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At 659 Union, the Wall Hidden Inside the Verdi Building Finally Speaks
PublishedThe demolition of the fire-ravaged Verdi Building at 659 Union Street in North Beach has uncovered a century-old…
Turkey's All-Time Scorer Lives Miles From Levi's — and Won't Be There Friday
PublishedHakan Şükür — Turkey's all-time leading scorer, holder of the fastest World Cup goal on record — has lived in Mountain…
At 38 Waverly Pl., a Former Medicine Storefront Becomes Chinatown's Only Bookstore
PublishedUnbound, open since December in a former Chinese medicine shop on Waverly Place, is now Chinatown's only…
Dusty Baker Reads His Life Back to Himself at MLK and 39th
PublishedDusty Baker brought his new memoir, "Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life," to Marcus Books in North Oakland on…
San Pedro Square Hit Its Limit Before Halftime. San Jose Is Rethinking the Block.
PublishedAn estimated 30,000 fans packed San Pedro Square for Mexico's World Cup win Thursday — more than the city expected —…
The Chronicle Is Out of 901 Mission After More Than a Century. Hearst Hasn't Said What the Building Is For.
PublishedThe San Francisco Chronicle has vacated its SoMa headquarters at Fifth and Mission after more than a century.
Oasis Sets July 17 Return — and Now Owns Its Building
PublishedThe SoMa drag venue at 298 11th Street will reopen on July 17 after the nonprofit Oasis Arts purchased the building…
At Two SF Safeways, Security Guards Appear to Be Filming Shoplifter Confrontations on Meta Glasses
PublishedVideos appearing to show GardaWorld security guards at two San Francisco Safeways — in Mission Bay and the Castro —…
Two Painted Spheres Arrive at 16th Street BART Plaza, Staking a Claim for the American Indian Cultural District
PublishedTwo 3-foot orbs hand-painted with tribal designs will be unveiled this Saturday at 16th and Mission, part of a…
Ninety-Eight Years in the Walls: The Deluxe Opens Tonight on Haight Street
PublishedAfter a two-year restoration that uncovered artifacts from its previous lives as a creamery, tailor shop, and gay…
At 750 Florida, a Cat Named Mustache Is the Last Stop Before a Senior Dog Gets Adopted
PublishedMuttville Senior Dog Rescue uses a resident cat named Mustache to run live cat-compatibility assessments on adoptable…
In the Mission and Bayview, a Soccer Club Where the Fee Is Zero
PublishedIndependent FC, operated by America SCORES Bay Area, has fielded 25 teams in San Francisco's Mission and Bayview with…
Funktown Has Almost No Tree Cover. Oakland Is Taking More.
PublishedCity workers have been pulling sidewalk trees in Funktown, an East Oakland neighborhood that already sits in the city's…
At Clark Kerr's Southwest Lot, Berkeley's Annual Couch Season Has a Structured Answer
PublishedUC Berkeley's Cal Move Out and Cooperative Reuse program ran May 22–31 at Clark Kerr Campus, diverting an average of…
WriterCoach Connection, 26-Year East Bay Fixture, Folds. Former Coaches Want It Back.
PublishedThe nonprofit, which launched at Berkeley High in 2000 and sent volunteer writing coaches into classrooms across the…
At Finnish Hall, the Lavender Legend Goes for 1,682
PublishedOn June 14, 64-year-old health coach Holly Reese completed 1,682 military-style pushups in one hour at West Berkeley's…
A History of SF's Tech Era, Told Through Its Buildings
PublishedJonathan Weber's new Simon & Schuster history of San Francisco tech politics starts in South Park and buries its…
Santa Clara's Nuevo Dog Park Reopens After 10-Month Illness Investigation
PublishedChains came off the gate at Nuevo Dog Park on Monday after a third-party environmental consultant found no harmful…
The Block on El Camino Where Pong Overflowed the Coin Box
PublishedThe Sunnyvale community is looking again at 157 W.
At Low Tide, the Bay Trail Past Colma Creek Reveals Dozens of Shopping Carts
PublishedApparent shopping carts — dozens of them — have been spotted submerged in the Colma Creek marsh in South San Francisco…
Mix, Badlands, and Toad Hall Are Scanning Patrons' Faces. SF's Privacy Law Doesn't Cover Them.
PublishedAt least three Castro bars have installed Patronscan Guard+ facial recognition kiosks that collect biometric data…
The Small Crew That Keeps Sutro Tower Running
PublishedA new SFGate feature draws attention to what most San Franciscans never think about: the five full-time staff and…
Into the Ditch: Volunteers Haul 16,000 Pounds From a Corner of the Lake Merritt Channel the City Can't Reach
PublishedSixty-three Urban Compassion Project volunteers cleared 16,000 pounds of illegally dumped material from the Lake…
H Mart on Alemany Is Growing by More Than Half — the Former Gym Bay Is Now a Housewares Wing
PublishedH Mart at 3995 Alemany Blvd in SF's Ocean View neighborhood launches a grand-opening celebration June 19 after…