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Jokers Pretend to Be Flight Attendants, Bring Beverage Cart on BART

In something akin to a Burning Man performance, a trio of jokers dressed up like flight attendants and pushed a beverage cart through a BART train, with the logo saying BART Air.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Nancy Pelosi Loved the Lady Gaga Show

The Reno gunman's death toll rises to three; a Pleasanton shooting may have stemmed from an accusation of animal abuse; and Nancy Pelosi was seen having a good time at Lady Gaga's Chase Center show.

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Temple SF Owner Buys Historic Oakland Greyhound Site for Event Venue, Housing

The owner of SF’s Temple Nightclub has bought Oakland’s long-vacant Greyhound station. Plans include pop-up events, a rooftop bar, and eventually multifamily housing, years after ravers briefly took over the crumbling Beaux Arts building.

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Gilroy to Host First-Ever Pride Event August 2 After Long Grassroots Effort and City Resistance

After years of organizing and advocacy by local volunteers, Gilroy will hold its first-ever Pride celebration on August 2, featuring folklorico, drag performances, and community resources — a milestone in the conservative South Bay town.

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Field Notes: Possums, Pixies, Plays, and Power Tools

In this week’s Field Notes: A tween skate star, a giant whale sculpture, floating saunas, a community hub in the making, indie legends at the Greek, and kitsch in San Luis Obispo. Plus, opossum rescues, Fringe Fest weirdness, easy hikes, and Jane at SFMOMA.

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Gilroy Garlic Festival Is Now Back, Though Much Smaller And Sold Out (But There's a Livestream!)

Gilroy’s got its groove back, as the famed Gilroy Garlic Festival was resurrected in its reeking glory Friday morning. It’s much smaller than before, and sold out, but it now has a free livestream, and you can try your luck in a small ticket exchange.

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Outside Lands Will Again Be Livestreamed on Amazon Prime and Twitch

As it was last year, Outside Lands 2025 will once again be streamed live by Amazon Music on Prime and Twitch, all three days, starting at 1:30 pm.

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Mission Fried Chicken Joint Hastily Removes Ads From Carlos Santana Mural After Backlash

The cult-hit fried chicken chain Krispy Krunchy Chicken slapped some ads on the Carlos Santana mural at 24th and Mission, but quickly removed them after a community outcry from those who felt these were evil ways.

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First Batch of 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Acts Announced, Includes String Cheese Incident, Reverend Horton Heat

This year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is starting to take shape, and the first line-up of artists just confirmed Wednesday features the String Cheese Incident, Reverend Horton Heat, and Lucinda Williams.

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Yes, the Dead & Company Shows Will Be Livestreamed on Pay-Per-View From Golden Gate Park

There will indeed be a pay-per-view livestream of the sold-out Dead & Company shows August 1-3 at Golden Gate Park, and anyone worldwide can tune in for both the opening acts and the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead performances.

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IKEA-Anchored Shopping Center to Get New Event Space This Fall

Ingka Centres, the mall affiliate of IKEA, just announced the activation of one more of the upper floors of the still half-vacant, six-story shopping center at 945 Market Street.

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Muni Is Truckin’ Grateful Dead-Themed Buses for Next Weekend’s Big Dead & Co. Concerts

Your next Muni vessel might look like an LSD sunshine daydream, as the 7-Haight/Noriega, 5-Fulton, and N-Judah lines now have these psychedelic themed transit vehicles to whisk people to and from Golden Gate Park.

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SF Giants’ Enormous, 28-Pound ‘Therapy Bunny’ Alex Has Died After Bout With Cancer

The delightful four-year-old and way-too-large rabbit Alex who served as the “therapy bunny” for the SF Giants and at SFO airport has reportedly died, after complications from having a cancerous tumor removed.

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Queer SoMa Nightclub Oasis Set to Close After 10 Years, Citing Declining Attendance

In some very sad news for the queer nightlife scene in San Francisco, Oasis, the nightclub co-founded in 2015 by D'Arcy Drollinger and the late Heklina, is planning to shut its doors after New Year's Eve.

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Field Notes: 'Black Spaces' at OCMA, East Bay Skyline Trail Hike, and Tenderloin Museum Turns 10

Local staycation ideas, mahjong nights in a historic church, Black Oakland’s future at OMCA, indie musicians reviving Contra Costa, and SF’s new Disability Cultural Center. Plus, the Tenderloin Museum turns 10, a youth poetry call, and an East Bay trail to explore.

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Now the SF Symphony Is Doing a Dolly Parton Show (Just Without Dolly Parton Present)

Dolly Parton will appear (via video) with the SF Symphony in two weeks, as her new symphonic endeavor “Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs In Symphony” comes to Davies Symphony Hall to celebrate Parton’s staggering 60 years of hitmaking.

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Flower Piano Announces 2025 Schedule and Lineup for This September’s Ten-Day Piano Jam

The endlessly charming and delightful outdoor piano recitals of Flower Piano will return for the event’s ten-year anniversary in September, and the ten-day schedule keys in with highlight performers Jill Tracy, Lavay Smith, and the Glide Ensemble.

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Hong Kong Pop Superstar Jackson Wang Set For Sold-Out Meet-and-Greet at Amoeba Records

Amoeba Music on Haight Street will be mobbed with Asian pop fans Thursday as boy band product Jackson Wang is coming in for a meet-and-greet session. But do not buy a ticket, as any tickets out there are all fakes.

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‘Daily Show’ Star Roy Wood, Jr. Says Willie Brown Crashed His Show Without Ticket, Stole From His Merch Table

Standup comic and cable TV personality Roy Wood Jr just shared a tale of a run-in with former SF Mayor Willie Brown, and says Da Mayor waltzed into one of his shows without paying, and swiped a CD from the merchandise booth.

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KQED Laying Off 15% of Its Staff, Amidst Declining Corporate Contributions and Trump Funding Cuts

Public TV and radio icon KQED was already deep in red ink even before Trump came back to office, but is now laying off at least 45 more employees, as corporate contributions dry up and Trump is likely yanking more of their funding.

Bay Area Sports

Well What Do You Know, Klay Thompson Is Now Dating Megan Thee Stallion

Bring a bucket and a mop, because Splash brother and former Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson is apparently having a Hot Girl Summer of romantic involvement with rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and the TMZ brigade is all over it.

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The Roxie Theater Has Finalized the Permanent Purchase of Its Own Building

The 113-year-old Roxie Theater might just last another 113 years, as they’ve closed the sale to permanently buy and own their theater building, and there even are plans afoot to serve wine and movie-themed cocktails from the adjacent Dalva.

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Apple TV+ Dominates With Most-Nominated Comedy and Drama Among 2025 Emmy Nods

HBO Max may still be vying with Netflix for overall dominance at the Emmy Awards, but Apple's streaming service marked a banner year for Emmy nominations Tuesday, boasting both the most-nominated comedy, 'The Studio,' and the most-nominated drama, 'Severance.'

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Now Someone’s Written a Children’s Book About SF’s Famed Bob’s Donuts

SF donut shop institution Bob’s Donuts has been further immortalized as the subject of the new children’s book ‘Bob's Donuts for Breakfast,’ which tells the tale of an intrepid dog and squirrel who are trying to get themselves some donuts.

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SF’s Three-Legged Dog Picnic Returns, This Time With Doggie Fashion Show Complete With Red Carpet, and We Have Photos

What seems to be the world’s largest annual three-legged dog meetup returned Sunday and turned the Marina Green into the Em-bark-adero, and we’ve got pup-arazzi pics and video of these resilient dogs.