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SF Dispatch 8/19/25

📰 From billionaire funded to independent news - here's the latest headlines for today.

City Hall

Civic Center businesses hopeful as San Francisco city employees return to office 4 days a week
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Press Release: PAR Opposes Mayor’s Redevelopment Plan
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San Francisco city employees return to working in office four days a week
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Politics

A new California law just snuck in a cap on HOA fines. Heres why that could be a problem
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Republicans say they’ll sue to block California redistricting plan. Do they have a case?
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White House gets key facts wrong as it blames California for 3 traffic deaths in Florida
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Tech championed no-strings-attached cash. Now it’s under attack
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The next steps if Joel Engardio is — or isn’t — recalled
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Trump reignites his push to ban mail-in voting after meeting with Putin
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Criminal Justice

Amanda Knox survived a living nightmare. Power ballads and Dido hits helped
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What Amanda Knox told her 4-year-old about wrongful murder conviction
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Public Safety

Man hospitalized, two detained in mid-afternoon Mission District shooting
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Shooting on Mission Street Near 16th Leaves Man Gravely Injured
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San Francisco sheriff uses Taser to subdue armed man after rubber bullets fail
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Mission District shooting: 1 injured, 2 detained, SFPD say
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Broad daylight shooting near 16th and Mission
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Machete-wielding man sets fire to SF apartment: officials
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Building Near Civic Center Sees Early Morning Fire, Followed By Machete Incident and Standoff With Resident
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SFPD surveillance unit’s close ties to crypto billionaire
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Suspect at Large After Bar Fight Turns Deadly In Dixon
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Immigration

US Halts Humanitarian Medical Visas Used to Bring Injured Kids From Gaza to SF
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Gavin Newsom Demands Answers on Why ICE Agents Crashed His Press Conference
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Labor

SFO travelers stranded as Air Canada strike cancels hundreds of flights
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Job hunting is now a full-time job
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Business

Tenderloin’s Edinburgh Castle Pub Has Closed Permanently
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San Francisco car rental startup once seen as Hertz rival shuts down
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The Pawber Shop’s Rose Meneses Makes Ingleside's Dogs Dapper
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Developer Proposes 700-Foot Office Tower on Site of Golden Gate University In SF
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A massive office tower could replace this struggling downtown S.F. university campus
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Housing

San José Begins Clearing Columbus Park, the City’s Biggest Homeless Encampment
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Human Rights

LGBTQ Agenda: National group launches guide to drag rights for Floridians
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San Francisco’s Transgender District launches $100K Riot Fund amid federal cuts
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Health

Join us Wed/20 for a discussion on overdose prevention in queer nightlife
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Education

On its first day, S.F. schools has a simple goal for the year: ‘We want to be boring’
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Trump immigration crackdown casts shadow over SFUSD’s first day of school
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As SF Students Return to School, City Leaders Aim to Soothe Frayed Nerves
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‘That’s our babies!’ Proud parents, rowdy kids at back to school day in S.F.
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As Transitional Kindergarten Opens to All 4-Year-Olds, SF Parents Compete for Seats
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Opinion

Commentary: Poor Representation of the Sunset District
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Letter to the Editor: Information About Planning Commission’s Family Zoning Plan
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Arts and Events

The best savory pastry you've never heard of has finally arrived in SF
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Santa Cruz’s Iconic Mystery Spot is More than Just a Ubiquitous Bumper Sticker
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This Tenderloin film vanished after airing 60 years ago. It’s back.
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‘Indigenize SF’ maps well-known street names and monuments paying homage to genocide
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What went down at Rainbow Grocery’’s 50th anniversary block party
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Diana Ross Caps Off Star-Studded Season at Stern Grove With Career-Spanning Concert
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Photos: The Phoenix Hotel is winding down, but its Gen X devotees still know how to party
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Sports

Heliot Ramos handles criticism from Giants fans, then boos from Padres fans
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News Briefs: Bay Area LGBTQ hockey club to host invitational
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Miscellaneous

Foster City Still Has a Goose Problem, Will Pay Someone to Scare Them Off
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