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Embattled SF Zoo chief Tanya Peterson to step down

After a year of controversy over alleged mismanagement, employee safety violations, and animal welfare abuses, the CEO said she will retire in August.

3 hours ago

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Embattled SF Zoo chief Tanya Peterson to step down

SF Standard

Buster Posey exercises Bob Melvin's 2026 option amid Giants' roughest stretch of season

Posey made the call to bring the manager back for a third season in San Francisco after the 11th loss in 15 games.

6 hours ago

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Buster Posey exercises Bob Melvin's 2026 option amid Giants' roughest stretch of season

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Clipper card outage: System restored after chaotic day

Fare gates were wide open across BART on Tuesday morning.

9 hours ago

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Clipper card outage: System restored after chaotic day

SF Standard

The Hot List: Our favorite restaurants and bars in SF right now

You need some new ideas for where to go out. We have some really delicious answers.

10 hours ago

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The Hot List: Our favorite restaurants and bars in SF right now

SF Standard

San Francisco’s largest housing complex was left to rot. Her job is to fix it up

Behind the scenes with Douglas Wilson Companies, which took control of Parkmerced after its owner defaulted on $1.8 billion in loans.

12 hours ago

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San Francisco’s largest housing complex was left to rot. Her job is to fix it up

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The 49ers have invested a ton to fix their biggest problem. Will it work?

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan overhauled the team's defensive depth chart in an effort to make much-needed improvements against the run.

14 hours ago

SF Standard

The 49ers have invested a ton to fix their biggest problem. Will it work?

Mission Local

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

What's showing at San Francisco's museums in June. Galleries too. Plus loads of free public events to attend. Updated every week. What's on now at San Francisco museums, July 2025

3 hours ago

Mission Local

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

Mission Local

Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do good by us

Mayor Daniel Lurie and several heads of city departments got an earful from Bayview residents. Several residents said the city is neglecting Bayview-Hunters Point. Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do good by us

3 hours ago

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Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do good by us

Mission Local

S.F. passes law to let homeowners sell new in-law units as condos

The legislation aims to benefit "house-rich, cash-poor" homeowners, while adding to the city's supply of "affordable, entry-level" homes. S.F. passes law to let homeowners sell new in-law units as condos

4 hours ago

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S.F. passes law to let homeowners sell new in-law units as condos

Mission Local

Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’

Residents stopped by Galeria de la Raza on Monday to write letters of support to Hilary Rivers, the drag performer arrested by ICE last week. Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’

6 hours ago

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Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’

Mission Local

Eight Tenderloin corner stores raided in a year as S.F. cracks down

Corner stores and smoke shops across the neighborhood have been searched and raided for hosting illegal gambling machines. Eight Tenderloin corner stores raided in a year as S.F. cracks down

11 hours ago

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Eight Tenderloin corner stores raided in a year as S.F. cracks down

Mission Local

Amore

At Larkin and Geary Streets. Photo by Michael Santiago. Amore

14 hours ago

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Amore

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Lafayette’s Long-Shuttered Park Theater to Reopen With a $12 Million Renovation

The lottery is open for the Pointer Sisters-Lyrics Born show at Stern Grove; a Cotati DUI suspect was pulled over with 70 empty beer cans in his vehicle; and Lafayette’s Park Theater that closed 20 years ago is set to reopen with a big renovation.

1 hour ago

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Day Around the Bay: Lafayette’s Long-Shuttered Park Theater to Reopen With a $12 Million Renovation

SFiST

Walnut Creek Teacher Facing Rape Charges for Alleged Sex With Teen Student

A 43-year-old Walnut Creek teacher has been charged with the rape, unlawful sexual intercourse, and assault of a student, and it does not help his case that he admitted to these things on a phone call that police had secretly wiretapped.

3 hours ago

SFiST

Walnut Creek Teacher Facing Rape Charges for Alleged Sex With Teen Student

SFiST

Celebrity Chef Charlie Palmer Readies to Open His Latest Hotel and Restaurant Project In Healdsburg

OG celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, who opened Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg in 2003 and has had a big hand in putting the tony wine country town on the proverbial map, is still making moves in his hometown.

4 hours ago

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Celebrity Chef Charlie Palmer Readies to Open His Latest Hotel and Restaurant Project In Healdsburg

SFiST

Oakland Attorney Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Contraband Porn Into Solano County Jail

A well-known Oakland attorney has been arrested on charges that he tried to sneak contraband to a prisoner in Solano County Jail, and further reporting on the matter says that the contraband he tried to sneak was a stack of pornographic magazines.

4 hours ago

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Oakland Attorney Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Contraband Porn Into Solano County Jail

SFiST

Newsom Signs Major Rollback of CEQA Reviews, With a Big Carve-Out for Big Tech

Gavin Newsom claims it’s the “most consequential housing reform in modern history” that he just exempted most urban housing projects from environmental review, as the new state budget has some additions that hope to weaken the notorious CEQA.

8 hours ago

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Newsom Signs Major Rollback of CEQA Reviews, With a Big Carve-Out for Big Tech

SFiST

San Francisco May Start to See Fancy New Sidewalk Trash Cans at Long Last, By Next Year

Remember those controversial trash cans whose prototype price raised eyebrows and spurred headlines circa four years ago? Well, they are back in the news because they will be coming, soon-ish, to a street corner near you.

8 hours ago

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San Francisco May Start to See Fancy New Sidewalk Trash Cans at Long Last, By Next Year

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