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The $50 Million Gamble: How Joe Lacob Stole a Billion-Dollar Franchise in Plain Sight
PublishedIn October 2023, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber paid a $50 million expansion fee — spread over ten years — for a WNBA team…
The Tarp Over the Logo: A Bay Area World Cup, Held in Two Registers
PublishedFor the first time in 32 years, the World Cup is here, and the venue in Santa Clara has had its corporate name tarped…
SF Billionaires Ran the Table in June — But Lurie's Endorsement Was the Real Force Multiplier
PublishedEvery major tech donor to San Francisco's June 3 primary walked away a winner.
Game 5 in San Antonio: The Road Team Keeps Winning, So Give Me the Knicks to Close It
PublishedHere is the strange shape this series has taken: the home team cannot win a basketball game.
No Due Diligence, No Accountability: How SF Let an Unvetted Promoter Con City Hall Out of a Civic Center Boxing Bonanza
PublishedA British marketing executive with no boxing license and a questionable track record talked his way into a mayoral…
East Bay's World Cup Outdoor Fan Zone Circuit Kicks Off Today, Runs Through July
PublishedFree outdoor watch parties stretch from Walnut Creek to Oakland to Richmond, with the Cultura FC event at Jack London…
USA's 4-1 Opener Brought 2,500 to Thrive City — and the SF Fan Zone Runs Through July 19
PublishedThe Bay Area Host Committee's free watch party outside Chase Center drew roughly 2,500 fans Friday night for USA's 4-1…
Activists Gathering Signatures to Force a Voter Mandate on Prop. I Housing Money City Hall Quietly Diverted
PublishedA DSA-backed coalition is racing to qualify a November ballot initiative that would constitutionally earmark…
DA Charges Bayview Cop-Shooting Suspect With 14 Felonies — But the 'Parole Failure' Story Is More Complicated Than It Sounds
PublishedNorris Reed III, the Oakland man accused of shooting San Francisco police Officer Brittney Taylor during a Bayview gun…
Going to the World Cup in Santa Clara Today? Leave the Drone Home and Check Your Ticket Source
PublishedQatar faces Switzerland at Levi's Stadium this afternoon — kickoff 4 p.m.
The Ticket FIFA Sold Paul Dufresne, Then Took Back, Then Sold Again
PublishedA Bay Area father bought two World Cup tickets to a Levi's Stadium match the legitimate way — directly through…
The Kid Comes Up the Same Day the Cornerstone Breaks Down
PublishedThere's a kind of transaction that looks like nothing — a line on the wire, an SS up, a DH down — and is actually…
Apple Land and Mainland: Two Richmond Produce Markets Go Dark
PublishedTwo Inner Richmond produce markets have shuttered on separate corridors — Apple Land on Clement, Mainland Market on…
A Family Says Uptown Ford of Oakland Took $7,000 Down but Recorded $5,000 — and Won't Return the Difference
PublishedAn r/bayarea post by a buyer's family alleges Uptown Ford of Oakland accepted a $7,000 down payment on a 2024 Ford…
Two Juveniles Arrested After Pepper-Spray Pokémon Card Heist in SF — Part of a Growing Bay Area Pattern
PublishedSan Francisco police arrested two teenage suspects last month after a seller was pepper-sprayed in a park and robbed of…
Nob Hill Foot Chase Turns Fatal: Shoplifting Suspect Dead, Two Officers Hospitalized After Being Struck by Car
PublishedA shoplifting call at the Nob Hill Trader Joe's spiraled into a fatal street collision Friday morning when a gray Lexus…
UC Forms Work Group on SAT Return as 1,400-Plus Faculty Cite Campus Math Crisis
PublishedThe University of California's Academic Senate announced Thursday that a formal faculty committee will investigate…
Two Outlets Now Confirm the Tenderloin's Turk-and-Hyde Oasis Is a Budget-Cut Casualty
PublishedA converted parking lot at Turk and Hyde streets — one of the few places in the Tenderloin where residents can sit, eat…
Tenderloin Blocks Eyed for Child 'Safe Zone'; Ellis Street Closes Sunday
PublishedThe Tenderloin Community Action Plan's children's safe zone proposal is now in active alignment meetings between Mayor…
Xocolate Bar Will Close July 4 After Two Decades on Solano Avenue
PublishedMalena Lopez-Maggi's family-run artisan chocolate shop at 1709 Solano Avenue in North Berkeley closes July 4 after…
Act First, File It Somewhere: Bay Area Tech's Disclosure Architecture, in Three Stories
PublishedWaymo staged a fleet in a residential garage for a year.
Woods Beer Is Coming to Fisherman's Wharf — With Its First Full Liquor License
PublishedWoods Beer & Wine Co. will open this summer at 2847 Taylor St., taking over the long-vacant Fisherman's Grotto space —…
Anthropic Reversed a Covert Fable 5 Classifier Within 24 Hours — But the Behavior Was in the System Card
PublishedAnthropic disclosed in its 319-page Fable 5 system card — but not its product interface — that the model would silently…
Moritz's Crankstart Foundation puts $9.2M into Oakland's illegal dumping fight, one week after parcel tax fails
PublishedMichael Moritz's Crankstart Foundation is giving Oakland roughly $9.2 million over three years for illegal-dumping…