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Mission District Shooting Leaves One Man In Critical Condition

A Tuesday night shooting in the Mission District has left a 26-year-old man with grave injuries, and the circumstances surrounding it remain unknown.

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Humpday Headlines: Superbloom Draws Insta-Crowds Near Sacramento

A report by Oakland's city auditor finds that they're unprepared to deal with the encampment crisis, a fire broke out in a downtown SF high-rise Tuesday night, and Sonoma has declared a drought emergency.

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Day Around the Bay: Schwarzenegger Wants Lots of People to Run In Recall

The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds over the school's long-range development plans, a San Jose trans woman and popular performer was killed on Friday and her fans are in mourning, and far-right influencers are flocking to Twitch.

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California Has Had 1,380 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Since January

As better news arrives about mask mandates and such, we get other news that California has recorded 1,379 cases of COVID among people who are considered fully vaccinated, underscoring the need for ongoing caution.

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SF Supervisors Call For Hearings Into Gas Line Dangers With Soft-Story Retrofit Projects Citywide

Some building inspectors have reportedly been sounding alarm bells for years about an issue that is likely not familiar to most San Franciscans, but one that could become the central oversight blamed in a future disaster.

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands Daily Lineups Announced, Single-Day Tix On Sale Thursday

This year's Halloween edition of Outside Lands (brrr!) is forging ahead with single-day ticket sales and assuming that the state and city of SF are going to allow big outdoor festivals by then (they still haven't committed to doing so), we have the daily lineups now.

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San Francisco Likely Has Just One More Week In 'Orange' Tier

The state released its updated metrics for the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties look poised to move into "Yellow" status by next week, along with one other Bay Area county.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Cut Back Drinking for a While After Being Vaccinated, Some Experts Say

The medical advice about drinking alcohol after getting a vaccine shot has been mixed so far, with the general advice seeming to be "don't overdo it." But some experts have cautioned that heavy drinking may seriously inhibit your immune reponse in the weeks after your shots.

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CDC Updates Mask Rules for the Vaccinated; San Francisco Rules TBA

On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance on wearing face masks outdoors, and on the rules for the fully vaccinated — essentially endorsing what many of us have already been doing after our second shots.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: SFO Begins Runway Work That Will Spur Delays

SFO began repaving work on one of its runways today that will cause domestic delays for 4 months, the East Bay may soon be talking about water-use restrictions, and Stanford students continue protesting athletics cuts.

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SF Man With Alleged Domestic Violence History Charged In Killing of Infant In His Care

A suspect with a history of prior arrests for domestic incidents has been arrested and charged in the April 20 death of a 7-month-old boy in San Francisco who had been left in his care.

SF Politics

SF Mayor London Breed Names City Attorney Dennis Herrera to Lead Public Utilities Commission

After a scandal-plagued year at City Hall, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is going with a familiar name and face for her nomination for the next general manager of the SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC): City Attorney Dennis Herrera.

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Highway 1 Washout Repaired, Road Reopens Months Early

The roadwork is complete in record time and Gov. Gavin Newsom was on hand for the reopening of Highway 1 today in Big Sur.

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Two-Thirds of San Franciscans Now Have At Least One COVID Vaccine Shot In Them

As of Thursday, a full two-thirds of the city (67%) has received at least one shot in the arm of a two-dose vaccine, and 40% are fully vaccinated. Appointments at the Moscone Center are also readily available right now for next week.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

SF Restaurants Are Scaling Back Takeout Offerings As Demand Slips

The great takeout boom of 2020 and early 2021 looks to be headed for a bust as more SF restaurants restart indoor dining and prepare to eventually get back to something like normal.

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Stinson Beach Residents Are Being Told They'll Need to Sacrifice Their Property to Rising Seas — And They're Not Happy

Some homeowners in the lower-lying areas of Stinson Beach could be the target of what the California Coastal Commission refers to as "managed retreat," which means they're in a zone where they will either need to move or abandon their homes as sea levels rise.

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Tenderloin Police Seized Four Times as Much Fentanyl From the Streets In 2020 As In 2019

You may have heard this grim statistic already: 713 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020, mostly from fentanyl, and that's nearly triple the number of people who died from COVID here last year.

SF Politics

Caitlyn Jenner Makes Run For Governor Official Even Though Newsom Isn't Getting Recalled

Once again proving that bored rich people who are used to being on TV don't like not being on TV for too long and will do anything to get back on TV, Caitlyn Jenner has officially declared her candidacy for California Governor.

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Urban Carpool Lanes Coming to Lombard, Park Presidio In SFMTA Pilot Program

San Francisco is getting the first ever urban carpool lanes in California on two busy stretches of roadway that lead to and from the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Friday Morning Constitutional: Rise In 'Ghost Guns' Seen On SF Streets

6,500 PG&E customers lost power in SF last night, Danville police officer Andrew Hall turned himself in to face charges in a 2018 shooting, and the Oakland Coliseum vaccination site is temporarily switching to drive-up only.

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Day Around the Bay: UC and CSU Planning to Require Vaccines

Embattled school board member Alison Collins gets called out about apartment merger, a father and son were gravely injured by a possible DUI driver in Novato, and the Warriors are reopening the Chase Center in a "new normal" of protocols.

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Multiple 30-Story Towers In SoMa Are Set to Bring Almost 1,400 New Residential Units to the Neighborhood

Several tall residential towers are in planning and pre-construction stages in central SoMa, and together they'll be bringing almost 1,400 new residential units to San Francisco — because contrary to many headlines of the past year, developers still think people are going to want to live here.

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Shots Fired at 18th and Castro Following Gathering

An altercation in the Castro Wednesday night led to a gunshot ringing out, alarming neighbors and people out on the otherwise quiet night.

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Lombard Street Sucks Right Now Because of Caltrans Paving Work — Don't Use It

Getting to or coming from the Golden Gate Bridge became a royal pain in the ass during daytime hours this week as Caltrans started its paving work on the section of Lombard Street between 101 and Van Ness. You should avoid this route at all costs.

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No Charges Filed In Oakland Liquor Store Shooting That Led to Deadly Arson

A fatal shooting in East Oakland on April 10 led to a cascade of retaliatory events, including an arson fire that killed a man and his baby daughter. And now, the man who turned himself in for the shooting is not being charged.