The San Francisco Chronicle, for its various failings as a source of unbaised and serious local reporting, has some of the best feature articles on architecture of any regional paper in the country. Especially worth reading are Dave Weinstein's Signature Style columns on local architects and properties - often with a very strong Arts & Crafts bent. Here are several that most closely relate to Arts & Crafts homes and their builders in Northern California:

• Builder of Bungalows: renegade Ida McCain brought character to hundreds of homes for the Bay Area's middle class
• Keeping up with Jones in Vallejo: William Jones' brown shingles are a lasting mark in this historic community
• The Man Who Built Petaluma: Brainerd Jones designed much of what is now the city's historic section
• Built to Last: Walter Ratcliff built for comfort, and founded a dynasty
• California Colonial: Birge Clark, Palo Alto's favorite architect, mixed romance with realism
• It's tough to tell a Turton: architect left his mark on Napa - but in disparate styles
• Frank Delos Wolfe: out on the lone prairies of San Jose, South Bay builder's career spanned many styes
• Listening for Architecture: Warren Callister's work is boldly modern, yet arising from the spirit of the place (although, personally, I find Callister's work far more a fusion of Asian and Arts & Crafts sensibilities than modern)
• Strange Talents: Ernest Coxhead's idiosyncratic homes helped define Bay tradition
• Taking Whimsy Seriously: Builder Carr Jones put Arts and Crafts style into the storybooks
• Modest Mansions: Walter W. Dixon's Storybook homes offered escape during stressful times
• Suburbs in the City: Joseph A. Leonard's vision of residence parks set the tone for neighborhoods
• Brightening the Sunset: Oliver Rousseau, a Depression-era builder, infused the city with rows of romantic homes
• On Spec: Leola Hall made her mark with Craftsman homes in Berkeley
• Natural Neighborhoods: Duncan McDuffie created elegant urban 'residential parks'