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SF tech company once worth $18B lays off 300 workers as losses mount

An Opendoor "Sold" sign is placed in front of a home in 2022. The company helps people sell homes, touting all-cash offers and an efficient, online...

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The largest sauna in the U.S. is tucked away in an unexpected part of SF

It’s a wet Tuesday night, with fog turning to a cold mist as I veer into the street to bypass a fuming man chucking a scooter down the sidewalk....

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Bay Area rocker sentenced to 25 years to life

Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, left, was last seen in Santa Cruz on Dec. 3, 2023. Her boyfriend, Theobald Lengyel, right, was convicted...

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Bay Area tech company lays off 660 workers, competitor calls it 'naked greed'

Freshworks, headquartered at 2950 S. Delaware Street in San Mateo, California, announced a round of layoffs on Wednesday. Freshworks, a San Mateo...

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Rain chances enter California forecast, but not for areas that need it most

Pedestrians stand under an umbrella on a path in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Wet weather is...

09.11.2024 1

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Bay Area live election updates: Levi's heir leads SF mayoral race

San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie, middle, speaks with people while campaigning in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.  9:15 a.m....

06.11.2024 4

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The funniest political story overheard at the SF Election Day luncheon

Mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin posed for a photo alongside Sheriff Paul Miyamoto in a white cowboy hat, Supervisor Joel Engardio and Marisa...

06.11.2024 3

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Calif. elections live updates: SF bracing for 'late-breaking mayoral race'

A sign points voters to a polling place inside the SFMOMA on Election Day in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2024. 6:10 p.m. While much of the country is...

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San Francisco company buys silent election ads

A woman meditates in nature, presumably not about the 2024 election results. As election anxiety leaves Americans biting their nails and...

06.11.2024 2

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SF Bay Area braces for strongest wind event in years

In this file photo, the moon rises near PG&E's Oakland K substation in the hills of Oakland. The typical fall weather pattern with dry winds...

05.11.2024 1

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Illegal dumping in Bay Area reaches new heights with tire mountain

A view of Prentiss Street in Oakland, Oct. 22, 2024. On his East Oakland Dad account, Ansel Troy posts videos of the soiled mattresses, ripped...

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Taco Bell is bringing back nostalgic menu items from up to 60 years ago

The ’60s Tostada is one of five nostalgic menu items on Taco Bell’s Decades Menu. An original menu item from Taco Bell’s first location in...

29.10.2024 10

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Calif. volunteers yelled through the night to find a missing hiker. It worked.

An aerial view of Lake Morena, which sits at an elevation of 3,000 feet and is the most remote reservoir in all of San Diego County. A 50-year-old...

29.10.2024 2

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49ers' Nick Bosa's MAGA hat stunt will likely cost him thousands

Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers runs around the edge during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys at Levi’s Stadium on Oct. 27,...

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SFO passenger deplaned from Delta flight due to T-shirt

FILE: A Delta Air Lines Airbus serviced at the gate at Salt Lake City International Airport in 2015. A Bay Area passenger was forced to deplane from...

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Wildfire tears through rural area of North Bay amid red-flag warning

The Dixie Fire ignited Oct. 18, 2024, in Vacaville, Calif. A wind-whipped wildfire spread across a rural area of Vacaville on Friday amid a...

19.10.2024 2

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Coyote behind spate of attacks in SF killed by federal officials

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Ali Wong got dumped by her new boyfriend and it brought her back to stand-up

11.10.2024 2

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12 rescued from Colorado gold mine tourist site where elevator mishap killed 1 person

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The 49ers finally have some clarity on Christian McCaffrey

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Best chance to see northern lights since May arrives in Northern California

11.10.2024 10

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Cooler temperatures and rain enter Bay Area forecast

San Francisco’s iconic fog blankets the Golden Gate Bridge during sunset as seen from Marin Headlands on Oct. 17, 2023. Fog is expected to return...

08.10.2024 10

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California wildfire near Clear Lake triggers evacuations

The Glenhaven Fire ignited before noon in Lake County. As sweltering temperatures broiled California on Friday, a wildfire broke out near the...

05.10.2024 2

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Everything to know about the northern lights forecast for California

The skies over Northern California could be aglow with color this weekend, as the renowned northern lights, aka the aurora borealis, are expected...

04.10.2024 1

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6 regions of greater Bay Area at critical wildfire risk amid heat wave

FILE: The wildfire risk was high on California’s Mount Diablo in the East Bay on Friday.  With dry, desiccating offshore winds developing in the...

04.10.2024 1

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Sunny, hot weather forecast for one of SF's biggest events of the year

Festival attendees show off their personal style at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park on Oct. 6, 2019. In San Francisco...

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Heat wave in the SF Bay Area keeps getting extended: When will it end?

People enjoy San Francisco’s Baker Beach during a heat wave in California on June 4, 2024. Meteorologists say weather apps can be misleading for...

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Major change made to Bay Area heat wave forecast

People hang out in Dolores Park in San Francisco during a warm weather day on Oct. 4, 2023. A rare California heat wave bringing sizzling...

03.10.2024 1

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Palm Springs sets another worrisome heat wave record

FILE: Daryl Luppino pushes off after taking a break during his bike ride on July 9, 2021, near Palm Springs, Calif. Amid an intense California...

02.10.2024 1

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Three Bay Area cities break records: More heat on the way this week

FILE - With the San Francisco skyline behind them, people fish off a jetty Monday, July 1, 2024, in Alameda, Calif.  People across the San...

02.10.2024 2

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Boat stranded on Bay Area beach after 5 people rescued

A 36-foot-long boat beached at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Oct. 1, 2024. Five people were rescued from the vessel on Sept. 29.  A 36-foot-long...

02.10.2024 9

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Rare excessive heat warning issued for San Francisco

FILE — Richard Peterson of Staten Island takes in the the scene at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022.  As California broils...

02.10.2024 8

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San Francisco forecast to see hottest temperature of the year

FILE - Sun rises over the Bay Bridge and California Street as "California Henge" in San Francisco on Sept. 2, 2024. As heat envelopes the Bay Area...

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Three dogs reportedly killed by coyotes at San Francisco park

Three people told the Golden Gate National Recreation Area that their dogs were killed by coyotes at San Francisco’s Crissy Field in September,...

28.09.2024 10

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'Totally in shock': SF residents rattled by pedestrian deaths on famous street

A sign that states a person was killed in a traffic crash on Sept. 21 on Lombard Street in San Francisco. Two pedestrians were hit and killed by...

28.09.2024 3

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Heat wave enters California forecast with 'no prospect of rain'

FILE - People skate under palm trees amid triple digit temperatures Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. It’s...

27.09.2024 1

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Coyote-fearing locals are putting vests with spikes on their tiny dogs in SF

Anna Contreras was at her home in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on the evening of June 21 when a neighbor called to say a coyote...

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Calif. tears down levee in 'largest tidal habitat restoration in state history'

At Lookout Slough in Solano County, tidal waters are flowing over 3,400 acres of restored habitat. A piece of heavy construction equipment called a...

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'Really quick change up' expected in Bay Area weather pattern

Two separate low-pressure systems impacted California in the last week, bringing unseasonably cool weather to the San Francisco Bay Area with...

21.09.2024 1

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Hiking trail and nature reserve close in Hawaii amid volcano eruption

This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, captured during a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory helicopter flyover Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, shows...

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Years after woman given her dad's ashes, SF officials admit he's not dead

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco. Kylie Robinson held a funeral service for her father, James Robinson, three years ago...

19.09.2024 10

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Second storm system to bring another chance of light rain to SF Bay Area

FILE: Large waves crash behind two men on Rio Del Mar State Beach, covered in storm debris, in Aptos, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2023. Summer? It felt...

18.09.2024 10

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Snow dusts California's highest peaks, including Yosemite's Tioga Pass

FILE - Half Dome with afternoon light reflects in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park on a winter day.  LATEST Sept. 17, 10 a.m. An early-...

17.09.2024 1

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Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt lives in Hawaii

The 58-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump lives in a small, quiet...

17.09.2024 3

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Up to 4 inches of snow possible in Sierra with storm forecast to move in

FILE - The National Weather Service in Reno, Nev., shared an image of fresh snowfall on Mount Rose on Sept. 10, 2019. An unseasonably cold low-...

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'Prepare for winter weather': Storm poised to dust California's Sierra with snow

The first snow of the season is seen near Tioga Pass on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Yosemite National Park, Calif.  An early-season storm is poised...

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'Rare and unfortunate' shooting leaves 1 dead in wealthy East Bay neighborhood

Law enforcement responded to a fatal shooting at Las Vegas Road and La Espiral Road in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday. A man was killed Thursday by...

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An 'almost fall-like' weather system to bring rain, cooler temps to California

FILE: Downtown Los Angeles is visible during a rainstorm.  At the height of peak wildfire season in California, some good news has entered the...

13.09.2024 2

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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes coast of Southern California

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck about 4 miles north of Malibu California at aproximately 7:28am Sept. 12, 2024. An earthquake with a preliminary...

12.09.2024 1

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Three wildfires rage in SoCal, one tears into beloved ski resort

Wildfire season in California intensified this week, with three raging blazes exploding in size amid hot, windy weather, with firefighters battling...

11.09.2024 1

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