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Flooding Shuts Down Hamilton Avenue In Menlo Park, Near Meta Campus

A main thoroughfare through Menlo Park's Belle Haven neighborhood, adjacent to the Meta campus, flooded overnight in one of the Bay Area's first significant flooding events in this storm.

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Flooding Shuts Down Hamilton Avenue In Menlo Park, Near Meta Campus

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Christmas Eve Morning Links: Beware the New GrubHub Email Bitcoin Scam

PG&E warns of further outages during the storm; a developer seeks to build new housing in Stinson Beach; and a scam email went out to GrubHub users asking them to send Bitcoin.

2 hours ago

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Christmas Eve Morning Links: Beware the New GrubHub Email Bitcoin Scam

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Cocina Mamá Cholita: Mother-son duo brings Michoacán to the Mission

3 hours ago

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Cocina Mamá Cholita: Mother-son duo brings Michoacán to the Mission

SF Standard

10 gorgeous churches to visit in the Bay Area

From redwood chapels to modernist cathedrals, these houses of worship reward design lovers looking for awe-inspiring spaces.

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10 gorgeous churches to visit in the Bay Area

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11 San Francisco bars that are open on Christmas Eve

Whether you need to escape your relatives or are just looking to start the holiday celebrations with a stiff drink, these joints have you covered.

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11 San Francisco bars that are open on Christmas Eve

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365 days of Cal football: A new QB, a new coach, and a new direction

A year after losing 2025 Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza in the transfer portal, the Bears are playing in a bowl in Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele’s home state.

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365 days of Cal football: A new QB, a new coach, and a new direction

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Daniel Lurie wants to take a scalpel to SF’s city charter. A hatchet would work better

The sludge-filled city constitution needs a generational cleaning. We’ll see if the mayor’s willing to do the dirty work.

4 hours ago

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Daniel Lurie wants to take a scalpel to SF’s city charter. A hatchet would work better

Mission Local

S.F deputies don’t carry out evictions during the holidays. But in court, the clock’s still ticking.

For the last two weeks of December, San Franciscans facing eviction get temporary reprieve. But they're still pleading their cases in court. S.F deputies don’t carry out evictions during the holidays. But in court, the clock’s still ticking.

6 hours ago

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S.F deputies don’t carry out evictions during the holidays. But in court, the clock’s still ticking.

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Peeping Tom Santa

On Vallejo Street. Photo by Alberto Baldocchi. Peeping Tom Santa

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Peeping Tom Santa

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Let’s Look Back at the 1978 Christmas Eve Art Heist at the de Young Museum, Where the Thieves Never Got Caught

On Christmas Eve 1978, burglars stole tens of millions worth of paintings from the de Young Museum. This is their story, though the Rembrandt painting they stole ended up being worth little, because Rembrandt didn’t paint it.

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Let’s Look Back at the 1978 Christmas Eve Art Heist at the de Young Museum, Where the Thieves Never Got Caught

SF Standard

After Brock Purdy dominates the Colts, the 49ers’ focus shifts to George Kittle’s ankle

The team was without Ricky Pearsall on Monday, but the star tight end picked up the slack with his first 100-yard receiving game of the season.

19 hours ago

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After Brock Purdy dominates the Colts, the 49ers’ focus shifts to George Kittle’s ankle

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Tonight's Storm May Qualify as Bomb Cyclone, With Winds Topping 60mph

Meteorologists and their weather models have not come to any agreement about whether Tuesday's incoming storm will meet the criteria of a "bomb cyclone," but suffice it to say it will be really windy and wet.

20 hours ago

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Tonight's Storm May Qualify as Bomb Cyclone, With Winds Topping 60mph

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The blackout’s haves and have-nots: Why some kept power, while neighbors went without

For every stretch of darkness overtaking a city block, there were one or two houses abeam with light.

22 hours ago

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The blackout’s haves and have-nots: Why some kept power, while neighbors went without

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Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Stop Arresting Immigrants at Courts In Northern California

A federal judge who previously ruled that conditions at San Francisco's ICE facility are inhumane, has now temporarily halted all arrests of immigrants at courthouses in Northern California and the Pacific Islands, citing lack of due process and violations of civil rights.

23 hours ago

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Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Stop Arresting Immigrants at Courts In Northern California

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Power Finally Restored to All Areas of SF

The lights are back on for the remaining 3,800 PG&E customers without power as of Monday night; traffic was snarled for hours on I-880 Monday due to a big rig overturning; and Union Square has some big new sidewalk bollards.

1 day ago

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Power Finally Restored to All Areas of SF

Mission Local

A working-class hero

On 24th Street. Photo by Walter Mackins. A working-class hero

1 day ago

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A working-class hero

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Richmond District seniors describe nightmare 48 hours in blackout

Thousands across San Francisco's Richmond District were left without power for two days. In one building, seniors were particularly vulnerable. Richmond District seniors describe nightmare 48 hours in blackout

1 day ago

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Richmond District seniors describe nightmare 48 hours in blackout

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San Francisco's latest art show covers the city's drains

“The idea is, every piece solves a real problem while adding something beautiful," says the creator. San Francisco's latest art show covers the city's drains

1 day ago

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San Francisco's latest art show covers the city's drains