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Fifty Firefighters and Three Helicopter Drops Put Out a Half‑Acre Fire in Joaquin Miller Park

A vegetation fire in the wooded hills near the Chabot Space and Science Center burned about half an acre off the 10000…

CultureAugust 2, 2026

On Front Street, 18 Charli XCX Lookalikes and California's First Entertainment Zone

A Brat-themed block party closed a stretch of Front Street on July 31, complete with a Charli XCX lookalike contest.

CultureAugust 2, 2026

The Burrito Boys Are a Dynasty Now: El Farolito Wins Second NPSL Title in Three Years

El Farolito, the soccer team run out of a Mission District taqueria and staffed by cooks, construction workers and…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

On Ashby Avenue, a Black Church Trades Its Parking Lot for 50 Apartments It Keeps for a Century

St. Paul AME broke ground Thursday on St. Paul Terrace, a seven-story, 50-unit affordable building rising on the…

CultureAugust 2, 2026

‘Hazy Bear’: Guerneville’s 30th Lazy Bear Week Pushes Through Coastal Smoke

Smoke from the coastal Woodside Fire drifted up the Russian River into Guerneville during Lazy Bear Week's 30th…

CultureAugust 2, 2026

A Database Is Coming for California's School Janitors. Its Teachers Just Dodged One Again.

A California bill that would have let school districts check whether a teaching applicant had been reported to the…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A Cannabis Café on Valencia, and the Ordinance That Rescued a 10‑Year Bet

San Francisco could be home to the Bay Area's first Amsterdam-style cannabis café by next summer — the payoff of a…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Native or Invasive? The California Gull Boom Reshaping South Bay's Salt Ponds

A gull species that didn't nest anywhere near San Francisco Bay a few decades ago now numbers in the tens of thousands…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A Hayward Man Was Killed in a Philippine Military Operation. Now California Lawmakers Want Answers

Lyle Prijoles, a 40-year-old Hayward resident, was one of 19 people killed in an April military operation in the…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

California's Largest Urban Bat Colony Puts on a Nightly Show Near Sacramento — but 2026 Tours Are Already Sold Out

If watching a quarter-million bats spiral into the dusk was on your summer list, you're too late for this year: the…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Musk's AI Company Wants a San José Deepfake Case Moved to a Texas Judge It Prefers

Elon Musk's AI company is asking a federal judge in San José to freeze a proposed class action accusing its Grok…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Roblox's Safety Overhaul Comes With a Wall Street Bill: San Mateo Firm Loses a Quarter of Its Value in a Day

Roblox, the San Mateo game platform that spent 2026 rebuilding itself around child safety, watched Wall Street punish…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

California's Nation‑Leading $17.40 Minimum Wage Is a Floor Most Bay Area Cities Already Cleared

When California's statewide minimum wage climbs to a nation-leading $17.40 an hour on January 1, 2027, it will still…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A San Francisco Court Just Reopened Bond Hearings for Immigrants Detained Across California

A federal appeals court headquartered in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot jail…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A New Fence at 700 Missouri: The Last Marker of Potrero's Cleared Annex

A $160,000 over-the-counter permit for a permanent fence at 700 Missouri St is the quiet coda to this spring's HOPE SF…

CultureAugust 2, 2026

Berkeley Clears Hopkins Street Bike Lanes in 7‑2 Vote, Ending an Eight‑Year Standoff

After public comment pushed a Berkeley City Council meeting past midnight, the council voted 7-2 to repave Hopkins…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Nine Years, Four Mayors, $166 Million: What San Francisco Paid for 160 Homes at a Former Haight McDonald's

The affordable-housing complex that opened this week at 730 Stanyan St.

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A 'Never Again' Coalition Confronts a Planned ICE Facility Near Gilroy as a September Injunction Hearing Nears

Descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II stood in San José's Japantown last week and drew a…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Parents of SFO Ramp Worker Crushed Under a Cargo Pallet Sue the City and Two dnata Contractors

Seven months after 28-year-old John Lacayanga was found pinned beneath a cargo pallet he had been towing on an SFO…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

In Downtown Berkeley, a Vacant Half Price Books Becomes a Six‑Month Arts Marketplace — on a Discounted Lease

Zero Empty Spaces will turn the long-vacant Half Price Books at 2036 Shattuck Ave.

TechAugust 2, 2026

Future Bars Turns Its Own Nightingale Into Shotski's Alpine Lodge on Kearny

Future Bars converted its Nightingale Bar at 239 Kearny St.

FoodAugust 2, 2026

The Bunker Goes Dark: What It Sounds Like When the Giants Turn on Their Own Radio Home

A baseball team and its radio station are supposed to be one organism — the broadcast is where the franchise lives in…

SportsAugust 2, 2026

Pay or Don't Play: Oakland's Last Team Learns to Rent by the Kickoff

Three weeks after announcing that 2026 would be their final season at the Coliseum, the Oakland Roots are back on the…

SportsAugust 2, 2026

A Beer‑and‑Wine License Is Changing Hands at Izumi Kaiten Sushi's Japantown Address

A holding entity called STE 355 LLC has applied to take over the existing beer-and-wine license at the Kintetsu Japan…

FoodAugust 2, 2026