Welcome to the SF Dispatch, a daily newsletter round-up to save you some time catching up on the latest headlines from billionaire funded to independent news.
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Tim Redmond
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📰 Local Headlines
City Hall
Lurie is damaging transit, the environment—and democracy—on Market Street
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Aaron Peskin has a warning for Daniel Lurie about his S.F. ‘family zoning’ plan
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S.F.’s politics have changed. Our algorithm examining the city’s supervisors proves it
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Politics
Thousands show up for S.F. Labor Day rallies aiming anger at Trump
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Will He Stay Or Will He Go? Fate of Engardio Forth coming
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Assembly: Catherine Stefani
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California considers dozens of proposed laws to thwart Trump’s agenda
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The California city that swung to Trump more than any other
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Public Safety
Bay Area man accused of threats to churchgoer arrested; gun restraining order issued
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Labor Day Headlines: Woman Stabbed Near Civic Center
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Weather officials urge beach safety as Bay Area Labor Day temps heat up
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East Bay fire district adds water containers to firefighting arsenal
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Labor
Verve Coffee baristas move to unionize amid audit into potential benefit violations
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Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires
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Hundreds march in S.F. Labor Day rally to protest ‘billionaire takeover’
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Business
The Excelsior: Resisting change or ready for a new business model?
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says AI has already replaced 4,000 jobs
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OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now it’s going after them
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Housing
Bay Area housing market seeing increase in foreign buyers
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Environment
Pickett Fire Now 90% Contained, Offering Insight Into Effectiveness of Major Wildfire Strategy
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Here’s what’s really going on at the Forest Service as wildfire season ramps up
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Human Rights
How a Chinese Laundryman Shaped US Civil Rights From San Francisco
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Health
San Francisco group creates quilts to protest proposed federal cuts to HIV programs
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Opinion
Kilduff’s Korner By Paul Kilduff
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A politician wants to make it even harder to open a business. An ally made her think twice
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Arts and Events
How the middle-class is getting priced out of summer fun
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VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!
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Bodega Bay quietude, a solitary thrush: Kanna Aoki’s contemplative Bay scenes
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Screen Grabs: Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema beckons cinephile families and al fresco film freaks
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Hiero Day festival moves to San Francisco amid Oakland police shortage
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‘Ocean Beach: Fog, Fauna, and Flora’ Explores City’s Coastline
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The 6 most exciting restaurants and bars opening in SF this September
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How TV’s favorite therapist, Dr. Orna Guralnik, found her interior life through music
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Sports
Justin Verlander, the Giants, and a new question about 2026
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The Giants are back at .500, and Logan Webb says there's more to accomplish
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Kawakami: How the 49ers won their staredown with Jauan Jennings
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In Veronica Burton and Natalie Nakase, the Valkyries have a ‘dream’ connection
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