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My new tradition is to give myself the gift of spending Christmas away from family

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Justin Ray

One S.F. supervisor wants voters to decide again on Great Highway. Should there be a ballot measure?

One S.F. supervisor wants voters to decide again on Great Highway. Should there be a ballot measure?

People enjoy their morning walk at Sunset Dunes in San Francisco on June 4. This part of the Great Highway was closed to cars for the park by Prop...

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Harry Mok

A San Francisco jazz pianist made ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a holiday classic

A San Francisco jazz pianist made ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ a holiday classic

San Francisco Jazz composer Vince Guaraldi plays piano, circa 1962. His score for “A Charlie Brown Christmas” shows a connection to his Italian...

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Bill Dal Cerro

San Francisco should learn from Waymo’s power outage debacle — and enact tech rollout standards

San Francisco should learn from Waymo’s power outage debacle — and enact tech rollout standards

Waymo vehicles idle at Baker and Hayes streets in San Francisco on Saturday after a power outage knocked out traffic signals in many parts of the...

tuesday 10

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Michael Redmond

On reparations for Black residents, the time for action in San Francisco is now

On reparations for Black residents, the time for action in San Francisco is now

The Fillmore Heritage Center, pictured in 2019, could be the focal point of Black culture in the neighborhood that was once known as “the Harlem of...

tuesday 5

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The Rev. Amos C. Brown

Waymo’s blackout meltdown shows why S.F. still needs human drivers with intuition, experience

Waymo’s blackout meltdown shows why S.F. still needs human drivers with intuition, experience

A Waymo idles at an intersection with no operating traffic lights in San Francisco on Saturday. Waymo shut down its service after a PG&E outage...

22.12.2025 8

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Enerlito Cabangis

San Francisco has a tool to immediately house the homeless — the city just needs to use it

22.12.2025 2

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Corey Smith

The Bondi Beach attack on Jews is more evidence the world needs a new way forward

The Bondi Beach attack on Jews is more evidence the world needs a new way forward

Mourners embrace on Dec. 16 near a memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a Chanukah event two days earlier at Bondi Beach in Sydney.  As the...

22.12.2025 1

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Joshua Weisman

What Trump’s inexplicable plan to mine the Mariana Trench could mean for the Pacific

What Trump’s inexplicable plan to mine the Mariana Trench could mean for the Pacific

A photo taken on June 11, 2025 shows the crew members with deep sea mining equipment onboard the research vessel MV Anuanua Moana in Rarotonga,...

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Andrew D. Thaler