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13 Antioch Police Officers Fired or Resigned As Racist Text Scandal Fallout Continues

A number of Antioch Police Department officers are facing federal charges over racist texts and violent behavior on the job, and the city just cleaned house of many of them, with a total of 13 officers either being fired or resigning because the hammer was about to come down on them.

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New State Bill Would Ban Legacy Admissions at California Universities

A big blow to kids who hoped their family connections would get them into a prestigious college could be coming as one of Assemblymember Phil Ting’s last bills on his way out of office would ban legacy admissions at universities statewide.

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Day Around the Bay: Muni Strike Averted, Operators Agree to New Contract

A Visitacion Valley park is being renamed for an 89-year-old woman who was killed there; former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf has some skeletons in her political closet coming back to haunt her; and the potential Muni strike has been averted as the union just approved a new contract for operators.

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Victim In Brutal Alleged SF Firefighter-On-Firefighter Attack Speaks Out, Story Even Crazier Than We Realized

We’ve heard rumors for two years about an alleged wrench-beating laid on an Asian firefighter in SF by one of his colleagues, but the victim is now speaking out, and the tale involves an apparent department cover-up, a 75 MPH car chase, and the wrong guy getting fired.

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Cops Bust Mission District Van Packed With Cocaine, Magic Mushrooms, $600,000 in Cash

Is it a good idea to have three kilos of cocaine and 600 grand in cash sitting in your van at 17th and Shotwell streets? Probably not, and two people learned that the hard way in a recent Mission District drug bust.

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Supervisors Up In Arms Over Breed’s Massive Budget Cuts to Community Ambassador Program

Those bright neon yellow- and green-jacketed street ambassadors are on the chopping block in Mayor Breed’s new proposed budget, as she’s calling to phase them out by 2026 to save a few dollars, but supervisors are furious because they think that program really works.

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That Whole Foods Planned for the Geary and Masonic Best Buy Space Is Now in Limbo, Might Not Be Happening

The nearly seven-year saga of a Whole Foods trying to move into the long-vacant Best Buy at Anza Vista’s City Center plaza could be ending with a fizzle, as the Amazon-owned grocery chain themselves appears to be pulling the plug on the project.

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Day Around the Bay: Yet Another Boeing Plane Has Mid-Air Mechanical Problems Flying Into Oakland

Looks like more layoffs are coming at Twitter/X; the California legislature is poised to pass what they know is a completely bogus budget; and more Boeing airplane trouble as a plane did an inadvertent “Dutch roll” flying into Oakland

SF Politics

Mark Farrell Wants to Be Called ‘Small Business Owner’ on Ballot, Though His Company Has $100 Million

Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell just filed his paperwork to run for mayor on the November ballot, and curiously asks to be called “Small Business Owner” even though his venture capital firm has $100 million to throw around.

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More Details Emerge on CEO’s Lavish Spending That’s Imperiled Aquarium by the Bay, Feds Now Investigating

Former employees are spilling the beans on the extravagant spending and head-scratching decision-making by now-fired Bay.org CEO George Jacob. He’s hired former SF supervisor Angela Alioto as his attorney, but that may be little help as the feds are reportedly sniffing around.

SF Politics

In First SF Mayoral Debate, Crowd’s Jeers are More Memorable Than Candidates’ Performances

All five major candidates for San Francisco mayor faced off Wednesday night in their first proper debate of this year’s mayoral race. All stuck tightly to their pretty wonky scripts, but the crowd let loose on the candidates (and the moderators) with booing and heckling.

Arts & Entertainment

Church of 8 Wheels Taking Over a Warehouse Near the Golden Gate Bridge In July for Inaugural ‘Skate Week’

A 20,000-square-foot warehouse near the Golden Gate Bridge will be transformed into a gigantic disco roller rink for the Church of 8 Wheels’ first-ever Skate Week in July, and wait ‘til you see the faux stained-glass windows they’ll be decorating the place with.

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SFPD Says New License Plate Readers Have Already Nabbed Numerous Carjacking, Sexual Assault Suspects

Some 100 of the eventual 400 law-endorsement license-plate readers coming to San Francisco are already up and running, and SFPD says they're making arrests on the daily with the data these are bringing in.

Arts & Entertainment

Sony Just Bought the Alamo Drafthouse Theater Chain, Including the SF Location

Sony Pictures Entertainment just bought up all 35 locations of the boozy and boutique movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse, including the New Mission theater on Mission Street, after the chain had previously declared bankruptcy in 2021.

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Yet Another COVID Uptick Hitting California, and the Bay Area Is Seeing the Worst of It

The dread “two red line” COVID test results are showing up at rates we haven’t seen since January, as the new FLiRT variants and a surge in travel are creating another summer increase in COVID-19 cases.

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Day Around the Bay: 49ers' Christian McCaffrey Gets ‘Madden 25’ Video Game Cover (and the Curse That Comes With It?)

The SF Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Breed’s controversial police commission pick; billionaire Chris Larsen wants to give SFPD $1 million; and 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will grace this year’s popular ‘Madden’ video game cover.

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SFMTA Will Consider Ditching the Valencia Street Center-Running Bike Lane Next Week

Nearly one year and plenty of controversies into the center-running bike lane on Valencia Street, the SFMTA has had enough of the complaining, and will consider moving the bike lane back to the curb side at next week’s meeting.

Arts & Entertainment

Castro Theatre Neon Sign Will Be Fully Restored and Lit Back Up Next Week

The Castro Theatre’s marquee and neon sign will be lit back up and fully restored next Wednesday night, as part of the Frameline Opening Night block party that will also feature a screening of the new Lil Nas X documentary, and you don’t even need tickets to this free community event.

SF Politics

Crime Down Both In SF and Nationally Over the Last Year; Breed and Biden Sure to Campaign On It

With crime a hot-button issue in the upcoming November elections, both SF Mayor London Breed and President Joe Biden can tout that crime has decreased significantly in the last six to twelve months. But they may have a tough time convincing voters of that.

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Pro-Palestine Protesters Set Up Encampment Outside SF Federal Building, But Police Clear It Quickly

Is a tent encampment really the best form of protest in San Francisco regarding the situation in Gaza? A few dozen protesters figured so on Monday, but were quickly driven off by police with something resembling rubber bullets.

Bay Area Sports

Steph Curry Delights Folsom Teens by Showing Up Unannounced for Pickup Basketball Game

It was a dream come true for some Folsom, California youth who got to watch Steph Curry show up for a pickup basketball game, but a nightmare for the poor amateur guy who was tasked with guarding him.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Anchor Brewing Union Workers Vote Yes, They Would Go Work for the Chobani Guy

The new owner of Anchor Brewing says he wants the old employees back, and those unionized employees just voted in favor of doing so, but these are mostly just public negotiations happening via press statements.

Business & Tech

Apple Announces Their Plunge Into Generative AI in WWDC Keynote

Apple’s WWDC keynote showed the tech giant’s jump into AI is along the lines of a personal assistant with more privacy emphasis than its competitors, though many features are copycats of what Google and Facebook have already offered for years.

Bay Area Sports

83-Year-Old Golden Gate Fields Has Run Its Last Race, Closed Permanently on Sunday

The Berkeley-Albany horse-racing track Golden Gate Fields, the last full-time horse-race track in Northern California, ran its last race ever on Sunday as the facility is now closed permanently. And no one has any idea what will happen next to those 140 acres.

Business & Tech

Nvidia Stock Rally Made the Company More Valuable Than Apple This Week, But Government Antitrust Probe Looming

Santa Clara-based chipmaker Nvidia briefly toppled Apple as the second most-valuable company in the US after a market rally on Wednesday, but the feds may have Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI in their sights for an antitrust investigation.