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Friday Morning Constitutional: Mayor London Breed Seen Maskless At Club

Mayor London Breed was out with friends at the Black Cat on Thursday night (maskless), Contra Costa County is likely to begin requiring vaccines for all school kids 12 and up, and VTA light rail service comes back in full in San Jose.

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Day Around the Bay: Newsom Signs Housing Density Bills

PG&E bills are likely to go up soon as the company struggles to pay for wildfires it's caused, Newsom signed a pair of housing density bills that came out of Wiener's SB50, and the former Holiday Inn on 8th Street in SoMa will get some micro-unit housing.

SF Politics

California Secretary of State Has Had It With All This Recall Nonsense

After spending $276 million on a recall attempt that accomplished nothing, the state's top elections official, Shirley Weber, is on a rhetorical warpath urging the legislature to change the lopsided rules.

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Mayor and Board of Supervisors Compete to Punish SF Dept. of Building Inspection

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors did some grilling of the acting head of the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) on Tuesday, and Mayor London Breed followed up on Monday with her own executive order demanding changes to the department and its permit tracking system.

Arts & Entertainment

Metallica Doing 'Secret' Show at The Independent Thursday Night

Bay Area legends Metallica are doing a "secret" show today at The Independent, and as of just before 3 p.m. the line was apparently not too bad.

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Defense Attorneys Press Biden Administration to Drop Gun Charges Against Jose Ines Garcia Zarate

The undocumented man whose alleged "momentary possession" of a loaded firearm resulted in the 2015 death of Kate Steinle on a pier in San Francisco remains behind bars on federal gun charges, and two of the public defenders who represented him in court say it's about time he's let out.

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As the Colony Fire Approaches Giant Forest, Sequoias Are Wrapped In Foil

The trunks of giant sequoia trees in Sequoia National Forest are being wrapped in aluminum foil insulation today to help protect them from the oncoming flames of the Colony Fire, which continues burning in the direction of Giant Forest.

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North Bay to See Much-Needed Rainfall This Weekend

Fire season is far from over, but a sprinkling of rain Saturday night into Sunday will do a little good for the North Bay.

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Hundreds In South Lake Tahoe Give Heroes' Sendoff to Caldor Fire Firefighters

With the Caldor Fire now 71% contained and the city of South Lake Tahoe deemed safe to return to, some firefighters were packing up to leave town in recent days, and a large group of city residents gathered to cheer for them on Tuesday.

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Thursday Morning What's Up: Water Main Break Floods Crocker-Amazon

A water main break on Wednesday flooded part of the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood, an autopsy reveals that a death in Berkeley was from a hit-and-run, and the Chase Center hosted its first full-capacity event in 18 months: a Tame Impala show.

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Day Around the Bay: Two Men Swept Out to Sea In Santa Cruz In Past Three Days

Two men have died after being swept out to sea from Santa Cruz beaches in the past three days, BART may step up enforcement on pets after Monday's tragic death, and Newsom continued his victory lap in Oakland today.

Business & Tech

After Suing Uber, Google’s Waymo Is Now Subleasing Office Space from Uber

The COVID-era corporate subleasing craze has paired some strange bedfellows, as the self-driving car company Waymo is leasing empty office space from Uber, whom they had previously tried to sue into oblivion.

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Northern Sonoma County to Get Another Tribal Casino

Members of the Koi Nation, a tribe now federally recognized as part of the southeastern Pomo people of Sonoma County, are planning to build a $600 million hotel and casino in an unincorporated part of the county north of Santa Rosa.

SF Politics

Caitlyn Jenner's Celebrity Got Her 1% of the Vote, and She Says She 'Can't Believe' So Many People Voted Against the Recall

It's worth noting that for all her wealth and fame, Caitlyn could only garner 1% of the vote in a statewide contest in which some 5 million people voted on replacements for Gavin Newsom.

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NXIVM Sex Cult Defendant Allison Mack Checks In For Three-Year Stay at Dublin Correctional Facility for Women

Following on the heels of other celebrity inmates in recent years, former "Smallville" actress Allison Mack will be doing her jail time in the East Bay following her conviction in the creepy NXIVM sex cult case.

Bay Area Sports

49ers Remain Committed to Youth and Giving Back to the Community After 75 Years In the Bay Area

As the first major sports franchise established in San Francisco, the 49ers have made the Bay Area home for the past 75 years. However, this commitment stretches beyond a connection to the physical location, as the franchise has been equally committed to empowering the communities that support them.

Arts & Entertainment

More Single-Day and 3-Day Tickets for Outside Lands Go On Sale Thursday

Organizers of Outside Lands are doing a limited ticket release on Thursday morning for all those of you who never bought tickets when you had the chance — and weren't holding 2020 tickets that you never got to use.

SF Politics

78% of Bay Area Voted 'No' In Recall

A vast majority of Bay Area residents voted against the recall on Tuesday, and we cast 27% of the total "No" votes in the state, and counting.

SF Politics

Right-Wing Loon Larry Elder Had Over 45% of Recall Vote, Which Means He'll Probably Run Against Newsom In 2022

Elder's wide lead in this election means the GOP will have a Trumpian mess on its hands when it tries to float some other more moderate candidate to run against Newsom next year.

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Humpday Headlines: How Many Points Did Newsom Prevail By?

The CHP is seeking help finding a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian on 101 in SF, two landlords in Oakland are being made to pay $3.9M to the city, and the recall election results were even better than expected for Newsom.

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Day Around the Bay: ACLU Sues East Bay School District Over Special Ed

A total of 8.7 million Californians returned mail-in ballots before election day, SF has ordered a halt until further notice on the Millennium Tower fix, and the ACLU is suing the Pittsburg Unified School District over its treatment of disabled students of color.

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California Becomes One of Only Three States to Exit the CDC's Worst Category for COVID Transmission

In this summer's Delta variant surge, California has succeeded in being one of just three states to no longer be in the "high" transmission category for COVID-19, along with Vermont and Connecticut.

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Dandelion Chocolate Union Vote Wins By One Vote, But Many Union Voters Since Laid Off

The artisan chocolatier’s unionization vote passed in a 20-19 squeaker, but does it matter, since half of the ‘Yes’ voters have since been shown the door?

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Mills College-Northeastern University Merger Approved By Mills Board; Merger to Take Effect Next July

Oakland's historic Mills College will live on as Mills College at Northeastern University, and a vote by the Mills College Board of Trustees solidified the merger with the Boston-based university on Tuesday morning.

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Lightning-Caused Fires Threaten California's Giant Sequoias In Two National Parks

Two wildfires are threatening two national parks in central California that are home to the biggest trees on the planet, giant sequoias. Sequoia National Park was shut down Monday and its staff evacuated due to the approaching KNP Complex fires — known separately as the Colony and Paradise fires.

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