City Hall
VTA says single tunnel under San Jose for BART will be cheaper, less disruptive
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Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto Compound, With 'Bunkers,' Has Reportedly Been Under Constant Construction For 8 Years
Neighbors of the Chan-Zuckerbergs in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood say that the city and local police have basically bent over backwards to accommodate their local celebrity billionaire, at everyone else's expense.
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Politics
Sunset High Schoolers Create VR’ing Democracy
By Shridavi Raghavan
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Same-sex marriage decision may be revisited
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Former SF City Hall Official Harlan Kelly Appeals His Corruption Conviction, From Prison
Having served about one year of his four-year prison sentence, former SF Public Utilities Commission general manager Harlan Kelly is appealing his conviction for City Hall fraud and lying on a bank loan application.
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Letter to the Editor: Time to Stop the Vitriol
Editor:
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Trump's moves toward taking over D.C. are unprecedented. Here's what the law says
President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it's needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.
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Newsom Tells Trump: There’s a Way Out of This Redistricting Battle
Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering President Donald Trump an out of his expedited redistricting plan, promising to back off a Democratic gerrymander if red states aiming to pick up Republican seats ahead of the 2026 midterm election do the same.
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Human Rights
Bay Area Rabbis, Jewish Leaders Demand Israel Let Aid Into Gaza as Crisis Persists
A group of Bay Area rabbis and Jewish activists gathered Monday near the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco to call on Israel to cease military action in Gaza and facilitate humanitarian aid into the 25-mile strip.
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Labor
California Child Care Union Strikes Deal to Preserve Benefits, Bump Up Pay
Approximately 60,000 home-based child care providers will get to preserve their retirement, health care and training benefits and receive a pay bump under a contract deal their union leaders have struck with the state of California.
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Opinion
Why Trans People Are The Real Libertarian Patriots
I was speaking on the phone with a friend when he said something profound: “What’s a better expression of American freedom than rejecting your assigned gender at birth and just being whatever you want to be?”
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In the context of a banana republic, Trump’s homeless policy makes perfect sense
Let’s be real about what’s happening. The US government is endeavoring to solidify dictatorship rule. It’s moving incredibly fast because the structures needed to pull this off have been getting implemented piecemeal and with purpose since the Reagan Revolution in 1980. So now they are ready to rock and roll.
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Housing
Much of Bay Area Lagging Far Behind Even SF on State-Mandated Housing Goals
It’s no secret that San Francisco is falling short of its state-mandated housing goals, having permitted only 5% of what new state requirements demand. But many cities across the Bay Area are doing worse, and struggling to hit just 1% or 2%.
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Arts and Events
Mariachi Strikes a Chord With Bay Area Youth, Preserving Tradition
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Movies Under the Stars: Late Summer Film Screenings Around the Bay Area
Summer may be winding down — at least for the Bay Area’s kids returning to school — but you still have many opportunities to watch movies under the night sky well into the fall.
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Immersive ‘Pompeii’ makes you want to hear the music play
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Taylor Swift announces 12th studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl'
Look what you made her do — Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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Outside Lands 2025 was ‘San Francisco at its best’ once more
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Press Release: Claude, the Albino Alligator at Cal Academy, Turns 30
Festivities throughout September include daily giveaways, a cupcake-filled birthday bash and singalong, citywide plushie search, swanky Swamp Soirée with Top Chef’s Melissa King and more.
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The Outside Lands cheat sheet
Another Outside Lands done and dusted. This is our second year covering the festival for Gazetteer, and each year has brought new delights and even weirder disappointments. In lieu of a conventional review about the best and worst acts from the weekend, we present to you a roundup of observations that you may have missed.
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Score a free pass to see new movie ‘Honey Don’t!’
We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Ethan Coen's saucy new movie—but act fast!
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Letter to the Editor: Sunset Dunes a Breath of Fresh Air
Editor,
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Artist Rose B. Simpson Explores Connections Between the Ancestral and the Contemporary
By Noma Faingold
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Outside Lands Day Three: Big Freedia Takes Us to Church, Anderson .Paak Brings It Home
Festivalgoers who were seeking some sun couldn't catch a break this year at Outside Lands, but most of the artists liked our natural air conditioning and moody fog, and the three-day festival closed things out with another round of great sets.
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Perseid meteor shower 2025: Where and when to watch in the Bay Area
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Criminal Justice
Brother of Notorious SF Social Media Figure Ricci Wynne Also Arrested on Human Trafficking Charges
Just nine months ago, right-wing SF social media personality “Raw Ricci” Wynne was arrested on pimping and pandering charges. Now his younger brother is also facing human trafficking, pimping, and pandering charges in San Francisco.
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Education
SF teachers will protest missing pay, again
The San Francisco Unified School District rolled out a new, expensive payroll system last month. It’s off to a rocky start.
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S.F. teachers are back to school today, feeling hopeful after a tough year
Across San Francisco this week, public school teachers will pin posters to their walls and make seating charts in preparation for the start of school. They’ll sit through meetings with the district and their principals, talk about bathroom policies and catch up with colleagues they haven’t seen since June.
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One-on-one with fired Alum Rock Union superintendent
The recently-fired superintendent of the struggling Alum Rock Union Elementary School District is speaking out about his termination.
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Environment
Rodent-driven store closures raising questions about state rodenticide ban
The Whole Foods Market in Cupertino has been closed for more than three months following a serious rodent infestation. According to some experts, the prolonged closure may have something to do with a recent California law that restricts the use of anticoagulant rat poisons.
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Health
Local Health Emergency Declared In Yolo County Town That Had Fireworks Warehouse Explosion
Yolo County officials are warning residents that the remaining ash and debris from last month’s deadly fireworks warehouse blaze could still be hazardous, and have declared a local health emergency while they sift through that rubble.
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Public Safety
Fatal crash snarls traffic on EB I-580, Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
A deadly crash affected traffic on eastbound Interstate 580 in Richmond early Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing
Chris Moyer never felt quite at ease growing up in the flatlands of Oklahoma City. Slender, with straight brown hair and a subtle, wan smile, she read books with near obsession, immersing herself in stories of elsewhere.
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Did SFPD go too far by cracking down on cops with disabled veterans license plates?
Two officers allege they faced “discrimination, harassment, and retaliation” by the San Francisco Police Department because they had “disabled veterans” license plates on their personal vehicles despite being fully mobile.
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National Guard deployed to DC, could Oakland be next?
Oakland leaders, including Mayor Barbara Lee, are sounding off after President Trump called out the city while discussing plans to send the National Guard to address crime in the nation's capital.
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Day Around the Bay: Richmond Police Release Body-Cam Footage In Shooting
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Community members mourn 4-year-old boy killed in Burlingame collision
Dozens of people showed up outside a Burlingame restaurant Monday to remember a 4-year-old boy who was killed in a collision Friday night.
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Richmond PD releases body cam footage showing what led to fatal police shooting
Richmond police released body cameras footage Monday showing what led up to the shooting that left a Marine veteran dead.
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Richmond Police Release Details in Fatal Shooting of Man in Mental Health Crisis
The Richmond Police Department shared new details surrounding last week’s fatal police shooting on Monday that appeared to occur while the victim was having a mental health crisis at his family’s home.
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2 Sonoma County Sheriff's Office employees dead in apparent murder-suicide
An off-duty Sonoma County sheriff's deputy fatally shot the mother of his three children at her apartment over the weekend and later killed himself in the parking lot of the coroner's office, Santa Rosa police said.
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Man beaten to death inside San Jose home; suspect arrested
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Sports
Kawakami: The layers of the Jauan Jennings situation and how it can be resolved by Aug. 26
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The Giants' downfall continues, and is practically unexplainable: 'Honestly, no clue'
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The 49ers’ receiver issues just got worse. Here’s their plan moving forward
The 49ers find themselves in even more troubled waters at wide receiver.
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Miscellaneous
A brewery for 3,000 of your closest friends (and their kids)
Welcome to Swig City, where we point you toward can’t-miss drinks at the best bars, restaurants, and enormous craft breweries in the Bay Area. Cheers!
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Ship-shaped SF landmark gets its due in new doc
State
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Integrity Automotive Services’ David Pang Puts Quality First
Everyday People features the people who make the greater Ingleside neighborhood a special part of San Francisco.
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Cristiano Ronaldo proposes to his longtime girlfriend with massive engagement ring
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Truck Carrying Tesla Batteries Overturns on I-80 Near Truckee, Prompting Complex Cleanup
A big rig carrying a load of Tesla batteries went off the freeway and overturned, and now westbound I-80 is seeing some significant delays near Truckee.
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One Killed, Another Injured In Crash on I-280 In San Francisco
A man was killed and a woman severely injured when their car went off the road and crashed into a median Saturday morning, going southbound on Interstate 280 in SF near the Cesar Chavez Street exit.
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