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Here's why tons of celebs are heading to the Bay Area next month

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Kasia Pawlowska

49ers' Christian McCaffrey agrees to play football game in Saudi Arabia

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Kasia Pawlowska

Teen dies after 75-foot fall while watching Bay Area sideshow

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Kasia Pawlowska

Ex-Warriors star Klay Thompson among celebs caught up in mac and cheese mess

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Kasia Pawlowska

Historic Bay Area estate tied to Elizabeth Holmes breaks records with $85M sale

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Kasia Pawlowska

Gorgeous coastal bridge on Calif.'s Highway 1 gets a death sentence

Gorgeous coastal bridge on Calif.'s Highway 1 gets a death sentence

California’s Mendocino Coast is a precipitous reminder that there’s no farther west to go. Here, the land plunges into the Pacific, met by dramatic...

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Matt Lafever

'Pulled like 70 rats out of this one house': Tahoe has a major problem

'Pulled like 70 rats out of this one house': Tahoe has a major problem

A mouse looks out from wood. The makings of a midnight mouse snack were left in the middle of the living room floor of our vacation rental in Lake...

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Karen Palmer

San Francisco's most famous reptile begins midlife crisis

San Francisco's most famous reptile begins midlife crisis

San Francisco is a city with a rich history of characters. Beyond late icons like the Brown twins, Carol Doda and Emperor Norton, we also have a...

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Karen Palmer

Once a quiet getaway for rich hippies, this Calif. town is booming

Once a quiet getaway for rich hippies, this Calif. town is booming

There’s a small, grassy area on the back grounds of the newly restored and reopened Hotel El Roblar in the picturesque Central Coast town of Ojai....

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Karen Palmer

They thought they were opening for Green Day. They were wrong.

They thought they were opening for Green Day. They were wrong.

Green Day performs at the Fillmore in San Francisco, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.  TORONTO — Is there anything Green Day hasn’t done? The eternally...

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Karen Palmer

New Netflix romantic comedy films at Fisherman's Wharf and across SF

New Netflix romantic comedy films at Fisherman's Wharf and across SF

FILE - An aerial view of San Francisco's Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. Fisherman’s Wharf may be on the verge of a major transformation, but the...

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Amanda Bartlett

San Francisco chef suspected of robbing 3 banks in a day

San Francisco chef suspected of robbing 3 banks in a day

A Bay Area chef with a previous arrest on suspicion of bank robbery is back in custody after allegedly hitting three San Francisco banks last week....

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Andrew Pridgen

'Clueless' actor revisits the film's legacy 30 years later in SF

'Clueless' actor revisits the film's legacy 30 years later in SF

FILE: A hilly street in San Francisco. Excuse Fogcutter’s absence last week; like half of the city, culture reporter Timothy Karoff was recovering...

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Andrew Pridgen

'Very bad': A tumultuous week of weather is in store for the Bay Area

'Very bad': A tumultuous week of weather is in store for the Bay Area

FILE - A cyclist rides past electricity pylons at a park during a heat wave on September 5, 2022 in San Mateo County.  Another tumultuous week of ...

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Andrew Pridgen

'Put our foot down': Bay Area music venue bans troubling trend

'Put our foot down': Bay Area music venue bans troubling trend

Thee Stork Club in Oakland, Calif. As artificial intelligence creeps into almost every facet of daily life, one Bay Area music venue has decided...

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Dan Gentile

3 healthy California residents die after ingesting synthetic kratom

3 healthy California residents die after ingesting synthetic kratom

FILE: Products containing Kratom on sale at a local tobacco store in Huntington, New York on Aug. 21, 2025. The Los Angeles Department of Health is...

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Dan Gentile

Silicon Valley enabled mass detention and surveillance in China, documents show

Silicon Valley enabled mass detention and surveillance in China, documents show

BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and...

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Dan Gentile

Neighbors threaten to sue increasingly popular regional Calif. airport

Neighbors threaten to sue increasingly popular regional Calif. airport

After leaving the Bay Area in the late 1990s, Nancy Runyon arrived on the Central Coast to “semi-retire” in an old Monterey neighborhood by the sea...

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Andrew Pridgen

At America's best lake, the Calif. billionaires haven't won yet

At America's best lake, the Calif. billionaires haven't won yet

I can’t help but think, as I sit on the wide wooden deck that overlooks this 7-mile-long California lake, that the hottest new hotel in town...

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Dan Gentile

Kyle Shanahan's first challenge of the year saves 49ers star's incredible play

Kyle Shanahan's first challenge of the year saves 49ers star's incredible play

Fred Warner of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates a fumble recovery against the New Orleans Saints during the second half in the game at Caesars...

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Andrew Pridgen

'Exciting' deep sea discovery is now on display in San Francisco

'Exciting' deep sea discovery is now on display in San Francisco

When an unfamiliar pink fish appeared more than 10,000 feet down in the outer reaches of Monterey Canyon in 2019, scientists with the Monterey Bay...

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Olivia Hebert

Massive California football scandal leads to 19 players being ruled ineligible

Massive California football scandal leads to 19 players being ruled ineligible

Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif. In the wake of a massive football scandal at Bishop Montgomery High School, 19 players have been...

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Dan Gentile

'Didn't see that coming': Hot new Oakland burger spot is already expanding

'Didn't see that coming': Hot new Oakland burger spot is already expanding

A Hyphy Burger and You Feel Me sauce at Hyphy Burger in Oakland, Calif., on June 18, 2025. The restaurant that serves what SFGATE columnist Drew...

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Madeline Wells

Netflix's next great show is about life in the Bay Area suburbs

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Gabe Lehman

Patrick Bailey's game-ending grand slam sends surging Giants past Dodgers

Patrick Bailey's game-ending grand slam sends surging Giants past Dodgers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a game-ending grand slam with one out in the 10th inning, sending the San Francisco Giants past the...

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Gabe Lehman

Bon Appetit names 2 Bay Area restaurants among the top 20 in the US

Bon Appetit names 2 Bay Area restaurants among the top 20 in the US

FILE: The two-piece fried chicken with macaroni and cheese and cornbread at Minnie Bell’s grand opening on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, on...

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Gabe Lehman

Embattled ex-49ers kicker has already landed a new NFL home

Embattled ex-49ers kicker has already landed a new NFL home

San Francisco 49ers place kicker Jake Moody prepares to kick a field goal against the Los Angeles Chargers on Aug. 23, 2025, at Levi’s Stadium in...

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Gabe Fernandez

Why the world's best pizza restaurant left San Francisco

Why the world's best pizza restaurant left San Francisco

Pizzaiolo Anthony Mangieri is probably the most famous chef you’ve never heard of. There are a few reasons for that. Mangieri has no investors, no...

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Gabe Fernandez

Arrests at wildfire spark showdown between Washington leaders and Trump's ICE

Arrests at wildfire spark showdown between Washington leaders and Trump's ICE

FILE: A firefighter sprays a downed cedar tree with a hose. When U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two firefighters at the height of the Bear...

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Gabe Fernandez

Prominent SF restaurateur embroiled in lawsuit alleging unpaid hours

Prominent SF restaurateur embroiled in lawsuit alleging unpaid hours

An exterior shot of Leo’s Oyster Bar, at 568 Sacramento St. in San Francisco.  A former Leo’s Oyster Bar employee has filed a complaint against...

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Gabe Fernandez

'A painful reminder': California child dies of rare measles complication

'A painful reminder': California child dies of rare measles complication

FILE: A box and vial of the measles, mumps and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine.  A school-age child in Los Angeles County has died following a measles...

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Gabe Fernandez

'Couldn't believe our eyes': Century-old history found in basement of SF home

'Couldn't believe our eyes': Century-old history found in basement of SF home

On a drizzly December evening, Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna walked through the doors of an unassuming building tucked away on a quiet street in...

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Amanda Bartlett

This Calif. construction worker unofficially broke a fabled world record

This Calif. construction worker unofficially broke a fabled world record

It was a muggy July day in Santa Cruz and life could not have been more mundane for Alessandro “Alo” Slebir. The 24-year-old was pounding wooden...

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Lester Black

Schwarzenegger won’t join on Republicans' $100M plan to fight Prop. 50

Schwarzenegger won’t join on Republicans' $100M plan to fight Prop. 50

Arnold Schwarzenegger has spent the better part of the past decade out of politics, but California’s fight over redistricting has suddenly thrust...

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Drew Magary

70% chance La Niña arrives in SF Bay Area within weeks

70% chance La Niña arrives in SF Bay Area within weeks

A pedestrian crosses a street holding an umbrella during a rainstorm in Alameda, Calif., on March 12, 2025. New data shows that a La Niña weather...

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Drew Magary

San Francisco is getting a stunning new park in an unexpected place

San Francisco is getting a stunning new park in an unexpected place

Rendering of the completed Cityside Park on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco is on the brink of opening up yet another new park...

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Kasia Pawlowska

Reno casino spending $1 billion on record-setting expansion

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Drew Magary

The fate of the 49ers season is now in Mac Jones' hands. They're so f—ked.

The fate of the 49ers season is now in Mac Jones' hands. They're so f—ked.

There is a rational way to confront the reality of Mac Jones, so let’s do that before I encourage you to go completely bugf—k about what’s...

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Drew Magary

Shakeup at controversial Bay Area bar as owner moves out of the country

Shakeup at controversial Bay Area bar as owner moves out of the country

A view of the building housing Snail Bar in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2025. The chef-owner of one of Oakland’s most acclaimed — and later,...

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Nico Madrigal-Yankowski

Feds point to Californian's suicide in new probe of Bay Area tech companies

Feds point to Californian's suicide in new probe of Bay Area tech companies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, center, looks away from the table at a dinner with various other tech leaders hosted by President Donald Trump in...

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Drew Magary