SF Dispatch 9/10/25

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🌁 Featured News

Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco - 48 hills

Tenants, neighborhood groups, and some supes are saying the plan will hurt renters and small businesses—and needs more environmental review

48 hillsTim Redmond

S.F. supervisor introduces bill to protect tenants displaced by new housing

The San Francisco legislation is a response to state and local laws that have made it easier to build housing.

Mission LocalIo Yeh Gilman

Trump admin. fires assistant chief S.F. immigration judge

Loi McCleskey is the 7th immigration judge in San Francisco fired by the Trump administration in recent months.

Mission LocalMargaret Kadifa

Chattered glass

AI is making it easier for fake writers to peddle fake stories to high volume, traffic-chasing websites

Gazetteer SF homeMatt Haber

Berkeley-based AI CEO calls for ‘rapid, public executions’ after refugee is slain on train

In an X post, Intercom chief Eoghan McCabe also attacked commenters over their alleged low testosterone test scores.

The San Francisco Standard[email protected]

📰 Local Headlines

City Hall

Here’s how much private funders are donating to boost Mayor Lurie’s vision of S.F. downtown
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S.F. supervisor introduces bill to protect tenants displaced by new housing
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Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Proposal Starts Slogging Through City Hall, With Both NIMBY and YIMBY Opposition
via sfist.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Private donors pledge $40 million to boost downtown San Francisco, mayor says
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Opposition grows to Lurie’s zoning plan that would transform San Francisco
via 48hills.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Port of S.F. director stepping down after nine years as Fisherman’s Wharf prepares for new era
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Routes eliminated, trains once an hour: BART and Muni contemplate a nightmare scenario
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Politics

The John Burton Files: Politics, drugs, showgirls, and scoring against Bill Russell
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Engardio dinged over calendar controversy in run-up to recall vote
via www.ebar.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Remembering John Burton: A Liberal Champion for the Working Poor
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

SF’s Newest Park Could Cost This Supervisor His Job
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Alex Padilla is mulling a run for California governor. Why would he want to?
via www.sfchronicle.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

‘The Betrayal Zones’: Sunset maps show why Engardio might be a goner in recall election
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Fight or Fix? Mahan Gives Rare Rebuke of Newsom’s Combative Tactics
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Criminal Justice

Los Angeles Man Charged With Defrauding SF Parishioners Out of $400K at Church Where He Was a Pastor
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Visiting pastor at San Francisco church accused of defrauding $400K from members
via www.cbsnews.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Berkeley-based AI CEO calls for ‘rapid, public executions’ after refugee slain on train
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Nine years after S.F. cyclist’s death, hit-and-run driver gets 15 years
via missionlocal.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Public Safety

He died at the SFPD academy. His family just hired Biggie Small’s lawyer
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

San Francisco woman ID’d in fatal San Jose scooter hit-and-run
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Muni 14R bus and SUV collide on Mission Street
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After Vision Zero, San Francisco Looks to a New Approach to Traffic Safety
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San Francisco shooting leaves 4 hurt
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4 injured in shooting in San Francisco's India Basin neighborhood
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Shooting in San Francisco India Basin area leaves multiple injured
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Day Around the Bay: 49ers Finally Cut Kicker Who Almost Lost Them the Game Sunday
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San Francisco officers arrest man who fired gun near SF General Hospital
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San Francisco shooting injures four
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Immigration

Immigrant Advocates Vow To Continue Fight Despite Supreme Court Ruling
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Trump admin. fires assistant chief S.F. immigration judge
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San Francisco's assistant chief immigration judge latest to be fired by Trump administration
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Trump Fires San Francisco’s Top Immigration Judge
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Oakland Latino Merchants Learn Rights as ICE Targets Worksites
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Labor

Gay man settles SFFD discrimination case 
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Business

Cruisin' The Castro Walking Tours up for sale 
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OpenAI Rumored to Be Considering Move Out of California Due to Pushback Over Restructuring
via sfist.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Let them eat cake
via sf.gazetteer.co | Push to Kindle | Source Link

19-Year-Old Hayes Valley Sweets Shop Miette Is Moving to Pacific Heights, With Owner Citing Crime as a Factor
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Ingleside Merchants Have Concerns Over Lurie's Upzoning Plan
via www.inglesidelight.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

OpenAI denies report that it could move out California: ‘No plans to leave’
via www.sfchronicle.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco carrying on a Bay Area legacy
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23andMe (andGeneticPrivacy)
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Exclusive: Your S.F. DoorDash order could soon be delivered by drone
via www.sfchronicle.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Michael Shvo sells dreams to the richest of the rich. What’s he selling in San Francisco?
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

How Entrepreneurs Can Build Legally Resilient Businesses
via www.ebar.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Housing

For longtime Chronicle homelessness reporter Kevin Fagan, the business was always personal
via missionlocal.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Political Notebook: Laird intends to examine LGBTQ senior housing funding
via www.ebar.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

How SF apartment seekers can get leg up as rents surge
via www.sfexaminer.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

San Francisco’s first-ever sober homeless shelter just opened. Here’s what it’s like inside
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Environment

Tuesday Morning Topline: It's Been Five Years Since 'Orange Sky Day' In SF
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Late Summer Yellowjacket Menace Hitting Hard In Marin and Sonoma Counties
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Firefighters Race to Preserve Ancient Sequoia Grove at Risk From 55,000-Acre Blaze
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Human Rights

People’s Arms Embargo Campaign: No weapons from Oakland to Israel
via sfbayview.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Health

Advocates rally in DC to save HIV funding
via www.ebar.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Where Can I Find the New 2025–26 COVID Vaccine Near Me? And What if I’m Not Eligible?
via ww2.kqed.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

California breaks from CDC, endorses COVID vaccine guidance from medical groups
via www.sfchronicle.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Opinion

Chattered glass
via sf.gazetteer.co | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Letter to the Editor: Engardio Deserves a Chance to Finish His Important Work
via richmondsunsetnews.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Don’t hate me, but I hate parklets
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Arts and Events

🔶 Things To Do In The Greater Ingleside: Women In Jazz Show
via www.inglesidelight.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Oakland unites for Pride
via www.ebar.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Talk of 'equity' used in violence against the unhoused?
via newsletters.48hills.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Counter intuition
via sf.gazetteer.co | Push to Kindle | Source Link

First look inside the Bank at Amador, a new Fidi club doubling down on old-school opulence
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Richmond Author Erin Van Rheenen’s New Book Explores Belonging
via richmondsunsetnews.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Screen Grabs: Witness the incendiary birth of nunsploitation in ‘The Devils’
via 48hills.org | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Corgi Con
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: 540 Bar
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Is San Francisco rising again? I found the answer at four neighborhood block parties
via www.sfchronicle.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Inside the opera gala that brought all of SF’s high society out to play
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Sports

Jake Moody is out, George Kittle is headed to IR, and the 49ers must pivot quickly
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

People Tightrope-Walked a 1,600-Foot Highline Next to the Golden Gate Bridge This Past Weekend
via sfist.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Kawakami: The 49ers' exhausting, erratic, nonsensical Jake Moody era is finally over
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Bay Area’s World Cup Ticket Lottery Begins Wednesday — But Only If You're a Visa Customer
via sfist.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

The Giants are surging, and Drew Gilbert is providing the spark: 'It's given us some life'
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Baseball was left for dead in Oakland. These are the people are saving it.
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How a crushing last-minute loss shapes the Valkyries' playoff outlook
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Miscellaneous

Gay former Castro business owner Petyr Kane dies
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Victim In One of Saturday's Shootings In Oakland Identified as 28-Year-Old Artist and SF Dispensary Worker
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Pastor posing as lawyer defrauded San Francisco parishioners out of $400,000, DA says
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Alexei Koseff rejoins San Francisco Chronicle as D.C. correspondent
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Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen drops $13.5M on the biggest Napa home sale in two years
via sfstandard.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Around the Corner: Boa’s CVC: Euro-Summer in SF
via richmondsunsetnews.com | Push to Kindle | Source Link

Local Resident Stephanie Speaks Is Committed to the Richmond
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