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SF Standard

Mapped: The top-priority SF streets slated for repair

$33 million of repaving work being done over two years is happening mostly in the city's northeastern and southeastern neighborhoods.

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SF Standard

Mapped: The top-priority SF streets slated for repair

SF Standard

Why sex researcher Aella hopes to make AI doom go mainstream

“The world doesn’t understand the magnitude of the thing,” says the cofounder of Plz Don’t Kill Us.

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SF Standard

Why sex researcher Aella hopes to make AI doom go mainstream

SF Standard

This North Beach eyesore was about to be torn down — until residents blocked it

Activists say the owner of the burnt-out Verdi Building pulled a “bait and switch” to circumvent renter protections and ram through development.

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SF Standard

This North Beach eyesore was about to be torn down — until residents blocked it

SF Standard

The 18 best events in SF this weekend, from Earth Day celebrations to a dog festival

Plus, the SF Film Fest, a Giants vs. Dodgers showdown, Cookbook Week, and more.

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SF Standard

The 18 best events in SF this weekend, from Earth Day celebrations to a dog festival

SF Standard

The chicken breast theory of dating

A food writer’s half-joking, fully-serious philosophy, built on years of dining observations. And dates.

11 hours ago

SF Standard

The chicken breast theory of dating

SF Standard

Opinion: ‘It’s disgusting’: Jackie Speier on Swalwell and the toxic culture of Capitol Hill

She led the movement to reform how Congress handled sexual misconduct back in 2017. Now she thinks it didn’t go far enough.

11 hours ago

SF Standard

Opinion: ‘It’s disgusting’: Jackie Speier on Swalwell and the toxic culture of Capitol Hill

Mission Local

S.F. hospital stabbing analysis confirms Mission Local reporting on security lapses

San Francisco will direct $15 million to health department security and hired more staff, according to new report. S.F. hospital stabbing analysis confirms Mission Local reporting on security lapses

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Mission Local

S.F. hospital stabbing analysis confirms Mission Local reporting on security lapses

Mission Local

Turtle island

At Golden Gate Park. Photo by Walter Mackins. Turtle island

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Mission Local

Turtle island

Mission Local

Sam Devdhara is making money at the bottom of S.F.'s housing market

In the world of affordable housing, single-room-occupancy hotels are among the most distressed—and Sam Devdhara knows how to renovate them. Sam Devdhara is making money at the bottom of S.F.'s housing market

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Mission Local

Sam Devdhara is making money at the bottom of S.F.'s housing market

Mission Local

Ethics complaint alleges pro-Matt Mahan PAC, campaign illegally coordinated

Billionaire donors Michael Moritz and Rick Caruso appeared on calls for both PAC and campaign in which strategy was allegedly discussed. Ethics complaint alleges pro-Matt Mahan PAC, campaign illegally coordinated

13 hours ago

Mission Local

Ethics complaint alleges pro-Matt Mahan PAC, campaign illegally coordinated

Mission Local

One of San Francisco's two immigration courts to shutter, 8 months early

The Montgomery Street court will close by May 1, leaving San Francisco with a drastically reduced capacity for asylum-seekers. One of San Francisco's two immigration courts to shutter, 8 months early

23 hours ago

Mission Local

One of San Francisco's two immigration courts to shutter, 8 months early

Mission Local

Meet the District 2 candidates: Should more drug users be arrested?

District 2 candidates Stephen Sherrill and Lori Brooke share their thoughts on SFPD stepping up arrests of people using drugs on the street Meet the District 2 candidates: Should more drug users be arrested?

1 day ago

Mission Local

Meet the District 2 candidates: Should more drug users be arrested?

SFiST

Proposed SFMTA Budget Includes Slightly Raised Muni Fares and Parking Fines

SFMTA’s proposed budget would slightly increase single-ride Muni fares and some parking fines while significantly increasing cable car fares. As a compromise, fines for uncurbed wheels would go down, and the fare for two single Muni rides would cover a full day of rides.

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SFiST

Proposed SFMTA Budget Includes Slightly Raised Muni Fares and Parking Fines

SFiST

That California Ban on Masked ICE Agents Just Got Struck Down

A three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit just made permanent an injunction that blocks the enforcement of California's law banning masks on federal agents — basically because a state can't tell a federal agency what to do.

1 hour ago

SFiST

That California Ban on Masked ICE Agents Just Got Struck Down

SFiST

Disassembly of Vaillancourt Fountain to Begin Next Week, With Full Removal In May

Fans of the not-widely-loved Vaillancourt Fountain have just a few days left to pay their respects to the Brutalist landmark at Embarcadero Plaza, with the process to remove it set to start Monday.

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SFiST

Disassembly of Vaillancourt Fountain to Begin Next Week, With Full Removal In May

SFiST

Rockridge Trader Joe's Could Be Redeveloped as Senior Living Towers

The same developer that is looking to redevelop four Safeway properties in San Francisco is proposing a massive new senior living development on the site of the Rockridge Trader Joe's in Oakland.

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SFiST

Rockridge Trader Joe's Could Be Redeveloped as Senior Living Towers

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Two People Found Dead Inside Car at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park

Texas lawmakers can now legally require public schools to display the Ten Commandments; Alcatraz is closed to tours for a week while the dock gets repaired; and a man and a woman were found dead of potential overdoses inside a car in West Berkeley.

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Two People Found Dead Inside Car at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park

SFiST

Fugitive Suspect Arrested, Extradited In East Palo Alto Double Homicide From 2018

Nearly eight years after two men were fatally shot during a late-night altercation at a private Halloween party in East Palo Alto, the suspect, who reportedly fled to Mexico after the shooting, has returned to face justice.

1 day ago

SFiST

Fugitive Suspect Arrested, Extradited In East Palo Alto Double Homicide From 2018

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