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After nearly 20 years, cherished SF Indian restaurant set to close

28.02.2025 6

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Bay Area in for a dry spell before likely March showers

Bay Area in for a dry spell before likely March showers
22.02.2025 20

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Protests against Elon Musk and mass layoffs spread across California

Protests against Elon Musk and mass layoffs spread across California
22.02.2025 60

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Ex-NFL player details why he got arrested protesting MAGA sign at Calif. library

Ex-NFL player details why he got arrested protesting MAGA sign at Calif. library
22.02.2025 20

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He hosted one of the most important radio shows ever. Now he's just an asshole.

He hosted one of the most important radio shows ever. Now he's just an asshole.
22.02.2025 30

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SF brewery and soccer club team up with Muni to create epic beer crawl

SF brewery and soccer club team up with Muni to create epic beer crawl
22.02.2025 10

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A 'death cult' on the run: The Bay Area fringe group terrorizing America

16.02.2025 100

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TSA said over 2,000 passengers last year could face no-fly list

16.02.2025 20

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Skeletal remains found in remote Northern California wilderness

16.02.2025 6

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San Francisco's skyline just became a billboard and it's kind of incredible

16.02.2025 20

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Why a mind-blowing destination in Oregon never became a national park

16.02.2025 40

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Famed Bay Area chef closes another restaurant in the city where he made his name

16.02.2025 10

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Major California-born chain to close up to 90 restaurants

14.02.2025 70

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Japanese supermarket to open its first West Coast store in the Bay Area

07.02.2025 50

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A 111-year-old SF restaurant is coming to SFO for the first time

05.02.2025 60

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The bizarrely wonderful way one New York City man preserves his In-N-Out

26.01.2025 5

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Wildly popular SF smash burger finds home in downtown food hall

IKEA in San Francisco, Aug. 21, 2023. After years of selling crispy smash burgers around the Bay Area, this heralded burger pop-up is finally opening...

11.01.2025 10

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Bay Area city named Zillow's most popular market in California

FILE - An aerial shot of Sunnyvale is seen on Aug. 16, 2017. A tech hub in the heart of Silicon Valley was just named Zillow’s most popular...

23.12.2024 10

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Bay Area building where Apple's Steve Jobs made history destroyed

Steve Jobs with a room full of computers, 1984. In January 1984, more than 2,000 people packed into a dark Bay Area theater were losing their...

23.12.2024 10

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Where the locals eat in one of the Bay Area’s most affluent coastal towns

FILE: An aerial view of Sausalito on a golden morning with the Golden Gate Bridge peaking over the hillside. For some San Franciscans (i.e. me), ...

22.12.2024 10

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49ers' possible new RB has a lot of thoughts about a zombie apocalypse

Running back Patrick Taylor Jr. of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL game against the...

11.12.2024 4

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Cher, other celebrities evacuate Malibu homes amid Franklin Fire

Firefighters battle the Franklin Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2024 (AP Photo/Ethan Swope).  The Franklin Fire has now burned nearly 4,000...

11.12.2024 4

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Trump taps Newsom's ex Guilfoyle for ambassadorship amid Don Jr. split rumors

Kimberly Guilfoyle pre-records her address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium on Aug. 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C. ...

11.12.2024 4

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SF’s new waterfront neighborhood is where all the restaurants want to be

As you walk south across Lefty O’Doul Bridge in San Francisco, you can’t help but admire the massive high-rise that looks like a sandcrawler from “...

11.12.2024 5

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SF restaurants to get a $10M lifeline to help them stay in business

It’s no secret that San Francisco’s bars and restaurants are some of the most vulnerable businesses in the city. On top of razor-thin margins and...

08.12.2024 7

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SF Chinatown spot named America's restaurant of the year

A full spread of dishes at Four Kings in downtown San Francisco.  The accolades keep pouring in for a new-ish restaurant in San Francisco’s...

04.12.2024 10

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Forecasters warn of 'life-threatening' avalanche conditions on Mt. Shasta

Mt. Shasta, the fifth tallest mountain in California, stands at 14,179 feet. This photo was taken in November 2023. With a bomb cyclone targeting...

20.11.2024 4

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Trend-setting San Francisco bar named a best new bar in America

The interior of Stoa, a bar in the Lower Haight in San Francisco. A San Francisco bar known for minimalist cocktails has landed on a prestigious...

20.11.2024 5

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One of SF's most awarded bars celebrates 15 years with new collector's item

Smuggler’s Cove created Tiki mugs for its 15th anniversary. They are miniature replicas of the famous tables at the San Francisco bar. A world-...

15.11.2024 5

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Pioneering SF ice cream shop to close flagship store

Humphry Slocombe and Señor Sisig collaborated on an ice cream flavor called Churron. One of San Francisco’s most popular ice cream businesses is...

22.10.2024 20

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Sierra Nevada sees trace amounts of snow, freezing temperatures

A cold front that swept across the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe on Thursday brought a dusting of snow to mountaintops and ski resorts in...

19.10.2024 3

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Customers camped out a week ahead of a Bay Area county's first Costco

File: View of a Costco wholesale storefront. A new Bay Area Costco opened today in Napa, but people across the county have been anticipating this...

19.10.2024 3

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Diddy accused of leading gang rape of Bay Area woman in Orinda

Sean “Diddy” Combs in Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 2023. Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault. If you or someone...

18.10.2024 10

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Man caught on video brazenly whipping sea lions at Monterey Harbor

FILE: California sea lions on Nov. 29, 2022, in San Diego. A man was caught on camera harassing sea lions in Monterey earlier this week, appearing...

18.10.2024 3

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Bay Area city named best food city in the US

FILE - An aerial view of the downtown Oakland skyline on a clear sunny day. Oakland is having a food moment. In June, Robb Report named Burdell one...

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Keanu Reeves cruises around Bay Area on motorcycle, again

Keanu Reeves arrives for his handprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX forecourt on May 14, 2019, in Hollywood.  In “John Wick,” Keanu...

17.10.2024 2

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The Vegas A's stadium unsurprisingly won't be as good as advertised

The implosion of the Tropicana Las Vegas cleared the way for the A’s ballpark and Bally’s Entertainment resort destination on Oct. 9, 2024, in Las...

17.10.2024 4

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San Francisco hit by surge of disturbing fake ads

FILE - Passengers board a San Francisco Muni bus on April 6, 2020. A series of jarring bus shelter posters have been spotted around San Francisco...

17.10.2024 2

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San Francisco's newest pizzeria has some of the best views ever

When you walk into Che Fico’s newest venture — the beloved San Francisco Italian restaurant’s first pizzeria — the first thing you’ll...

17.10.2024 3

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Trailblazing Bay Area birria taco restaurant closes suddenly

 Tacos at El Garage in Richmond, Calif. An East Bay Mexican restaurant that started in a residential driveway and helped ignite the local birria...

16.10.2024 4

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Major California wine company sold for nearly $2 billion

A view of Duckhorn Vineyards in the Napa Valley, July 7, 2002. One of Napa Valley’s most prominent wine companies will soon belong to a private...

08.10.2024 50

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This SF restaurant might have the best taco deal in the city

When you enter Tato, a taqueria in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, a giant mural with a Day of the Dead-esque blue heron skull and the...

06.10.2024 10

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The endearing reason Berkeley's Top Dog wouldn't make food for College GameDay

Top Dog, at 2534 Durant Ave. in Berkeley, Calif. on April 14, 2020. The anticipation for ESPN’s “College GameDay” was clearly building throughout...

05.10.2024 3

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This Bay Area city just got its first In-N-Out

Double Double cheeseburger at In-N-Out in Los Angeles, Calif. on July 17, 2024. In-N-Out fans in the East Bay who mourned the closure of the...

04.10.2024 3

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California becomes first state to ban confusing labels at grocery stores

Canned food with expiration dates, May 9, 2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 660 into law last week, which makes the state the...

03.10.2024 6

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In-N-Out trolled hard by new No. 1 fast food burger in the US

The Habit Burger & Grill billboard. We might have a burger war on our hands. In July, a surprising burger chain bested In-N-Out and was named the...

01.10.2024 3

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SF's only independent nonprofit farmers market is a haven for chefs

On a recent Sunday morning, a chilly fog blanketed San Francisco’s Civic Center. At 7 a.m., the surrounding streets of Polk, Market and Van Ness...

28.09.2024 2

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Michelle Obama makes odd, surprise visit to this Bay Area Costco

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a yoga class during a visit to the Gwen Cherry Park NFL/YET Center as she celebrates the fourth...

20.09.2024 4

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One man's journey from state prison to a revered San Francisco restaurant

On a recent morning in the kitchen of Flour Water, Michael Thomas picks the stems off sungold tomatoes from Mariquita Farms. One by one,...

18.09.2024 30

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Costco's 49ers wine comes from a painfully ironic place

Costco is known for its stellar wine program, which includes one of the best wines in the world. It currently sells a 49ers-branded red wine that...

13.09.2024 4

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