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San Francisco drops plan to ticket drivers who violate new Calif. parking law

San Francisco drops plan to ticket drivers who violate new Calif. parking law
11.02.2025 4

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Burning Man switches to controversial ticketing system

Burning Man switches to controversial ticketing system
06.02.2025 8

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Google Super Bowl ad gets embarrassing attention before game even happens

Google Super Bowl ad gets embarrassing attention before game even happens
06.02.2025 7

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Tahoe boycotts local business after owner makes racist comments

Tahoe boycotts local business after owner makes racist comments
06.02.2025 30

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Tech giant lays off 617 workers in Bay Area hometown

Tech giant lays off 617 workers in Bay Area hometown
06.02.2025 10

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Man who taught at UC Berkeley for nearly 5 decades killed in hit-and-run

Man who taught at UC Berkeley for nearly 5 decades killed in hit-and-run
06.02.2025 10

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Trump admin opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges, including Berkeley

Trump admin opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges, including Berkeley
04.02.2025 30

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'Dire straits now': In the Calif. woods, a 50-year-old restaurant holds out hope

'Dire straits now': In the Calif. woods, a 50-year-old restaurant holds out hope
04.02.2025 50

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MLB selling botched San Francisco Giants hats

MLB selling botched San Francisco Giants hats
04.02.2025 10

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Here are all the different street cameras around San Francisco

Here are all the different street cameras around San Francisco
04.02.2025 6

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New details emerge in investigation into San Francisco drag legend's death

29.01.2025 10

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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay

29.01.2025 10

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Owner of SF cannabis dispensary reportedly shot, suspect killed by SFPD

29.01.2025 10

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Plan to open private school near San Francisco's Chase Center moves forward

29.01.2025 4

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Prominent Bay Area lawyer skewers Mark Zuckerberg, fires Meta as a client

15.01.2025 5

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Calif. home so chill its original owner called it Rancho Relaxo hits the market

15.01.2025 3

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PhD grad living in Bay Area admits to firebombing UC Berkeley police car

15.01.2025 6

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$30 million deal spells the end of an era in pristine Bay Area spot

15.01.2025 9

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'Stomach bug' cases surging in the Bay Area in biggest spike in years

15.01.2025 10

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Preliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes near San Francisco Zoo

An earthquake hit near the San Francisco Zoo early Friday morning, Jan. 10, 2025. LATEST Jan. 10, 11:00 a.m. Another aftershock hit the area near...

11.01.2025 50

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Why SF's most 'uncool' neighborhood might see the fastest-rising home values

Aerial view of the Inner Sunset and Outer Sunset neighborhoods of San Francisco, seen from Parnassus Heights. After a controversial ballot measure...

20.12.2024 10

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Traffic chaos caused by 30K pounds of melted chocolate on Bay Area highway

A big rig oozing with melted chocolate on an East Bay freeway. A big rig carrying chocolate in the East Bay caught on fire Friday morning, causing...

07.12.2024 40

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Sabrina Carpenter declares 'war' over San Francisco's many cringey nicknames

12.11.2024 6

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Mystery surrounds car Tom Brady donated to his Bay Area high school

Former Super Bowl MVPs (clockwise) Larry Csonka, Tom Brady, Phil Simms, Lynn Swann and Emmitt Smith with the Cadillac XLR on Jan. 23, 2003. Given...

01.11.2024 3

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A completely useless dam in Malibu is finally coming down

Most drivers on Malibu Canyon Road pass right by the hulking, useless 100-foot-tall dam without even realizing it’s there. But if they pulled off...

01.11.2024 10

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Why the California parents of a 7-year-old are suing a Kumon tutoring center

The Kumon center in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood.  The parents of a 7-year-old boy are suing a Bay Area location of a popular tutoring...

01.11.2024 3

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School district in wealthiest US ZIP code denies teachers 10% raise

FILE - A car passes by the town of Atherton city limits sign in Atherton, Calif. Teachers from a small district with a school in what may be the...

24.10.2024 20

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Mother killed in suspected road rage crash near Calif. pumpkin patch

A view of downtown Santa Rosa with Highway 101 running through it. A driver was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of causing multiple road...

08.10.2024 5

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Records shatter across Bay Area as heat wave hits day 8

FILE: An aerial view of Pacific Heights looking toward the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. At least 10 places in the Bay Area set record-high...

08.10.2024 40

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Changes finally coming to West Portal intersection where family of 4 was killed

West Portal Station on Oct. 4, 2024.  Several traffic-calming measures are now in effect in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood, where a...

08.10.2024 2

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Dozens of humpbacks spotted in 'feeding frenzy' in Calif. bay

A whale sighting in Monterey Bay on Oct. 2, 2024. More than 65 humpback whales were spotted in a “feeding frenzy” in Monterey Bay on Wednesday. ...

05.10.2024 40

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SFMTA uncovers elaborate scam at SF's Fisherman's Wharf

Hyde Street Pier and Fisherman's Wharf. A popular San Francisco tourist destination was the latest target of a parking scam.  At least five parking...

05.10.2024 30

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SoCal white supremacist gang accused of COVID-19 fraud, violent crimes

FILE: Police tape blocks off a crime scene in California. Alleged members of a Southern California white supremacist street gang were charged with...

04.10.2024 3

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A new Calif. law will likely make it harder for rich kids to get into Stanford

FILE: A view of Hoover Tower at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., June 12, 2024. Writing a big check to a private university in California...

04.10.2024 20

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3 teams forfeit matches with Bay Area college amid transphobic legal mess

People walk past Tower Hall on the San Jose State University campus.  Another university has forfeited a match with San Jose State University’s...

03.10.2024 3

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The best private school in California is in the East Bay, new ranking shows

An aerial view of Downtown Oakland, Calif. An Oakland high school was named one of the best private schools in the country, according to a list...

02.10.2024 20

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California college called tops in US in yet another ranking

FILE: Aerial view of the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, July 20, 2012. UCLA is having quite a moment in the world of university rankings. The Los...

27.09.2024 10

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Popular Bay Area after-school program threatened with abrupt shutdown

The Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County in Pacifica, Calif.  A popular Bay Area after-school program could shut down for good this year...

20.09.2024 3

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Ex-employee defrauds SF company, buys yacht, cars, pet cloning, DOJ alleges

A Williams-Sonoma storefront in San Francisco. A former general manager of an upscale San Francisco-based kitchenware and furniture store is...

20.09.2024 3

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SoCal couple accused of targeting illegal pot shops in violent heist

Fire House, a cannabis shop in Los Angeles. A Southern California couple is accused of organizing a series of violent heists of unlicensed cannabis...

19.09.2024 1

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UC Berkeley alerts students to multiple sexual assaults linked to spiked drinks

An aerial view of UC Berkeley and the city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley on Tuesday alerted students to a number of sexual assaults involving spiked...

19.09.2024 9

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Bay Area teen dies after falling out of truck doing doughnuts in San Jose

Tire marks in a parking lot near Camden Avenue in San Jose.  A Gilroy woman died after falling out of a pickup driven recklessly in San Jose on...

18.09.2024 3

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Only 1 college in the country is better than Stanford, new ranking shows

FILE: A general view of the Stanford University campus on Oct. 2, 2021, in Palo Alto, Calif. A major California university maintained its No. 2...

17.09.2024 1

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One dead after two planes collide midair at airport near Tahoe

FILE: The Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev.  One person died in a mid-air plane collision on Monday morning near Tahoe, officials said.  The...

17.09.2024 10

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SF school district postpones highly anticipated school closures list

A pedestrian walks past a San Francisco Unified School District office building in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The San Francisco Unified...

16.09.2024 1

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Kaiser sells massive Oakland tower to luxury developer for $14M

The Kaiser Permanente office building at 1950 Franklin Street stands above downtown Oakland. A massive Kaiser Permanente tower in Oakland has been...

16.09.2024 3

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A new family-owned restaurant fills major void in SF neighborhood

In one of San Francisco’s “taco deserts,” a new taqueria finally opened last month, drawing in locals who’ve been longing for authentic, flavorful...

15.09.2024 3

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Yosemite backpacker found dead after being reported missing

Kirk Olsen, a 61-year-old man, was reported missing. LATEST Sept. 14, 3:30 p.m. Kirk Olsen, 61, was found dead after going missing on a backpacking...

15.09.2024 40

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SF police shoot man after chase ends in Powell Street BART station

San Francisco police close off Powell Street Station after reports of gunfire, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. LATEST Sept. 13, 5:49 p.m. San Francisco...

14.09.2024 8

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Preliminary magnitude 3.4 earthquake strikes South Bay

An earthquake rattled the South Bay on Friday. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 shook the South Bay on Friday afternoon.  The...

14.09.2024 3

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