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SF Standard

Remembering Claude, the alligator who ‘brought the humans together’

At the Cal Academy of Sciences, visitors and staff reminisce about a reptile who became family.

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SF Standard

Remembering Claude, the alligator who ‘brought the humans together’

Mission Local

Cal Academy’s albino alligator ‘Claude’ dies at 30

Claude, the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences, has died just three months after his 30th birthday. Cal Academy’s albino alligator ‘Claude’ dies at 30

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Mission Local

Cal Academy’s albino alligator ‘Claude’ dies at 30

SFiST

Beloved Albino Alligator Claude, Mascot of the Academy of Sciences, Has Died

Claude, the albino alligator who has been a favorite pet to the city and revered resident of the California Academy of Sciences for almost two decades, has died at the age of 30 of a suspected infection.

1 day ago

SFiST

Beloved Albino Alligator Claude, Mascot of the Academy of Sciences, Has Died

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Huge Godzilla Festival Coming to Japantown This Weekend

An Excelsior house fire left one dead Wednesday; parents in the Marin car crash that killed four teens do not want the driver to be prosecuted; and a big Godzilla festival is roaring into Japantown this weekend.

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Huge Godzilla Festival Coming to Japantown This Weekend

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Half of NorCal ICE Arrests Have Been People With No Criminal Record Whatsoever

The Shake Shack in SF’s ‘dead mall’ is going to close; two people were killed in a fiery San Jose double-Tesla crash; and half the people ICE has arrested in Northern California this year have not had any form of criminal record at all.

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Half of NorCal ICE Arrests Have Been People With No Criminal Record Whatsoever

Mission Local

48% of people arrested by ICE in Northern California have no criminal record

For the first time all year, arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions surpassed arrests of those with one. 48% of people arrested by ICE in Northern California have no criminal record

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Mission Local

48% of people arrested by ICE in Northern California have no criminal record

Mission Local

S.F. has largest backlog of immigration cases in California. Here’s why.

San Francisco’s immigration court backlog is so high that hearings are being scheduled for as far out as 2029. S.F. has largest backlog of immigration cases in California. Here’s why.

2 days ago

Mission Local

S.F. has largest backlog of immigration cases in California. Here’s why.

SFiST

DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California

The next frontier of the self-driving car movement is likely to be self-driving commercial trucks, and the California DMV is creating the rules right now for the testing of autonomous semi trucks.

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SFiST

DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California

Mission Local

Waymo hits dog in S.F. weeks after killing Mission bodega cat

After a Waymo killed legendary Mission District bodega cat, KitKat, its vehicle hit a dog in San Francisco. Its condition was unknown. Waymo hits dog in S.F. weeks after killing Mission bodega cat

2 days ago

Mission Local

Waymo hits dog in S.F. weeks after killing Mission bodega cat

Mission Local

Tenderloin Buzz: Theatrical matcha, a bookselling cat, and more

Here's what's new in the Tenderloin this month: A Spanish bookstore Niebla opens soon, a holiday market, and Zen Yai Thai moves. Tenderloin Buzz: Theatrical matcha, a bookselling cat, and more

2 days ago

Mission Local

Tenderloin Buzz: Theatrical matcha, a bookselling cat, and more

SFiST

Randa's Market on 16th Street, Home of the Late KitKat, Has Gotten a New Bodega Cat

The home of the bodega cat who was tragically killed by a Waymo in October, Randa's Market on 16th Street, has gotten a new cat, and her name is Coco.

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SFiST

Randa's Market on 16th Street, Home of the Late KitKat, Has Gotten a New Bodega Cat

Mission Local

Fewer arrests, fewer judges: How the ICE crackdown has changed in S.F.

Arrests are down, judges have been fired: an illustrated timeline of ICE actions in San Francisco this fall and winter. Fewer arrests, fewer judges: How the ICE crackdown has changed in S.F.

1 day ago

Mission Local

Fewer arrests, fewer judges: How the ICE crackdown has changed in S.F.