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All sections · June 2026 · 493 stories

The Sharks Just Turned a 23-Year-Old Into a Draft Pick. That's the Tell.

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A week ago I wrote that the Sharks traded down for Michael Kesselring and got better, and that getting better through…

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Fillmore Jazz Festival Returns July 4-5: Free, 12 Blocks, What You Actually Need to Know

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The West Coast's largest free jazz festival takes over Fillmore Street on the Fourth of July weekend — 10am to 6pm both…

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The Round Is the Milestone Now

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Three Bay Area companies announced institutional achievements this week — a raise, a factory opening, a Nasdaq listing.

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ScentFest Brings 110 Perfumers — and a 4,000-Year-Old Scent Archive — to Fort Mason This Weekend

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The West Coast's first international consumer fragrance festival runs June 26–28 at Gateway Pavilion, with 110-plus…

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LakeFest Oakland Returns to Lake Merritt This Saturday — Three Stages, Road Closures, Take BART

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The 7th Annual LakeFest Oakland lands on June 27 with Grammy headliner Eric Bellinger, Mistah F.A.B.

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Divan, a Turkish Restaurant from the Taksim Group, Soft-Opens on Berkeley's Fourth Street

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Serkan Sozen, who operates Taksim in SoMa and Lokma in the Richmond District, opened his Berkeley debut Sunday at 1788…

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Oakland and Costco Formally Agree to Negotiate a Store on the Old Army Base in West Oakland

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The city and Costco have executed an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement for a store and gas station at 2008 Wake Avenue —…

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Bosnia, Probably: Decoding Who the USMNT Actually Plays in Santa Clara on July 1

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We've established the where and the when.

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Angela's Ice Cream, a South Bay Staple, Is Coming to the Castro

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The family-owned Latin ice cream shop — already operating in Santa Clara and San Jose — announced a first San Francisco…

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Fat Cat x the Mantis Opens on Mission, Giving Kevin Tang's Pop-Up a Permanent Home

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Jess Bell's wine program and Kevin Tang's Southern Vietnamese pop-up have landed together at 3215 Mission St in…

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Asked to Name Their Favorite Bookstores, Bay Area Authors Sketch a Map That Crosses the Bridge

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The SF Standard's survey of 13 author-endorsed bookstores doubles as a literary geography of the Bay — from Clement…

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Music Jam SF: This Tuesday Night, You're in the Band

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A participatory community jam session in SoMa — bring your instrument, get a song list in advance, and play with 40…

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At Haight and Fillmore, a Studio Where You Can Walk Out as Your 1850s Self

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Brouhaha, a Lower Haight studio owned by Fontaine Hernandez, makes tintypes using a photographic process introduced in…

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The Homecoming That Isn't: The A's Come Back to the Bay as Visitors

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On Tuesday night the Athletics play the Giants at Oracle Park — thirteen miles and one body of water from the Coliseum…

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From South Berkeley to OMCA: Mildred Howard's Life Work, Finally in One Room

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The 81-year-old East Bay multi-media artist gets her first major museum survey at the Oakland Museum of California — a…

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Berkeley's $3 Billion AI Mining Company Has a Zambia-Sized Asterisk

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KoBold Metals, headquartered above a Berkeley tattoo parlor and backed by Bezos, Gates, Altman and Andreessen, raised…

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Smartbird CEO: The Real Asset Was the Nasdaq Listing, Not the Shoes

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New CEO Nadia Carlsten, appointed June 17, explains in her first extended interview why Allbirds' public company shell…

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Paramount Movie Classics Are Back in Oakland — $10, 35mm, and a Mighty Wurlitzer

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The Paramount Theatre's beloved Friday-night classic film series is back after a hiatus — all-ages, $10 tickets, 35mm…

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Oaktown Thursdays Is a Free Monthly Block Party in Downtown Oakland — Next One Is July 16

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A new free series takes over Telegraph Avenue near Latham Square on the third Thursday of each month, 5–9 PM, through…

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KGO/ABC 7 Asks Bay Area Viewers to File FCC Comments as License Deadline Looms

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Bay Area's ABC affiliate launched a viewer-advocacy campaign Monday ahead of a June 29 deadline in the FCC's…

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Santa Clara Is Already Booked: USA Clinched Group D, So Thursday vs Turkey Is a Scrimmage — and the Bet Lives in the Under

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Everybody's doing the World Cup-fever thing right now — hotel screenshots, ticket-price freakouts, the Gia Vang…

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Two Broken Offenses Meet at Oracle. Take the Under.

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There's a temptation, when the A's roll into Oracle Park as the "road" team they technically are these days, to write…

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Jordan's World Cup Ends in Santa Clara, and Algeria Learned to Score From Corners Just in Time

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Jordan led a World Cup match for thirty-three minutes.

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The Warning Was Always Rubber: Manfred's Letter to Hawley Closes the Pride-Cap File

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Eleven days ago, MLB warned three Giants pitchers that writing Bible verses on Pride Night caps was "a violation of our…

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