The Wild Life of Birney Jarvis

Birney Jarvis, a retired San Francisco Chronicle reporter whose life read like a script for an adventure movie, died at his home in Bay Minnette, Ala., on June 3, 2012. He was 82 and suffered from leukemia. At various times, Mr. Jarvis was a Hells Angel, a blue water sailor, a boxer, a karate instructor, an author and a journalist. “He was a larger-than-life adventurer,” said Jerry Carroll, a former Chronicle reporter and longtime friend… read more >