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Day Around the Bay: SF Supe Shamann Walton Fined For Accepting Gifts

SF Supervisor Shamann Walton was fined for accepting two gifts from nonprofits doing business with the city; questions remain about the condition of Senator Mitch McConnell; and we now have a better look at the damage from Paul Pelosi's alleged hit-and-run.

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Day Around the Bay: SF Supe Shamann Walton Fined For Accepting Gifts

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Over 400 SFO Flights Delayed Monday as FAA Restrictions Continue to Limit Runway Capacity

Flight delays at SFO on the Monday following a very busy July 4th weekend were averaging one to two hours, largely due to ground construction as well as FAA restrictions limiting arrivals — made worse by cancellations on the East Coast.

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Over 400 SFO Flights Delayed Monday as FAA Restrictions Continue to Limit Runway Capacity

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Alleged Gang Members Arrested In East Bay, Linked to Possible Retaliation Against Rival Gang In SF

The San Francisco Police Department issued a somewhat vague press release Monday referring to some unspecified "Bay Area homicides that were possibly related to San Francisco gang members," and a possible act of retaliation by rivals.

1 hour ago

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Alleged Gang Members Arrested In East Bay, Linked to Possible Retaliation Against Rival Gang In SF

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How Golden Gate Bridge fireworks display traffic melted down, minute by minute

Fog obscured the pyrotechnics, but nothing could hide the gridlock that stranded Waymos and delayed buses for hours.

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How Golden Gate Bridge fireworks display traffic melted down, minute by minute

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A Marina bar will cover your tab using prediction markets if the U.S. beats Belgium

The Blue Light is using Kalshi to backstop its World Cup promotion.

3 hours ago

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A Marina bar will cover your tab using prediction markets if the U.S. beats Belgium

Mission Local

Great Highway measure to reopen coastal road set to qualify for November ballot

Volunteers gathered 15,626 signatures for a measure that would reopen the Great Highway on weekdays and leave the park open on weekends. Great Highway measure to reopen coastal road set to qualify for November ballot

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Great Highway measure to reopen coastal road set to qualify for November ballot

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Outer Sunset Couple and Former Fitness App Execs Launch Real-Time Fog Tracker

A local couple who designed and co-founded the Strava fitness tool has released a new interactive app that utilizes real-time weather data along with user reports to track the Bay Area’s fog.

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Outer Sunset Couple and Former Fitness App Execs Launch Real-Time Fog Tracker

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Mayor Lurie’s charter-reform effort gets $1.5M boost from tech execs, philanthropist

Mayor Lurie's efforts to increase mayoral power got $500K from the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs' group, among others. Mayor Lurie’s charter-reform effort gets $1.5M boost from tech execs, philanthropist

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Mayor Lurie’s charter-reform effort gets $1.5M boost from tech execs, philanthropist

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Viral Video Shows Woman Stuck Under BART Entry Gates

A woman who was clearly attempting to evade paying a fare became stuck under a BART entry gate at a San Francisco station last week, and a BART agent took some video of the situation that has since gone viral.

7 hours ago

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Viral Video Shows Woman Stuck Under BART Entry Gates

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Illegal Fireworks Ignite Tree, Damage Vehicles In East Oakland Neighborhood

An East Oakland family saw two of their vehicles damaged by a fire that was sparked by illegal fireworks Saturday night.

8 hours ago

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Illegal Fireworks Ignite Tree, Damage Vehicles In East Oakland Neighborhood

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Mission Local

Doing shots

Larkin Street. Photo by Walter Mackins. Doing shots

13 hours ago

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Doing shots

SF Standard

The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California

As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?

13 hours ago

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The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California

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University of California faculty desperate for system to bring back the SAT

Berkeley math professors say students are arriving unable to multiply.

13 hours ago

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University of California faculty desperate for system to bring back the SAT

Mission Local

People We Meet: 'All my aunts in Pavia were Communists'

Name a progressive cause in San Francisco in the last 50 years, and chances are good Giuliana Milanese has been involved. People We Meet: 'All my aunts in Pavia were Communists'

15 hours ago

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People We Meet: 'All my aunts in Pavia were Communists'

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Waymos stalled and snarled traffic after SF’s biggest fireworks show in years

One robotaxi drove through an exploding firework in the Mission.

24 hours ago

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Waymos stalled and snarled traffic after SF’s biggest fireworks show in years

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Photos: Parties, pyrotechnics, and police took over the Mission District on July 4

Throngs of revelers drinking Modelos and filming street fireworks dominated select corners of the Mission District on Saturday night for what has long been a July 4 tradition. And like [...] Photos: Parties, pyrotechnics, and police took over the Mission District on July 4

1 day ago

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Photos: Parties, pyrotechnics, and police took over the Mission District on July 4

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Photos: Karl the Fog steals the show at Golden Gate Bridge fireworks spectacle

Thousands lined up hours early despite fog and gridlock to watch the rare display commemorating the nation and city’s 250th birthday.

1 day ago

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Photos: Karl the Fog steals the show at Golden Gate Bridge fireworks spectacle

Mission Local

Free-range Squab

9th Avenue between Irving and Judah. Photo by Neal Wong. Free-range Squab

1 day ago

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Free-range Squab