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San Francisco immigration hotline loses funding in mayor's final budget
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (1021+ words) San Francisco's website informs visitors that, if they are unsure whether a suspicious vehicle or uniformed officer is immigration enforcement, or if a friend or family member has been detained and needs legal help, they should call 415-200-1548, the hotline for…...
A monster stolen, a monster regained: Inside a San Francisco cargo-bike heist
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (879+ words) On Monday, the scales of justice worked, for once, like a well-oiled machine, though the usual mechanisms of law and order were circumvented. To paraphrase a classic noir: There are a thousand bike thefts in the city. This is one…...
" San Francisco Pride 2026, live: The marches, the parties and the parade
1+ week, 58+ min ago (305+ words) All weekend, we're out in the streets " the marches, the stages, the block parties " feeding this post snapshots, sounds and scenes as they unfold. Follow along for Pride in real time, one dispatch at a time. Need a game plan?...
I left my " in San Francisco
3+ week, 5+ day ago (123+ words) I'm a copy editor and a Bay Area native who's lived in San Francisco since 2004. I've written for local publications like the SF Weekly, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco magazine, as well as the New Yorker,…...
Two found dead on San Francisco streets Wednesday morning, one killed by car
4+ week, 1+ day ago (424+ words) Two people were found dead on San Francisco streets Wednesday morning within an hour of each other. At around 5: 31 a. m. police officers responded to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian near Brannan and Seventh streets in So Ma and…...
San Francisco "Overpaid CEO tax" losing, rival measure trounced
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (994+ words) San Francisco's Proposition D, dubbed the "Overpaid CEO Tax," is still hanging on to a sliver of a chance of passing as of early Wednesday morning, after initial results. But things were not looking great: The measure, which would increase…...
Photos: San Francisco Carnaval 2026 is the spirit of f'tbol in a parade
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (385+ words) Before professional athletes play for the 2026 World Cup, this year's Carnaval Parade shut down 20 blocks of San Francisco's Latino Cultural District in the Mission to celebrate "La Copa del Pueblo," the People's Cup. The parade bottled the energy of a…...
Over $4 million pours into San Francisco supervisor election, much of it from outside PACs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (738+ words) Millions of dollars are flowing into San Francisco's two June supervisor contests, and a substantial sum is coming from deep-pocketed political action committees. There are no fewer than eight PACs involved in the District 2 and District 4 races, and they've contributed…...
Man shot and killed in Sunset identified as Eric Bigone
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (786+ words) Eric Bigone, a 58-year-old resident of the Outer Sunset, was shot and killed by a gunman on early Sunday morning near 46th Avenue and Ulloa Street, a residential area just two blocks from Ocean Beach and the San Francisco Zoo, according…...
S. F. may be a sanctuary city, but Bay Area's undocumented (mostly) live elsewhere
8+ mon, 5+ day ago (780+ words) On Thursday, after a phone call to Mayor Daniel Lurie reportedly arranged after a concerted lobbying effort by tech executives, President Donald Trump "called off" a planned immigration "surge" in San Francisco. Federal officials confirmed on Friday that the rest…...