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Let Trump’s victory end liberal America’s naiveté

Supporters attend an election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday morning in West Palm Beach, Fla.  Did...

06.11.2024 9

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A pro-Harris ad reminds women that their votes are secret — and right wing media is furious

A woman votes on Election Day at Fire Station No. 4 in Berkeley in 2016. Elizabeth Aviles and Benjamin Kaplan mark their ballots on Election Day at...

04.11.2024 4

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Sonoma’s ‘factory farm’ ban is flawed. But it could start an important conversation on how we treat animals

An employee works the egg processing machine at Sunrise Farms in Petaluma on Aug. 22. The farm is one of a group that is at risk of shutting down if...

03.11.2024 30

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Mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin is campaigning with food. Are his recipes any good?

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin cooks the recipe Strange Flavor Eggplant at his home in San Francisco on Sunday. Peskin, who is running for...

21.10.2024 30

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Will Prop 36’s tough-on-crime approach really improve safety for AAPI community?

San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey joins a rally in March protesting the sentencing of Daniel Cauich to probation for stabbing 94-year-old Ahn Peng...

19.10.2024 6

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Project 2025’s climate change denialism will literally doom the planet

Tanner Flynn stands in shallow water near crashing waves as Hurricane Helene passes offshore on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Were “Project...

27.09.2024 30

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They were honored by the Obamas. Now, insiders say one of the Bay Area’s most famous nonprofits is in ‘pure chaos’

A garden volunteer hauls compost to the bins at the Edible Schoolyard Community Farm in Stockton on July 12. Every Wednesday, cars full of families...

21.09.2024 10

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Gay rodeos in this small North Bay town are more than pink hats and pants-less chaps

David Lawson competes in the barrel race at the Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo & Festival in Duncan Mills on Sunday. Attendees watch Best Buck in the Bay...

20.09.2024 5

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Maybe being a childless dog owner is selfish. But is it really destroying America?

Honey relaxes at home. One thing Soleil Ho didn’t anticipate about having a dog was how canine chauvinism constantly threatens to take over your...

13.09.2024 6

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Why did a major S.F. tech conference just host a panel about making more babies?

A sparse audience listens to a panel on fertility at the Reboot 2024: The New Reality tech conference in San Francisco on Thursday. Some attendees of...

10.09.2024 10

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‘Joy’ is the centerpiece of Harris’ campaign. But we need substance with our sugar, too

Jane Williams, from South Fulton, Ga., cheers during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20. At the end of his remarks at last...

30.08.2024 10

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How San Francisco’s bureaucracy is condemning its night markets to mediocre food

A crowd gathers for the Chinatown Night Market in April. San Francisco’s night markets are well-attended but fees and paperwork make it harder for...

25.08.2024 10

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I took a trip to Trump country. It was more bleak than I could have imagined

A bull runs amok at Boone County Fair rodeo in Belvidere, Ill., on Aug. 9 Two 4-H members show off their baby goats at the Boone County Fair in...

18.08.2024 70

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Gender policing at the Olympics should worry everyone

Imane Khelif of Algeria celebrates her victory against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in a women's 66kg quarterfinal Olympics bout Friday in Paris. ...

07.08.2024 4

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Why ‘weird’ is working wonders for the Democrats

Former San Pablo Mayor Rich Kinney, center, leads a group singing “God Bless America” in June during a rally in support of Donald Trump before a...

31.07.2024 8

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I asked six S.F. restaurants to justify their service fees. Most didn’t even want to talk

 After restaurant service fees were fully legalized earlier this month, Flea Street Cafe owner Jesse Cool sent customers an email with a breakdown of...

25.07.2024 6

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Can your phone make you a better person? I downloaded dozens of apps to find out

Soleil Ho is on a months-long journey toward better living through the wide world of self-help apps.  In the morning when I first grab my phone from...

13.07.2024 4

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The real reason you should be pissed about California restaurant surcharges

The receipt with a 6% SF Mandates surcharge at the Cavalier on Sept. 21, 2018, in San Francisco. In October, California approved a first-in-the-nation...

06.07.2024 10

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‘It’s terrorism’: A NIMBY battle is tearing apart this quaint Bay Area town

Opponents of the Field Semester project in Port Costa post a sign outside a downtown residence. It takes about two minutes to drive from one end of...

30.06.2024 5

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America has loads of Italian restaurants. But here’s what Italy has that we’re still missing

19.06.2024 10

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There’s a right way to cancel a restaurant reservation — and a very wrong way

Co-owner Laura Ozyilmaz works in the kitchen at Dalida. The restaurant has about 10 no-shows a night, which wastes staff time and resources. It’s 9...

09.06.2024 50

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I love San Francisco but had to leave. Why? The same reason most people do

The Painted Ladies serve as a foreground to the San Francisco skyline, a view of the city that never gets old. Rents in Berkeley are cheaper, and the...

04.06.2024 20

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Even the gardening world is now ensnared in San Francisco’s culture war over homelessness

A metal planter is placed on Harrison Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. A group of residents raised more than $25,000 last year to install...

29.05.2024 30

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Having trouble making friends in the Bay Area? This ‘cult’ wants to help

18.05.2024 50

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This S.F. restaurant has thrived for years without tips or surcharges. Here’s how they do it

13.05.2024 50

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Obituaries for normal people matter, too. Here’s how I learned to write one

Grave markers, like those at Golden Hill Memorial Park in Colma, aren’t known for their descriptiveness. It’s the obituary that gets the true last...

27.04.2024 10

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California’s fast food workers have new protections but most have no idea of their rights

Fast food workers in San Jose demonstrate in favor of an ordinance mandating that employers provide annual “know your rights” training. After 17...

09.04.2024 8

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Why the entire country is still talking about a UC Berkeley professor’s toxic dating advice

UC Berkeley computer science professor Jonathan Shewchuk ignited a nationwide controversy after advising a student to “get out of the Bay Area” if...

28.03.2024 7

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Bullfrogs are a delicacy at Chinese restaurants. Environmentalists say they're a 'plague.' Will California ban them?

When the Gold Rush hit California in the mid-19th century, miners swarmed over its hills like humanoid locusts, shearing the land of its vegetation in...

16.03.2024 10

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Restaurant ‘service fees’ are aggravating diners all over the Bay Area. Help could be on the way

A receipt from the Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park explains how the service charge will be shared with the staff. In most places, restaurants do not...

13.03.2024 20

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While S.F.’s Union Square struggles, a ‘rat hole’ in Chicago is drawing tourists from around the world

Visitors to Chicago’s rat hole put coins and a vape cartridge into it. The hole has existed for decades and is one of 2024’s first cultural...

08.03.2024 6

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The bullying and death of an Oklahoma nonbinary student just showed us who really isn’t safe in school

Nex Benedict died the day after being attacked and beaten in a high school bathroom in Owasso, Okla. Last week, a family buried their nonbinary child,...

22.02.2024 30

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What would happen if government took over the gig economy?

Instacart shopper Courtney Fox stands in the checkout line at a Safeway in Palo Alto with groceries for three separate orders. A few months ago, I was...

30.01.2024 20

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Want to help farmworkers a year after the Half Moon Bay massacre? Feed them

23.01.2024 6

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The end of San Francisco’s parklet era is upon us

Restaurant and bar owners trying to adhere to new permitting rules for parklets are living a bureaucratic nightmare. On a recent Friday night, my...

20.01.2024 10

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This celebrated restaurant is barely making it. Here’s why S.F. has made it so hard just to stay open

On the December day I stopped at Azalina Eusope’s 6-month-old restaurant in the Tenderloin, she’d just been granted Eater’s “Chef of the...

13.01.2024 20

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Why San Francisco’s Israel cease-fire resolution matters

Hundreds of people march in protest for a “Free Palestine" in downtown San Francisco on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Organizers called for a...

09.01.2024 8

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Chino Yang rapped about the frustrations of being ignored, and we’re doing it again

A screenshot from rapper Andy “Chino” Yang’s video for his track, “San Francisco Our Home,” which has been denounced by some local leaders...

04.01.2024 4

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2023 was a hell of a decade

29.12.2023 30

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What the dullest billboard in S.F. tells us about the future of the Bay Area

Design agency Collins created Intercom’s simple billboards as a thought experiment on clarity and sincerity. Every time someone flies in to visit me...

24.12.2023 10

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Is the Castro still an LGBTQ safe haven?

16.12.2023 20

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84% of Americans are worried about the economy. So why do we keep buying things?

Black Friday shoppers enter Macy’s on Union Square in San Francisco on Nov. 24. Retail experts foresee decent sales growth for luxury goods, toys...

13.12.2023 7

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They thought they were painting murals to boost S.F. civic pride. Were they used as political pawns?

Messy Beck’s mural for the “It All Starts Here” campaign is put on display in October during a Community Mural Day at the Crossing at East Cut...

07.12.2023 10

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