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All sections · April 2026 · 1,919 stories

SF Restaurant Week Returns April 10-19: Your Wallet's Favorite Time to Eat Out

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San Francisco Restaurant Week is back for its Spring 2026 run, stretching from April 10 through April 19, and if you've…

FoodApril 12, 2026

$6 Tasting Tickets? Taste of Thrive City Might Be SF's Best Food Deal This Year

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Here's something you don't hear often in a city where a bowl of ramen can set you back $22: a food event with $6…

FoodMission BayApril 12, 2026

North Beach Is Throwing a Giant Garage Sale and Block Party — And Honestly, This Is How Community Should Work

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Mark your calendars, North Beach lovers.

EventsNorth BeachApril 12, 2026

North Beach and Beyond: Where to Actually Find Great Italian in SF

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Look, if you live in North Beach, you already know the neighborhood is practically Little Italy's West Coast cousin.

FoodNorth BeachApril 12, 2026

California's Governor Candidates and the Bullet Train to Nowhere: Nobody Has a Real Answer

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The California governor's race is heating up, and candidates are being asked the question that's haunted Sacramento for…

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

The Valkyries Just Made Their Boldest Move Yet

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The Golden State Valkyries aren't messing around.

SportsApril 12, 2026

The Banana Slug: Nature's Most Efficient Government Worker

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Sometimes you need a break from city hall scandals and budget deficits to appreciate the simpler things — like watching…

CultureApril 12, 2026

The Great Stockton Migration: When Fiscal Reality Hits the Bay Area Bubble

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There's a recurring character in the Bay Area story that doesn't get enough airtime: the person who finally does the…

HousingApril 12, 2026

One Guy With a Stick Did What East Bay Public Works Couldn't Be Bothered To

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A massive street flooding event hit the East Bay this week.

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

Bernal Heights Gets Pelted by Hail Because SF Weather Has No Rules

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If you were in Bernal Heights earlier today, you might have thought the sky was having a minor existential crisis.

GeneralBernal HeightsApril 12, 2026

Surprise Fireworks at Pier 27 Rattle Half the Bay — And Nobody Got a Heads Up

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If you heard what sounded like a small war breaking out along the Embarcadero last night, congratulations — you…

GeneralEmbarcaderoApril 12, 2026

Rain Falls, Brain Cells Don't: SF Drivers Are a Menace and Everyone Knows It

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It rained this week. Not a biblical deluge — just regular rain, the kind that falls from clouds and hits the ground, as…

GeneralApril 12, 2026

Thinking About Ditching Tokyo for SF? Here's the Honest Math

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A young American expat and his Japanese wife are weighing a move from Tokyo to San Francisco, and the reasons he's fed…

HousingApril 12, 2026

Equator Fires a Shot at Philz, and the Castro Is Here for It

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The Castro coffee scene just got spicy — and for once, we're not talking about a seasonal latte.

CultureCastroApril 12, 2026

Cherry Blossom Festival Returns to Japantown — Two Weekends of Culture Without a Government Boondoggle

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Mark your calendars: the SF Cherry Blossom Festival is back for 2026, spanning two weekends — April 11-12 and April…

EventsJapantownApril 12, 2026

Sunday Assembly: Silicon Valley's Church of No Church

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There's a community gathering happening in Mountain View that's part TED Talk, part potluck, and part Sunday morning —…

CultureApril 12, 2026

Double Rainbows and Electric Skies: The Bay Area's Free Show

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In a region where a studio apartment can run you more than a mortgage payment in most of America, it's nice to be…

CultureApril 12, 2026

The Diggers Dug Their Own Graves — Then Bought Property on Top of Them

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The Diggers were the radical anarchists of 1960s Haight-Ashbury — the ones who gave away free food, free clothes, and…

CultureHaight-AshburyApril 12, 2026

Sam Altman Gets Attacked, Then Asks Washington to Regulate His Competition

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A man allegedly firebombed Sam Altman's San Francisco home because he feared AI would destroy humanity.

TechApril 12, 2026

The $200 Million Machine That Told Asian Americans Justice Doesn't Matter

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The man who murdered Vicha Ratanapakdee — a beloved 84-year-old grandfather out for his morning walk in San Francisco —…

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

The Valkyries Just Made Their Smartest Move Yet

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The Golden State Valkyries are building something real — and the addition of wing Gabby Williams is the clearest sign…

SportsApril 12, 2026

From $100 in His Pocket to Feeding the Warriors: An American Dream Story Worth Celebrating

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In a city that sometimes feels like it's doing everything it can to crush the entrepreneurial spirit — between permit…

FoodMission BayApril 12, 2026

Even Swalwell's Own Neighbors Are Running Out of Patience

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There's a special kind of political trouble when your own backyard starts turning on you.

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

Influencer Cosplays Homelessness in SF Because Apparently That's a Career Now

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There's a new addition to San Francisco's streets, and he's not there because of a fentanyl crisis, a mental health…

CultureApril 12, 2026