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This is keeping California Forever and other utopian cities from becoming reality

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Joe Mathews

Endorsement: No on Joel Engardio recall. Yes on charter reform

Endorsement: No on Joel Engardio recall. Yes on charter reform

S.F. District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio speaks during the grand opening of Sunset Dunes park on April 12. He faces a recall vote on Sept. 16 over...

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Chronicle Editorial Board

Young San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library

Young San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library

San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the...

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Emily Hoeven

A sales tax hike isn’t the way to save Bay Area’s public transportation. Here’s what should be done

A sales tax hike isn’t the way to save Bay Area’s public transportation. Here’s what should be done

If BART makes drastic cuts to service, traffic on the Bay Bridge is projected to increase more than 70%. It’s no secret that the Bay Area’s transit...

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Laurel Paget-Seekins

Can AI make art, or does creativity need a human touch?

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Harry Mok

I used AI to make this song. The results, and its implications, startled me

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Jason Fessel

Employers need to make their voices heard in the fight against Trump's immigration crackdown

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Julie M. Weise

Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s police force isn’t just another diversion from Jeffrey Epstein

Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s police force isn’t just another diversion from Jeffrey Epstein

President Donald Trump attends a news conference on Monday at the White House, where he announced he will place the D.C. Metropolitan Police...

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Jack Ohman

There goes the neighborhood: AI data centers are moving in

There goes the neighborhood: AI data centers are moving in

A CoreSite data center under construction in Santa Clara. Silicon Valley Power expects data center load in Santa Clara County to almost double by...

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Meredith Stevenson And  Camden Weber

San Francisco’s new ‘family zoning’ plan has a poison pill

San Francisco’s new ‘family zoning’ plan has a poison pill

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at City Hall on July 24. A provision in the mayor’s rezoning plan doesn’t allow developers to use the...

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Dylan Casey