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Tip-off led to Australian woman's 44-pound SFO meth bust, DA says

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Star-studded Oakland film finally coming to theaters

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Barry Bonds is now putting up mind-bending stats outside of baseball

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SF’s most popular doughnut shop announces opening date for new digs

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Bay Area university helps rock legend unretire from touring

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The story behind San Francisco's bizarre, stomach-flipping hairpin turn

The story behind San Francisco's bizarre, stomach-flipping hairpin turn
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Celebrated Bay Area TV news anchor dies at 81

Celebrated Bay Area TV news anchor dies at 81
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Berkeley grad learns of Grammy win while delivering packages for Amazon

Berkeley grad learns of Grammy win while delivering packages for Amazon
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California mountain biking destination turns deadly for Napa man

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'Dozens of live cockroaches': Restaurant in SF's North Beach forced to close

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California woman arrested after 27 dead horses found on her property

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Former 'tech bro' staple closes SF's Jackson Square store

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Bay Area actor scores surprise Oscar nomination

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'Nobody really attends': Thousands come to SF for a conference, ignore sessions

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Here's where the Moss Landing fire smoke will be worst

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California park closed after mountain lion shot with dog in its mouth

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Bay Area founder of famed tech tool pledges to give away half his money

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15 years later, a Zuckerberg clip from 'The Social Network' goes viral

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USA Today declares San Francisco eatery among best new restaurants in US

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LA's deadly fires have displaced thousands. Where will they go?

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An elusive California mammal has just been photographed alive for the first time

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Zendaya gets engaged to Marvel web-slinger

FILE: Zendaya attends the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 5, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif. As a fictional tennis...

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Canada's Trudeau announces resignation after nearly a decade as prime minister

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power, bowing to rising discontent...

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Golden Globe winner shouts out SF comedy club in acceptance speech

Ali Wong during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. In an interview over hot...

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Most people are failing new SF Muni strategy game

A map of the Muni metro lines.  If you’re one of the tens of millions of people who play Wordle daily, or if you’re one of the I don’t know how...

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LA vegan chain, blasted for adding meat to menu, abruptly closes all locations

A falafel bowl at Sage Regenerative Kitchen in Los Angeles.  A storied Los Angeles vegan restaurant is set to close all of its remaining locations...

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107 women accuse former California doctor of sexual misconduct

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. LOS ANGELES — More than 100 women have filed a new lawsuit against...

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11-year-old flips minivan after recklessly driving in Northern California

A minivan that overturned in Butte County on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. An 11-year-old allegedly drove recklessly through a Northern California...

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Hannah Kobayashi speaks out after monthlong disappearance

Hannah Kobayashi has returned to the United States after a monthlong disappearance.  Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi, 30, is back in the United...

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Turns out everyone in SF didn't need to throw away their black spatulas

A viral study about black plastic kitchen utensils contained a mathematical error. Did you read that black spatulas were poisoning you and everyone...

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'Very hard decision': Popular Bay Area bakery to close after nearly 10 years

Firebrand Artisan Bakery will shutter its Oakland location after nearly 10 years in operation.  After nearly 10 years of baking crusty loaves of...

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This Bay Area festival is a 1800s Disneyland

FILE: Christopher Owens of Girls performs onstage at All Tomorrow’s Parties New York Festival 2010 Day 3 at Kutsher’s Country Club on Sept. 5,...

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This hike in a California national park takes you to a crashed CIA spy plane

Hikers can still visit the wreck of the Albatross, though there is no official trail to the site.  On a cold, dark night in January 1952, a...

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Bay Area castle-like mansion filled with Prohibition lore hits market

In Berkeley’s Claremont Hills neighborhood, a historic 1900s castle-like mansion located at 7361 Claremont Ave. has hit the market for $2.2M....

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The Manson Family lawyer next door

As a kid growing up in the sleepy suburbs of Sacramento’s Arden Arcade neighborhood in the mid-1970s, Donald Moulds never noticed the burglar alarm...

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Here are the best photos from SF SantaCon 2024

San Francisco’s Union Square jolted to life Saturday when Santa Clauses flooded the neighborhood around noon, attempting to stay dry between...

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California DMV apologizes for license plate that mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel

A California DMV office in Fullerton, California in 2020. The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued an apology for an "unacceptable and...

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Dangerous Hawaii river lures visitors to their deaths

One of the deadliest places on the island of Hawaii is also a state park. The Wailuku River State Park in Hilo includes the state’s second longest...

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This 138-year-old Calif. diner has served presidents and stars like Clark Gable

On a recent early Sunday afternoon, things at the Original Saugus Cafe looked just about the same as they would at any greasy spoon. Families...

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US airline passenger numbers hit a new daily record

FILE: A Frontier Airlines flight taxing to the runway for takeoff at San Francisco International Airport in September 2012. In this week’s air...

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Buster Posey delivers: Top free agent SS Willy Adames agrees to join SF Giants

Willy Adames of the Milwaukee Brewers throws to first base at Oracle Park on Sept. 11, 2024, in San Francisco.  It didn’t take long for new San...

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Annual event that brings $8M to SF downtown returns with trippy visuals, block party

Something strange is happening to downtown San Francisco. In an alley off Market Street, larger-than-life flowers sprout on the sides of a...

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Lawsuit: SF's House of Prime Rib discouraged breaks, denied off-site meals

FILE: A former House of Prime Rib employee has filed a lawsuit against the famed San Francisco steakhouse on allegations of unpaid wages.  A former...

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Dear Spotify, nobody asked for this

Spotify Wrapped 2024 features a personalized AI-generated podcast. Can we finally admit Spotify Wrapped is not that fun? Even when it doesn’t...

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Once-endangered species to soon roam free at Bay Area national park

FILE: A sign for the Tule Elk Reserve in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.  After years of scrutiny from conservationists and community...

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Massive concert announced for SF's Golden Gate Park

FILE: Zach Bryan performs during the Quittin Time tour at Nissan Stadium on June 29, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. If Outside Lands is the San...

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Where do the pardoned turkeys go? For years, it was Disneyland.

“Keep calm and gobble on,” President Joe Biden told turkeys Peach and Blossom on Monday, as he pardoned the birds on the South Lawn of the White...

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The most common requests for new Calif. state parks

A sunset at Pacheco State Park in Hollister, Calif., on June 15, 2019. When it comes to California’s state parks, everyone has an opinion. That’s...

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Hawaii wants visitors to stop disrespecting Kealakekua Bay

Twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, the brilliant blue water of Kealakekua Bay is popular with visitors who want to...

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The furtive, heartbreaking party that San Francisco forgot

On a November night in 1984, nearly 200 people flocked to San Francisco’s Mission District to laugh, eat and, at opportune moments, to reflect on...

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