City Hall
Opinion | Why do SF supervisors ‘suck at governing’? Here’s a prime example
A board fight over outmoded contracting rules and a powerless citizen’s panel shows the city can’t break its old, bad habits.
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🟧 Historic District Delay // New Station Captain
Plus: We catch up with the honorable Rev. Glenda Hope.
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Lurie's crusade against minor crime is adding up
Delicious Passport to Peru, Marga Gomez's Search for Signs of Intelligent Life ...
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Politics
What Everyone is Getting Wrong About Zohran Mamdani's Primary Win for Mayor
It's not the slogans or reels — the militant focus on class issues is what put Cuomo to sleep.
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Ocean Avenue Historic District Designation Stuck In Limbo
The community put forward the proposal after the Planning Department abandoned one of its own. Years later, progress has been halting.
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Sam Altman Warns of Coming AI-Created 'Fraud Crisis'
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California Planned Parenthood Loses $300 Million In Federal Funding In Latest Legal Blow
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Immigration
Tracking every ICE action in San Francisco so far
At least 40 people have been arrested by ICE officers in San Francisco. Mission Local is tracking these arrests.
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Labor
Big Tech’s new rule: Use AI or be fired
As CEOs mandate “AI fluency” and shrink teams, tech workers fear being replaced by the very tools they’re told to embrace.
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Opinion
Nothing burger
In-N-Out’s billionaire owner serves up another steaming patty of culture-war red meat
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Housing
Yvonne’s Southern Sweets in the Bayview was vandalized in early June. It’s still struggling to reopen
A long-time Bayview business owner is looking for help after her business was broken into while she was dropping off her daughter at college.
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S.F. settles longstanding homeless lawsuit for $2.8M
The lawsuit alleged that San Francisco workers failed to follow the city’s bag-and-tag policies for homeless people's possessions
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Lengthy Court Proceeding Over Homeless Encampment Sweeps In SF Ends With $2.8M Settlement
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San Francisco to pay $2.8M to settle homelessness lawsuit
The city agreed to pay the Coalition on Homelessness' attorney fees but will not make major changes to how it conducts camp sweeps.
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S.F. homeless families can stay in shelters for longer after pushback
Homeless families facing eviction from San Francisco shelters have won a reprieve with a new policy allowing for longer extensions
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Arts and Events
The S.F. critter camp where geckos watch you wait for the 49 bus
Tree Frog Treks’ hands-on critter camps in San Francisco spark kids’ science curiosity with live animal encounters and immersive workshops.
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Mission Fried Chicken Joint Hastily Removes Ads From Carlos Santana Mural After Backlash
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What's on now at San Francisco museums, July 2025
What's showing at San Francisco's museums in July. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has opened at the Legion of Honor and this weekend SFAI Stories opens at SFMOMA.
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The 19 best things to do this week, from a hot singles party to an art show in a Painted Lady
Which events are worth checking out this week? We'll help you choose.
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Screen Grabs: The neurotic summer bondage rom-com you've been pining for - 48 hills
Plus: Deadly blasts from the past in 'Shoshana' and 'El,' Lithuanian peril in 'Toxic,' Albanian corruption in 'Waterdrop,' more new movies.
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S.F. muralist, educator Patricia Rodriguez dies at 80
In the early hours of June 30 Patricia Rodriguez, a trailblazing Chicana muralist, artist, curator and educator, died in her sleep at UCSF.
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Welcome to savor country
Get your hands on the pillowy, flavorful chole bhature at Jalebi Street
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First Batch of 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Acts Announced, Includes String Cheese Incident, Reverend Horton Heat
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Poetry: Nancy Jong
Poetry by Nancy Jong, Richmond District resident.
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Meet the 77-year-old keeping experimental theater alive in the Tenderloin
The Exit on Taylor Street will host its annual San Francisco Fringe Festival beginning next month, featuring pole dancing and clowns.
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The Greek Theatre Has a Dope Summer/Fall Lineup!
You are Young, Broke, and Beautiful.
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Business
TMG Partners expected to acquire 149 New Montgomery St.
The deal would be a part of a spending spree by the firm, which this year has been linked to some of San Francisco's best-known properties.
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Criminal Justic
Day Around the Bay: Richard Tillman's Competency Questioned In Court
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Criminal Justice
Disbarred SF Attorney Sentenced to Life In Prison For His Role In Murderous 2008 ‘Gay Grifters’ Scandal
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Environment
This could be the coldest SF summer of your life
A low pressure system has pushed cold ocean air into San Francisco, making for the coldest start to the summer in decades.
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Health
Kaiser Permanente is ending gender-affirming surgeries for youth
The policy change comes as the Trump administration dials up pressure against providers of gender-affirming healthcare to youth.
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Public Safety
Ingleside Station Gets A New Police Captain
It's that time again when San Francisco Police Department brass move around station captains.
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Federal Report Offers Several New Details About Capsize Incident That Left 8 Dead at Lake Tahoe
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Mother Speaks Out After 9-Year-Old Boy Killed By Father In San Jose Park
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Sports
Giants trade deadline primer: 5 questions about Buster Posey's next moves
San Francisco has struggled since adding Rafael Devers. The front office must decide whether to go all-in with more additions before July 31.
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Kawakami: A real kicking competition and more 49ers Day 1 thoughts and conclusions
The 49ers are pitting incumbent Jake Moody against free-agent signee Greg Joseph in a camp battle that's already drawing attention.
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Where Jacob Cowing's injury leaves 49ers' already thin wide receiver unit
With Brandon Aiyuk and Ricky Pearsall sidelined, Brock Purdy turns to Jauan Jennings, Demarcus Robinson, and Jordan Watkins.
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Miscellaneous
Jack Epstein has made 50K boxes at his Noe Valley chocolate shop
In Noe Valley, Chocolate Covered has thousands of San Francisco landmarks — from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Painted Ladies — in box form.
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Pre-Columbian
On Mission Street. Photo by Mike Santiago.
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At Dolores Waterfall Cevicheria in S.F., ceviche is the thing!
The allure of whimsical ocean-themed murals, streams of colorful papeles picados, and, of course, fresh ceviche is a powerful draw.
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