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Man Charged With Threatening Barbara Lee Also Allegedly Threatened SF Judge

An El Cerrito man who clearly has a bone to pick with liberals, and who allegedly channeled his anger into specific, violent threats via email to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, also apparently sent similar threats to federal judge Charles Breyer.

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Man Charged With Threatening Barbara Lee Also Allegedly Threatened SF Judge

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There’s a tree massacre at Lake Merced. Why that’s not such a bad thing

What’s behind the plan to cut more than 800 trees?

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There’s a tree massacre at Lake Merced. Why that’s not such a bad thing

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Sunset Night Market to return after last year’s political chaos

The popular events, canceled in 2025, are planned for four times this year, all tied to Chinese holidays.

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Sunset Night Market to return after last year’s political chaos

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What Gavin Newsom and Ro Khanna get wrong in their battle over Billionaire Tax

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan argues that a wealth tax isn’t just a disastrous idea for California, it ignores the state’s actual problems.

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What Gavin Newsom and Ro Khanna get wrong in their battle over Billionaire Tax

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Deadly ICE Shooting of Minnesota Woman Prompts Protests Across the Bay Area

Hundreds marched through San Francisco's Mission District Wednesday night following a deadly shooting by ICE agents across the country in Minneapolis, and there was a simultaneous protest in Oakland as well.

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Deadly ICE Shooting of Minnesota Woman Prompts Protests Across the Bay Area

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‘We are taxing this legacy grid more and more.’ How to fix our power system

A Q&A with former PG&E engineer Aren Page about the recurring outages and what it will take to get the electrical system of the future.

5 hours ago

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‘We are taxing this legacy grid more and more.’ How to fix our power system

Mission Local

New District 4 supervisor Alan Wong isn’t budging on reopening Great Highway

At a meeting packed with supporters of the new Sunset Dunes park, Alan Wong said he's still hoping to shut it down. New District 4 supervisor Alan Wong isn’t budging on reopening Great Highway

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New District 4 supervisor Alan Wong isn’t budging on reopening Great Highway

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S.F. congressional candidates vying for Pelosi’s seat stake out contrasts in first debate

Connie Chan and Saikat Chakrabarti held the progressive line, while Scott Wiener took more moderate stances. All three are Democrats S.F. congressional candidates vying for Pelosi’s seat stake out contrasts in first debate

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S.F. congressional candidates vying for Pelosi’s seat stake out contrasts in first debate

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Richmond Buzz: A public domain party, and small biz rumors galore

Happy New Year. The week of rain is behind us. In this week’s Buzz, a neighbor tips me onto a pattern. Richmond Buzz: A public domain party, and small biz rumors galore

7 hours ago

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Richmond Buzz: A public domain party, and small biz rumors galore

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They unwittingly bought ‘Dirt Alley.’ A supervisor is coming to their rescue

D4 Supervisor Alan Wong steps into the “street fight” over a $25,000 strip of land.

10 hours ago

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They unwittingly bought ‘Dirt Alley.’ A supervisor is coming to their rescue

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What if the Warriors actually start to make shots?

Golden State’s role players missed open looks against the Clippers and converted against the Bucks. It swung the outcome of each game.

10 hours ago

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What if the Warriors actually start to make shots?

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Mission Local

They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

Here’s Mission Local's guide to the street teams in the Mission — who’s who, what they do, and how they can help. They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

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They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

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Day Around the Bay: Oroville Dam Spillway Lets Loose

Parts of the Bay Area are under an "extreme cold watch" for Friday morning; another Oakland athletics coach had his life threatened; and ICE agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis today.

21 hours ago

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Day Around the Bay: Oroville Dam Spillway Lets Loose

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Building Where Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Took Place Is Up for Additional Historic Landmark Status

Now that a private prison company is running a halfway house at the site of the famed transgender protest known as the Compton's Cafeteria Riot, trans activists are hoping to redesignate the site with another set of historical protections.

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Building Where Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Took Place Is Up for Additional Historic Landmark Status

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Accused Killer Testifies In Murder Trial of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

The 2021 killing of Anza Vista resident Vicha Ratanapakdee has its murder trial underway, and accused 24-year-old killer Antoine Watson took the stand in his own defense Tuesday. His explanations, though, were largely incoherent.

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Accused Killer Testifies In Murder Trial of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

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Suspect In Last Month’s SF General Hospital Stabbing Pleads Not Guilty, Attorney Says He Was Suffering 'Crisis’

The accused stabber in last month’s fatal attack on a UCSF social worker at SF General Hospital finally had a court appearance Tuesday, pleading not guilty, with his attorney saying “he was suffering a mental health crisis that day.”

1 day ago

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Suspect In Last Month’s SF General Hospital Stabbing Pleads Not Guilty, Attorney Says He Was Suffering 'Crisis’

Mission Local

S.F. hospital worker's alleged killer was suffering ‘crisis,’ pleads not guilty

Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, the man charged with murder for stabbing a social worker to death last month, denied the allegations. S.F. hospital worker's alleged killer was suffering ‘crisis,’ pleads not guilty

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S.F. hospital worker's alleged killer was suffering ‘crisis,’ pleads not guilty

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Birds of a feather

On the San Francisco Bay. Photo by Walter Mackins. Birds of a feather

1 day ago

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Birds of a feather