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Kawakami: Giants’ Tony Vitello on playing with emotion, Bryce Eldridge, and more

The new manager wants to bring out the personality in his team: “I would rather have guys playing too hard or showing too much emotion than not enough.”

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Kawakami: Giants’ Tony Vitello on playing with emotion, Bryce Eldridge, and more

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Vaillancourt Fountain Gets One Last Chance at Survival, as Demolition Gets Appealed to Board of Supervisors

There is one more last-gasp, hail mary attempt to save the Embarcadero's crumbling and controversial Vaillancourt Fountain, as preservationists have appealed the decision to remove it to the SF Board of Supervisors.

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Vaillancourt Fountain Gets One Last Chance at Survival, as Demolition Gets Appealed to Board of Supervisors

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One neighborhood in SF has passed its pandemic pricing peak. You’ll never guess which

We had to double-check the data ourselves.

1 hour ago

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One neighborhood in SF has passed its pandemic pricing peak. You’ll never guess which

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Section 415: Vern Glenn wants to make everyone in the Bay Area a sports fan

From taking grounders with Jeff Kent to shooting free throws with Steph Curry, the local sports anchor has done it all.

1 hour ago

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Section 415: Vern Glenn wants to make everyone in the Bay Area a sports fan

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Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo

Waymo detected “unusual activity” in the robotaxi and initiated a call to check on the passenger.

1 hour ago

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Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo

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Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi could not be arraigned today on a murder charge because he is being held in a psychiatric ward. Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

1 hour ago

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Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

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Is this our life now" When will the ‘ridiculously resilient’ cold snap end"

This autumn’s awfully chilly, fearsomely foggy weather will ease later this month, we promise.

1 hour ago

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Is this our life now" When will the ‘ridiculously resilient’ cold snap end"

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Trial Delayed In 2024 Double-Murder of Teen Girls In Napa

Two young women were gunned down near downtown Napa in April 2024 after they allegedly brought a knife to a fight with another woman, and the legal proceedings against two suspects in the case were just paused.

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Trial Delayed In 2024 Double-Murder of Teen Girls In Napa

Mission Local

Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

After closing arguments, jurors in the murder trial of filmmaker Kevin Epps went into deliberations on Tuesday morning. Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

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Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

SFiST

Bar Panisse, the New Cocktail Spot Next to Chez Panisse, Opens This Week

The much anticipated — and somewhat controversial for the neighborhood — new cocktail bar attached to Chez Panisse will open its doors Thursday, December 11, and they won't be taking reservations.

3 hours ago

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Bar Panisse, the New Cocktail Spot Next to Chez Panisse, Opens This Week

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Seismologist Suggests That the Bay Area's Next Big Quake Could Come With an Early Warning From the North

The lead author of a recent study about how major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest have been historically linked to seismic events in California, specifically on the San Andreas Fault, says he sees some upside to the findings, at least for those of us in California.

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Seismologist Suggests That the Bay Area's Next Big Quake Could Come With an Early Warning From the North

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Trial Finally Underway for 2021 Killing of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

Nearly five full years after the unprovoked killing of an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in Anza Vista, the long-delayed trial for the murder of Vicha Ratanapakdee got underway Monday at SF Superior Court.

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Trial Finally Underway for 2021 Killing of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

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SF’s well-dressed men come out of hiding

At Patina Studies, fashion geeks trade clothes and set the stage for a menswear renaissance.

6 hours ago

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SF’s well-dressed men come out of hiding

Mission Local

Sunset over Cypress Alley

On Cypress Street. Photo by Ben Armington. Sunset over Cypress Alley

10 hours ago

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Sunset over Cypress Alley

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Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

Stabbing of 51-year-old social worker Alberto Rangel could signal sea change for nation's first outpatient HIV/AIDS clinic Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

12 hours ago

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Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

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S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

The Department of Public Health will commission a third-party review of the circumstances that led to social worker Alberto Rangel's death. S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

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S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

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SF-Based Catering Website Swaps Restaurants’ Real Food Pictures With AI Pictures, Restaurants Get Pissed

These bagels claim to be Boichik Bagels on the catering website Forkable, but they are fake AI-generated bagels, as perhaps evidenced by the oddly uniform size of the bagel slices, all slightly larger than a normal bagel half. Now restaurants listed on the website are furious.

23 hours ago

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SF-Based Catering Website Swaps Restaurants’ Real Food Pictures With AI Pictures, Restaurants Get Pissed

Mission Local

What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025

A rave for kids at the Asian Art Museum this weekend and a holiday market at SFMOMA, plus lots more across the city. What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025

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What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025