City Hall
San José and PG&E Strike Deal to Attract Data Centers to South Bay | KQED
San José hopes that a partnership with PG&E to offer power delivery guarantees will help attract more data centers to the city.
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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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Politics
In Midstream
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Why a 'mini Trump' is breaking through in Japan
As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya made gains on a “Japanese...
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Trump plays golf in Scotland while protesters take to the streets and decry his visit
Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal to avoid stiff U.S....
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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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Human Rights
Saturday Links: Nurses, Parents Protest Kaiser’s Pause on Trans Youth Care
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Labor
Safeway workers extended strike deadline, see 'negotiation progress'
The union representing about 25,000 Safeway workers in northern and central California extended a strike deadline early Saturday, citing "negotiation progress."
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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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Opinion
Opinion: Alcatraz farce defines Trump sycophancy
No one in Washington believes there is any chance Alcatraz will reopen as a prison, but there is nobody in a position of power in Donald Trump’s cabinet who will tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Housing
SF Families Win Shelter Extension Rights, Still Face Long Waits for Housing | KQED
San Francisco has intensified encampment sweeps, yet hundreds of sheltered families face long waits for stable housing, even as new policies extend shelter stays and Mayor Lurie shifts funding toward short-term solutions.
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Fistfights and Food Tossing Break Out in Bitter Sausalito Housing Dispute
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Arts and Events
Escape SF’s summer chill and head to this underrated NorCal city
Tired of San Francisco’s relentless chill? Bidwell Park offers access to the Sierra wilderness.
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Photos: Before 'Cowboy Carter,' these Black cowboys made Western culture their own
San Francisco photographer Gabriela Hasbun has been capturing resplendent images of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo for more than a decade.
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Want to tour the SFO Museum? Just email, and you’ll get one-on-one treatment.
SFO is home to the world’s only accredited airport museum — and curator Daniel Calderon is on a mission to spark wonder in millions of travelers each year.
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SF museum ‘really meeting people where they’re at’
Perched atop a Corona Heights hill, the 74-year-old San Francisco educational institution has long taught local children about nature, science and art through intuitive, hands-on learning experiences.
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Gilroy Garlic Festival returns six years after shooting
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is back, bringing with it delicious foods and specialty items to try out. It’s the festival’s first time back since 2019, when a...
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Field Notes: Possums, Pixies, Plays, and Power Tools
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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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Criminal Justice
SF restorative-justice hub a 'stable, safe space'
Community Works West has opened the Restorative Hub, a 6,000 square foot facility in the SoMa neighborhood that provides assistance and support to people reentering society from incarceration.
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Ghislaine Maxwell's meetings with Justice Department shrouded in secrecy
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche completed nine hours of meetings over two days with Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday but made no public statements about what...
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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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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
Federal cuts trigger Planned Parenthood closures in the Bay Area
The Planned Parenthood health centers in South San Francisco and San Mateo have been shuttered since Thursday.
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Are 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day too much? It's complicated, experts say: ‘It's different for each person'
Figuring out how much coffee is too much isn’t straightforward. Experts explain why, and what you need to know about its benefits and risks.
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‘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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Public Safety
Multiple people injured in stabbing at Michigan Walmart, suspect in custody, officials say
At least 11 people were injured in a "multiple stabbing incident" at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, officials said.
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Authorities offer reward in woman's unsolved killing a year later
One year after 24-year-old Juliett "Ju-Let" Harris was fatally shot in East Oakland, authorities are renewing their call for help in solving the case.
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Hersheypark reveals new details on death of 9-year-old girl
A spokesperson confirmed a 9-year-old girl died at the wave pool at the Boardwalk at Hersheypark on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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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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Sports
'It's welcoming': Nonbinary athletes tell us what makes the SF marathon special
Runners say a newly formed division offers a welcoming race environment during uncertain times for nonbinary athletes.
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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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Miscellaneous
We blind-tasted bagels from five of SF’s best shops. Here’s what won.
A definitive SF bagel ranking including Boichik, Laundromat, Schlok’s, Wise Sons, and Bones.
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Southbound I-680 in Pleasanton expected to reopen by Monday morning
Work to repair a section of southbound I-680 south of Pleasanton is creating hours of delays for drivers.
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Local Tech Company’s AI Agent ‘Panics,’ Deletes Production Data, Then Hallucinates Cover-Up
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A Science Journal Pulled a Controversial Study About a Bizarre Life Form Against the Authors' Wishes | KQED
A scientific journal has retracted a controversial study that hinted at the possibility of a bizarre life form in the Sierra Nevada's Mono Lake.
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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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