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Lost in translation? Tenderloin’s Arabic speakers struggle with city services.

There aren't enough Arabic-speakers to qualify for automatic translation of city services. The burgeoning community struggles in the meantime. Lost in translation? Tenderloin’s Arabic speakers struggle with city services.

1 hour ago

Mission Local

Lost in translation? Tenderloin’s Arabic speakers struggle with city services.

Mission Local

Scott Wiener was the AI-safety world’s congressional pick. Can the freshman find his voice on Capitol Hill?

Scott Wiener authored the country's first state AI safety law. That doesn't guarantee the freshman power over AI in Congress. Scott Wiener was the AI-safety world’s congressional pick. Can the freshman find his voice on Capitol Hill?

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Mission Local

Scott Wiener was the AI-safety world’s congressional pick. Can the freshman find his voice on Capitol Hill?

Mission Local

San Francisco ‘social housing’ measure loses after heavy real-estate opposition

Prop. I would have created a dedicated fund for "social housing," but was defeated by a $2.8 million real-estate campaign. San Francisco ‘social housing’ measure loses after heavy real-estate opposition

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Mission Local

San Francisco ‘social housing’ measure loses after heavy real-estate opposition

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Vigil: Rolando Jose Dusuau, ‘RJ,’ was teen ‘beyond his years’ who once wanted to be a paleontologist

Friends and family gathered on Potrero Hill Monday night to remember Rolando Jose Dusuau, or 'RJ,' nearly a month after he was fatally shot. Vigil: Rolando Jose Dusuau, ‘RJ,’ was teen ‘beyond his years’ who once wanted to be a paleontologist

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Mission Local

Vigil: Rolando Jose Dusuau, ‘RJ,’ was teen ‘beyond his years’ who once wanted to be a paleontologist

SF Standard

The CEO of Lurie-aligned downtown nonprofit is out after little more than a year

The San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation provided no reason for the departure of Shola Olatoye, a longtime housing executive.

9 hours ago

SF Standard

The CEO of Lurie-aligned downtown nonprofit is out after little more than a year

SF Standard

California voters reject billionaire tax

The Associated Press called the measure that would have taxed the ultra-wealthy residents’ assets at 5%, nearly a week after Election Day.

10 hours ago

SF Standard

California voters reject billionaire tax

SF Standard

A billionaire is behind California’s Prop. 38. His institute stands to get billions

Half the $8.4 billion bond goes to one institute. Only his meets the requirements, and UCSF, the state’s biggest recipient of federal immunotherapy money, doesn’t.

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SF Standard

A billionaire is behind California’s Prop. 38. His institute stands to get billions

SF Standard

Giants open GM meetings with a long shopping list and a brief window to fill it

General manager Zack Minasian said the team is searching for a new hitting coach and is redefining roles for its pitching coaches.

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SF Standard

Giants open GM meetings with a long shopping list and a brief window to fill it

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: First Big Rainstorm Coming Our Way Friday

Significant rain is headed this way along with a cold front later this week; Oakland First Fridays is canceled for the rest of the year; and eight articles of impeachment have been drafted against Pete Hegseth.

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: First Big Rainstorm Coming Our Way Friday

SF Standard

‘Irreplaceable’: Silicon Valley’s power players rally around Jensen Huang

As shares fall and federal investigators circle a key Nvidia customer, some of tech’s loudest voices rush to support the Nvidia CEO.

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SF Standard

‘Irreplaceable’: Silicon Valley’s power players rally around Jensen Huang

SFiST

No Known Prenup Could Leave Nvidia CEO’s Wife With $63 Billion Divorce Settlement

Lori Huang, the wife of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, could potentially be entitled to half his $125 billion fortune if they get divorced following his affair with a woman believed to be a spy, as it's unclear if there's a prenuptial agreement.

13 hours ago

SFiST

No Known Prenup Could Leave Nvidia CEO’s Wife With $63 Billion Divorce Settlement

SFiST

Family of Chantel Brooks Keeps Search Alive With Benefit Concert, Upcoming SF Vigil

A benefit concert in Vallejo brought together Bay Area musicians and supporters Sunday to help fund the search for Chantel Brooks, who went missing in July, as her family prepares for a candlelight vigil outside her former SF workplace.

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SFiST

Family of Chantel Brooks Keeps Search Alive With Benefit Concert, Upcoming SF Vigil

SF Standard

Kyle Shanahan on Brandon Aiyuk’s NFL reinstatement: ‘Means absolutely nothing’

Commissioner Roger Goodell granted the 49ers a two-game roster exemption after the wide receiver was reinstated Monday.

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SF Standard

Kyle Shanahan on Brandon Aiyuk’s NFL reinstatement: ‘Means absolutely nothing’

SFiST

CEQA Reviews to Continue as Prop 45 Is Projected to Fail

California's Proposition 45, which would have amended the state's landmark environmental protection law that some argue has been weaponized to thwart developments of all kinds, is now projected to fail as more votes have been counted.

15 hours ago

SFiST

CEQA Reviews to Continue as Prop 45 Is Projected to Fail

SFiST

SF Helps Residents Prepare For El Niño Flooding With ‘Sandbag Saturdays’ Giveaways

The city is distributing free sandbags on Saturdays through December 5 in neighborhoods prone to flooding ahead of a potentially record-setting El Niño winter, while residents can also pick them up year-round at Public Works.

16 hours ago

SFiST

SF Helps Residents Prepare For El Niño Flooding With ‘Sandbag Saturdays’ Giveaways

SFiST

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Pledges $100M to SF Parks

Another large private donation, the largest to date from a single individual, is coming to the City of San Francisco to complete several park projects and begin new ones.

18 hours ago

SFiST

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Pledges $100M to SF Parks

Mission Local

San Francisco can now create a public bank — measure declares victory

San Francisco voters have approved the city’s first-ever public bank measure, Proposition B, with 52.3% of the vote as of 4 p.m. on Sunday. San Francisco can now create a public bank — measure declares victory

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San Francisco can now create a public bank — measure declares victory

Mission Local

The nice boots

At 24th and Mission Streets. Photo by Patrick Piazza. The nice boots

23 hours ago

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The nice boots