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All sections · June 2026 · 521 stories

A "For Sale" Sign on the Building at 303 Castro May Mean Line 51 Brewing Is Done

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An r/oakland post this week described a "building for lease or sale" sign at 303 Castro Street, home to Line 51…

CultureJune 12, 2026

The Team That Stayed: Oakland Roots Want 8,000 Seats on the Ground a Billionaire Walked Away From

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Oakland lost the Warriors to San Francisco, the Raiders to Las Vegas, and the A's to a parking lot in Las Vegas by way…

SportsJune 12, 2026

FIFA Erased the Word 'Levi's' From the Stadium. Then It Lied About Where the Building Is.

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FIFA's clean-stadium policy did something this month that no amount of Bay Area civic complaint ever managed: it took…

SportsJune 12, 2026

Dandelion Chocolate Signs Five-Year Lease in Union Square

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The SF bean-to-bar company converts an SF New Deal pop-up at 167 Powell St.

FoodJune 12, 2026

The Cheeseboard and the Comedy: @simonacruzer's 'North Berkeley Mom' Is Going Viral

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Creator Simona Ruzer (@simonacruzer), a documented viral figure since a 2023 TikTok exit video, is now circulating…

CultureJune 12, 2026

Orange-Red Steel on Crescent Lawn: BAMPFA's New di Suvero Returns a Sculptor to His Campus

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Mark di Suvero's Mamma Mobius — a Möbius strip-inspired sculpture in orange-red steel — has been permanently installed…

CultureJune 12, 2026

Pier 29 Was Parking. This Fall, Dave Eggers Is Filling It With Artists.

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Dave Eggers spotted Pier 29's vacant 100,000-square-foot warehouse while biking the Embarcadero in 2022.

CultureJune 12, 2026

Berkeley's Pride Season Opens This Weekend and Runs to August 30

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The city's summer LGBTQ+ calendar starts Saturday with free documentary screenings and mortifying journal readings, and…

EventsJune 12, 2026

On Hyde Street, a Labor Organizer's Mural Sees Chinatown Without the Lanterns

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Kayan Cheung-Miaw's "This Asian American Life," now up on the Asian Art Museum's Lui Art Wall on Hyde Street, depicts…

CultureJune 12, 2026

No Messi. No Ronaldo. And That's the Best Thing About the Bay Area's World Cup Draw

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Here's the complaint I keep hearing at Final Final, usually around the second pint: the Bay Area got robbed on the draw.

SportsJune 12, 2026

Matt Chapman's Loud June Is a Beautiful Mirage — and the Bullpen Is the Real Story

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Matt Chapman is hitting .469 this month.

SportsJune 12, 2026

The Country's Biggest Carnivorous Plant Festival Is Free in Alameda This Saturday

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The Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society's newly rebranded annual festival runs this Saturday at St.

EventsJune 12, 2026

(un)PTO Takes Its Monday Hike to Oakland's Redwoods This Week

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The Bay Area's Monday hiking group for the job-hunting heads to Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park on June 15 — its first…

EventsJune 12, 2026

A Fermentation Class in Dogpatch Where You Leave With Your Own Sauerkraut

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Plot & Pantry is hosting an intimate hands-on fermentation workshop June 27 in Dogpatch — make sauerkraut and a…

EventsJune 12, 2026

A Flag Appeared at the Old Mission Police Station. Nobody Knows Whose.

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A new flag appeared last week at 3057 17th Street, the 1902 former Mission Police Station held in near-total private…

CultureJune 12, 2026

Berkeley's Zone 0 Fire Rules Meet Their First Red-Flag Test — With Half the Hills Still Uninspected

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The first red flag warning of Berkeley's fire season arrived this week as a stress test of the city's signature…

PoliticsJune 12, 2026

Oakland Paid $376,000 to a Rescue That Was Killing Its Dogs

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Oakland Animal Services and its volunteer fundraising arm paid $376,000 over four years to a Humboldt County nonprofit…

PoliticsJune 12, 2026

The Bay Area's Heat Is Breaking. The Fire It Helped Start Still Isn't.

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As triple-digit temperatures peaked across the North Bay on Thursday — Petaluma hit 101°F just after 1 p.m.

PoliticsJune 12, 2026

Anthropic Ships Claude Fable 5, Its Most Powerful Model Yet — and the Bill Is Already the Story

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Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 on June 9, its first publicly available Mythos-class model, pricing it at $10/$50 per…

TechJune 11, 2026

Tom Hanks Left a Typewriter at 1823 University Ave. He Also Walked Out With One.

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The actor and collector stopped by Berkeley Typewriter last week, tested most of the inventory, bought a 1930s Royal…

CultureJune 11, 2026

Waymo Quietly Pulled Robotaxis from a SoMa Garage After a Reporter Started Asking About Them

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Two outlets independently confirmed that Waymo has been staging dozens of robotaxis in the shared parking garage of a…

TechJune 11, 2026

World Cup Day One: San Jose's Neighborhood Watch Parties Delivered for Local Businesses

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Santana Row's FIFA pop-up and the Eastridge Center opening-day party both drew strong crowds on the tournament's first…

EventsJune 11, 2026

The Donut Shop on 23rd That Won a National Award

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Richmondside took first place in the 2026 Society of Features Journalism awards for a piece by intern Thomas Lyons on…

CultureJune 11, 2026

CaliBunga Waterpark in San Jose Is Dark for Summer 2026 — City Selects New Partner for Reimagining

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San Jose's waterpark at Lake Cunningham — known most recently as CaliBunga, for 38 years before that as Raging Waters —…

EventsJune 11, 2026