Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago. Oct. 23: Jane Dornacker, 40, the comedian and traffic reporter who was a San Francisco ...

Memories of traffic reporter Jane Dornacker and her tragic death nearly 18 years ago were stirred yesterday when NBC-TV’s news chopper crashed. Dornacker, 40, was killed when her chopper plunged into ...

Q: My favorite traffic reporter would have to be Jane Dornacker, a San Francisco comedian who died in a helicopter crash while reporting on traffic in New York. She was funny and irreverent and still ...