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Vol. IIINo. 184
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SF's 80th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Fills Eight Blocks of the Fillmore

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The Juneteenth SF Freedom Organization brought thousands to the Fillmore District on Saturday for its 80th annual block…

EventsJune 14, 2026

Sign Hill Goes Tricolor — and "San Francisco" Disappears

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South San Francisco repainted its century-old hillside sign red, blue, and white for the America 250 commemoration —…

CultureJune 14, 2026

Stop Writing the A's Obituary. The Baseball Team Is Two Back and Won't Stop Coming Back.

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Tyler Soderstrom came off the bench in the sixth inning Saturday night, doubled home the go-ahead run, and the…

SportsJune 13, 2026

In Uptown, a Bookstore Opened in January. In Montclair, One Closed Today.

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A Great Good Place for Books shut its Montclair doors for good on Sunday, June 14, after 29 years.

CultureJune 13, 2026

San Mateo County Fair Closes Tonight — Here's What You'll Actually Pay

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Today is the last day of the San Mateo County Fair.

EventsJune 13, 2026

We Called Aldon Smith a Bust. He Was a Sick Man Living in Public.

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Aldon Smith died Saturday at 36, and the 49ers called it "sudden and tragic" without disclosing a cause.

SportsJune 13, 2026

What It Felt Like to Watch Aldon Smith Rush the Passer

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Aldon Smith, dead at 36, was for two seasons the most frightening edge rusher in football, and then for a decade the…

SportsJune 13, 2026

California's Top-Two Primary Nearly Broke Down — and a Sex Scandal Was What Saved It

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The California governor's race came within one man's scandal of producing a November ballot with no Democrat on it —…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Trader Joe's Confirms Nob Hill Crash Victim Was Former Employee; Police Probe Car Fire Connection

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New surveillance video and a statement from Trader Joe's have added new details to Friday's fatal collision outside the…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Measles Exposure Alert: Infectious Santa Clara County Resident Was at SFO and Two San Jose Stores Last Monday

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Santa Clara County health officials confirmed Saturday that a South Bay adult was infectious with measles while moving…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

PG&E Found "Third-Party Damage" Behind Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's Summer Saturday Shutdown

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo was forced to close all day Saturday after a power outage — traced by PG&E to…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Aldon Smith, Who Set the 49ers' All-Time Single-Season Sack Record, Dies at 36

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Aldon Smith, the former San Francisco 49ers defensive end whose 19.5 sacks in the 2012 season remain a franchise record…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Fog Blocked the Helicopter. So SF Firefighters Slid a Stranded Hiker Down Dead Man's Point Instead.

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A planned helicopter rescue collapsed when dense fog closed back in over San Francisco's Lands End on Friday night…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Berkeley Will Charge for Parking Until 8 PM and on Sundays — Starting This Summer

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Berkeley motorists will soon pay to park later in the evening and on Sundays for the first time, after the City Council…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

SF's Most Notorious Unsolved LGBTQ Cold Case Gets a $250,000 Reward — 50 Years Later

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The San Francisco Police Department has posted its maximum available reward — $250,000 — for information in the…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

Chakrabarti Spent $10 Million to Lose. Now He's Turning His Campaign Into a PAC for the Candidate Who Beat Him.

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Saikat Chakrabarti finished third in the CD-11 primary with 18 percent of the vote.

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

The Math Is Simple and the Defense Is Not: Win Group D, and the U.S. Comes to Santa Clara on July 1

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A Reddit post in r/bayarea this week put it about as plainly as it can be put: if the U.S.

SportsJune 13, 2026

The Nine-Cent Substitute: What Bay Area Tech Philanthropy Actually Buys

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Two stories this week, read together, reveal the structural deal Bay Area tech wealth offers on public services: block…

TechJune 13, 2026

In the Grasses Off Swan Way, Endangered Rails Are Still Calling

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Along Oakland's San Leandro Bay, the Golden Gate Bird Alliance's Bay Birding Challenge documented a black rail at…

CultureJune 13, 2026

At Jack London Square, Plank Sets Its Last Frame for August 2

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The 50,000-square-foot entertainment complex at 98 Broadway in Oakland closes August 2 after nearly 12 years, the…

CultureJune 13, 2026

SF Court Published Pretrial Metrics It Knew Were Flawed. Taxpayers Could Pay $4.7M More for the Replacement.

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San Francisco's Superior Court acknowledged its own data limitations in writing — then published the numbers anyway to…

PoliticsJune 13, 2026

On Walter U Lum Place, Chinatown's Card Players Found Another Square

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When Portsmouth Square closed June 11 for its $73 million renovation, the seniors who gather there daily didn't go home…

CultureJune 13, 2026

Nymphia Wind's Drag Race Runway Looks Are Free at the Asian Art Museum — Last Day Sunday

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Three self-made Season 16 runway looks from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Nymphia Wind are on view at the Asian Art…

EventsJune 13, 2026

Brin, Andreessen, Collison Ran an Anti-Tax Signal War Room. The Union Got Double the Signatures Anyway.

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The SF Standard identified the Silicon Valley names inside a fall 2025 Signal chat plotting to kill California's…

TechJune 13, 2026