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Watch: Kesha Showed Up at SF Piano Bar Martuni's Last Night, Performed a Live Number

It's going down, I'm yelling 'Timber!' Dance-pop star Kesha just happened to pop into the piano bar Martuni’s last night, and indeed she came up and belted out a song for the stunned Thursday night crowd.

3 hours ago

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Watch: Kesha Showed Up at SF Piano Bar Martuni's Last Night, Performed a Live Number

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This Week In Food: Mexico City Comes to North Beach

A new Mexico City-inspired spot arrives in North Beach, SoMa's Bergerac pivots into the Italian-inspired Bella, and Outerlands has a new chef, all in This Week in Food.

4 hours ago

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This Week In Food: Mexico City Comes to North Beach

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Popular SF Therapy Dog Brixton Has Died, and His Thousands of Instagram Followers Are In Mourning

SF’s most Instagram-famous dog, 12-year-old golden retriever Brixton, passed away on Monday, after a long career as an SFO therapy dog, doing Opening Day appearances at Giants games, and looking dapper at SF events.

4 hours ago

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Popular SF Therapy Dog Brixton Has Died, and His Thousands of Instagram Followers Are In Mourning

Mission Local

Tenderloin Buzz: Tree lighting, microcinema, new eateries, and more

Here's what's new in the Tenderloin: A microcinema, a tea bar, and an old falafel shop is back. Tenderloin Buzz: Tree lighting, microcinema, new eateries, and more

4 hours ago

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Tenderloin Buzz: Tree lighting, microcinema, new eateries, and more

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Section 415: Why Tavita Pritchard left the NFL to return to Stanford

Andrew Luck hired the Washington Commanders assistant to coach the Cardinal.

5 hours ago

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Section 415: Why Tavita Pritchard left the NFL to return to Stanford

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Surfer attacked by shark at Bay Area beach

The victim at Salmon Creek in Sonoma County had non-life-threatening injuries.

6 hours ago

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Surfer attacked by shark at Bay Area beach

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Caffe Trieste Co-Founder Ida Giotta Has Died at Age 101

The first espresso house on the West Coast, North Beach's Caffe Trieste, has lost its grande dame. The cafe’s co-founder Ida Giotta recently passed away, barely a month after her 101st birthday.

7 hours ago

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Caffe Trieste Co-Founder Ida Giotta Has Died at Age 101

SF Standard

It’s time to stop recycling San Francisco politicians

Though city voters enshrined term limits three decades ago, the revolving door is still spinning — with younger candidates pushed aside.

7 hours ago

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It’s time to stop recycling San Francisco politicians

Mission Local

45 people displaced in Tenderloin apartment fire in San Francisco

The San Francisco fire ripped through a Tenderloin apartment building a little after 3 a.m. on Friday, displacing dozens. 45 people displaced in Tenderloin apartment fire in San Francisco

7 hours ago

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45 people displaced in Tenderloin apartment fire in San Francisco

SF Standard

Every Warriors player has a story to tell (and a book to sell)

Steph Curry has a new book out and Draymond Green is planning on writing one. Some former team members have turned into prolific writers.

9 hours ago

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Every Warriors player has a story to tell (and a book to sell)

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Six-Story Apartment Building Next to Golden Gate Theater Goes Up In Flames, 45 Displaced

A six-story apartment building at the foot of Golden Gate Avenue, near Market Street, suffered a three-alarm fire Friday morning which has displaced 45 residents.

9 hours ago

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Six-Story Apartment Building Next to Golden Gate Theater Goes Up In Flames, 45 Displaced

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Anheuser-Busch Closing 50-Year-Old Budweiser Plant in Fairfield Next Month

There will be no more Clydesdales a’clopping in Fairfield, as the Budweiser plant that opened there in 1976 will fully close down in January, because parent company Anheuser-Busch is pulling a national downsizing on production.

9 hours ago

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Anheuser-Busch Closing 50-Year-Old Budweiser Plant in Fairfield Next Month

SF Standard

Lurie orders $400M in city budget cuts amid worsening deficit

The mayor is asking departments to reduce services, eliminate vacancies, and curtail hiring.

10 hours ago

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Lurie orders $400M in city budget cuts amid worsening deficit

Mission Local

S.F. needs to cut spending by $400M. Here’s the mayor’s austerity plan.

The city will focus on ‘core’ services like public safety, transit, and homelessness. Everything else is under scrutiny. S.F. needs to cut spending by $400M. Here’s the mayor’s austerity plan.

10 hours ago

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S.F. needs to cut spending by $400M. Here’s the mayor’s austerity plan.

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Video: East Bay fire and explosion levels 3 buildings

“The neighbor’s house exploded,” said a woman in a recording of the blast in unincorporated Hayward.

12 hours ago

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Video: East Bay fire and explosion levels 3 buildings

Mission Local

Child abuse

At 16th and Mission Streets. Photo by Robert B. Livingston. Child abuse

14 hours ago

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Child abuse

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From celebrity chef to political ‘wild card:' Meet ‘Mr. Gumbo’

Dontaye Ball is San Francisco's most famous gumbo-slinging chef. But for the next two years, he will be taking on a new role. From celebrity chef to political ‘wild card:' Meet ‘Mr. Gumbo’

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From celebrity chef to political ‘wild card:' Meet ‘Mr. Gumbo’

Mission Local

S.F. immigration court is down from 21 judges to just seven

Multiple sources confirmed that two San Francisco immigration judges will retire by end of year. Only seven will be left. S.F. immigration court is down from 21 judges to just seven

1 day ago

Mission Local

S.F. immigration court is down from 21 judges to just seven