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.
🌁 Featured News
U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume profiling Latinos in L.A.
“This ruling puts millions of citizens and immigrants under suspicion simply for existing,” said Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez, D-Los Angeles. “That’s not law and order — that’s discrimination wearing the mask of justice.”
Madi Bolaños
“They harvest the food that we eat, but they cannot even afford to put food on their own table,” he said. “How do we care for those who have spent an entire lifetime in the fields and have no retirement?”
Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman
"BART has experienced two major systemwide outages this year, which snarled morning commutes and contributed to worse-than-usual traffic on Bay Area roads. Supporters of public transit warn this could be a regular occurrence if both the loan and the regional sales tax measure fail to materialize."
📰 Local Headlines
City Hall
Can S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie's 'family zoning' plan survive political backlash?
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Voters promised domestic violence survivors free lawyers. SF didn’t follow through.
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Politics
Progressive Democratic former California lawmaker John Burton dies
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John Burton, ‘Liberal Lion’ and Architect of Famed SF Political Machine, Has Died at 92
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SF’s Anthropic Backs California AI Safety Bill After Newsom Vetoed 1st Attempt
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East Bay LGBTQ Dem club takes the gloves off at Pride breakfast
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Riders Rally to Keep Bay Area Transit Loan Running on Time
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Lurie: $750M state loan to save Bay Area transit, nixed by Newsom, is back in play
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With Bay Area transit funding on ‘life support,’ advocates rally in S.F. for state money
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Social Security checks are going away — what you need to know
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Day Around the Bay: Two-Headed Snake at Berkeley Pet Shop Dies
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SF leaders work back channels to save transit funding during weekend sprint
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Rally in San Francisco calls on Newsom to keep his word to fund public transit
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Map: Joel Engardio could get recalled by the exact same people who voted him in
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Meet the people most obsessed with recalling Joel Engardio
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Your Guide to the Special Recall Election of San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio
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Public Safety
Monday Morning Headlines: First Fridays Organizers Push Back on Blame for Shootings
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Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By F-Line Streetcar on SF's Market Street
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Oakland Officials Are Preparing for Trump’s Possible National Guard Deployment
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Effort aims to improve pedestrian safety in San Francisco
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Burning Man Attendee Got Hit and Mangled by Cybertruck While on Playa, Faces Months-Long Recovery
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Did SCOTUS just rewrite the rules on racial profiling? Here’s why advocates are outraged
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A clash at an S.F. stop sign triggered a social media crusade and dueling lawsuits
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28-year-old killed in Oakland after buying food from street vendor
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Immigration
California Volunteers Stand Guard at Day Laborer Corners Amid ICE Sweeps
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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume profiling Latinos in L.A.
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“I haven’t slept. I haven’t eaten.” Immigrants desperate as protections come to an end.
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A Central California farmworker broke no laws. So why did he ask to be deported?
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Fenikkusu Omakase & Tapas – A neighborhood treasure
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Labor
‘Without People, We Are Nothing’: California’s Farm Workforce Is Growing Older
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California’s Aging Farm Labor Work Force Leaves Questions About The Future Of Agriculture
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Business
The Ferry Building just filled one of its last vacancies
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Owner of Bon Delire and Sens Snags Boulette's Larder Space In Ferry Building
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Castro coffee shop, nail salon still open after negotiation deadline passes
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Site of Long-Dead Oceanwide Tower Project In Downtown SF Back In Play With New Development Team
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AI startup lures engineers with a puzzle promising a wild night out — in Berlin
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The Drawing Room closes on Mission St. while Valencia St. location is up in the air
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What’s In Your Tequila? California Lawsuit Claims Some Labels Misled Consumers
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Thousands descend on S.F. to hear tech luminaries discuss AI booms and energy consumption
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California woman sues Uber, says driver abandoned her before sexual assault
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The latest sign remote work is losing its grip: Expensive salads are back
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Housing
16th and Mission ‘homeless village’ closing so affordable housing can break ground
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Mission District Tiny Homes for Formerly Homeless Site Closing, But for More Housing for the Formerly Homeless
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The lie of ‘equity considerations’ in Oakland attack on the unhoused
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District 10 organizing is back
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Environment
California dam removal plan blasted by Trump administration
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Coyote Spotted Swimming in the San Francisco Bay to Angel Island
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California has a new rule for homes sold in wildfire-prone areas
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Human Rights
LGBTQ Agenda: Queer Catholics praise Pope Leo for recent moves
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Someone Is Leaving Transphobic Flyers and Stickers at a Popular San Francisco Bookstore
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Health
COVID hospitalizations in California double as vaccine access tightens
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California’s antibias training rule for doctors faces long-shot Supreme Court appeal
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Opinion
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
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Arts and Events
Taxi driver
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New Legion of Honor show celebrates Ferlinghetti’s printmaking
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Fancy a beer with Tim Redmond?
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
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City Lights’ poetry editor revisits the lion of Surrealism, André Breton
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‘Family Meal’: Ham & Cheese Deli
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Single tech guys take out their sexual frustrations on each other at ‘Duel to the Death’
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‘How I Met Your Mother’ gave Josh Radnor ‘identity vertigo.’ Ayahuasca set him straight
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Bay Area Empanada Makers Celebrate Chilean, Argentine Traditions
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All Rise: the Free Key Choir Do It Themselves
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Fancy a beer with Tim Redmond?
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Sports
49ers Win 17-13 Opening Day Thriller In Seattle, But Boy Do They Have Kicker Problems
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49ers grades: The latest on Brock Purdy’s injuries, Jake Moody’s status, and more
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The Giants might need a miracle, but they aren't giving up on playoff hopes just yet
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Miscellaneous
‘Then and Now’: Balboa Street and 37th Avenue
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‘Pet Pix’: Archer and Saber, Big Winie and Harry, Booger, Chuck Coral, Fin and Raver, Gracie, Hank, Howl, Noodle, Opal, Raspberry, RJ, Sandy, Ube, Una
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New Yorker cartoonist and tech investor sue each other after street altercation
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