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Badlands and Toad Hall Pause Their Patronscan Face Scanners, Reversing a June Vow to Keep Them
Badlands and Toad Hall paused their Patronscan facial-recognition kiosks effective immediately on August 7, the day…
Fremont Wins WalletHub's 'Happiest City' Crown for a Seventh Year. Its Formula Never Asks Anyone If They're Happy.
For the seventh straight year, the personal-finance site WalletHub named Fremont the happiest city in America — a title…
San Jose Fences Off Circle of Palms as Half Its Palms Are Found Dead or Dying
City crews fenced off Circle of Palms Plaza, next to the San Jose Museum of Art, on Friday morning after finding all 32…
On a Black Rock Night, the Oakland Gym Floor Reads Differently
Twice a month the Black Rock Collective convenes at Oakland climbing gyms — and a downtown floor that usually reads…
The Dead Mall at Fifth and Market Gets a Bid Date: Sept. 9
The shuttered San Francisco Centre at 865 Market St.
The Foggiest Corner Won: Richmond District Tops a Chronicle Reader Poll of Where to Live
SF Chronicle readers picked the Richmond District over sunnier neighborhoods as the place they'd most want to live.
186 Tons of Trash Leave Golden Gate Park This Weekend. Here's Where It Actually Goes.
Outside Lands wraps Sunday after three days and roughly 225,000 people in Golden Gate Park.
Dr. Simi's Meet‑and‑Greet Tour Lists Two South Bay Stops — at CVS, Not a Farmacia
The viral Farmacias Similares mascot has two Bay Area dates on the calendar — Aug.
At 145 Winston Drive, a $9,000 Permit to Comply With the City's Front‑Yard Order
A single-family home in West of Twin Peaks filed a $9,000 permit on August 5 to satisfy a city enforcement case —…
The Rec Center on 10th Street Comes Down This Month. What Replaces It Doubles as a Disaster Shelter.
Oakland broke ground July 30 on a $34 million-plus rebuild of the Lincoln Recreation Center at 250 10th Street in…
On the Walls at 9500 Stearns Ave, Bishop O'Dowd Trades the Pride Flag for a Watercolor 'O'
The 75-year-old Oakland Catholic high school has pulled the Pride and Progress flags from its classrooms and offices…
A Scooter Rider Was Killed at Market and 5th, Her Wheel Caught in the Streetcar Track
A woman on a private electric scooter died Friday morning at Market and 5th, a few feet from the Powell Street BART and…
Six Displaced After Fire Tears Through a Kingwood Street House in Santa Rosa
A two-story house at 958 Kingwood St. in Santa Rosa burned Thursday afternoon; all six residents got out, the home was…
At 398 Eddy, the Tenderloin Museum Is Closed by a Flood From the Hotel Above It — and Asking for $150,000
The Tenderloin Museum at 398 Eddy St. has been shut since June 27, when water poured down from the Cadillac Hotel above…
On Larkin Street, the Tenderloin Revival Now Sounds Like a Funk Band Outside a Pizza Counter
Busk It! on Larkin, a free sidewalk-music series run by Market Street Arts with the Tenderloin Community Benefit…
The Fence at Thornton State Beach Came Down in Winter. The Man Who Put It Up Is Now in Federal Custody.
Luke "Lucky Luke" Brugnara fenced off six acres of public trail at Thornton State Beach in Daly City on a 1/24th…
A SambaFunk Drummer Has Been Held by ICE for Eight Months. His Oakland Circle Is Fighting to Bring Him Home.
Leandro Oliveira Xavier, a Brazilian percussionist who drums and teaches with the Oakland cultural group SambaFunk…
The Villain of El Cerrito's Nextdoor Weighed In on a Library Tax. The Town Had Already Voted It Down.
A new El Cerrito homeowner became a Nextdoor pariah over Measure C, the library parcel tax tied to the El Cerrito Plaza…
At Sixth and Folsom, a Billboard Sells AI. The AI Is One Guy, Answering by Hand.
A 14-by-48-foot billboard in SoMa advertises ChatTJB, "the leading chat interface powered by AI." The AI is Tucker…
At 1123 Sutter, a Stack of $1 Permits Is the Paper Trail of a 22‑Story Tower
The newest filing at 1123 Sutter Street in Nob Hill lists an estimated cost of one dollar.
On Vicksburg Street, a Much‑Rebuilt Two‑Flat Files Its Smallest Permit in Years: an $18,849 Battery
Permit S20260804701, filed August 4, adds a roof-mounted Enphase battery to 18 Vicksburg St in Noe Valley — a modest…
1229 45th Avenue, Sunset/Parkside: A Bedroom Gone, a Hallway Compressed
A permit filed August 3 for a single-family dwelling near the ocean end of 45th Avenue details the deletion of a…
Quiet Updates: An In‑Kind Remodel on 29th Avenue in Sunset/Parkside
A recent over-the-counter permit for an 'in-kind' kitchen and bathroom remodel at 1815 29th Avenue in the…
At 920 Broderick, a $65,000 Permit for a Remodel Hints at New Life for an Old Unit
An OTC alterations permit for $65,000 was issued for "unit 920 1/2" at 920 Broderick St in the Western Addition, for a…