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The Giants Chose Silence. On Tuesday, Posey Made It Official.

Buster Posey held his first press availability since the Giants' Pride Night controversy became a national story — and…

June 23, 2026

Washington Killed Pacifica's Seawall Money. Surfers Have a Different Idea.

The pier cracked. The cafe where surfers plotted their fix was demolished. The federal grant Pacifica had been…

June 23, 2026

Oakland Controls Its Airport. It Can't Stop the Weapons.

For nearly a year, activists have documented hundreds of military cargo shipments — including F-35 bomb-release systems…

June 23, 2026

Herrera's SFPUC Exit Leaves SF's Public Power Future in Lurie's Hands

Dennis Herrera is leaving the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in December, closing a 25-year run in city…

June 23, 2026

San Mateo Cracked the Downtown Revival Code. San Francisco Hasn't Called.

When San Mateo wanted to revive its downtown, it didn't wait for a grant or a ballot measure — its merchants voted to…

June 23, 2026

While Bay Area Cities Drop Flock, SF's Crypto‑Funded Surveillance Hub Integrates Deeper

Four Bay Area municipalities and Santa Clara County have canceled or frozen contracts with Flock Safety since federal…

June 22, 2026

Merchants Accuse SFMTA of Shelving Ocean Avenue Red Lanes to Protect November Ballot Measure

A newly formed merchants group is calling SFMTA's decision to delay Ocean Avenue's transit-only red lanes a political…

June 22, 2026

Nob Hill Building Was Sold on Its Eviction Potential. The Tenants Got the Notice.

The sales listing for 1120 Jackson St. promised buyers "224% rental upside achievable through unit turnover." Within…

June 22, 2026

EPA's Retroactive Reclassification of California Clean Air Waivers Faces Lawsuit

California's attorney general filed suit Monday to block an unprecedented EPA move that retroactively redefines the…

June 22, 2026

A San Jose Engineer Just Cracked Adobe's Tower Puzzle — Three Years After It Launched

Brian Vincent, a software engineer from San Jose, has solved the third Adobe Semaphore puzzle — a cryptographic…

June 22, 2026

Berkeley's Tuesday Budget Vote Could Save a 43‑Year Tenant's Home — or Let the Market Have It

A 23-unit Berkeley apartment complex where some residents have lived for more than four decades went on the market in…

June 22, 2026

Clipper's Oversight Board Cancelled Its June Meeting With No Explanation. The Stated Reason: FIFA.

The Clipper Executive Board cancelled its meeting this week without any public explanation, sidelining the body…

June 22, 2026

Lurie's New Chief of Staff Wrote the Law That Lets Him Spend Private Money

The aide Mayor Daniel Lurie just elevated to chief of staff, Aly Bonde, is the person who drafted his first major piece…

June 21, 2026

'Stronger Muni for All' Is Mayor Lurie's Committee — and Its Three Biggest Funders Are OpenAI, Anthropic and Ripple

The campaign to tax San Francisco property owners for Muni calls itself "Stronger Muni for All" and sells a coalition…

June 20, 2026

Midjourney Is Collecting Body Scans Now. No FDA Approval. No Listed Price. No Disclosed Data Policy.

The AI company that gave the world machine-generated imagery is now after something more intimate — your full biometric…

June 19, 2026

VTA Was Warned in 2019. It Didn't Listen. Now a Grand Jury Is Sounding the Same Alarm on a $12.75 Billion BART Extension.

A Santa Clara County civil grand jury has declared that the Valley Transportation Authority has no credible plan to…

June 19, 2026

Bay Area Road Funding Is About to Fall Off Two Cliffs at Once

A new national research report finds deficient roads and traffic congestion already cost the average Bay Area driver…

June 19, 2026

A Castro Resident Tried to Stop a Man Spray‑Painting Slurs on a Flower Shop. He Got Punched. The DA Just Filed Felony Hate Crime Charges.

One month after Hans Herman Haken allegedly spray-painted homophobic slurs on a Castro flower shop and punched a…

June 19, 2026

With Security Warnings Raised and One 'No' Vote, SF Commission Clears Lurie's OpenGov Deal — Now It Goes to the Board

San Francisco's Civil Service Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to allow the city to keep its $28.5 million permitting…

June 19, 2026

A Marin First‑Grader's Death During Recess Just Rewrote Building Codes in 100 Countries

When Alex Quanbeck, seven years old, tried to close a heavy gate during recess at his San Rafael elementary school in…

June 19, 2026

From UC Davis Walk‑On to World Cup: Max Arfsten's Complete Bay Area Arc

When Maximilian Arfsten walked onto the UC Davis soccer program in 2019 — no scholarship, no blue-chip recruiting…

June 19, 2026

Harmeet Dhillon Brings the DOJ to SF's Pride Night: Trump Administration Refers Giants Hat Dispute to Federal Workplace Enforcers

The Trump Justice Department has formally intervened in San Francisco's Giants Pride Night controversy, with Assistant…

June 19, 2026

Gas Prices Drop for a Fourth Straight Week. In San Francisco, That Still Means $5.77 a Gallon.

California has seen nearly four consecutive weeks of gas price declines — but Bay Area drivers are still paying close…

June 19, 2026

Willie Brown Picks Both D10 Frontrunners as Bayview's Supervisor Race Divides SF's Political World

Willie Brown has done something unusual even by his standards: endorsed both frontrunners in the race to replace…

June 18, 2026