City Hall
Day 145 at the 16th St. Plaza: trash and treasures
You can see all the 16th Street posts here.
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Supes Seek Answers to Parks Alliance Fiasco
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Politics
Newsom hosts delegation of Texas Democrats to halt redistricting vote
Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed a delegation of Texas state representatives who left their state before a vote to redistrict congressional lines in the Lone Star State.
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Coffee landmark or old building? Downtown site’s demolition sparks political fight
With its vaulted ceilings, low lighting, and vintage furniture, Danielle Kuzinich’s downtown wine bar, San Francisco Wine Society, feels like the perfect place to cozy up with a glass of pinot.
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Lisa Ling Says Sister Laura’s 2009 Capture Was Planned, Perhaps So Kim Jong Il Could Meet Bill Clinton
During a recent talk in Walnut Creek, acclaimed journalist Lisa Ling revisited the 2009 capture of her sister Laura and fellow journalist Euna Lee in North Korea while working for SF-based Current TV. Ling says North Korea planned it from the start.
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How redistricting in Texas and other states could change the game for U.S. House elections
Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.
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Tinfoil hat conspiracy—or a sign of how local politics actually works?
Supervisor Joel Engardio and his consultants are calling some of his critics crazy conspiracy theorists. They have sent reporters memes of tinfoil hats. It’s how they are dismissing a really bizarre situation:
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Trump attacks Charlamagne Tha God after radio host criticizes his presidency
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at radio host Charlamagne Tha God, saying in a social media post that the popular broadcaster "knows nothing about me or what I have done.”
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White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump's firing of labor statistics head
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as the president’s claim that weaker-than-expected jobs reports were “rigged,” but failed to produce any evidence to support Trump’s claim.
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Opinion
S.F. sheriff’s endorsement of MAGA Trumper makes no damn sense
If Chad Bianco was any more of a right-wing zealot, Gov. Gavin Newsom would tap him to be the Ed McMahon on his dopey podcast.
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Housing
The Families Living in San Francisco’s Homeless Shelters
When we talk about homelessness, especially in San Francisco, many of us are usually talking about individuals living on the streets.
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Small Business Commission rejects (for now) Lurie’s upzoning plan
The Small Business Commission declined July 28 to support Mayor Daniel Lurie’s West Side upzoning plan, in yet another sign that communities fear the impacts on neighborhood commercial areas.
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Arts and Events
How the Grateful Dead shook down San Francisco
It had the feeling of a rite.
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Local Comedians Cure Your Case of The Mondays at Mirthquake
I look forward to Mondays. Who thought that was possible? At around 7:30, I mosey to my 38R stop in the Tenderloin and take Muni to the Inner Richmond. There at the Abbey Tavern, local comedians Ben Kolina, Andrew Holmgren, and Jesse Hett host a hell of a show. Once you go, it’s easy to see why their audience is fastly growing. Get in the doorway at Abbey Tavern and brace yourself for Mirthquake, the funniest show this side of the San Andreas.
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How should you spend this week in SF? Here are 18 ideas
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Reviving mid-century wows with ‘Supersonic Modernism’
In 1981, the satirist Tom Wolfe wrote From Bauhaus to Our House, a witty takedown of the streamlined architectural modernism pioneered at Germany’s Bauhaus school, 60 years before. In its time radical and utopian, the clean-lined Bauhaus aesthetic had become by the 1950s and 1960s the rote style of postwar corporate capitalism in America and allied countries. Wolfe likened the steel and glass towers of the International Style to boxes for refrigerators.
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Napkin Artist Creates Whimsical Works
By Linda Badger
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The business hippies are back on Shakedown Street. We bartered with $100
Shakedown Street, a longstanding tradition among Deadheads, is equal parts renegade flea market, art fair, and cultural exchange. At its best, it feels like a psychedelic souk run by tie-dye visionaries. At its worst, well permits have become mandatory, and this year’s restriction to just 100 vendors has caused grumbling among longtime participants. But in San Francisco, you need a permit to do just about anything.
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Who’s the Top Dog? Wave-Riding Canines Compete at the World Dog Surfing Championships
Charlie the 10-year-old yellow lab likes surfing so much, he will grab his surfboard and run toward the water. His humans sometimes have to hide his board if they want to chat with friends on the beach.
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Education
Shift to kids’ education puts org where ‘need has never been greater’
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Environment
Vegetation fire in Castro Valley held to 18 acres, no structures damaged
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Health
Black babies in SF are at greater risk of early birth than ever
Teaja Watts wasn’t sure her daughter was going to make it.
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A beloved Bay Area therapy dog comforted people for years. Now he also needs help
Students pet therapy dog Brixton last December during his classroom visit to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco last December. The 11-year-old golden retriever is battling lymphoma, and his owner is raising money for his treatment.
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Public Safety
California Bill Would Require Police to Disclose Use of AI in Writing Reports
California lawmakers are advancing a new bill that would require police officers to disclose when they use generative AI to write reports. The measure, which has passed the Senate and is awaiting a vote in the Assembly, is among the first in the country to address law enforcement’s use of AI to produce incident reports. KQED first reported on local departments adopting these tools last October.
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Slow down or pay up: Speed cameras start issuing fines tomorrow
San Francisco’s speed cameras will begin ticketing drivers Tuesday, the start of a safety program that officials hope will curb traffic deaths and injuries on city streets.
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Thousands of Once-Secret Police Records Are Now Public. Here’s How You Can Use Them
Today, for the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California.
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S.F. speed cameras are about to start issuing actual fines. Here’s their track record so far
San Francisco’s speed cameras will begin issuing warnings Tuesday.
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Balloon Guy Busted Outside Dead & Company Show, 100 Nitrous Tanks Confiscated
Dead & Company fans missed out on some extra party favors this weekend after San Francisco police caught a Philadelphia man with about 100 nitrous oxide tanks and balloons near Golden Gate Park Saturday night.
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Nitrous oxide arrest outside Golden Gate Park near Dead & Company concerts
San Francisco police confiscate nitrous oxide tanks before Dead & Company’s Sunday show in Golden Gate Park. The night before, police arrested a Philadelphia man they said had 100 canisters thought to contain nitrous oxide in an “illuminated open trailer” nearby at Fulton Street and 35th Avenue.
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Former U.S. soldier suspected of killing 4 in Montana remains at large
The former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar was still at large early Sunday and may be armed after escaping in a stolen vehicle containing clothes and camping gear, officials said.
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Sports
Kawakami: The Warriors-Kuminga impasse reaches a new stage — plus my compromise proposal
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Skatepark Renamed to Honor Zion Williams-Gaines
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Jeremy Lin Launches Basketball Camp for Asian American College Players in Palo Alto
Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, known for sparking “Linsanity” back in 2012, is taking on a new role as mentor to young Asian American college athletes at his newly launched JLIN NextGen Basketball Camp in his hometown of Palo Alto.
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MLB Speedway Classic sees ‘Talladega Nights' equipment, a home run car and more
It took an extra day, but the MLB Speedway Classic is finally complete.
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Miscellaneous
SF is getting a new wine bar inspired by a bulldog — and your pooch is invited, too
When a wine expert names his beloved dog after a grape variety, it’s only fitting that he opens a pet-friendly wine bar.
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A new Indian restaurant is slinging the best chaat for miles
Eat Here Now is a first look at some of the newest, hottest restaurants around — the ones we think are worth visiting. We dine once, serve forth our thoughts, and let you take it from there.
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Richmond Review Crossword Puzzle, August 2025
Call (415) 706-6428 for information about advertising online and in the printed versions of the Richmond Review and the Sunset Beacon newspapers.
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Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati' has died
Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.
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BART to implement minor schedule changes starting Aug. 11 for ‘Big Sync'
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Sunday Links: Tesla Ordered to Pay $243M in Fatal Florida Crash Involving Autopilot Software
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