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Vol. IIINo. 184
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Bielsa's Uruguay Walks Into Spain's Wall. I'm Taking the Under.

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Let me tell you where I'm an expert and where I'm a tourist, because the line between the two is the whole point of…

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SFUSD's $1.36 Billion Budget Squeaked Through 4-3. The Math Gets Harder in 2028.

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San Francisco Unified's board voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve a $1.36 billion operating budget — with the margin explained…

Tech2h ago

The Birthday Party at 33 Pacific

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In the early 1870s, a Barbary Coast crimper named James Kelly chartered a paddle steamer, announced a birthday party…

Culture4h ago

East Oakland's Empty Lots Are Moving. Here's the Money Behind It.

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Three affordable housing projects broke ground along International Boulevard and 73rd Avenue within weeks of each other.

Culture5h ago

The 45-Foot Nude at the Foot of Market Has a Sotheby's Listing

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R-Evolution, Marco Cochrane's 32,000-pound stainless-steel figure at Embarcadero Plaza, is listed on Sotheby's as…

Culture5h ago

The Possum and the Standings: Oakland's Other Baseball Team Is Losing, and Nobody at Raimondi Park Cares

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The Oakland Ballers are 14-19 and eighth in the Pioneer League, and this weekend they're hosting Phish Night, "Oakland…

Sports5h ago

At NewPark Mall in Newark, the Former Macy's Is Becoming T&T Supermarket's Biggest California Store

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T&T Supermarket plans to take the 72,600-square-foot former Macy's anchor at NewPark Mall in Newark for a late-2027…

Culture5h ago

GKIDS Brings the Evangelion 30th Movie Fest to 18 Bay Area Theaters in July

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GKIDS is screening Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion on back-to-back nights — July 21…

Events5h ago

The Record Lies: Atlanta Walks Into Oracle as the Colder Team

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Here's the trap. You glance at the standings — Braves 48-31, first in the NL East; Giants 33-47, fourth in the West and…

Sports6h ago

At Big Basin, Six Years On: 17 Miles of Trails Open, 68 Still Closed

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Six years after the CZU Lightning Complex fire burned through 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the park is open…

Culture9h ago

Troubadour in Healdsburg Earns a Michelin Star for Its Bakery-Turned-Tasting-Room

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Sean McGaughey's Healdsburg bakery operates a seasonal prix fixe dinner service called Le Diner that picked up a first…

Food10h ago

A Willow Glen Restaurant Owner Sends Money Home After Venezuela's Twin Earthquakes

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Joanna Torres, who owns Arepas Restaurant in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood and San Francisco, is pledging 30…

Culture10h ago

Berkeley This Weekend: Free RPG Day at Games of Berkeley, $5 Circus Science at the Lawrence, and The Marsh Turns 21

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A three-day Berkeley run that's mostly free: national Free RPG Day lands at Games of Berkeley on Saturday with a bonus…

Events13h ago

At 2121 Harrison, Oakland's Free Clinic Had Its Busiest Year on Record

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The Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California recorded nearly 6,000 patient visits in 2025 — its highest since…

Culture13h ago

Dog Park and Miyawaki Forest Open at the South Berkeley Corner Where 'Here There' Once Stood

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The city of Berkeley has opened an 8,000-square-foot dog park and a pocket forest at Adeline and MLK, spending $650,000…

Culture13h ago

Cheese Board Collective Reunion Draws 100 to Hear 60 Years of Lore

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Alumni of the Berkeley worker-owned institution gathered at the Hillside Club in June to trade oral histories ahead of…

Food13h ago

The Most Expensive Real Estate in Basketball Is Two Inches of Jersey, and a Bitcoin Miner Just Bought It

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On June 25 the Warriors announced the richest jersey-patch deal in North American team-sports history — north of $50…

Sports13h ago

CARECEN Leaves Its Mission Home of Nearly 20 Years; Capp Street Bollards Get 18 More Months

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The Central American Resource Center of Northern California has moved downtown for the first time since 1986, vacating…

Culture13h ago

California State Parks Lifeguard Runs Over Beachgoer at Half Moon Bay, Investigation Underway

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A 20-year-old woman lying in the sand at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay was struck by a California State Parks…

General14h ago

SF Mayor's Cousin Loses New York Seat by 30 Points in a Race Shaped by AIPAC

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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is riding high in approval polls, but Tuesday night dealt a stinging blow to his…

General14h ago

Oakland's Traffic Deaths Are Down — But Black and Latino Residents Keep Dying at Disproportionate Rates

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Oakland recorded 23 traffic fatalities in 2025, the lowest total in at least five years, according to new data from the…

General14h ago

Blue Shield Cited Federal Privacy Law to Silence Questions About a Dead Firefighter. The Feds Say It Was Wrong.

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Blue Shield of California told reporters investigating the death of San Francisco firefighter Ken Jones that it was…

General15h ago

Jury Convicts SF Man of Beating Taxi Driver Who Tried to Collect an Unpaid Fare

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A San Francisco jury convicted Antonio Jones, 29, of battery, theft by false pretenses, and resisting arrest after he…

General15h ago

Oakland Attorney Who Challenged ICE in Court Says TSA Put Him on a Watchlist

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Nikolas De Bremaeker, a managing attorney at Oakland's Centro Legal de la Raza who has fought ICE authority in federal…

General15h ago