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June 14, 2025
San Francisco Jazz Festival makes bold debut with expanded format, big ambitions
Charles Lloyd, Kurt Elling, Don Was and Kassa Overall highlight a retooled San Francisco Jazz Festival bringing fresh sounds to Hayes Valley...
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June 14, 2025
San Francisco is full of surprises, some good, some bad
We had mild expectations for 2025 when the year began, a new administration in City Hall and hope for San Francisco’s recovery from the dold...
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June 14, 2025
No Kings protests Bay Area: Crowds gather early at ICE building in San Francisco
See latest updates on No Kings protests around the Bay Area and California. In San Francisco, protesters intend to create a human banner at...
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June 14, 2025
A Minnesota mayor says two state lawmakers were shot in their homes early Saturday
A Minnesota mayor says two state lawmakers were shot in their homes early Saturday.Mayor Ryan Sabas of Champlin said state senator John Hoff...
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June 14, 2025
Israel warns 'Tehran will burn' as Iran fires drones and missiles in response to Israeli strikes
Israel’s defense minister has warned that “Tehran will burn” if Iran continues firing missiles. The two countries traded blows on Saturday,...
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June 14, 2025
Alcaraz-Sinner was an instant classic. Here’s what it means for the future of tennis
Add the French Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to the list of all-time great tennis matches as the sport welcomes a new...
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June 14, 2025
Taking five minutes a day to do this can improve happiness, study finds
The simplest tasks of joy and awe can measurably improve people’s emotional well-being and attitudes toward life, according to a new UCSF st...
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June 14, 2025
He took over a trans health nonprofit in California. Trump and Newsom made his job harder
Psychologist Malakai Coté accepted the top job at a unique and at-risk gender health nonprofit. It’s flourishing in spite of President Donal...
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June 14, 2025
This new Wine Country restaurant makes all its own pasta. This is the one to order
The team behind the Glen Hellen Star is back with a pasta-centric Italian restaurant. The creste di gallo was a recent highlight for critic...
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June 14, 2025
Donald Trump is losing. Here’s how California can keep the pressure on
OPINION: President Donald Trump is weak. With the discipline to maintain the moral high ground, he can be defeated, the Chronicle’s editoria...
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June 14, 2025
Casey Schmitt’s grand slam leads Giants past Dodgers to pull even atop NL West
Casey Schmitt atoned for his ill-timed error one day earlier with a grand slam off Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the San Francisco Giants downed the...
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June 14, 2025
Woman, 61, charged with murder of 66-year-old woman in North Richmond
Terri James, 61, faces murder and firearm charges in the fatal North Richmond shooting of Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, authorities say.
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June 14, 2025
Giants’ Matt Chapman optimistic about return after visit with hand specialist
San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman learned Friday he’ll only need to keep a splint on his sprained right hand for another week...
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June 14, 2025
Will Bay Area mass protests be peaceful? How events unfold could be crucial to Trump opposition
Organizers of the Bay Area’s No Kings rallies are enlisting peacekeeping marshals for Saturday demonstrations, the volunteers tasked with sn...
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June 14, 2025
Giants pitchers could earn All-Star nods, MLB honors and a trip to playoff baseball
The San Francisco Giants came into 2025 thinking their pitching talent and depth might make them a National League contender. Now, entering...
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June 14, 2025
Acting San Francisco Police Chief Paul Yep picks new command staff
The future of San Francisco’s police leadership began taking shape Friday, when his interim successor announced a series of command staff ch...
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June 14, 2025
S.F.’s biggest mall loses another clothing store as building’s auction is delayed again
Dozens of stores — including Bloomingdale’s, Razer and Kate Spade have left San Francisco Centre — which had been set to go to auction next...
San Francisco Chronicle
June 13, 2025
Man convicted of 2020 Mission District hit-and-run
Stephen Kernan was convicted of hitting and seriously injuring two men, who were saved by CPR and tourniquets applied by bystanders, prosecu...
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June 13, 2025
How Valkyries are using ‘positionless’ basketball to compensate for size mismatches
The Golden State Valkyries are one of the WNBA’s smallest teams, and their frontcourt exodus for EuroBasket has exacerbated the issue, but c...
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June 13, 2025
U.S. Marines arrive in Los Angeles as city prepares for weekend protests
The deployment of the Marines — joining National Guardsmen already stationed there — marked a rare instance of domestic use of American mili...
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June 13, 2025
If Waymos are ignited during Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protest, S.F. officials could let them burn
Burning the driverless Waymos became a fraught symbol of the immigration protests in Los Angeles.
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June 13, 2025
Here’s how SFPD is proposing to cut down on overtime
Interim SFPD chief proposes hiring retired cops to staff new reserve officer unit and special events program.
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June 13, 2025
City College of San Francisco appoints new chancellor
Kimberlee Messina was appointed the new chancellor of City College of San Francisco Friday morning.
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June 13, 2025
Sold-out musical about Luigi Mangione adds new S.F. date
The production is planning an extra July performance at the Independent, which is roughly five times the size of Taylor Street Theater where...
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June 13, 2025
Former guard admits to planting contraband in prisons so he could find it
Marijuana, methamphetamine, cell phones and weapons are among contraband a prison guard snuck into San Quentin and the California Medical Fa...
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June 13, 2025
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s final concerts show what San Francisco Symphony stands to lose
On the first night of Salonen’s final concerts as San Francisco Symphony music director, the conductor delivers a stirring Mahler and an emo...
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June 13, 2025
Livermore man deported to Mexico after ICE arrest two weeks ago
Miguel Angel Lopez, detained by ICE at the San Francisco Immigration Court, was deported to Mexico.
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June 13, 2025
Major delays expected on BART's Richmond Line after medical emergency near North Berkeley Station
BART service was briefly suspended Friday between the Richmond and Downtown Berkeley stations, but transit officials said service had resume...
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June 13, 2025
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, includin...
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June 13, 2025
Bay Area scores another major soccer event with 2025 NWSL championship at PayPal Park
Bay FC’s home stadium PayPal Park will host the 2025 NWSL championship game in San Jose on Nov. 22, the league announced on Friday.
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June 13, 2025
Bay Area’s cool June continues, but these cities will heat up this weekend
Cool and cloudy conditions persist near the coast, but inland Bay Area cities will see a weekend temperature warmup. Here’s the weather fore...
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June 13, 2025
Trump’s authoritarianism is the greatest thing that could have happened for Newsom’s career
OPINION: Trump’s “naked authoritarianism is doing more to boost Newsom’s career than anything the governor has done on his own in years. And...
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June 13, 2025
Manny Yekutiel: When hate masquerades as protest, we all lose
OPINION: This kind of hatred has no place in San Francisco, the city that’s given me everything. And it has no place within the progressive...
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June 13, 2025
‘I’m just thrilled’: S.F. film community applauds Clay Theatre’s anticipated comeback
News of renovation plans for the 115-year-old Clay Theatre in San Francisco’s Upper Fillmore has surprised and delighted local filmmakers an...
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June 13, 2025
One of Tahoe’s last independent ski resorts getting a major makeover
One of California’s oldest ski resorts is embarking on a huge capital improvement plan to ensure it stays culturally relevant and financiall...
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June 13, 2025
Another Bay Area school district invests in teacher housing. Will it help retain employees?
The Bay Area school district broke ground recently on a 110-unit affordable apartment complex for teachers and staff.
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June 13, 2025
A buttery steak-and-beans dish that screams summer
No grill? No problem. This summertime steak recipe is cooked in a pan, and it will work with any bean.
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June 13, 2025
Alamo Drafthouse to open its two largest theaters in the Bay Area
Dine-in movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse is launching its largest venture yet in two South Bay cities, offering themed events, food deal...
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June 13, 2025
S.F. Unicorns make long-awaited Bay Area cricket debut at Oakland Coliseum
The San Francisco Unicorns opened their third season in Major League Cricket with a win in their Bay Area debut. For those local fans in att...
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June 13, 2025
Video shows police were not chasing driver who killed Oakland teacher
The driver who lost control of a car in Oakland and struck two pedestrians, killing a high school teacher, was not being chased by police at...
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June 13, 2025
Israel attacks Iran's capital with explosions booming across Tehran
Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran as Israel said it targeted nuclear and military sites. Th...
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June 12, 2025
Outraged Democrats handcuffed in ability to do much about Padilla treatment
Democrats condemned the forcible removal and handcuffing of California Sen. Alex Padilla when he tried to question Kristi Noem on Thursday,...
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June 12, 2025
Popular California tax payment system is down — just as quarterly deadline nears
Californians trying to pay estimated taxes before the deadline through the Franchise Tax Board’s MyFTB application have been unable to acces...
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June 12, 2025
Giants’ streak ends at seven as Rockies rally for walk-off 8-7 win
Randy Rodriguez faltered in the ninth inning and Casey Schmitt made a costly error at third as the San Francisco Giants fell to the Colorado...
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June 12, 2025
S.F.-born ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star opens up about ALS diagnosis
Eric Dane, known for his roles on “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” spoke about his ALS diagnosis in a preview clip of his upcoming “Good Mor...
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June 12, 2025
Steve Carell spotted at Northern California university filming new HBO show
The Golden Globe winner has spent the week in Stockton while shooting an unnamed television show at University of the Pacific.
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June 12, 2025
Legislature rejects ‘draconian’ cuts to UC and CSU, keeps TK-12 funding intact
The legislators’ spending plan would scrap Newsom’s proposal to cut next year’s funding to the University of California and California State...
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June 12, 2025
Ruling on National Guard, Marines in L.A. awaited after hearing
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer held hearing in S.F. on injunction request by California that would limit National Guard and Marines sent...
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June 12, 2025
Two more arrests by ICE at S.F. immigration court, advocates say
Two people were arrested by ICE at a San Francisco immigration court Thursday morning, according to advocates.
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June 12, 2025