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All Coaches at East Bay High School to Be Let Go at End of Their Seasons, Told to Reapply Next Year

Newark Memorial High School in the East Bay began dismissing all 45 of its athletic coaches and assistants at the end of their respective seasons last month, telling them they may be rehired next year as part of a new policy.

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All Coaches at East Bay High School to Be Let Go at End of Their Seasons, Told to Reapply Next Year

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Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo’s Tiger Lola Euthanized After Infection From Injured Paw

Tesla Cybertruck sales decreased by 48% in 2025; Trump’s latest Truth Social post frenzy involved TikTok and Newsom; and one of Oakland Zoo’s tigers has died from an infection that spread after a foreign object became lodged in her paw.

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Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo’s Tiger Lola Euthanized After Infection From Injured Paw

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New Book Explores the Bay Area's First Cult, Which Called Santa Rosa Home

The first creepy cult to take root in California, about 25 years after statehood, had its origins in upstate New York in the 19th Century, which was a hotbed of religious zealotry and cults.

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New Book Explores the Bay Area's First Cult, Which Called Santa Rosa Home

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San Francisco’s new smart homes see you coming

From face-scanning doors to self-ventilating windows, AI-based tech aims to make mansion life frictionless.

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San Francisco’s new smart homes see you coming

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A prominent Castro restaurant space is coming back to life

The former home of Cafe Flore at Market and Noe will become Parasol at Flore, a California-Mediterranean restaurant and bar.

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A prominent Castro restaurant space is coming back to life

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Top-Notch Bagels From Meadowood Chef Coming to Jackson Square

Loveski Deli, purveyors of the delicious and excellently textured bagels that have been the talk of Napa and Marin for several years, is expanding to San Francisco with a new location in Jackson Square.

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Top-Notch Bagels From Meadowood Chef Coming to Jackson Square

Mission Local

The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco's kidney dialysis

Park or a road? Barring unforeseen lunacy, we’ll be voting on it again. But this is how San Francisco rolls. The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco's kidney dialysis

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The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco's kidney dialysis

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What's on now at San Francisco museums, January 2026

This is the last weekend to see At of Manga at the de Young and the first to see Drawn to Venice at the Legion of Honor. What's on now at San Francisco museums, January 2026

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What's on now at San Francisco museums, January 2026

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Tenderloin falafel maven Billy Alabsi may be San Francisco’s most interesting man

This Tenderloin business owner faced a long series of setbacks before last month re-opening Falafelland, which he calls his "destiny." Tenderloin falafel maven Billy Alabsi may be San Francisco’s most interesting man

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Tenderloin falafel maven Billy Alabsi may be San Francisco’s most interesting man

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Field Notes: Ancient Star Map, New Cat Cafe, San Jose’s Batman, and Disquiet in Suburbia

This week: Polynesian dance in Fremont, a new cat cafe in SF, a South Bay Batman, book clubs of the Peninsula, and California pollinators. Also, examining an ancient Greek star map using physics; supporting stroke survivors; and highlighting the unsettling parts of suburban life.

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Field Notes: Ancient Star Map, New Cat Cafe, San Jose’s Batman, and Disquiet in Suburbia

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Mysterious Fence With Sign Stating Trespassers ‘Will Be Shot’ Blocks Public Access to Daly City Beach

Daly City residents are urging city officials to take down an eight-foot-tall fence that recently appeared, blocking a public path near Thornton State Beach and featuring a handmade cardboard sign with a drawing of a gun and a message stating trespassers will be shot on sight.

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Mysterious Fence With Sign Stating Trespassers ‘Will Be Shot’ Blocks Public Access to Daly City Beach

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Saturday Links: ‘Pizza Box’ Trash Cans Launch in North Beach, Rest of SF Still Awaiting Actual Trash Cans

Legendary 49ers quarterback John Brodie, who played with the team a record-breaking 17 seasons, died at age 90; the White House posted a doctored image to social media of a Minnesota protester crying; and North Beach launched some special "pizza box" trash cans.

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Saturday Links: ‘Pizza Box’ Trash Cans Launch in North Beach, Rest of SF Still Awaiting Actual Trash Cans

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Camelot with coyotes: What it’s like to call the Presidio home

Residents say living in the national park is as delightful as it sounds — if you can manage to get off the waitlist.

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Camelot with coyotes: What it’s like to call the Presidio home

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View from Minneapolis: Postponed Warriors game is a call to stop and pay attention

After another killing by federal agents, the NBA wisely decided we don’t need an escape from reality right now. Not from this.

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View from Minneapolis: Postponed Warriors game is a call to stop and pay attention