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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

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How the 49ers became Australia’s team — and why the NFL will want to go back

An all-out marketing blitz, decades of nostalgia, and the Rams’ snub created the perfect conditions for Melburnians to fall in love.

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How the 49ers became Australia’s team — and why the NFL will want to go back

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

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

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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.

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Stewart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO

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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.

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

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The best events in SF this week, from Flower Piano to the Lowrider Parade

Plus, the Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown, a community run for fans of “The Odyssey,” the Haight Ashbury Street Fair, and more.

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The best events in SF this week, from Flower Piano to the Lowrider Parade

Mission Local

BEWARE of DOG

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

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BEWARE of DOG

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

All of S.F. Mayor Lurie's appointees to the Youth Commission attend private schools. Records going back a decade indicate no prior mayoral slate lacked public school students. Mayor Lurie gets 6 appointments to the Youth Commission. They all hail from private schools

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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

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

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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.

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

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

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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

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Bay Area Physicists Research Potential First Detection of Dark Matter In Cutting-Edge Project

Scientists from Berkeley and Livermore national laboratories are part of a research team investigating what could be the first recorded observation of dark matter, a substance believed to make up most of the universe’s mass.

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Bay Area Physicists Research Potential First Detection of Dark Matter In Cutting-Edge Project

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Three Big Restaurant Openings We're Looking Forward to In San Francisco This Fall

The fall opening schedule for restaurants is starting to come into view, and I can say with some certainty that, barring some late surprises, I already know what I'm looking forward that's coming down the pike.

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Three Big Restaurant Openings We're Looking Forward to In San Francisco This Fall

Mission Local

Meet the District 6 candidate: Does the RESET center contradict Dorsey’s stance on 6th St.?

Dorsey says Sixth Street has a disproportionate share of the city’s homelessness services. He championed opening the RESET center there. Why" Meet the District 6 candidate: Does the RESET center contradict Dorsey’s stance on 6th St."

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Meet the District 6 candidate: Does the RESET center contradict Dorsey’s stance on 6th St.?

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Felicia ‘Opi’ Freeney, daughter of Bayview and juvenile justice advocate, dies at 22

Freeney shared her own experiences as an incarcerated young person in the fight to shutter juvenile hall Felicia ‘Opi’ Freeney, daughter of Bayview and juvenile justice advocate, dies at 22

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Felicia ‘Opi’ Freeney, daughter of Bayview and juvenile justice advocate, dies at 22

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Berkeley Begins Clearing Notorious Encampment After Outbreak of Rat-Borne Disease

The seemingly permanent homeless encampment at Eighth and Harrison streets in Berkeley, which had been the subject of an extended court fight between the city and homeless advocates, began being cleared out Tuesday.

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Berkeley Begins Clearing Notorious Encampment After Outbreak of Rat-Borne Disease