City Hall
S.F. plan would make it easier to break up big retail spaces. Merchant groups aren’t happy.
A lot may have changed in San Francisco’s last quarter-century, merchants say, but the need to keep storefronts small is as relevant as ever.
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Sorry Elon, there's nothing robotic about your SF taxi launch
Contrary to its plans, Tesla doesn’t have approval from California regulators to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco.
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SFMTA releases traffic data after Great Highway closure
City officials released data Friday showing that the traffic effects of closing a 2-mile section of Great Highway are largely as expected.
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Tesla Is Maybe Launching Robotaxis In San Francisco This Weekend, For Testing
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Politics
California’s NPR and PBS Stations Will Cut Staff and Programs After Funding Slashed | KQED
Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.
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Newsom wants California to fight Texas for congressional power in 2026
“Everything is at stake if we are not successful next year in taking back the House of Representatives,” Newsom said Friday.
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Voters Approve of Mayor Lurie, But What About His Social Media? | KQED
A new poll shows that six months into San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s term, voters are very happy with his overall performance. But are his social media posts a little too positive given the city’s issues with ICE arrests and a budget deficit? Scott, Guy and KQED’s Sydney Johnson discuss the mayor’s popularity. Plus, they
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Planned Parenthood Closes South San Francisco Location, Four Others Due to Trump Budget Cuts
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All-In: Eavesdropping on Washington, D.C.’s MAGA AI-palooza
We were disinvited from All-in’s AI summit, so we went to where the real action was happening: the bar.
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Human Rights
Saturday Links: Nurses, Parents Protest Kaiser’s Pause on Trans Youth Care
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Immigration
Two men arrested by ICE in S.F. today had ‘complex medical needs’
One of the men was taken to the hospital in an ambulance following his Friday arrest after struggling to breathe while talking to lawyers
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South Bay company outraged over employee being detained by ICE
Pivot Interiors in Santa Clara is demanding answers after one of its employees was detained by federal agents during a hearing at immigration court.
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California’s Congressional Democrats Take Another Shot at Expanding Path to Green Card | KQED
Democrats said shifting public opinion on the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration arrests could help the legislation, even though Republicans are in control of Congress.
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ICE arrests all adults without children at S.F. immigration court today
Friday's arrests by ICE were the most yet in a single docket in San Francisco this year. ICE agents even took a man trying to self-deport.
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Labor
Northern California Safeway Employees Extend Strike Deadline as Negotiations Progress | KQED
UFCW Local 5 and other California chapters gave a federal mediator 24 more hours amid ‘incremental progress’ at the bargaining table.
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Day Around the Bay: 20,000 Safeway Workers Could Strike Saturday if Deal Not Met
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Arts and Events
Forget ‘Call Her Daddy,’ the Bay Area now has ‘SlutStack’
Double penetration meets data visualization on ‘SlutStack,’ a sex podcast for the kink-rationalist-sex-positive set.
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Gilroy Garlic Festival Is Now Back, Though Much Smaller And Sold Out (But There's a Livestream!)
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Criminal Justice
ACLU Wants Investigation Into Vallejo City Attorney Over Alleged Police Misconduct Cases
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Family of man shot to death by San Leandro officer in 2020 seeks answers
An ongoing battle for answers continued Friday in the case of a fatal police shooting of a man inside a San Leandro Walmart store five years ago.
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Education
Education Department Will Release Billions in Remaining Withheld Grant Money for Schools | KQED
President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld over $6 billion in funding on July 1 as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.
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Health
‘Nowhere Else to Go': SF Families Protest Kaiser’s New Limits on Gender-Affirming Care | KQED
The rally at Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco Medical Center came after the California health care giant said it was pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients younger than 19.
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Planned Parenthood Shutters 5 NorCal Clinics After Trump Slashes Funding | KQED
The nonprofit cited a loss in federal funding triggered by President Donald Trump’s massive tax bill as the primary reason for closing the clinics.
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Public Safety
San Francisco is a car city now. Sorry
If you ignore the “war on cars” rhetoric and look hard at transportation trends, you see a city embracing an identity it claims not to want.
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Influencer Emilie Kiser's husband won't face charges in 3-year-old son's drowning
Brady Kiser, the husband of parenting influencer Emilie Kiser, will not face charges in his son's drowning in May, officials said Friday.
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Sports
The Valkyries won without Kayla Thornton, but replacing her is 'impossible'
With the All-Star out for the season, Janelle Salaün, Cecilia Zandalasini, and Tiffany Hayes led Golden State to a win over Dallas.
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The best battles of 49ers camp are about to roar. Here they are - The San Francisco Standard
Kickers Jake Moody and Greg Joseph are hardly the only players competing for starting jobs this summer.
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African players also find a home on El Farolito’s immigrant team
El Farolito’s soccer team is back on the road — this time, 2,300 miles from home. On Saturday night, the Burrito Boys will step onto the synthetic turf at
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Injury Ends Valkyries Star Thornton’s Season, Raising Questions About Playoff Hopes | KQED
Fan favorite Kayla Thornton is out for the rest of the Golden State Valkyries’ inaugural WNBA season after suffering a serious injury during practice.
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Woman-owned running store in S.F. prepares for Sunday's marathon
San Francisco's marathon, says founder of Running Wylder, is "gorgeous." You start at the Ferry Building, & "you get to run the entire city."
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Valkyries' Kayla Thornton out for the season with knee injury
Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton will be out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, the team announced.
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Miscellaneous
Big love
On 16th Street. Photo by Lydia Chavez.
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Astronomer hires Gwyneth Paltrow as 'temporary spokesperson' after Coldplay concert scandal
Astronomer shared a video on social media where Gwyneth Paltrow -- Chris Martin's ex-wife -- said she was the company's new temporary spokesperson.
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San Francisco restaurant closes, chef fired after clash with TikTok influencer
A San Francisco restaurant is temporarily closed, and the co-founding chef is gone after a TikTok influencer posted a viral video.
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Humane Society Silicon Valley continues animal care despite destructive fire
In the heart of Silicon Valley, a nearly century-old humane society is trying to bounce back after a destructive fire.
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This Week In Food: Mmm, Disco Fries
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Shuggie's Is Dropping the 'Trash Pie' AKA Pizza, Retooling Its Menu
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Photos: Bald Eagle Nest Creating a Sensation, With Oakland’s First Bald Eagle Chicks in Years
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Southwest Airlines passengers report sudden drop after departure from Burbank to Las Vegas
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet described a jarring drop on a flight from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Las Vegas that injured two flight attendants.
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