SF Dispatch 1/14/26

Welcome to the SF Dispatch, a daily newsletter round-up to save you some time catching up on the latest headlines from billionaire funded to independent news.

🌁 Featured News

Roadkill: S.F. measure to reintroduce cars to Great Highway ‘crashes and burns’

San Francisco requires only four supervisors to put a ballot measure before voters. That low bar was too high for Supervisor Alan Wong.

Mission LocalJunyao Yang, Joe Eskenazi

Mayor Lurie rolls out new affordability push. Here’s his first move

San Francisco will expand free and subsidized early child care by raising the income thresholds for families, using unspent money from a tax voters passed years ago to fund the expansion.

San Francisco ChronicleJ.D. Morris

San Francisco DA Weighs in on Minneapolis ICE Shooting | KQED

Last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent renewed scrutiny nationwide and prompted calls for accountability. In San Francisco, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has said she wouldn’t hesitate to bring charges against federal agents who use excessive force. She joins Scott and Marisa in studio to discuss how she’s approaching the legal challenges presented by President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Chec

KQEDScott Shafer

Tenants ‘Crushed’ After California Renter Protections Bill Stalls in the Legislature | KQED

AB 1157, known as the Affordable Rent Act, didn’t get enough votes to advance out of committee. It is unlikely to resurface this legislative session.

KQEDAdhiti Bandlamudi

📰 Local Headlines

City Hall

Mandelman seeks to landmark late gay Ambassador Hormel’s former home
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Lurie-aligned billionaires polled SF on fave sports teams and … left off the 49ers
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California College of the Arts in SF will be replaced by Vanderbilt University
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Proposal to reopen Great Highway falls short of qualifying for June ballot
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SF supervisor fails to get support for measure reopening the Great Highway
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Lurie Child Care Subsidies
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Supervisors Uphold Removal Vaillancourt Fountain
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Politics

Great Highway Ballot Measure Proposal Appears Doomed for June Election
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Roadkill: S.F. measure to reintroduce cars to Great Highway ‘crashes and burns’
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SF 2026: Let’s Talk About All These Elections
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Sunset recallers launch effort to reopen Great Highway after supervisor’s plan crashes
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Supervisor Alan Wong Fails to Get His Ballot Measure to Bring Cars Back to the Great Highway
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Sf Great Highway Ballot Measure Redo Fails
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Criminal Justice

Young man accused in shooting of Antioch 11-year-old turns himself in
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Tuesday Morning Topline: Closing Arguments Happening In 'Grandpa Vicha' Murder Trial
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Suspect in SF hospital killing of gay social worker Rangel pleads not guilty
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Justices seem poised to uphold trans athlete bans
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Sacramento queer community grapples with next steps after victim of brutal attack dies 
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No Prison Time for 2 Former Antioch Cops Who Testified Against Colleagues
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Louisiana Officials Have Indicted a Bay Area Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Pills
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Supreme Court All But Certain to Rule That Laws Barring Trans Students From Sports Are Constitutional
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Drunk, Belligerent Lady From Hazie’s Viral Video Won’t Face Charges Over Incident
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Trial in brutal San Francisco shoving death of 'Grandpa Vicha' winds down
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Felony Trial Begins for Stanford Pro-Palestinian Protesters
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Public Safety

Oakley Man Tries to Shoot Sheriff’s Deputy, Then Shoots Himself After Four-Hour Police Standoff
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Three People Sent To The Hospital In Junipero Serra Boulevard Crash
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San Francisco DA Weighs in on Minneapolis ICE Shooting
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Burlingame businesses being affected by street shutdowns due to gas leaks
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No Kings Act
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Immigration

Government Database May Be Aiding Trump Administration’s Deportation Efforts
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Are You Allowed to Record ICE?
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Trump Sanctuary Threat
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Business

Sick of Scam Calls and Texts? You Can Now Request to Remove Your Details From Data Brokers
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Williams-Sonoma to Close Its Flagship Union Square Store as Chanel Prepares to Move In
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This startup promises a “soul computer.” Is it vaporware?
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Day Around the Bay: Lafayette Taco Ball With Adorably Outdated Kitschy Exterior Closes Permanently
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Culture

Scott Adams, Whose Comic Strip ‘Dilbert’ Ridiculed White-Collar Office Life, Dies at 68
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'Dilbert' Cartoonist Scott Adams, Who Spent His Final Years as a Trump-Loving Podcaster, Dies at 68
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His viral photos of Mexican workers strike deep community chords
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‘Then and Now’: 22nd Avenue and Santiago Street
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Fleetwood Mac Landslide
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Housing

Tenants ‘Crushed’ After California Renter Protections Bill Stalls in the Legislature
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Think you can solve SF’s homelessness crisis? Give it a try
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Environment

Cold Winter Temperature California
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Health

Restless in SF: New data shows city’s most sleep-deprived neighborhoods
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to The Trevor Project, Amid Trump Funding Cuts
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Need Extra ‘Dry January’ Motivation Right About Now? Expert Advice on How to Keep Going
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Flu Cases Hospitalizations Rising California
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Education

Century-old California College of the Arts to close, handing campus to Vanderbilt U.
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Vanderbilt University Is Indeed Opening an SF Campus, and It Will Be at Potrero Hill’s California College of the Arts
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Why a 150-year-old Nashville university is opening SF campus
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Vanderbilt University Oakland Rockridge
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Opinion

The government’s new food pyramid tastes like tech bro
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The Giants are trying to correct decades of self-inflicted mistakes in Latin America
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The next generation of AI founders can’t even drive
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Letters to the editor
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Great Highway Sunset San Francisco
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Arts and Events

Sketchfest giveaway! Win a pair of tickets to Mark Mothersbaugh + Red Room Orchestra
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🔶 Things To Do In The Greater Ingleside: Ancient Aztec Ceremony
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BottleRock Announces Throwback-Heavy Lineup Including Backstreet Boys, LCD Soundsystem, and Chaka Khan
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‘The Strength of Water’ Details Immigrant Life in the Sunset
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6 Quick SF Sketchfest Picks
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COYOTE Calendar: January 15-21
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Apple turns 50: Our 10 favorite items from the Steve Jobs auction
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Joan Baez Sweet Relief
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The 17 best events in SF this weekend 
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Miscellaneous

People We Meet: Lucy Chiem is the kind of librarian who likes surprises
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California’s Cost of Living Keeps Climbing — How Are You Coping?
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Surfer Attacked Shark Mendocino County Board
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