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SF Standard

Lean into the drama: 7 absurd SF stories to discuss over Thanksgiving dinner

Talking national politics with extended family is no fun. Why not focus this year’s drama on the craziest Bay Area stories?

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SF Standard

Lean into the drama: 7 absurd SF stories to discuss over Thanksgiving dinner

SF Standard

SFO’s best bar serves a tropical getaway in a glass

A love letter to Asian-Pacific flavors, Kona’s at PCH combines two of San Francisco’s most renowned cocktail bars.

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SF Standard

SFO’s best bar serves a tropical getaway in a glass

SF Standard

What’s in it for a restaurateur to open at SFO?

An airport location can be a cash cow — if you don’t mind having to chain the knives to the wall.

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SF Standard

What’s in it for a restaurateur to open at SFO?

SF Standard

We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst

The Standard’s highly opinionated guide to eating and drinking at Terminal 1.

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SF Standard

We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst

SF Standard

How dead mice delivered Mayor Lurie his first big fail

Supervisor Beya Alcaraz’s brief tenure was a rare blow to Mayor Lurie’s winning streak. The Standard’s reporters break it down on our podcast “Pacific Standard Time.”

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SF Standard

How dead mice delivered Mayor Lurie his first big fail

SF Standard

7 best things to eat and drink under $10 at SFO’s Terminal One

The airlines might nickel and dime you over extra legroom and checked bags, but a decent preflight meal doesn’t have to break the bank.

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SF Standard

7 best things to eat and drink under $10 at SFO’s Terminal One

Mission Local

The Vaillancourt Fountain

At Embarcadero Plaza. Photo by Jay A. Martin. The Vaillancourt Fountain

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Mission Local

The Vaillancourt Fountain

Mission Local

Phở Star – Casual Vietnamese in S.F's Mission District

A new family-run phở place is open on 16th between Guerrero and Dolores. Phở Star – Casual Vietnamese in S.F's Mission District

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Mission Local

Phở Star – Casual Vietnamese in S.F's Mission District

Mission Local

Ninth Circuit orders ICE to provide mattresses, blankets, medical care in S.F.’s ICE facilities

The ninth circuit finds that holding cell conditions at 630 Sansome St. violate immigrants' constitutional rights. Preliminary injunction orders that ICE improve the conditions. Ninth Circuit orders ICE to provide mattresses, blankets, medical care in S.F.’s ICE facilities

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Mission Local

Ninth Circuit orders ICE to provide mattresses, blankets, medical care in S.F.’s ICE facilities

Mission Local

Where San Franciscans can find a free Thanksgiving dinner

A guide to free Thanksgiving meals around the city. Where San Franciscans can find a free Thanksgiving dinner

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Mission Local

Where San Franciscans can find a free Thanksgiving dinner

Mission Local

At Sunset merchants' D4 forum, Natalie Gee wins by a landslide

Gee focused her pitch on her government experience and answered audience questions with concrete solutions. It seemed to have worked. At Sunset merchants' D4 forum, Natalie Gee wins by a landslide

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Mission Local

At Sunset merchants' D4 forum, Natalie Gee wins by a landslide

Mission Local

BART Civic Center station closed and evacuated after a loud bang and smoke

Civic Center BART Station has just been closed, and there is no service between 24th Street and Civic Center stations following an explosion on the tracks, according to Anna Duckworth [...] BART Civic Center station closed and evacuated after a loud bang and smoke

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Mission Local

BART Civic Center station closed and evacuated after a loud bang and smoke

SFiST

Classic Kitsch Game Show ‘Hollywood Squares’ Roars on Stage This Weekend as ‘San Francisco Squares’

Lacy Camden leads a giant tic-tac-toe tower of local drag and nightlife stars in a warped reboot of the game show ‘Hollywood Squares,’ in Saturday night’s on-stage ‘San Francisco Squares’ where the cash and prizes all go to charity.

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SFiST

Classic Kitsch Game Show ‘Hollywood Squares’ Roars on Stage This Weekend as ‘San Francisco Squares’

SFiST

Rare 1939 Copy of ‘Superman No. 1’ Found In SF Attic Now Most Expensive Comic Book Ever Sold

Last Christmas, three brothers discovered a rare Great Depression-era copy of the first Superman comic in pristine condition in their late mother’s SF attic. It just sold for $9 million, making it one of the most valuable comic books in the world.

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SFiST

Rare 1939 Copy of ‘Superman No. 1’ Found In SF Attic Now Most Expensive Comic Book Ever Sold

SFiST

After Daughter's Crusade For the Truth, an 81-Year-Old Bay Area Man Has Been Arrested for His Wife's 1982 Murder

A cold case that has lingered on for over 40 years, in part because it was in the hands of a tiny police department in Foster City that was likely ill equipped to investigate it, may finally be nearing justice for the victim.

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SFiST

After Daughter's Crusade For the Truth, an 81-Year-Old Bay Area Man Has Been Arrested for His Wife's 1982 Murder

SFiST

East Bay Man Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia GPUs and AI Chips to China

The DOJ arrested a San Leandro man and three others as part of an alleged conspiracy to evade US trade laws by smuggling powerful Nvidia GPUs and AI chips to China through Thailand and Malaysia. The man allegedly bragged that his dad did the same work for the CCP.

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SFiST

East Bay Man Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia GPUs and AI Chips to China

SFiST

Civic Center BART Station Reopens After Equipment Explosion; Single-Tracking Causing Major Systemwide Delays

The Civic Center BART station was closed as of around 11:30 am Tuesday due to what BART called an "equipment problem on the track," and train delays were developing on all lines as a result.

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SFiST

Civic Center BART Station Reopens After Equipment Explosion; Single-Tracking Causing Major Systemwide Delays

SFiST

Alcatraz Island’s Indigenous Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering Has Its 50th Anniversary Thursday

It was 50 years ago this Thursday that San Francisco’s own annual ‘Unthanksgiving’ started on Alcatraz Island, and as always, this year’s sunrise ceremony will be streaming online if you can’t make it to Alcatraz at 6 am.

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SFiST

Alcatraz Island’s Indigenous Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering Has Its 50th Anniversary Thursday

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