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Bay Area Braces for Quadruple Threat: Rain, Wind, Surf and King Tides
A storm hitting Northern California will bring heavy rain, strong winds and high surf into the weekend — and combined with king tides, forecasters are warning of potential flooding.

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San Francisco Names Street for Photographer Who Captured Iconic Iwo Jima Photo
Four men in military uniforms, their faces obscured, struggle atop piles of shrapnel together to raise an American flag.
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SF Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie Taps Former Giants Executive to Lead Staff
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Shooting Meteors and Shining Planets: 6 Space Events to Look For This Winter
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San Francisco Zoo Closes Aviaries After Bird Flu Is Found in Dead Wild Hawk
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Advocates Fear Trump Could Cut Homelessness Funding Just as It's Making a Difference
Shooting Meteors and Shining Planets: 6 Space Events to Look For This Winter
California Investigates Possible Marin County Bird Flu Case Amid Raw Milk Recalls
Polluted Communities Hold Their Breath as Companies Struggle With California’s Diesel Truck Ban
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San Francisco Names Street for Photographer Who Captured Iconic Iwo Jima Photo
Four men in military uniforms, their faces obscured, struggle atop piles of shrapnel together to raise an American flag.
10 Biographies and Memoirs for the Nonfiction Reader in Your Life
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100 Cultural Moments That’ve Shaped the Bay Area This Century (So Far)
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Housing Affordability

San Francisco Wants to Make It Cheaper for Developers to Build Housing Downtown

For decades, the city zoned its downtown exclusively for office space. Now, with an empty downtown, it’s trying to learn its lesson and replace that vacant space with housing.
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Letting Go of San Francisco

After decades of clinging to the city, a San Francisco street rat moves to the suburbs.

Berkeley Wants to Create a Cultural District Where Artists Can Afford to Live

Eight years after Oakland’s deadly Ghost Ship fire shed light on the lack of artist housing, Berkeley could make way for more affordable places to live.

More California Cities Are Banning Landlords From Using AI Software to Raise Rents

California and federal prosecutors say RealPage software makes renters "pay inflated prices” as San Jose seeks to follow San Francisco's lead in banning the software.

Immigration

ICE Plans New Detention Center Near San Francisco. Can California Stop It?

A possible migrant detention facility within two hours of San Francisco has some lawmakers concerned.
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How Trump’s Plan for “Mass Deportations” Could Play Out

California Is a Sanctuary State. How Much Will That Protect Immigrants From Trump's Deportation Plans?

California is a so-called 'sanctuary state,' and San Francisco declared itself a 'sanctuary city' following the 2016 presidential election. So, what could we expect under the second Trump presidency?

'What's Going to Happen to My Kids?': California Prepares to Resist Trump Deportations

California is readying legal challenges to reaffirm a 'sanctuary state' law to thwart a second Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.

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Four men in military uniforms, their faces obscured, struggle atop piles of shrapnel together to raise an American flag.

San Francisco Names Street for Photographer Who Captured Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

Pulitzer Prize-winner Joe Rosenthal was a photographer at The Associated Press and SF Chronicle until his retirement in 1981.

Bay Area Braces for Quadruple Threat: Rain, Wind, Surf and King Tides

A storm hitting Northern California will bring heavy rain, strong winds and high surf into the weekend — and combined with king tides, forecasters are warning of potential flooding.

SF Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie Taps Former Giants Executive to Lead Staff

San Francisco’s incoming mayor announced three top appointments just after unveiling his plans to change up the governance structure of the mayor’s office.

Shooting Meteors and Shining Planets: 6 Space Events to Look For This Winter

As winter approaches, we look at how seasons change, when the Earth will be closest to the sun, and other space events to look forward to this December and January.

San Francisco Zoo Closes Aviaries After Bird Flu Is Found in Dead Wild Hawk

The hawk, a wild bird that lived on the SF Zoo grounds, was found dead last month. None of the zoo’s birds have tested positive for avian influenza so far.

Advocates Fear Trump Could Cut Homelessness Funding Just as It's Making a Difference

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.
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YBCA Announces a New CEO After a Year of Protests and Staff Departures

Mari Robles, former executive director of Headlands Center for the Arts, will start on Jan. 6, 2025.

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