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Corey’s Pizza is open and lowriders are coming to town

Also, Jackie Fielder has a new legislative aide and the opening of the Mission library branch is now slated for late fall. Corey’s Pizza is open and lowriders are coming to town

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Mission Local

Corey’s Pizza is open and lowriders are coming to town

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Cause of Death Finally Revealed In 2023 Death of SF Drag Queen Heklina

Almost three and a half years later, the London Metropolitan Police Service has closed the case on the death of Heklina, who was found unresponsive by friend Peaches Christ in the London flat they were sharing in April 2023.

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SFiST

Cause of Death Finally Revealed In 2023 Death of SF Drag Queen Heklina

SF Standard

The techies walking away from a big payday

Why researchers are walking out of AI labs — and what an ex-Googler learned about believing your employer too long.

49 minutes ago

SF Standard

The techies walking away from a big payday

Mission Local

Meet the District 8 candidates: Should S.F. arrest more drug users?

The Lurie administration has stepped up arrests of drug users. The District 8 candidates share their thoughts. Meet the District 8 candidates: Should S.F. arrest more drug users?

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Mission Local

Meet the District 8 candidates: Should S.F. arrest more drug users?

SF Standard

After vicious dog attack, supervisor calls for stricter regulations

City shelters and other supportive housing sites would be required to keep vaccination records and report any attacks to the Vicious and Dangerous Dog Unit.

1 hour ago

SF Standard

After vicious dog attack, supervisor calls for stricter regulations

SFiST

Suspect Identified, Charged With Manslaughter In Strange Sonoma Plaza Incident

Four men were initially arrested and one 28-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal September 7 assault that occurred in Sonoma Plaza, but the 64-year-old victim was apparently hurling racial epithets and yelling "I want to die."

1 hour ago

SFiST

Suspect Identified, Charged With Manslaughter In Strange Sonoma Plaza Incident

SFiST

‘DeFlock SF’ Maps Local Cameras, Spreads Awareness About Flock Surveillance

A local group has launched “DeFlock SF,” a hub mapping Flock and other automated license plate reader cameras around San Francisco, while tracking news and controversy surrounding the surveillance technology.

1 hour ago

SFiST

‘DeFlock SF’ Maps Local Cameras, Spreads Awareness About Flock Surveillance

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SFiST

Humpday Headlines: Greg Papa Hospitalized

Sportscaster Greg Papa has reportedly been hospitalized with heart failure since last week; the Bloomingdale's portion of the former SF Centre mall might be sold separately; and Richmond just placed a moratorium on data centers.

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Humpday Headlines: Greg Papa Hospitalized

SF Standard

Inside the SF Opera strike — a bigger fight over the company’s future

There’s no end in sight to the work stoppage, as musicians say the math doesn’t add up and the opera says it has no choice but to freeze wages.

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SF Standard

Inside the SF Opera strike — a bigger fight over the company’s future

SF Standard

Sam Altman: ‘The world should trust’ us on AI safety

After a week of dire warnings, the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic toned down doom messages at the Dreamforce conference.

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SF Standard

Sam Altman: ‘The world should trust’ us on AI safety

SF Standard

Stewart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO

After a major price cut, a Wordpress founder is buying the retrofitted tugboat from the counterculture legend.

6 hours ago

SF Standard

Stewart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO

SF Standard

The $75k-a-year private school encouraging kids to go viral on Twitter

Life skills or initiation? Alpha School’s eight-week boot camp splits the internet.

6 hours ago

SF Standard

The $75k-a-year private school encouraging kids to go viral on Twitter

Mission Local

BEWARE of DOG

At 23rd and Alabama Streets. Photo by Scott J. Forman. BEWARE of DOG

6 hours ago

Mission Local

BEWARE of DOG

Mission Local

Mayor Lurie gets 6 appointments to the Youth Commission. They all hail from private schools.

Records show no mayor in at least a decade has chosen only private-school kids. Mayor Lurie gets 6 appointments to the Youth Commission. They all hail from private schools.

7 hours ago

Mission Local

Mayor Lurie gets 6 appointments to the Youth Commission. They all hail from private schools.

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Yes sir, Steve Kerr: Dubs coach visits Viz Valley Middle School

Warriors coach Steve Kerr makes visit to Visitation Valley Middle School after company does day of community service there. Yes sir, Steve Kerr: Dubs coach visits Viz Valley Middle School

16 hours ago

Mission Local

Yes sir, Steve Kerr: Dubs coach visits Viz Valley Middle School

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Supes Approve $22M Extension Contract For PermitSF Platform

Two deadly crashes occurred in Los Angeles; Robert Plant is now playing the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival; and the Board of Supervisors approved a three-year extension contract with OpenGov.

17 hours ago

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Day Around the Bay: Supes Approve $22M Extension Contract For PermitSF Platform

Mission Local

San Francisco supervisors dial back extension to mayor’s controversial OpenGov software

Supes cut a $33M contract extension request to $22M, for three years instead of five San Francisco supervisors dial back extension to mayor’s controversial OpenGov software

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Mission Local

San Francisco supervisors dial back extension to mayor’s controversial OpenGov software

SFiST

Man Who Posed as Rideshare Driver to Rape SF Women Gets Six Life Sentences

A man who sexually assaulted at least four women while posing as a Lyft driver outside of nightclubs and bars, who was convicted back in April, was sentenced Monday to a term of six life sentences, or 150 years to life, in state prison.

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Man Who Posed as Rideshare Driver to Rape SF Women Gets Six Life Sentences