Politics
New tariffs snap into effect, raising import taxes to highest level since Great Depression
After months of delays and extensions, President Donald Trump's comprehensive and sweeping tariffs slate took effect Thursday just after midnight, shifting his global trade reset into high gear.
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State Senate: Scott Wiener
Entertainment Zones Revitalize SF
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Protesters Against AI Militarization Rally at Scale AI in San Francisco
More than 50 protesters rallied outside a San Francisco AI company on Wednesday afternoon against Silicon Valley’s growing involvement in war and global conflict.
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Immigration
Covered California Is Dropping DACA Recipients. What’s Available Now?
On Aug. 31, Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, will stop offering coverage to residents who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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How Did Fremont Come to Be Known as ‘Little Kabul’?
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Estadísticas de ICE e historias de 2,123 inmigrantes arrestados y deportados del área de San Francisco
A principios de julio, Edin Eduardo Castañeda Reyes se detuvo a desayunar de camino al trabajo en Redwood City cuando notó que dos autos sin distintivos lo seguían hasta el estacionamiento.
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Labor
Pleasant Hill Health Workers Strike to “Save the Heart and Soul of this Hospice”
There was chanting and music, and spirits were high at the Hospice East Bay picket line on July 29 in Pleasant Hill, as nurses, social workers, and bereavement and spiritual care counselors went on a one-day strike in pursuit of their first union contract.
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Philz Coffee completes $145M sale to private equity firm, leaves tips for baristas
Philz Coffee has sold to private equity company Freeman Spogli & Co. in a $145 million deal that cancels its common stock and stock options, according to a press release from the company. News of the pending deal was broken on July 31 by Mission Local.
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Housing
This might be SF's cheapest apartment deal. You just have to sleep over the toilet
At first blush, it sounded like a dream come true: a studio in Polk Gulch for just $1,500 a month, a chance to be free of roommates, and a prime nightlife location.
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A law meant to protect condo owners is landing them on a mortgage blacklist
Buyers quickly snapped up the 49 condo units at 1188 Valencia St. when they were built in 2018. Even with price tags nearing $1 million, they were an easy sell, since the building is a block from BART and within walking distance to the Mission’s best restaurants and nightlife.
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Oaklanders frustrated with illegal dumping, encampments focus on their own solution
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Arts and Events
🟧 Camping-Themed Cafe Opens // Huge Mural Underway
On to the news.
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It took me 55 years to visit Alcatraz. Here’s what I learned when I finally went
A first look at Alcatraz Island on the ferry from San Francisco, the only way to reach the island.
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SF venues get in on Outside Lands action with after-hours events
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Kelly Clarkson says her ex-husband has been ill, postpones August concerts in Las Vegas
Kelly Clarkson shared that she is postponing the remainder of her “Studio Session” concerts in Las Vegas for August as her family faces a difficult chapter.
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‘Overtures and Undertows’: ‘Reflections’ of Diana Ross
By Noma Faingold
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Golden Gate Park concerts bring trash and traffic but also revenue
Cleanup crews at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park face an overwhelming amount of work over the next two weekends as a stretch of concerts continues.
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Drama Masks: Chasing ghosts of SF past in ‘Night Driver’
This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask. I talk venue safety and dramatic substance, or the lack thereof.
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San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns for its 35th year
The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.
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Rainbow Grocery Gearing Up to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary Next Weekend
SF’s favorite worker-owned co-op grocery store is about to ring in its 50th anniversary, and the nutritional yeast will be flying at Rainbow Grocery’s 50th anniversary block party next Sunday in SoMa.
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17 best things to do in SF this week, from Outside Lands to 'Jeopardy!' live
Outgoers is a weekly column published in partnership with the event newsletter of the same name founded by Josh Constine. Outgoers texts readers a list of San Francisco events and activities worthy of their time. The Standard features those, plus a few extra, every week. Sign up for Outgoers by clicking this link on your phone (a third-party service).
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Education
Back to school: San Jose Unified, other districts open with some changes
Summer vacation officially ends Thursday for thousands of families across the Bay Area as the new school year begins.
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Environment
Can boats and whales share San Francisco Bay? For answers, researchers go underwater.
It was the morning Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz, and most eyes were on the crumbling prison President Donald Trump wants to re-open.
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Whale deaths prompt legal action against federal agencies
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Health
Injured Palestinian Children From Gaza Arrive in San Francisco for Treatment
Two critically injured Palestinian children and their families arrived in the Bay Area on Wednesday for long-term treatment as part of what organizers call the largest single medical evacuation of injured children from Gaza to the United States.
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3 children injured in Gaza arrive in the Bay Area for critical treatment
Three children injured during the war in Gaza are now in the Bay Area for critical treatment.
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Public Safety
Police Blotter: Richmond District
Robbery: 3600 Block of Geary Boulevard, June 24, 4:10 p.m.
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S.S.F. family seeks help after red-light runner crash kills mother, injures sons
Yina Ramos Bello pictured with her husband Alejandro and their two sons, Mathias and Mateo. Bello was killed, and both sons were injured, in a vehicle crash in San Mateo on July 31.
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Who is Quornelius Radford? What we know about the Fort Stewart shooting suspect
The Army soldier accused of shooting five other service members at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Wednesday is a 28-year-old who had been assigned to the Georgia base for around three years, officials said.
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Monday’s Early Morning Outer Sunset Raid Linked to Oregon Stolen iPhone Ring
An odd development in Monday morning’s 3 am raid of an alleged illegal nightclub suspected of hosting drugs and sex crimes, as one of those arrested had been wanted by the feds for gunpoint robberies of iPhone shipments in Oregon.
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Sports
What stands in the way of a Valkyries playoff berth? Here are two factors
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Truckee's Hahna Norman has sights set on Milan Cortina, a familiar place for her
If Truckee native Hahna Norman is able to twist, flip and spin her way to Milan Cortina, it will be her first trip to the Olympics, but it won't be her first taste of Italy.
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Miscellaneous
United Airlines ground stop causes residual impacts at SFO
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Your sneaky favorite streamer just doubled its office space in San Francisco
Between Netflix, HBO Max, and Peacock, there might be other apps you scroll through on your TV before arriving at Tubi, but it’s the only streaming company doubling its office space in San Francisco.
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Homegrown Coffee Chain Opens Third Location In Ingleside
Ingleside has a new coffee shop whose owner aims to unite coffee drinkers with their neighbors.
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Kilduff’s Korner By Paul Kilduff
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United Airlines glitch delays flights nationwide, including 150 at SFO
United Airlines travelers check inn for their flights at Terminal 3 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. United temporarily grounded the fleet earlier in the day due to a computer malfunction.
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Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Grounds All Flights at SFO
Top Photo: David Syphers
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Ground stop issued for United Airlines flights across U.S., FAA says
UPDATE: The ground stop was lifted as of early Thursday morning, according to the FAA.
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Never have I ever: Which S.F. tourist attractions have you skipped?
Ask a San Francisco native if they’ve ever hiked to the top of Twin Peaks. Or counted sea lions at Pier 39. Or partaken in a sourdough bread bowl at Boudin Bakery.
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