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Vallejo Rapper LaRussell Brought 50 Bay Area Performers to America's Got Talent — and Got Four Yeses

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The Vallejo rapper and community arts organizer performed "I'm From The Bay" with roughly 50 local singers, dancers…

EventsJune 17, 2026

Patti Austin Closes Her Yoshi's Run Tonight

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Grammy-winning R&B and jazz singer Patti Austin wraps a two-night stand at Yoshi's Oakland tonight — doors 7 p.m., show…

EventsJune 17, 2026

Tough Guy Book Club Has a Free SF Chapter — First Wednesday at The Liberties

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A Melbourne-born men's book club with 157+ chapters worldwide runs a free monthly meeting out of an Irish bar on…

EventsJune 17, 2026

The Sharks Traded Down and Got Better. That's the Whole Point Now.

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No line on this one — it's a draft-week trade, not a game.

SportsJune 17, 2026

Boichik Bagels Ends Its Egg Bagels After June 21

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The Berkeley bagel company is discontinuing its Egg Bagel and Eggything Bagel — not because a new federal law mandated…

FoodJune 17, 2026

Muni Staged Free Bloomsday Readings Down the L Line — and There's Still One More Event Thursday

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The SFMTA, the Irish Consulate, and the SF Public Library turned the L Taraval into a pop-up literary festival for…

EventsJune 17, 2026

Jordan Lost Their First World Cup Game 8,000 Miles From Home, and Santa Clara Sounded Like Amman

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I have to be honest with you up front: until about a week ago I could not have named a single Jordanian footballer.

SportsJune 17, 2026

Justin Martin Plays a Free Outdoor Dance Party at Mint Plaza Thursday — RSVP First

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SF DJ Justin Martin headlines the June edition of Third Thursdays on Mint at Mint Plaza — 5 to 10 p.m., all ages, free…

EventsJune 17, 2026

Lake Merritt Goes Car-Free for Juneteenth — Don't Drive, and Know Where the Actual Programming Is

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Oakland closes Lakeshore Ave, Grand Ave, and El Embarcadero from 6 a.m.

EventsJune 17, 2026

In the Mission and Bayview, a Soccer Club Where the Fee Is Zero

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Independent FC, operated by America SCORES Bay Area, has fielded 25 teams in San Francisco's Mission and Bayview with…

CultureJune 17, 2026

Alysa Liu Cashes In at Fenton's. Finally.

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Four months after Fenton's Creamery offered her free ice cream for life following her Olympic gold, Alysa Liu made her…

FoodJune 17, 2026

Funktown Has Almost No Tree Cover. Oakland Is Taking More.

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City workers have been pulling sidewalk trees in Funktown, an East Oakland neighborhood that already sits in the city's…

CultureJune 17, 2026

Frameline50 Opens Tonight. Here's What the Programmers Say to Watch.

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The world's longest-running queer film festival is live at the Castro and runs through June 27.

EventsJune 17, 2026

One Hundred Miles in the Hills That Used to Be the Backyard

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The Bay Area 100, a 100-mile point-to-point ultramarathon with 18,000 feet of climbing, ran for the first time on June…

SportsJune 17, 2026

Donate Blood in June, Walk Out With Two Giants Tickets

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Stanford Blood Center is giving every blood donor in June a voucher for two free Giants tickets — and Monday donors at…

EventsJune 17, 2026

England-Croatia Is Built for a Low Score: 1u on Under 2.5 at AT&T Stadium

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I'll tell you up front where I sit on soccer: I'm the guy on the stool at the end of the bar who's seen a thousand…

SportsJune 17, 2026

At Clark Kerr's Southwest Lot, Berkeley's Annual Couch Season Has a Structured Answer

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UC Berkeley's Cal Move Out and Cooperative Reuse program ran May 22–31 at Clark Kerr Campus, diverting an average of…

CultureJune 17, 2026

Omakase Restaurant Group Opens a 50,000-Square-Foot Food Hall — for South S.F. Biotech Workers

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Omakase World Market debuted Tuesday at 800 Gateway Blvd.

FoodJune 17, 2026

SpaceX Agrees to Buy Cursor Parent Anysphere for $60 Billion in Stock

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Four days after its Nasdaq debut, SpaceX filed a Form 8-K announcing a definitive all-stock deal to acquire San…

TechJune 17, 2026

Bay Area Transit Aces Its World Cup Debut: 37,600 Riders, Platforms Cleared in 90 Minutes

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Bay Area transit agencies set an all-time ridership record for a major event at Levi's Stadium on the opening day of…

PoliticsJune 17, 2026

'They Picked a Fight With the Wrong Guy': Comedian Ahmed Ahmed Sues San Mateo County and Ex-Sheriff Christina Corpus Over Alleged Jail Beating

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Comedian and actor Ahmed Ahmed says San Mateo County sheriff's deputies beat him, stripped him, hooded him and strapped…

PoliticsJune 17, 2026

Pittsburg Packed City Hall. The Mayor Promised to Follow Up.

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More than 300 Pittsburg residents filed into City Hall on Monday to oppose a data center approved two years ago without…

PoliticsJune 16, 2026

Bar Brucato Closes Saturday After 14 Months Above the Mission Distillery

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Sierra and James Clark are shutting Bar Brucato, their amaro-driven restaurant at 275 S Van Ness, after Saturday — a…

FoodJune 16, 2026

Florida Injector Sentenced to 4 Years for Bay Area Woman's Death in Burlingame Hotel Butt-Injection Gone Wrong

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A Florida woman who flew to the Bay Area to administer FDA-banned silicone butt injections at a Burlingame hotel was…

PoliticsJune 16, 2026