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Paula Mejia

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'Hamilton' star's father sues performer, alleging financial elder abuse

26.01.2025 7

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Disneyland’s priciest restaurant is facing a 6-month closure

26.01.2025 10

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San Francisco's Golden Gate Park ritual that just won't die

26.01.2025 50

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Forget the California resistance: Newsom, Dems make nice with Trump amid crisis

26.01.2025 5

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LA's strangest local landmark is a creepy house owned by a famous rock star

26.01.2025 10

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Prominent LA outdoor mall spared from worst of Palisades Fire

09.01.2025 7

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3 BART officers hospitalized with serious injuries in multi-vehicle crash

FILE - BART police interceptor utility vehicle patrolling in front of the entrance to Millbrae intermodal transit station serving Bay Area Rapid...

31.12.2024 4

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Calif. is getting 3 new Trader Joe’s stores next year: Here’s where

A Trader Joe's location in south Reno, Nev. Dark chocolate-covered peanut butter cups and frozen butter chicken fans, rejoice: Cult-favorite...

31.12.2024 7

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Bay Area expected to see coldest day of 2024 this week

FILE: A family dressed for cold weather walks near Sausalito, Calif., on Feb. 20, 2018. In the Bay Area, the last day of 2024 will also be the...

31.12.2024 20

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Once LA's vibrant nightlife epicenter, a storied street has a murky future

When Chris Leonard moved to the Los Angeles area roughly a decade ago, he knew exactly where he wanted to call home: the Sunset Strip. When Leonard...

31.12.2024 5

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The best Bay Area events we attended in 2024

SFGATE’s culture desk started its weekly column, Fogcutter, eight months ago. (If you’re curious, you can read the first installment here). The...

30.12.2024 2

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This beloved Calif. mountain diner has been serving skiers for over 50 years

Mammoth Lakes is a place of perennial change. In the past half-century, this Eastern Sierra town has gone from a middle-of-nowhere outpost to a...

30.12.2024 2

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The murky, money-fueled future of LA's Sunset Strip

When Chris Leonard moved to the Los Angeles area roughly a decade ago, he knew exactly where he wanted to call home: the Sunset Strip. When Leonard...

30.12.2024 50

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Warriors' Draymond Green defends slumping teammate by blaming the media

Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski celebrates after his basket with forward Draymond Green during the second half of an NBA basketball...

21.11.2024 4

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Bay Area tech companies just saved California from a budget crisis

A view from above of Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2024. The chipmaker became the world’s most valuable company in...

21.11.2024 4

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Help SFGATE make the ultimate map of California's regions

21.11.2024 10

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Jackknifed big rig blocks multiple lanes of EB I-80 in San Francisco

A man died Thursday night after stepping into the path of a car on Interstate 80 in Vallejo, triggering a chain reaction crash. UPDATE 9:10 AM --...

21.11.2024 5

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Hollywood A-listers buy Jim Henson's LA studio for $40 million, secrets included

A big piece of Los Angeles real estate just sold last week, and there were even a few celebrities thrown into the story. No, this wasn’t some...

21.11.2024 6

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For $108M, a California home that looks ready to fall into the sea

When private equity magnate Egon Durban bought a beachfront Del Mar home for just north of $44 million in October 2023, it smashed the record for...

26.10.2024 8

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How Foos Gone Wild, an iconic Calif.-based meme account, captured a generation

In a nondescript Santa Ana office park, hundreds of people stood gamely in a massive line last weekend as they waited for someone to roll up a...

06.10.2024 3

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SoCal's latest wellness trend involves 5-foot-long pythons

As the 5-foot-long ball python coiled itself around my neck, its muscles rippling as it tightened its grip on my jugular, I considered whether I...

02.10.2024 3

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How an odd building in a tiny Calif. town became game-changing for astronomers

Big Bear Lake, a woodsy California town tucked within the San Bernardino Mountains, is known at once for its ski resorts and for its tranquil...

27.09.2024 7

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How 'mountains of men and mischief' took over a small California town

In March 2017, Brian Carballo was bereft with grief. His partner had passed away, about six months after they had moved together to the small...

09.09.2024 1

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LAX's most iconic image is a rotting building without a future

Simply saying “LAX” to an Angeleno — or, frankly, anyone who’s flown through Los Angeles International Airport — can be enough to get...

29.08.2024 9

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Before Burning Man was this forgotten California desert party

If you happened to be driving out by Mecca, an unincorporated community in the Coachella Valley near Indio, California, one night in 1984, you...

25.08.2024 10

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