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The Oakland Hit‑and‑Run Victim Now Has a Name: Maribel Matias, 24 — Not a Woman 'in Her 40s'

The person killed by a fleeing driver at 73rd and Garfield avenues last Saturday was not, as the first witness accounts held, a woman in…

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The Sheriff Likes That RESET's Operator Turns a Profit. Critics Say That's the Whole Problem.
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The Sheriff Likes That RESET's Operator Turns a Profit. Critics Say That's the Whole Problem.

Three months into San Francisco's RESET Center, the Sheriff's office isn't just defending the drug-sobering site — it's defending the fact…

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San José's Police Auditor Quits Abruptly — the Seventh to Cycle Through a Watchdog Office With No Teeth

San José's independent police auditor will retire at the end of the month.

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Year Two, Same Question: SFUSD's Maria Su Still Won't Give a Date for School Closures

Superintendent Maria Su opened the San Francisco Unified School District's new year with a balanced budget and a…

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Five Months After Calling It 'Too Dangerous,' the FAA Restores a Version of Parallel Landings at SFO

Beginning Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration started running a new "staggered parallel landings" procedure…

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Lurie Cuts the Ribbon on SoMa's $62M Gene Friend Rec Center — the Showpiece of His 'Family' Agenda

The single basketball court that SoMa squeezed into a concrete bunker in 1990 is gone.

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SFMTA's 'Fare Day Out' Is the Friendly Face of a $134 Enforcement Push — Even as Its Own Citations Fell by Half

San Francisco transit workers in bright vests rode the buses and trains this week handing out fare tips, not tickets —…

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SFMTA's 'Fare Day Out' Is the Friendly Face of a $134 Enforcement Push — Even as Its Own Citations Fell by Half
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San Benito Probation Worker — Once a Juvenile 'Boys Ranch' Counselor — Charged in TikTok Grooming of a 13‑Year‑Old

A 53-year-old Gilroy man who spent 16 years supervising incarcerated youth in San Mateo County — and now works for the…

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Convicted of a Muni Bus Rape Attempt, He Was Already a Registered‑Failed Sex Offender on Probation

A San Francisco jury has convicted Dasan Warsaialem Brown of trying to rape a lone woman on a late-night Muni bus last…

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AIPAC Money and Dueling FEC Complaints Upend the Race to Replace Swalwell

A week out from the Aug. 18 special election to fill Eric Swalwell's East Bay congressional seat, more than $5 million…

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Oakland Releases Body‑Cam Footage and Finally Names the Man Its Officers Killed Near Fruitvale

A month after a homeless advocate sued to force Oakland police to say whom they killed on July 13, the department…

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A Dishwasher and a Class Action: SF's Elite Battery Club Is Sued by Two of Its Own Workers

The Battery — the invitation-only Jackson Square social club whose roughly 5,000 members pay $2,400 a year to mingle in…

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A Dishwasher and a Class Action: SF's Elite Battery Club Is Sued by Two of Its Own Workers
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Lurie Brands Prop I a 'Slush Fund' — Backed by the Police and Fire Unions He Just Gave Raises

Mayor Daniel Lurie has come out against Proposition I, the November ballot measure that would steer San Francisco's…

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Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Strikes Near San Leandro

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck just north of San Leandro at 8:30 a.m.

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Wednesday, August 12

The Controller Just Priced Out Prop G — and Both Sides Claim They Won

San Francisco's first official cost estimate for reopening the Upper Great Highway to weekday cars landed Monday at…

Yesterday

Woman dies after fire in Fremont apartment building on Irvington Avenue

A woman died after a fire broke out in the shared ground-floor hallway of a Fremont apartment building Wednesday…

Yesterday

SF's City Attorney Became a Tech CEO's Takedown Notice — Then Settled for $45,000

San Francisco's chief lawyer sent demand letters ordering a journalist and Substack to erase a lawfully published story…

Yesterday
SF's City Attorney Became a Tech CEO's Takedown Notice — Then Settled for $45,000
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A Fifth Avenue 7‑Eleven Has Been Hit Five Times This Year. Oakland's Answer: Officers Still in Training.

A crowd of about 20 young people stormed a 7-Eleven at Fifth Avenue and International Boulevard around 4:30 p.m.

Yesterday

Oakland Sues Mosser Companies Over a 52‑Day Elevator Outage at La Peralta

For 52 straight days last summer, both elevators in a six-story downtown Oakland building full of elderly and disabled…

Yesterday

San Francisco Leads the Country in ICE Ankle Monitors and App Tracking — 20,804 People, Most With No Conviction

San Francisco's ICE region now monitors more immigrants through ankle bracelets, smartphone apps and wrist devices than…

Yesterday

The Criminal Case Stopped at Two Drivers. A San Mateo Jury Put a Quarter of the Blame on the Racer's Parents.

A San Mateo County jury on Tuesday awarded $33 million to the twin girls orphaned in a 2022 Redwood City street race —…

Yesterday

SF Would Pay $825K to a Woman an Officer Slammed Against a Wall Over Jaywalking — If Supervisors Sign Off Sept. 3

San Francisco has agreed to pay $825,000 to Christiana Porter, a single mother who left a jaywalking stop with a…

Yesterday
SF Would Pay $825K to a Woman an Officer Slammed Against a Wall Over Jaywalking — If Supervisors Sign Off Sept. 3
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San Jose Will Spend Until December Writing Data‑Center Rules — While It Keeps Approving Data Centers

San Jose opens its first public meeting on data-center standards Aug.

Yesterday

United's New SFO Nonstop This Fall Lands at an Airport Florida Just Renamed for Trump

Starting Nov. 7, United Airlines will fly a seasonal Saturday nonstop between San Francisco International and West Palm…

Yesterday

SF Waived the Affordable‑Housing Rules to Get Offices Converted. Its Latest Win, 150 Hayes, Has 104 Units and No Required Below‑Market Homes.

To coax developers into turning empty downtown offices into apartments, San Francisco cut transfer taxes, rezoned…

Yesterday

A woman was killed in a hit‑and‑run outside an Oakland church — across from the police Traffic Division

A woman in her 40s was struck and killed late Saturday night by a driver who fled the scene at 73rd and Garfield…

Yesterday

The Report That Was Supposed to Settle SF's Sprinkler Fight Pegged the Cost at $15,000 to $225,000 a Unit — and Settled Nothing

The Board of Supervisors' own budget analysts studied what it would cost to force fire sprinklers into 126 aging San…

Yesterday
The Report That Was Supposed to Settle SF's Sprinkler Fight Pegged the Cost at $15,000 to $225,000 a Unit — and Settled Nothing
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Tuesday, August 11

Haney's Ticket‑Resale Cap Cleared the Assembly. Now It's Stuck on the Senate's 'Suspense File.'

A bill by San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney to cap ticket-resale markups at 10% above face value has quietly…

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SF Contractor Couple Charged in Alleged Workers' Comp Fraud Scheme Involving an Injured Worker

Prosecutors say a San Francisco construction couple hid years of payroll from the state, then told an employee who lost…

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