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SF Dispatch 8/29/25

Homeless enough?

Homeless mother fights to get disabled daughter into SF housing
Her 7-year-old daughter is recovering in a hospital, but San Francisco says the family is not “homeless enough” for housing help.
SF Desperately Offers $5,000 Airbnb Gift Cards to Get People to Leave Troubled Potrero Hill Housing Complex
Are people really “squatters” if they paid rent, but the units were illegal and a rogue property manager was secretly pocketing the money? The City of SF says yes, and they’re offering Potrero Hill tenants $5,000 Airbnb gift cards to move out.
At least 13 migrants detained by ICE in San Francisco as arrests soar
ICE agents detained at least 13 more migrants in San Francisco on Thursday, as arrests by the agency continue to soar across California.
National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia Unionize, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions | KQED
February mass firings brought new urgency to the unionization effort.

City Hall

Lurie Strikes Deal With Caltrans to Sweep Encampments at Highway Off-Ramps and Overpasses
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SFPD issues new guidelines for ICE arrests amid protests
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Rideshare cars are back on Market St. But it's not all smooth hailing
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San Francisco set to launch crackdown on RV encampments
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Politics

What Newsom’s Approach To Battling Trump Might Mean For Political Aspirations
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SF Dems Deadlock Over Engardio Recall Endorsement, Leaving Him Swinging In the Wind
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SF Democratic Party takes no position on Engardio recall
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Newsom sends state police to more California cities in attempt to draw contrast with Trump
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Black-Led Cities are the First Targets in Trump’s America
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Behind the suprising DCCC vote on the Engardio recall
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What the One Big Beautiful Bill Means for You
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Criminal Justice

San Francisco man convicted of exposing himself to kids in the Castro
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Oiled-Up Castro Creeper Who Exposed Himself to Girls Convicted, Faces Possible Five-Year Sentence
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Judicial commission won’t suspend California judge who discussed shooting lawyers, defendants
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Public Safety

Thursday Morning What's Up: 137 Arrested In SF Protest Over Arming Israel
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Dangerous High-Speed Chase Through SF Ends With Suspect Jumping Into the Bay
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With Trump in mind, Newsom commits CHP cops to fight crime in Bay Area
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Oakland Police Say They Impounded Six Vehicles Connected to Sunday's Sideshow Near Piedmont
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S.F. police chase ends with suspect found in water off Pier 30
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San Francisco police searching for 14-year-old missing for a month
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Man allegedly shouts racial slurs while attacking San Francisco security guard
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DEA detains several in San Francisco fentanyl probe on 10th Street
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San Francisco police ask public to help find missing 14-year-old girl
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Immigration

ICE agents arrest multiple people after SoMa house raid
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S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.
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At least 13 migrants detained by ICE in San Francisco as arrests soar
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Labor

California Lawmakers Slam Cal/OSHA Over Audit Showing Weak Worker Protections
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Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon Workers Unionize Amid Fears of Further Firings
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JPMorgan Chase to lay off 99 San Francisco workers after $15B profit
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Business

Former Bay Meadows Racetrack Finally Getting Its Last New Buildings, 18 Years After It Closed
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The Current State of Diverse Supplier Programs
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Two tragedies nearly shuttered The Excelsior’s Royal Baking Co. — a comeback awaits
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Gap is so back, it built a pop-up soundstage in honor of its viral new ad
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Housing

SF Desperately Offers $5,000 Airbnb Gift Cards to Get People to Leave Troubled Potrero Hill Housing Complex
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Homeless mother fights to get disabled daughter into S.F. housing
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S.F. apartment rents surge again in August to highest level since April 2020
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San Francisco offers $5K Airbnb gift cards; city has highest rent increase in U.S.
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Environment

Explore the Presidio Like a Local: Four Trails to Get Out of the City and Into Nature
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This New North Bay Child Care Center Is Adapting to Climate Change
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Human Rights

Flag Burning Has a Long History in the US — and Legal Protections From the Supreme Court
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Health

CDC director ousted, top leaders resign
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A Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Is Affecting Mostly Californians. Here’s How to Check Your Eggs
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California’s Important Medi-Cal Update: Protect Your Long-Term Care with Smart Planning Now
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Opinion

Donna’s Chronicles, “We’ve become acquainted…”
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Arts and Events

All About the Girl in the Fishbowl: Swimming at Bimbo’s 365 Since 1931
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The New Arts, Journalism & Media HQs on Top of The Warfield
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Downtown’s new temple to premium beef is the ultimate expense-account splurge
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Electropocalypse Now
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Day Around the Bay: Children’s Fairyland Celebrates 75th Birthday This Weekend
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Unpacking the Memorable Queer Film Kill the Jockey
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Terry Baum to Present Lesbo Solo: My Gay History Play at The Marsh Berkeley
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Cal Performances’ Expansive 2025–26 Season Invites Bay Area Audiences to Engage in World-Class Artistry
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Oakland Pride 2025: ‘In Unity, We Thrive’
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15th Oakland Pride Set for New Location and Will Feature Music Legends
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SF’s real summer is just starting. Here’s your new favorite rooftop hang
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‘Bay Area Then’ a throwback without foresight
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Sports

Golden State Valkyries Have the Highest Average Attendance for Home Games In the Whole WNBA
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Growing number of Bay Area hospitality workers find their footing on skateboards
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How Giants coach Damon Minor carries his twin brother's legacy: 'You miss him every day'
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Miscellaneous

The Pickett Fire, BART’s ‘Tap and Ride’, and Local Artists Leaving Spotify
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AI riches, interest-rate dreams fuel early start to home-buying season
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