events in recent city history. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung.

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Early years

Caen gained fame with his column "It's News to Me," which was first published July 5, 1938. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His columns were known for their dry wit and his intimate knowledge of the happenings in his city. Caen had a considerable influence on pop culture and its language; most notably, he coined the term "beatnik" in his April 2, 1958 column [1] and popularized the word "hippie" during San Francisco's 1967 Summer of Love. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. He also playfully popularized many other (if more obscure) concepts and terms, such as Frisbeetarianism. To reflect the multiculturalism and exotic character of San Francisco he coined the term Baghdad by the Bay, and often referred to San Francisco that way. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Caen was reliable but not infallible; in 1985 he reported that journalist Hunter S. Thompson was working as the night manager of the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre. Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre is a Striptease club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco 's Tenderloin neighborhood Thompson indeed was living in San Francisco then and a close friend of the Mitchells but did not work for them in any capacity, and many customers reportedly showed up at the nightclub, eager to meet the Gonzo journalist but disappointed to be told he was not there.

Three-dot journalism

Caen often referred to his column as "three-dot journalism" since it mostly consisted of short items broken up by ellipses. Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from Greek 'omission' in Printing and Writing refers to a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional He ran the popular "Namephreaks" feature which presented people whose names were related to their occupations or hobbies (such as Nancy Canceller who worked the cancellation machines at the post office). A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. He regularly ran columns with this topic, one of his most popular. Entries were often submitted by Strange DeJim, who frequently sent jokes to Caen and who many suspected was not a real person but an alias Caen selected for himself. Strange DeJim revealed himself after Caen's death as a writer who lives in San Francisco's Castro District [2]. The Castro District better known as The Castro is a neighborhood within Eureka Valley in San Francisco California.

Herb Caen Way. . .

For many years, San Francisco had a double-decker freeway along much of its waterfront on the east side of the city, called the Embarcadero Freeway as it was built over the street named the Embarcadero. State Route 480 was a proposed State highway in San Francisco California, United States, consisting of the elevated double-decker Embarcadero Freeway The Embarcadero is the eastern waterfront roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. Many residents, Caen among them, considered it an eyesore as it blocked views of the bay; for this reason it was never completed. Caen frequently lambasted it in his column, dubbing it The Dambarcadero. In 1989 the Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the freeway, and the decision was made to demolish it rather than repair it. The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Remaining in place, but now open to the sky, is the Embarcadero, a small portion of which is named Herb Caen Way. . . [sic], with the three dots included in honor of his writing style. Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" "so" "as such" or "just as that" The wide promenade serves as the most eastern street in San Francisco, wrapping the city from the northeast corner, proceeding along the waterfront, and terminating near the new stadium for his beloved San Francisco Giants [3]. AT&T Park is an open-air ballpark, home to the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division.

Awards

Caen received a special award from the Pulitzer Prize board in 1996 "for his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city. "[4] He referred to it in his column as his "Pullet Surprise"

Caen can be seen in Jack O'Connell's San Francisco documentary The Hippie Revolution (1996), a reworking of O'Connell's earlier Revolution (1968).

Fireworks following funeral

Caen willed to the city of San Francisco a fireworks display which was given at Aquatic Park in front of Ghirardelli Square following his death. The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, USA. Ghirardelli Square is a Tourist attraction with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco California. The fireworks display concluded with a pyrotechnic image of a typewriter on the bay. This tribute was attended by many of his friends and fans, who gathered on Herb Caen Way . . . on the Embarcadero, lit candles protected from the wind by dixie cups, and walked north along the waterfront to Aquatic Park.

Legacy

Caen has been recognized as a formative influence by a younger generation of Bay Area writers as diverse as Mark Morford, Alex Steffen, Susie Bright, Aaron Cometbus, and Dave Eggers. Mark Morford is a Columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. His deeply satiric social commentary column is called Notes & Errata and is published Alex Steffen (* 1968 is an American writer blogger editor and Futurist most noted for his bright green ideas Susannah "Susie" Bright (also known as Susie Sexpert) (born March 25, 1958, Arlington, Virginia) is a writer speaker teacher Aaron Elliott (born 1968 better known as Aaron Cometbus, is a Drummer, Lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist" and author of Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American Writer, editor, and publisher.

When Caen's son Christopher launched AWARE Magazine in 2007, he named the holding company "Ellipsis Media" in honor of his father

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