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All sections · June 2026 · 521 stories

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…

PoliticsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 16, 2026

Mollie Stone's Is Buying United Markets, Its First Move Into Marin

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Mollie Stone's Markets announced June 15 it is acquiring both United Markets locations in Marin County — in San Rafael…

FoodJune 16, 2026

WriterCoach Connection, 26-Year East Bay Fixture, Folds. Former Coaches Want It Back.

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The nonprofit, which launched at Berkeley High in 2000 and sent volunteer writing coaches into classrooms across the…

CultureJune 16, 2026

At Finnish Hall, the Lavender Legend Goes for 1,682

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On June 14, 64-year-old health coach Holly Reese completed 1,682 military-style pushups in one hour at West Berkeley's…

CultureJune 16, 2026

The Chaperone Is Always Temporary

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Four Bay Area tech stories this week share a single structure: the thing that gets approved is always the supervised…

TechJune 16, 2026

Goop Kitchen Opens in Oakland, Calls It Berkeley

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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Kitchen opened its East Bay outpost June 9 at 5333 Adeline St.

FoodJune 16, 2026

A History of SF's Tech Era, Told Through Its Buildings

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Jonathan Weber's new Simon & Schuster history of San Francisco tech politics starts in South Park and buries its…

CultureJune 16, 2026

Berkeley Playhouse's Teen "Into the Woods" Opens July 11 — Double-Cast, One Stage

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Berkeley Playhouse's YouthStage program puts two complete teen casts through Sondheim's full score at the Julia Morgan…

EventsJune 16, 2026

Santa Clara's Nuevo Dog Park Reopens After 10-Month Illness Investigation

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Chains came off the gate at Nuevo Dog Park on Monday after a third-party environmental consultant found no harmful…

CultureJune 16, 2026

Tusk of Quince and Diedrich of PCH Win 2026 James Beard Awards

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Chef Michael Tusk of Quince and bartender Kevin Diedrich of Pacific Cocktail Haven took top honors Monday night at the…

FoodJune 16, 2026

The Verdict Is in Boston Now: Aldon Smith's Brain and the Indictment We Keep Revising

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Two days after Aldon Smith died at 36, his family sent his brain to Boston University's CTE Center, where the disease…

SportsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 16, 2026

Europe Keeps Tripping Out of the Gate. Give Me Senegal +1 Against France.

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Here's the thing about this World Cup so far: the big European sides keep forgetting it's started.

SportsJune 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…

PoliticsJune 16, 2026

The Block on El Camino Where Pong Overflowed the Coin Box

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The Sunnyvale community is looking again at 157 W.

CultureJune 16, 2026

MLB Found Its Spine in the Rulebook: The Selective Enforcement of Rule 3.03

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On Monday, June 16, MLB warned three Giants pitchers for writing Genesis 9 verses on their Pride Night caps, invoking…

SportsJune 16, 2026

At Low Tide, the Bay Trail Past Colma Creek Reveals Dozens of Shopping Carts

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Apparent shopping carts — dozens of them — have been spotted submerged in the Colma Creek marsh in South San Francisco…

CultureJune 15, 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…

PoliticsJune 15, 2026

The A's Can't Win at Home — Except the Night I Bet On It

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Yesterday morning I wrote that the A's can't win at home, so I'd take the Pirates' coin flip for plus money.

SportsJune 15, 2026