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I wanted to hate this ’80s reboot but I laughed my ass off

yesterday 10

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Silas Valentino

'People are flying from everywhere': Grateful Dead saves SF tourism, again

yesterday 4

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Silas Valentino

Republicans are trying to defund a beloved national monument in Utah

yesterday 5

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Silas Valentino

'We're huge and people see it': Wealthy Bay Area suburb nears Little League dream

yesterday 3

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Alex Simon

As Disneyland hikes prices, fans have found a money-saving hack

yesterday 3

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Silas Valentino

San Francisco quietly hits all-time weather record

yesterday 1

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Silas Valentino

A life-changing visit to a national park in peril

previous day 40

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Drew Magary

The old Birkenstock building is finally getting a new tenant

previous day 30

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Tessa Mclean

7 hikers airlifted off Bay Area trail due to heat

previous day 10

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Drew Magary

San Francisco's Civic Center to host huge concert with Billboard record-breaker

previous day 10

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Drew Magary

Ex-Stanford coach sues ESPN over articles that he says got him fired

previous day 6

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Drew Magary

$40 million movie's San Francisco shoot continues, stars spotted at Dolores Park

previous day 3

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Drew Magary

Historic bar that's been fixture of SF neighborhood for 31 years is up for sale

wednesday 4

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Madeline Wells

Woman found dead 2 months after rapids swept her away in Calif. river

Woman found dead 2 months after rapids swept her away in Calif. river

Pumpkin Hollow Bridge crosses the Kaweah River near the entrance to Sequoia National Park in California. The body of a 26-year-old woman who...

wednesday 10

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Jessica Yadegaran

Hilarious videos of fake in-flight drink service on BART go viral

Hilarious videos of fake in-flight drink service on BART go viral

The “BART Air” snack cart is pushed by a uniformed attendant in a video posted Sunday, July 27, 2025. Everyone knows that eating and drinking are...

wednesday 10

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Jessica Yadegaran

Ex-chef at SF restaurant arrested on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with minor

Ex-chef at SF restaurant arrested on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with minor

Joshua Isao Su was arrested on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with a child by the Placer County Sheriff’s Office in 2024. A former chef at a...

wednesday 10

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Lester Black

Scientist detained at SFO for over a week, left sleeping in chair

wednesday 20

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Lester Black

Long-empty corner of SF Ferry Building to get vibrant new Italian restaurant

Long-empty corner of SF Ferry Building to get vibrant new Italian restaurant

MarketBar’s outdoor patio at the Ferry Building in San Francisco on July 24, 2008. Southern Italian restaurant Lucania is slated to take over the...

wednesday 6

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Madeline Wells

Palestinian teacher denied entry at SFO last month killed in the West Bank

Palestinian teacher denied entry at SFO last month killed in the West Bank

Palestinians gather at the community of Umm Al-Khair near Hebron to mourn the death of Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot and killed a day earlier, in...

wednesday 10

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Jessica Yadegaran

Final minute of Valkyries game stopped because of NSFW object thrown on court

wednesday 4

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Jessica Yadegaran

Bay Area companies skewered over false tsunami information

wednesday 10

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Lester Black

'Unforgivable': SF Giants announcer unloads on player for latest mental gaffe

wednesday 4

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Lester Black

Ex-Warriors star arrested for allegedly hosting illegal games at Calif. mansion

Ex-Warriors star arrested for allegedly hosting illegal games at Calif. mansion

The Golden State Warriors’ Gilbert Arenas during their game against the New York Knicks at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Feb....

wednesday 1

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Lester Black

San Francisco tech company, once worth $650 million, files for bankruptcy

San Francisco tech company, once worth $650 million, files for bankruptcy

FILE: A professional dog walker works on April 14, 2017, in New York City. The tech company Wag, which offers on-demand dog walking, filed for...

29.07.2025 30

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Madeline Wells

Google engineer dies in Yosemite after being struck by falling tree branch

Google engineer dies in Yosemite after being struck by falling tree branch

Angela Lin loved nature, swing dancing and singing. On the afternoon of July 19, a 29-year-old Google software engineer named Angela Lin was doing...

29.07.2025 50

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Ashley Harrell

Bay Area executive accused of leaking trade secrets to new employer

Bay Area executive accused of leaking trade secrets to new employer

The entrance to RH in the Bethlehem Steel Building, in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. Serious allegations have been made against furniture...

29.07.2025 4

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Madeline Wells

One of California's largest cities is on the brink of a trash nightmare

One of California's largest cities is on the brink of a trash nightmare

Aerial over La Jolla, a neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. More than a century after it was codified into local law, one of California’s biggest...

29.07.2025 4

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Madilynne Medina

SF-born soda mogul develops company's billion-dollar flavors in his garage

SF-born soda mogul develops company's billion-dollar flavors in his garage

Ben Goodwin made a personal decision early in life that would have ripple effects, decades later, for millions of Americans. He simply wanted to be...

29.07.2025 3

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Madilynne Medina

'Passenger's heart stopped': Traveler who died on SFO-bound flight ID'd

'Passenger's heart stopped': Traveler who died on SFO-bound flight ID'd

FILE: The view inside a Turkish Airlines flight in May 2022. A passenger who died on an SFO-bound Turkish Airlines flight earlier this month has...

29.07.2025 4

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Madilynne Medina

After 17 years, Christian Bale's California housing village is close to opening

After 17 years, Christian Bale's California housing village is close to opening

Christian Bale attends Together California’s foster care center groundbreaking event on Feb. 7, 2024, in Palmdale, Calif. Actor Christian Bale has...

29.07.2025 4

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Madilynne Medina

In-N-Out falls out of second place in latest fast food burger rankings

In-N-Out falls out of second place in latest fast food burger rankings

General view of the In-N-Out Burger on Sunset Blvd on October 21, 2021 in Hollywood, Calif. For the second year in a row, the Santa Barbara-born...

29.07.2025 1

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Madilynne Medina

Letting a Northern California river run free comes at a cost

Letting a Northern California river run free comes at a cost

In the past week, Northern California’s century-old Potter Valley Project crossed a major threshold toward dismantling. On July 25, PG&E submitted...

29.07.2025 2

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Matt Lafever

Korean supermarket's largest California store is headed to this Bay Area town

Korean supermarket's largest California store is headed to this Bay Area town

A new Mega Mart store is expected to open at 1775 East Bayshore Road in East Palo Alto in September 2025.  Mega Mart is gearing up to open its...

29.07.2025 20

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Madeline Wells

Masked star wows the San Francisco crowd at Stern Grove

Masked star wows the San Francisco crowd at Stern Grove

By the time Orville Peck played his third song at Stern Grove, the theatrical country singer’s silver-studded jacket was off. After he had blazed...

29.07.2025 10

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Madeline Wells

Guitar-wielding preschool teacher sells out SF concert

28.07.2025 10

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Timothy Karoff

The quiet California valley roiled by a city's plan to triple in size

The quiet California valley roiled by a city's plan to triple in size

On June 3, more than 100 people packed into the Ukiah Valley Conference Center downtown, a third of them gripping red-and-white signs that read “No...

28.07.2025 10

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Matt Lafever

2 on motorcycle killed in Bay Area highway crash with teen Tesla driver

2 on motorcycle killed in Bay Area highway crash with teen Tesla driver

State Route 9 on the Peninsula. A Bay Area highway crash between a teenage driver and a couple on a motorcycle resulted in two deaths, California...

28.07.2025 5

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Amanda Bartlett

Why is the Calif. housing market acting differently from the rest of the U.S.?

28.07.2025 6

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Timothy Karoff

Pilot arrested on child sex abuse material charges after landing at SFO

28.07.2025 3

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Timothy Karoff

SF Giants call up top pitching prospect for MLB debut on Monday

28.07.2025 5

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Amanda Bartlett

Why Native Hawaiians are choosing a California city over Hawaii

28.07.2025 10

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Amanda Bartlett

Shooting at illegal Bay Area nightclub leaves 1 dead, police say

28.07.2025 3

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Timothy Karoff

Chef confessions from inside Disneyland's ultra-exclusive Club 33

27.07.2025 10

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Amanda Bartlett

Man drowns in Bay Area river after jumping from rope swing

27.07.2025 10

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Amanda Bartlett

First salmon in nearly 100 years found in Northern California river

First salmon in nearly 100 years found in Northern California river

FILE - The McCloud River surrounded by pine trees.  An endangered species has returned to its Northern California river habitat for the first time...

27.07.2025 100

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Amanda Bartlett

Victims in private plane crash off Calif. coast identified

Victims in private plane crash off Calif. coast identified

A view of Point Pinos in Pacific Grove, Calif. where a small private plane carrying three passengers crashed on July 26, 2025. By Katy St. Clair...

27.07.2025 10

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Amanda Bartlett

Bay Area mansion with yacht and hillavator asks $22 million

27.07.2025 9

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Amanda Bartlett

Why Caltrans is widening a Bay Area highway that’s going to flood

27.07.2025 5

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Amanda Bartlett

3 bodies reportedly recovered after private plane crash off Central Calif. coast

3 bodies reportedly recovered after private plane crash off Central Calif. coast

A view of Point Pinos, Calif. where a small private plane carrying three passengers crashed on July 26, 2025. This article was originally published...

27.07.2025 2

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Amanda Bartlett

After November flop, California Forever launches new city concept

27.07.2025 30

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Amanda Bartlett