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Oakland Man Arraigned Today on Eight Felonies After Alleged Molestation of 11-Year-Old in UC Berkeley Dorm — and the University Won't Name the Camp He Worked For

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Quaylin Tyrell Wesley, 27, an Oakland man working as a summer camp counselor, was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday…

June 16, 2026

San Francisco Wants a Judge to Settle the Dolores Hill Bomb Case. The Teens' Lawyers Say a Jury Must Decide.

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Three years after San Francisco police arrested 117 people — mostly children and teenagers — at the annual Dolores Hill…

June 16, 2026

SF Overdose Deaths Hit Record Lows — But a New Counterfeit Pill Threat Is Targeting Teens Online

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San Francisco logged its two lowest months for drug overdose deaths on record in April and May 2026 — but city health…

June 16, 2026

Berkeley Homicide Detectives Seek Leads After Woman Is Shot in the Face Near Ashby BART

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A woman was shot in the face in South Berkeley late Sunday night and homicide detectives are asking the public for help…

June 16, 2026

SF's Largest Housing Complex Is Under Court Control. The 5,600 Units Its Owner Promised May Never Come.

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Parkmerced has been run by a court-appointed receiver since last year, after Maximus Real Estate Partners defaulted on…

June 16, 2026

CSU's Largest Union Rallies at SF State as Workers Warn of First-Ever Strike

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The union representing more than 36,000 California State University staff and student assistants rallied outside San…

June 16, 2026

Mahmood Proposes Zombie-Store Tax and Grocery Subsidy Fund for November Ballot

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Supervisor Bilal Mahmood announced Tuesday two November ballot measures aimed at SF's worsening grocery desert: a…

June 16, 2026

SFPD Plans a Drone-First-Responder Pilot in SoMa — But Won't Say If Drone Arrivals Count as Responses

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San Francisco police plan to deploy drones ahead of officers to triage 911 calls in SoMa this fall, launching a…

June 16, 2026

SF's Seawall Bond Was $425 Million. Regional Coastal Protection Could Cost $96 Billion.

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As receding floodwaters left a high-tide ring along the Embarcadero Monday, Port of San Francisco officials were…

June 15, 2026

Trump's DOJ Is Probing Newsom's Wife's Taxes and Her Nonprofit — But the Probe Started With His Former Chief of Staff's Guilty Plea

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Gov. Gavin Newsom went public Monday with an announcement that federal investigators are examining his wife Jennifer…

June 15, 2026

SF's City Watchdog Says Lurie's PermitSF Deal Wasn't Done Right. His Office Called That Vindication.

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Eight months after San Francisco awarded a $5.9 million tech contract to a vendor whose executives donated to Mayor…

June 15, 2026

Trump Gives Coal Developer $75 Million — And West Oakland, Already Choking, Is Fighting Back

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The Trump administration has invoked wartime emergency powers to pump $75 million into a coal export terminal in West…

June 15, 2026

A GPS-Collared Mountain Lion Wandered Into Redwood City. Researchers Are Watching What Happens Next.

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A young female mountain lion that turned up in a Redwood City backyard Monday morning wasn't just a lost cat — she's…

June 15, 2026

Two Fremont Women Dead After High Tide Seals the Keyhole at Panther Beach

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Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, both of Fremont, died last Wednesday after being swept into the ocean near…

June 15, 2026

SF's War on Homelessness Started With a Racist 1855 Law That Named Mexicans by Slur — and the Playbook Hasn't Changed

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San Francisco passed its first anti-vagrancy law in 1855 — a statute that explicitly used the slur "Greasers" to target…

June 15, 2026

NWS Extends Bay Area Flood Advisory Through Thursday as Tides, Swell, and Heat Converge

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The National Weather Service extended its coastal flood advisory for the San Francisco Bay through Thursday morning…

June 15, 2026

Liccardo Asks Trump for Pacifica Pier Money — Weeks After Documenting California Gets Scraps

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As emergency crews race to keep the Pacifica Municipal Pier from falling into the ocean, Rep.

June 15, 2026

The Ballot Measure That Was Supposed to Help Ended Up Closing Berkeley's Oldest Mental Health Drop-In

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The Berkeley Wellness Center, an arts-focused community space that has served people with serious mental illness since…

June 15, 2026

One Year, 69 Wins, 93 Losses: What the Giants Bought With the Devers Trade

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Monday marks the one-year anniversary of Buster Posey's blockbuster trade for Rafael Devers.

June 15, 2026

Oliver Tree, Santa Cruz Native and SF State Alum, Killed in Brazil Helicopter Collision

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Oliver Tree, the Santa Cruz-born musician who studied at San Francisco State University and performed at Outside Lands…

June 14, 2026

SF's All-Electric Renovation Mandate Kicks In July 1 — But Older Homes Face a Catch the City's Numbers Don't Capture

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San Francisco homeowners planning a major gut renovation will soon have to do something else while they're at it: rip…

June 14, 2026

California's Top-Two Primary Nearly Broke Down — and a Sex Scandal Was What Saved It

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The California governor's race came within one man's scandal of producing a November ballot with no Democrat on it —…

June 13, 2026

Trader Joe's Confirms Nob Hill Crash Victim Was Former Employee; Police Probe Car Fire Connection

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New surveillance video and a statement from Trader Joe's have added new details to Friday's fatal collision outside the…

June 13, 2026

Measles Exposure Alert: Infectious Santa Clara County Resident Was at SFO and Two San Jose Stores Last Monday

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Santa Clara County health officials confirmed Saturday that a South Bay adult was infectious with measles while moving…

June 13, 2026