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- More than 700 city residents have donated to Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign against Herschel Walker. By Leila Darwiche
- First Lady Jill Biden said she was shocked by the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, which she said reminded her of her teenage friend and a painful formative experience. By Dustin Gardiner
- The 2.6 magnitude quake shook homes in San Francisco By Rachel Swan
- The plan comes as part of the city’s latest draft of its housing element, a contract with the state of California to produce residential development. By J.K. Dineen
- First Lady Jill Biden met with UCSF oncologists and cancer researchers Friday to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. By Catherine Ho
- As families who arrived early to Friday’s festivities sat along the Crissy Field Center trail, they were treated to a handful of naval ships emerging from the fog underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. By Joel Umanzor and Sabrina Pascua
- Slightly fewer people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2021 than previously reported, according to a new analysis released Friday, but the death toll remains tragic. By Mallory Moench
- The San Francisco metro area saw the biggest drop in median household income between 2019 and 2021 among the nation’s most populated regions. By Roland Li and Susie Nielson
- When preparing for the Big One, most people think of stashing away essentials like food, water and batteries. But there’s another item that’s just as essential: cash. That’s because a large earthquake has the potential to knock out parts of the... By Chase DiFeliciantonio
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S.F. may limit when police can pull over drivers to fight racial profiling. Will it make the city...Under a proposed policy, city officers could no longer pull over motorists for infractions including throwing trash from a window, driving without registration tags, sleeping in a vehicle, failing to signal a turn, or stopping in a no-parking zone. By Megan Cassidy and Susie Neilson
- San Francisco’s trash can contest is over, and the audience has chosen their top picks among six designs. Now, the judges - also known as city officials - are taking that feedback into consideration, with a winner expected to be crowned in November. By Nami Sumida and Mallory Moench
- The developer is proposing a mid-block oasis with 75 redwood trees, which will tower over well-lit gardens. By J.K. Dineen
- San Francisco temporarily halted accepting applications for its local pandemic rent relief program two weeks ago despite many renters in need. By Mallory Moench
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Analysts say California’s soaring gas prices will decrease by $1 a gallon — sooner than you might...The Bay Area has some of the nation’s highest gas prices, and San Francisco’s average of $6.62 per gallon reflects an increase of 22% over the past month. By Ricardo Cano and Claire Hao
- KGO, last of the old-time news talk call-in radio stations in San Francisco, announced a format change Thursday, after 80 years at 810 on the AM dial. By Sam Whiting
- Brooke Jenkins’ statements stirred the pot on social media, where her political opponents and drug experts took issue not only with her claim that rainbow fentanyl sellers were targeting children. By Mallory Moench
- Each year, when Fleet Week arrives, questions abound online about the air show’s cost and pollution impact. Here are some answers. By Claire Hao
- The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy’s daredevil aeronautics squad, have appeared during Fleet Week since 1981 when then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein made the event official and annual. With their mostly annual visit comes controversy over noise and militarism. By Michael Cabanatuan
- These are the 500 biggest donors from San Francisco to federal election campaigns. By Leila Darwiche and Nami Sumida
- Harlan Records brings cocktails and vinyl to downtown S.F. in the former Bar Fluxus space. It's the latest Bay Area business to take cues from Japanese hi-fi listening bars. By Mario Cortez
- Where in San Francisco do houses command top dollar relative to their size? Here are the top 20 neighborhoods listed by price per square foot, according to data from Redfin. By Kellie Hwang
- San Francisco’s office sector had one of its slowest quarters of the pandemic as tech companies ramped up layoffs. By Roland Li
- Duffy, a model, designer and later a Bay Area real estate mogul and philanthropist, brought an unrivaled sense of glamour and elegance to midcentury San Francisco. By Sam Whiting
- When the Beatles played their last U.S. concert at Candlestick Park in 1966, the band doodled on a tablecloth from a San Francisco caterer. Six days later it was stolen. Now, it’s back — and it’s about to go up for sale. By Peter Hartlaub
- Leaders from a nonprofit told city officials Monday that they have “made the difficult decision” to stop operating some of their programs. By J.D. Morris
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No more glass panels on S.F. Muni bus shelters? This change could shift transit’s ‘losing battle’...According to the Municipal Transportation Agency, replacing the broken glass panels after someone smashes them are the the most costly and labor-intensive repairs to make at Muni transit stops. By Ricardo Cano
- The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency recently installed doughnut-deterring speed bumps around the intersection of Plymouth Avenue and Sadowa Street in the city’s Oceanview neighborhood. By Annie Vainshtein
- The city is seeking more than $1 million in damages over the 2019 incident that knocked a tugboat into the pier, causing damage. By Bob Egelko
- Four people were hospitalized after overdosing on fentanyl near the 24th Street Mission BART station on a single day this week, according to officials. By Annie Vainshtein
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed pledged Wednesday to crack down on drug dealing and “unacceptable” public drug use — nearly a year after making similar promises in a fiery speech on the Tenderloin. By Mallory Moench
- A group of Glide employees are trying to form a union, shortly after workers at Compass Family Services launched a similar effort. By J.D. Morris
- What is the state of reported crime in S.F.? We examine whether the city is returning to a pre-pandemic crime landscape. By Susie Neilson
- What does a fine-dining restaurant for dogs say about San Francisco? By Elena Kadvany
- Architectural renderings aim to deceive. And this proposed 62-story tower on Folsom Street is a reminder that what we see isn’t always what we get By John King
- The news comes ahead of a just-announced emergency Board of Supervisors hearing on the practice. By Mallory Moench
- Two months after withdrawing legislation that would have imposed rent control on some new apartment buildings, Supervisor Aaron Peskin has teamed up with Supervisor Matt Dorsey to introduce a more limited version of the bill. By J.K. Dineen
- A palatial Presidio Heights mansion vaulted to the top of the most expensive homes on the market in San Francisco after it was listed for $45 million last month. By Annie Vainshtein
- Development of 20 acres of Caltrain rail yards in San Francisco will begin after years of discussions and dreaming. By J.K. Dineen
- San Francisco fire officials responded to a water main break that caused a large sinkhole in the city’s Richmond District. By Annie Vainshtein
- Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter again at $54.20 per share, a deal originally struck in April, sending the tech company’s stock soaring and halting trading. By Roland Li
- San Francisco socialite and philanthropist Diane “Dede” Wilsey just gave $100,000 to Mayor London Breed-backed streamlining housing measure Proposition D on the November ballot, joining its top 10 donors a month before the election. By Mallory Moench
- A year after a USDA sharpshooter executed Carl the coyote, San Francisco park officials warn of a possible population increase — and urge residents not to feed the feral canines. By Rachel Swan
- These five new laws were inspired largely by an issue or problem in the Bay Area, from a surge in unpaid bridge toll penalties to SFPD’s use of rape victims’ DNA to identify suspects in unrelated crimes. By Dustin Gardiner
- A Yelp report looked at several cities across the country to crunch numbers on which parts of towns are attracting new businesses. By J.K. Dineen
- An adult fell 10 feet after hang-gliding, landed on their head, and was taken to an emergency room, authorities said. By Sabrina Pascua
- What may be the country’s first dog restaurant is now open in San Francisco. By Elena Kadvany
- The San Francisco 49ers took down the Los Angeles Rams with a 24-9 victory that featured big Niners plays on offense and seven sacks, two turnovers and a TD from the defense. By Chronicle staff
- The city already doles out doses of buprenorphine and methadone, two of three opioids approved by the FDA to treat addiction to other opioids, that have been shown to cut drug deaths by up to half. By Mallory Moench
- Defense attorney Marc Zilversmit argued that Jenkins — whom Breed appointed — was attempting to assert her independence from the mayor’s office by opposing Brown’s resentencing. By Megan Cassidy
- Instead of happy hour, the shop will have a “cookie hour” for kids from the elementary school across the street. By Esther Mobley
- A sideshow broke out in San Francisco’s South Beach neighborhood over the weekend, as police apparently stood by, according to a video that captured the incident. By Jessica Flores
- Where are people working from home in the Bay Area? We examine U.S. census data from 2019 to 2021. By Leila Darwiche
- The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival made a joyous return this weekend to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park after a two-year pandemic hiatus. By Aidin Vaziri
- An appeals court found Macy’s had no basis for accusing a striking union of violence and property damage during a 2020 strike at the Union Square store in San Francisco. By Bob Egelko
- Officials at San Francisco Fire Department said the wreck occurred at 11:30 a.m. Friday. By Jordan Parker
- A street in the Anza Vista neighborhood, where Vicha Ratanapakdee lived and died, was renamed in his honor, a symbol of strength to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. By Danielle Echeverria
- New nationwide high school rankings are in, and the Bay Area didn’t fare terribly well. Here are which schools made the list — and which did not. By Danielle Echeverria
- The Double Play was a San Francisco institution, a 113-year-old bar that was destroyed by fire on Sept. 24, 2022. By Carl Nolte
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The architect of S.F.’s twisty white Mira tower has a follow-up act: An arts college near Mission...The extension will be the latest piece in the college’s effort to create a campus-like feel in a former light manufacturing area south of Showplace Square. By John King
- Here’s an overview of the fundraising for several San Francisco races, including district attorney, District Six supervisor and District Four supervisor. By J.D. Morris
- Officials at San Francisco Fire Department said the wreck occurred at 11:30 a.m. Friday. By Jordan Parker
- A street in the Anza Vista neighborhood, where Vicha Ratanapakdee lived and died, was renamed in his honor, a symbol of strength to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. By Danielle Echeverria
- New nationwide high school rankings are in, and the Bay Area didn’t fare terribly well. Here are which schools made the list — and which did not. By Danielle Echeverria
- The Double Play was a San Francisco institution, a 113-year-old bar that was destroyed by fire on Sept. 24, 2022. By Carl Nolte
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The architect of S.F.’s twisty white Mira tower has a follow-up act: An arts college near Mission...The extension will be the latest piece in the college’s effort to create a campus-like feel in a former light manufacturing area south of Showplace Square. By John King
- Here’s an overview of the fundraising for several San Francisco races, including district attorney, District Six supervisor and District Four supervisor. By J.D. Morris
- Rainy months at the end of 2021 were followed by some of the driest months on record. By Jack Lee
- The much-loved Outer Sunset restaurant has a new owner. By Elena Kadvany
- The money was provided by the California Housing Accelerator Fund, which was seeded with a $1.75 billion investment from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. By J.K Dineen
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Apartment tower with more than 800 units topped by a floating cube could be a part of S.F.’s skylineA 62-story, 640-foot tall skyscraper could one day be a part of San Francisco’s skyline, according to plans submitted to SF Planning, with a unique feature — a floating cube on top. By Danielle Echeverria
- The downtrodden neighborhood, known for its crime and drug use, was once home to San Francisco’s top politicians and millionaire merchants. By Gary Kamiya
- Facebook parent Meta and ride hailing company Lyft are the latest tech companies to implement hiring freezes as growth slows and executives seek to cut costs. By Roland Li
- San Francisco district attorney candidate John Hamasaki has nabbed an official endorsement from the city’s Democratic Party, a potentially valuable boost in a race where one poll showed him more than 20 points behind incumbent Brooke Jenkins. By Megan Cassidy
- A group of survivors of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church called on San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to release a public list of those accused of sexual abuse in the archdiocese’s churches and schools. By Michael Cabanatuan
- San Francisco voters will decide the fates of five of the mayor’s appointees running for election for the first time and a slew of ballot measures, some of which she backs, others she opposes. By Mallory Moench
- Around 1,000 workers stopped work and shut down most of the eateries at the airport, after months of unproductive contract negotiations. By Roland Li
- Prop. D counts among its top contributors a range of leading tech executives, founders and investors, according to campaign finance records. By J.D. Morris
- Health inspectors temporarily closed a Glen Park grocery store Wednesday after discovering signs of a rodent infestation that the store’s owner blamed on a neighborhood-wide rat problem. By Nora Mishanec
- Though the threat of monkeypox hasn’t disappeared, progress in fending it off so far counts as a public health success in the Bay Area. The picture isn’t quite as positive nationally. By Aidin Vaziri
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Here’s what San Franciscans could get out of Mayor Breed’s visit to D.C. - and what they paid for itMayor London Breed jetted off Wednesday to Washington D.C., where she’ll push for federal help with a range of San Francisco’s priorities, including the drug crisis, housing, transportation and public health. By Mallory Moench
- San Francisco supervisors hear chilling tales of inadequate Kaiser mental health care as counselors enter their seventh week of a strike. By Nanette Asimov
- The plan, released Wednesday by the Department of Public Health department, calls for reducing overdoses in San Francisco by 15% by 2025, reducing racial disparities in overdose deaths by 30% by 2025, and increasing the number of people receiving... By Mallory Moench and Nora Mishanec
- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Wednesday that she may seek to convict accused drug traffickers with murder if their product is linked to an overdose death — a seismic escalation of the city’s handling of criminal drug cases. By Megan Cassidy and Rachel Swan
- After two years and a painstaking $1.1 million renovation, the pagoda will be unveiled Wednesday, marking the first time the famous San Francisco structure has been restored in 100 years. By Sam Whiting
- Property records show the very biggest property owners in the Bay Area include many government agencies. By Susie Neilson and Emma Stiefel
- The lawsuit alleges San Francisco and Mayor London Breed engage in mass criminalization of homelessness, property destruction and violate the constitutional rights of people who are homeless. By Mallory Moench
- The northern mockingbird, the only mockingbird native to North America, is a small songster, with the scientific name Mimus polyglottos, “many-tongued mimic.” The males sing more than the females, and they can mimic, or mock, the sounds of... By Kevin Fisher-Paulson
- A study released Tuesday found that a small group of San Franciscans, mostly homeless people, has an inordinately high use of city services, particularly the criminal justice and health care systems. But those services are failing them, leading to... By Michael Cabanatuan
- The San Francisco city attorney said Tuesday that commissioners should not be asked to sign undated letters of resignation, after revelations that Mayor London Breed required the controversial practice of several appointees. By Mallory Moench
- After a Chronicle column last week described a man allegedly stalking and grabbing women on the street, more victims have come forward. The same man was arrested for trespassing into a stranger’s house and giving police a false name, but he got... By Heather Knight
- As part of an effort to lure more people to use car-free John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, three giant dog heads from the old Doggie Diner chain have parked themselves. By Michael Cabanatuan
- San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin has apologized to the LGBTQ community after he said a transgender candidate in the upcoming November election wasn’t “real” and “human” and suggested she was a “political climber” while endorsing her rival. By J.D. Morris
- San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone penned an editorial calling for the end of the death penalty, putting him in a rare position of agreeing with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a political issue. By Sam Whiting, Sam Whiting
- San Francisco police said Monday that two homicides occurred in San Francisco over the recent days — one near BART and the cable car turnaround, the other on Third Street in the Bayview. By Michael Cabanatuan
- Around 1,000 food workers at San Francisco International Airport went on strike, demanding higher pay after contract negotiations stalled out. By Roland Li
- The San Francisco district attorney chose the head of her agency’s post-conviction unit to be on the case review panel begun by Chesa Boudin. By Joshua Sharpe
- San Francisco and labor unions are saying no thanks to modular housing boom, even though experts say the homes are less expensive to make. By J.K. Dineen
- Cheat on your jarred salad with fancy French baguette sandwiches and Nepalese dumplings. By Soleil Ho
- About 100,000 people turned out for the famous leather gathering, which hadn’t been the same since COVID. By Sam Whiting
- The historic Huntington Hotel in San Francisco has closed “until further notice,” according to real estate filings and the hotel’s website. By Kellie Hwang
- A San Francisco firefighter will face disciplinary action after he was seen wearing a T-shirt with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” while on duty — a violation of the Fire Department’s uniform policy, a spokesperson said. By Jessica Flores
- A Chronicle analysis shows income is distributed particularly unequally in San Francisco. By Adriana Rezal
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed will stop making appointees sign undated letters of resignation, her office said Sunday — just days after revelations of such a requirement caused an uproar, with supervisors calling it an effort to strip oversight... By Matthias Gafni
- The landmark establishment at 16th and Bryant streets opened in 1909. No one was hurt in the blaze, and fighters are trying to determine the cause. By Ricardo Cano
- From The Embarcadero to the Richmond District, traffic lights at many of San Francisco’s intersections flashed red lights and became inoperable for more than 10 hours before service came back Saturday evening. By Ricardo Cano
- A runaway fire truck caused significant damage to cars, trees and signs on Hoffman Street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed Saturday. By Jordan Parker and Jessica Flores