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SF Archdiocese's $395 Million Abuse Settlement Forces the Transparency Cordileone Long Refused

The San Francisco Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle roughly 530 clergy sex abuse claims — the…

June 29, 2026

Before Wiener and Lurie, There Was Ed Lee: Trans March Has Been Pushing Out SF Politicians Since 2016

State Sen. Scott Wiener is at least the third San Francisco elected official to be driven out of the Trans March at…

June 29, 2026

Punched in the Castro, No Arrest Made: A Gay Retiree Who Moved to SF for Safety Has Been Attacked Twice and Is Now Asking Whether to Leave

Joseph Shapiro stepped out of Sunday brunch in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood on June 7 and felt a fist hit him…

June 29, 2026

Mayor Lurie Called the Trans March Confrontation 'Antisemitic.' The Man Who Filmed It Says That's Wrong.

Five people were arrested and two SFPD officers were injured during the San Francisco Trans March on June 27 — but the…

June 29, 2026

SF's Left Isn't Just Losing — It's Being Structurally Erased

As New York City's democratic socialists swept through the June 23 primary, San Francisco's progressives watched with…

June 29, 2026

Friends of Sunset Dunes Sue to Block Fourth Ballot Attempt, Alleging Pro‑Road Petition is Built on 'Misinformation'

The nonprofit behind Sunset Dunes filed a lawsuit Friday to block what would be the fourth ballot attempt to reopen the…

June 29, 2026

Bay Area Advocates Say Supreme Court TPS Ruling Is 'Ethnic Cleansing by Another Name' — Fremont's Afghans Have Already Seen the Playbook

**The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Mullin v.

June 29, 2026

At SF Pride's Human Rights Summit, Dolores Huerta Warns of 'Regime of Fascism' and Calls for Intersectional Resistance

The day before a million people descended on San Francisco for Pride weekend, Dolores Huerta told a room at the…

June 28, 2026

Oakland Schools Claim First Balanced Budget in 22 Years. Their Finance Chief Was Pushed Out to Make It Happen.

Oakland Unified's school board approved a tentative budget this week that its president called the district's first…

June 28, 2026

Two Months In, SF's RESET Center Counts 600 People as a Win. Advocates Say Nobody's Tracking What Happens Next.

San Francisco's RESET sobering center has processed roughly 600 people since opening on Sixth Street in May, and…

June 28, 2026

Fox Corp's $22 Billion Roku Buy Gives Murdoch a Front Door Into 100 Million Homes — Including California's

Fox Corporation's $22 billion acquisition of San Jose-based Roku will hand Rupert Murdoch something he has never…

June 28, 2026

Community Walks Lake Merritt for Missing Oakland Coffee Shop Owner, Three Months In

About 50 friends, family members and supporters walked around Lake Merritt last Friday in a show of solidarity for Amy…

June 28, 2026

Newsom Wants a Federal Billionaires' Tax — While Blocking the One That Could Actually Pass

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a sweeping national agenda to tax the ultra-wealthy last Friday, calling for a…

June 28, 2026

SF's Required Jail Oversight Committee Has Never Met. Now a Grand Jury Says the System Is at a 'Breaking Point.'

A year-long civil grand jury investigation has found San Francisco's jails overcrowded, dangerously understaffed, and…

June 28, 2026

California's Doctors and School Boards Are Helping Billionaires Kill a Healthcare Funding Measure

A California labor union defied pressure from Gov.

June 28, 2026

SF's Unemployment Rate Is the Best in California. The City Still Has 40,000 Fewer Jobs Than 2019.

San Francisco's unemployment rate fell to 3.3% in May — fourth consecutive monthly drop, second-lowest in California —…

June 28, 2026

The Law That Made the Marina Safeway Tower Possible May Also Kill It

The state housing statute that fast-tracked a proposed 25-story tower at the Marina Safeway site may have contained its…

June 28, 2026

California Forever Hired the Democrats Who Built CEQA to Help Dismantle It for Their New City

The tech billionaire-backed plan to build a Bay Area city from scratch has found a new route around local opposition —…

June 27, 2026

Contra Costa Has Found a Dengue‑Capable Mosquito Five Times Since 2022. Now Officials Want to Fight It with Bacteria.

Health officials in Contra Costa County are weighing a plan to release thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes into…

June 27, 2026

SF Budget Wraps Before Sundown — and That's Not Entirely Good News

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors finished their annual budget fight at 6:30 p.m.

June 27, 2026

SF's Transfer Tax Revenue Faces Twin Threats as Wicks' Backroom Deal Collapses

A California Assembly bill designed to kill an anti-tax ballot measure has instead united progressive housing advocates…

June 27, 2026

SF's Glen Canyon Is Officially Low‑Risk for Wildfire. A New Grand Jury Report Says That Might Be Wrong.

San Francisco's Civil Grand Jury has released a report warning that Glen Canyon Park — a 66-acre urban greenspace in…

June 27, 2026

SF Cartoon Art Museum Curator Fired After Berkeley Arrest for Filming Party Guests — Including Children — in Bathroom

Andrew Farago, a curator at San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, was arrested on 20 counts of invasion of privacy after…

June 27, 2026

A New Lawsuit Says Walmart, 7‑Eleven, and BP Used AI to Fix California Gas Prices. Bay Area Drivers Already Know What That Costs.

A California antitrust lawsuit claims that fuel retailers including Walmart, 7-Eleven, and BP used artificial…

June 27, 2026