City Hall
Bar owners worry Oakland's crackdown on outdoor smoking will kill them
Nightlife may take a hit as officials begin enforcing a law that bans smoking on bar patios and outside entrances.
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Day 135 at the 16th St. Plaza: east Mission St resists change
The police car and mobile unit stationed on the southwest plaza had no impact on all the activity just across the street.
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Ex-DBI Commission President Rodrigo Santos Gets Fined $1.4 Million Over City Fraud Cases
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SF Pride's Financials Still In the Red, In Part Due to City Revoking $150K Grant
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Giant Lake Emerges at 24th and Mission After Water Main Break In Public Works Project
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Politics
Newsom had big plans to regulate AI. Trump said: Hold my beer
The governor’s vision varies wildly from that of the president. The issue could determine who wins the White House in 2028.
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Trump Administration Forces Muir Woods to Alter Its Signage, Because Trump Is Very Easily Offended
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Steal this future - 48 hills
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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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Immigration
ICE arrests man S.F. judge says might be mentally impaired
ICE officers also arrested two women at routine hearings this morning, the most recent of over 40 arrests at the S.F. immigration courthouse
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Bay Area Immigrant and Ally Resource Guide for Dealing with ICE
immigrant resource guide for legal rights on ICE arrests detention. free resources for legal in san francisco bay area
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Ninth Circuit Shuts Down Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship, Setting Up Supreme Court Showdown
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Labor
Huge Safeway Strike Possibly Looming, Could Start as Early as Saturday
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Opinion
Can they digitize your epiphanies? - 48 hills
At the Human + Tech conference, a movement to meld AI to personhood that ended up feeling more machine than mankind.
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Opinion | Three things San Francisco Democrats can learn from Mamdani’s win in NYC
Mamdani may not be the savior the left craves, but his win has important lessons for San Francisco's Democrats
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Opinion | San Francisco and the art of ‘accomplishing nothing’
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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Arts and Events
Rene Colorado is here to make S.F. hungry for the Tenderloin
Rene Colorado created @tenderloin_eats to bring new diners into the neighborhood and support its diverse food scene.
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Outside Lands Will Again Be Livestreamed on Amazon Prime and Twitch
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Under the Stars: Stepping into the future with Secret Sidewalk - 48 hills
Plus: Outside Lands Night Shows, Madeline Kenney's torch, Sly Stone's Cathedral, Derya Yıldırım's bağlama, more music
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Lurie's crusade against minor crime is adding up
BIG WEEK: 21 great things to do + all the movies fit to screen.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: SoMa Offices Filling Up Again
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BIG WEEK: Bhangra & Beats, Morgan Freeman, Up Your Alley, Yum Yams, Bears in Space.... - 48 hills
Plus: SusieCakes brings back banana pudding, Deltron 3030 rides again, a slew of kinky dance parties, more to do
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A Musical Starring Luigi, Diddy, & SBF is Selling Out Theatres in San Francisco
luige the musical is selling out in san francisco a satire involving diddy and sbf that takes place in a prison
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Business
The best and worst tipping cities in the Bay Area
Square analyzed average spending habits by city to find the most generous and stingiest tippers in the Bay Area.
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Business & Tech
That Tesla-Branded Diner Has Opened In LA, and Predictably It Is Being Yelp-Bombed
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Criminal Justice
The strange and terrible saga of 'RoDBIgo' Santos and the $1.4M settlement
The overarching lesson from corrupt engineer and fraudster's wild run: Crime pays.
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Health
Are Trump and RFK Jr. inviting a new AIDS pandemic? - 48 hills
The administration has implemented draconian cuts to HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and foreign aid. We talk to the people on the ground.
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Public Safety
Anonymous SFPD Instagram accounts spread salacious department rumors
Apparently disgruntled San Francisco police officers have taken to social media to air some of the department’s most provocative rumors, from sexual
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Day Around the Bay: Big-Time BART Delays as There Was Another Fire Near the Tracks
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Cops are making and sharing 'vicious' memes. Now SFPD is investigating
Meme accounts that appear to be run by cops have churned out hundreds of posts since 2022.
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Sports
CC Sabathia went from Vallejo to the Hall of Fame, never forgetting his Bay Area roots
The left-hander grew up an A's fan and could have been a Giants star. Instead, he took a different journey to baseball immortality.
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Kawakami: Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors roster maneuvers, and thinking about a Giannis Future
In the shadow NBA offseason, the Warriors have set up potential moves that include the possibility of adding Al Horford and De'Anthony Melton.
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Dre Greenlaw’s replacement? First up is Dee Winters, the 49ers linebacker making a leap
Robert Saleh said playing time is key for Winters, who has already intercepted Brock Purdy at training camp.
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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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Miscellaneous
Waymo infestation
On 5th Street. Photo by Robert B. Livingston.
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Acclaimed SF chef steps down after alleged spat with influencer
TikTok content creator @itskarlabb detailed a confrontation with a host and chef.
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Tourist-watching in the dead mall
Why, exactly, are some tourists making a pit stop at the San Francisco Centre?
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Hotly Anticipated Modern Cantonese Restaurant Happy Crane Sets Opening Date In Hayes Valley
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Jilli is SF’s newest Korean hotspot. Just don’t call it a restaurant
Makgeolli, a cloudy rice wine, is a staple of Korean drinking culture.
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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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