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SF Dispatch 8/24/25

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

City Hall

Meet the man who leads tours of San Francisco City Hall
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Politics

California Approves Redistricting Plan — Now It’s Up to Voters
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Newsom signs redistricting bills; special election Nov. 4
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Newsom rejects GOP warnings, sends new congressional maps to voters
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Marshawn Lynch makes surprise cameo at California Assembly as lawmakers debate redistricting
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California lawmakers send redistricting plan to voters in special election
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California Lawmakers Pass Redistricting Plan. Now It Heads to Voters
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Newsom’s trolls: Meet the soldiers leading the governor’s anti-MAGA meme war
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Criminal Justice

Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell ‘a platform to rewrite history,' family of Epstein abuse survivor says
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DOJ releases transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell
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Alameda DA Drops Charges Against 8 Involved in Maurice Monk Case
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Jury Selection Begins for Retrial of Former FCI Dublin Officer Known as ‘Dirty Dick’
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Public Safety

S.F. emergency responders rescue person who fell off cliff
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Zuni Cafe Worker Saves Patron Using CPR, SFFD to Issue Plaque in His Honor
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Standoff with allegedly armed person in San Francisco's Tenderloin ends in arrest
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SF police recruit officer dies; had medical emergency after training exercise
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19-year-old woman killed in S.F. Bayview double shooting identified
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After Smash-and-Grab Bank Robberies, Oakland Business Leaders Call for More Police
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Securing our village: A call to action for safer schools, streets and screens
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Former Ally Testifies About Evidence of San Mateo County Sheriff's Romantic Relationship That She Denies
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Immigration

She wanted to give deported parents a choice. Then California’s Christian right attacked
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Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting Money to LA, Chicago and Bay Area Cities Over ‘Sanctuary’ Policies
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These 11 S.F. organizations support day laborers. Here’s what they offer
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Anti-ICE protester speaks out after arrest in San Francisco
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Human Rights

Fired for hanging a trans flag in Yosemite, a park ranger becomes a protest symbol
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They thought California was a safe haven for their transgender kids. Now clinics are halting care
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Riot Fund aims to support trans community as San Francisco honors 1966 uprising
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“We Always Knew He Was Different”: The Gay Life of the World to Come
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Health

California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus
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How the Anti-abortion Movement Is Impacting California
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Arts and Events

When ghosts turn political: Chinatown festival revives scary tradition to resist
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Public Land opens art, plant, and home goods store on S.F’s Clement Street
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Local Radio DJ Chuey Gomez to Co-Host SF Lowrider Parade’s First Live TV Broadcast
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Field Notes: Muttville's New HQ, Tactile Maps, Pavement Plants, ‘Fairyland’ Flick, and a Hidden Mansion
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Weekend Adventure Idea: Self-Guided Dogpatch Pastry Crawl
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I lost San Francisco’s ‘performative male’ contest — and learned what it means to be a man
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