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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · June 2026 · 497 stories

Webb Is Great. The Giants' Bullpen Isn't. I'll Take the Hot Dog at +125.

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I have written about this Giants–Marlins series so many times this week that loanDepot Park should comp me a parking…

Sports5d ago

From Gilroy's Garlic Fields to an Argentine Prison, a Chicana Activist's Life Gets an Opera in San Jose

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Opera Cultura presents ¡Chicanísima! at MACLA on S. 1st St. this Saturday — two performances dramatizing the life of…

Culture5d ago

Steel Beach Party Aboard the USS Hornet: A July 4th BBQ on an Aircraft Carrier

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The USS Hornet museum in Alameda is throwing a Steel Beach BBQ on July 4th — live music, food, free island tours, and a…

Events5d ago

At Cathedral Oaks, a Pride Volunteer Day on Land With a Century of Queer History

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In the Los Gatos foothills, a hill estate once kept by America's first known openly gay couple — now public open space…

Culture5d ago

San Pedro Square Is Getting a 4th Screen — in Time for Mexico on Wednesday

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Watch party organizers are adding a fourth outdoor screen stretching north to St.

Events5d ago

SF's Juneteenth Weekend Isn't Over — The Bayview Festival Runs Through This Afternoon

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The fourth annual SF Juneteenth Market Street Parade drew thousands downtown on Saturday.

Events5d ago

On Market Street, San Francisco's Juneteenth Parade Hits Year Four

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Thousands filled Market Street on Saturday for the city's fourth annual Juneteenth parade, ending at Embarcadero Plaza…

Culture5d ago

'Stronger Muni for All' Is Mayor Lurie's Committee — and Its Three Biggest Funders Are OpenAI, Anthropic and Ripple

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The campaign to tax San Francisco property owners for Muni calls itself "Stronger Muni for All" and sells a coalition…

Politics5d ago

From Polk Street to the Forbes 400: The Bebe Founder Who Did It Without VC

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Manny Mashouf opened a women's clothing shop on Polk Street in 1976 with no venture backing and built Bebe Stores into…

Tech6d ago

Oakland's First Fridays Is Not What's Happening at 2 A.M. on Telegraph

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Twenty years into its run on Telegraph Avenue in Koreatown Northgate, Oakland's First Fridays festival is fighting for…

Culture6d ago

Cultura FC Brings Its Football Design Market to Jack London Square This Week

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The self-described "Football's Design Conference" takes over Bloc 15 for two days of global football-culture vendors…

Events6d ago

South of Pacifica Pier, the Anglers Had a Rope

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Bae Cadotte, 47, was fishing south of Pacifica Pier on Tuesday when a sneaker wave pulled her 30 feet into the surf.

Culture6d ago

Toronado Is Open Again, First-Time Owner at the Taps on Haight

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Bill Lewis — Stanford PhD, tech exec, longtime regular — has taken the reins at Toronado and reopened the 38-year Lower…

Food6d ago

The Studio, the Tax, and the Member List: Three Capture Mechanisms, One Structural Failure

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The NYT's unfinished podcast studio, SF's real estate transfer tax, and Dialog's $16,000 social gate all failed the…

Tech6d ago

Four Legs, One World Cup Saturday: Today's Group-Stage Card

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Some mornings the board just lines up. Four group-stage matches, four sides I'd happily put on a single, and a number…

Sports6d ago

The Market Watched Germany Beat a Country of 158,000 and Decided to Lay a Full Goal on the African Champions

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Here's the thing about a 7-1 scoreline: it sticks to the eyeball, and it sticks to the number.

Sports6d ago

NYT's 'Hard Fork' Hosts Are Out — and the $500K Studio It Built for Them Isn't Even Finished

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Kevin Roose is leaving the New York Times and Casey Newton is stepping down from the paper's AI podcast "Hard Fork,"…

Tech6d ago

The Mayor Walked Into San Pedro Square. The Volunteers Were Already There.

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Mayor Matt Mahan showed up unannounced at San Pedro Square's World Cup fan zone and was caught in an impromptu…

Culture6d ago

Longfellow's Annual Yard & Free Sale Is Happening Right Now — 50 Stops, North Oakland

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The Longfellow Community Association's annual neighborhood-wide yard sale runs today, Saturday June 20, from 10am to…

Events6d ago

It's Official: USMNT Plays the Round of 32 in Santa Clara on July 1

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The USMNT is confirmed for a Round of 32 match at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium in Santa Clara on July 1 at 5 p.m…

Events6d ago

Alameda County Fair Opens in Pleasanton — Three Weeks Left, Here's What It'll Cost

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The Alameda County Fair opened Friday at the Pleasanton fairgrounds and runs through July 12.

Events6d ago

I Rode the Marlins Twice. At -143, I'm Getting Off the Train.

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Owen Caissie hit a homer, a double and a single, was a triple shy of the cycle, and dropped the go-ahead sacrifice fly.

Sports6d ago

The Angels Handed Me a 7-Run Lead. The A's Comeback Machine Ate It, and My Ticket, Whole.

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Let me put the L on the table before I say anything else, because that's the deal I make with you: I faded the A's…

Sports6d ago

Türkiye Lost in 64 Seconds. The Fans Had Come From Four Continents to Watch.

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Paraguay's Matías Galarza scored 64 seconds into Friday night's Group D match at SF Bay Area Stadium, and thousands of…

Events6d ago