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Authorities Say Hayward Kidnapping Attempt Possibly Linked to 'Justin Bieber Lookalike'

The victim of an attempted kidnapping on Friday afternoon in Hayward told authorities that the man responsible shares a striking resemblance to a certain pop star. Hayward police are now searching for a Justin Bieber lookalike in connection with the crime.

8 hours ago

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Authorities Say Hayward Kidnapping Attempt Possibly Linked to 'Justin Bieber Lookalike'

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A son untangles the secrets behind the gift of his father’s 1930s painting ‘China Boy’

“A painting is a way of telling a story. It’s the novel, it’s the history lesson.” A son untangles the secrets behind the gift of his father’s 1930s painting ‘China Boy’

16 hours ago

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A son untangles the secrets behind the gift of his father’s 1930s painting ‘China Boy’

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Meet the Girl Dads ushering in a generation of Valkyries fans

Bay Area dads are bringing their daughters to Valkyries games — and finding it means more than just watching basketball together.

16 hours ago

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Meet the Girl Dads ushering in a generation of Valkyries fans

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The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive

San Francisco is building a $175 million seawall meant to protect a threatened sewage plant. Scientists say it might destroy the beach.

16 hours ago

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The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive

Mission Local

Soccer brought them together in ICE detention. Outside, the games go on.

Soccer helped many of the players in the Just Goals tournament get through ICE detention. It's now helping them on the outside, too. Soccer brought them together in ICE detention. Outside, the games go on.

18 hours ago

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Soccer brought them together in ICE detention. Outside, the games go on.

SF Standard

Photos: SF marks Juneteenth with music, dance, and a parade

The city’s annual celebration marched from Market Street to the Embarcadero to remember the day Black Americans learned of their emancipation.

1 day ago

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Photos: SF marks Juneteenth with music, dance, and a parade

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Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Among Two Dead After Plane Crash In France

Global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of 'Assassin’s Creed,' is mourning the loss of co-founder Claude Guillemot after authorities confirmed that he and flight instructor Marc Guillet were both killed in a plane crash on Friday in western France. An investigation into the crash is now underway.

1 day ago

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Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Among Two Dead After Plane Crash In France

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Saturday Links: U.S. Men's Team Will Play in Santa Clara for World Cup Knockout Round

A 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer's is found safe in SF a day after being reported missing, Iran is once again closing the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. men's squad earns a date in Santa Clara as top team in World Cup's Group D.

1 day ago

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Saturday Links: U.S. Men's Team Will Play in Santa Clara for World Cup Knockout Round

Mission Local

Tunnel vision

At Stockton Street Tunnel. Photo by Walter Mackins. Tunnel vision

1 day ago

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Tunnel vision

SF Standard

A scrappy town on the Russian River is its own kind of wonderland

Monte Rio is staging a tiny comeback. We’d be fine if it stopped right there.

1 day ago

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A scrappy town on the Russian River is its own kind of wonderland

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Alysa Liu at the Valks, a hard out at The NYTimes, plus who crashed Stanford’s graduation?

This week, The Waggle dives into the gossip blowing up the group chats across San Francisco.

1 day ago

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Alysa Liu at the Valks, a hard out at The NYTimes, plus who crashed Stanford’s graduation?

Mission Local

Oldest panadería on 24th St. has the taste of home

La Mexicana Bakery on 24th Street entices with its smells of freshly-baked goods. “It tastes like a little bit of my land." Oldest panadería on 24th St. has the taste of home

1 day ago

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Oldest panadería on 24th St. has the taste of home

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Day Around the Bay: DOJ Opens Investigation Into MLB Over Pride-Night Cap Fiasco

New lawsuit alleges ex-employee of Fremont speech and therapy center of sexually assaulting two-year-old boy, the U.S. is on to the knockout round in the World Cup with a big win over Australia, and DOJ opens new investigation into MLB over SF Giants Pride night protest.

2 days ago

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Day Around the Bay: DOJ Opens Investigation Into MLB Over Pride-Night Cap Fiasco

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Tennis Group Accused of Hogging Inner Richmond Courts Prompts New System on Weekends

Following dozens of complaints that a private tennis group was dominating access to the Rossi Park tennis courts by exploiting the first-come, first-served system, SF Rec and Park has rolled out weekend morning reservations for all the park’s courts.

2 days ago

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Tennis Group Accused of Hogging Inner Richmond Courts Prompts New System on Weekends

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This Week In Food: Bye to Bar Brucato

Bar Brucato calls it quits — though the distillery lives on — Causwells opens a next door Martini Room, and Millennium reopens a month after closing in Rockridge, all in This Week in Food.

2 days ago

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This Week In Food: Bye to Bar Brucato

Mission Local

Juneteenth and Pride converge as S.F. prepares for celebratory weekends

June’s Third Thursdays on Treat, Juneteenth x Pride, event brought together Black and LGBTQ+ artists and entrepreneurs Juneteenth and Pride converge as S.F. prepares for celebratory weekends

2 days ago

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Juneteenth and Pride converge as S.F. prepares for celebratory weekends

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Tell us your most San Francisco love story

Your strangest date, your best sex, your deepest heartbreak — we want it all for our new relationships column.

2 days ago

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Tell us your most San Francisco love story