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Once Again, Data Shows Pandemic Exodus Has Swung the Other Way and Everyone's Moving Back to SF
Postal service data shows net migration out of the city is back to pre-pandemic levels, but a lot of people are still moving around.
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Eight-Story Condo Development With Replacement Grubstake Diner on Ground Floor Wins Planning Approval
The Planning Commission took up the project at 1525 Pine Street on Thursday, six years after it was first proposed, and the vote was 4-2 in favor of approval. Meanwhile, the beloved Grubstake lives on.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Gilroy Garlic Festival Returns This Weekend as Drive-Through Event
Two years after a mass shooting at the event that killed three people and injured 17 others, the Gilroy Garlic Festival is returning in an altered, pandemic form, as a drive-through.
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Missing Richmond Teen Found Dead
Seven vaccinated Stanford students have tested positive and are symptomatic for COVID, the SFPD is seeking help finding a car that hit an 88-year-old woman on Wednesday, and the Olympics opening ceremony was met with protest.
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Day Around the Bay: Teen's Gun Photo Prompts Plane Evacuation at SFO
Two inmates at a South Bay jail were found unresponsive and one has died, a teenager sending around a photo of a replica gun caused an entire plane to be evacuated at SFO, and former 49ers assistant coach Greg Knapp has died after being hit by a car on his bicycle.
Arts & Entertainment
Dore Alley Preview: Top Leather Parties Return, But Hard Limits Will Apply
The Dore Alley scene will switch to a “Mask mandatory, pants optional” Folsom Street Market (where you can get vaccinated!), but plenty of other leather parties are bearing down this weekend, too.
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Solo Crash On Bay Bridge Ties Up Westbound Traffic After Occupants Abandon Car
Westbound traffic was backed up on the Bay Bridge Thursday afternoon after a grey Toyota crashed into a bridge railing and the occupants all got out and ran away to Treasure Island.
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Experts: Delta Not Likely Causing More 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases, and Maybe Asymptomatic Cases Shouldn't Count
There has been a lot of talk, both amongst friends and in the media, in the last two weeks as panic spreads about the Delta variant, mask guidance, and the possibility of yet another lockdown. But infectious disease experts are not the ones sounding alarm bells.
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Still No Trace of Missing Berkeley Runner Philip Kreycik; Detectives Call the Case 'Baffling'
Either 37-year-old Philip Kreycik disappeared himself and doesn't want to be found, or he somehow got hurt or incapacitated in a part of an urban park that hasn't yet been searched, and investigators in Pleasanton continue to say they've never had a case nearly this bizarre.
Cannabis
420-Friendly Date Ideas in San Francisco
Here are some of the best dank-friendly date ideas for summer 2021.
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Harassed Bike Messenger to Host 'Karen Awareness Day' In Lafayette Park This Weekend
A San Francisco bike messenger and his courier collective are having a "Karen Awareness Day" gathering on Sunday to "raise awareness of the epidemic of 'Karen' incidents in our communities."
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SF Supes Consider New Custom-Designed Trash Cans That Cost Up to $20,000 Per Can
The latest boondoggle at City Hall involves a longstanding project to replace the city's street trash receptacles, and this week a Board of Supervisors committee approved a proposal to manufacture 15 prototype trash cans for testing on the street later this year.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: DA Calls Attention to Frivolous ADA Lawsuits
Chinatown businesses are being targeted with frivolous ADA lawsuits and "demand letters" and the DA's Office is investigating, a Recology truck caught fire on 101, and Oakland police are cracking down on illegal vendors at Lake Merritt.
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Day Around the Bay: Some Muni Lines May Not Return After Pandemic
Mayor Breed’s comments have some Muni riders suspicious that certain bus lines might never return, the 49ers add an Antioch native to the roster, and the Castro Street Fair is back on for 2021.
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As City Seeks to Crack Down on Unpermitted Vendors at Fisherman's Wharf, ABC Passes Buck to DA
A boom in unpermitted, illegal food, beverage, and goods sales around Fisherman's Wharf has led to widespread complaints from business owners and others.
SF Politics
Newsom Announces Reinstated State Law Aimed at Brazen, Organized Retail Theft
In the wake of a series of smash-and-grab robberies at high-end retailers in the Bay Area and a shoplifting-related shooting that left a man dead in Los Angeles, Governor Gavin Newsom gave a press conference in LA and met with law enforcement to discuss the state's retail theft problem.
SF Politics
Recall Update: Kamala to Campaign for Newsom; Court Orders Larry Elder to Be On Ballot
We have eight weeks until California votes to not recall Gavin Newsom, and things are moving along with the literal laundry list of people who are vying for the governor's office in the unlikely event that Newsom were recalled.
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On a Budget: East Bay Real Estate Is Often Under One Million Dollars
The East Bay, with its diverse neighborhoods, vibrant communities, and eclectic activities, is often seen as a more realistic place to buy a home in relation to San Francisco. Though, with space becoming
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PG&E Finally Has Plans to Put Electrical Lines Underground In Fire-Prone Areas
A week after a new wildfire appears to have been potentially sparked by a tree hitting PG&E transmission lines in Butte County, the company gave a press conference to announce a ten-year plan to bury 10,000 miles of power lines.
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Proposed Law Would Give SF Paramedics Ability to Impose Mental Health Holds
A new city ordinance being proposed by SF Supervisor Ahsha Safaí would expand the number of personnel on the city's streets who could order mental health holds for individuals experiencing mental health crises.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Don't Be Surprised If More SF Bars Start Demanding Proof of Vaccination to Enter
An organized group of bar owners in San Francisco is considering a mandate for proof of vaccination from all patrons, in order to quell fears about the Delta variant and protect staff and customers alike as new COVID cases rise.
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Humpday Headlines: Salesforce Acquisition of Slack a Done Deal
Newsom is meeting with state and local leaders about retail theft, some Uber and Lyft drivers in SF are on strike today, and the Southern California couple whose gender reveal party sparked a wildfire last year has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
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Day Around the Bay: Car Lands In San Jose Swimming Pool
Smoke from West Coast wildfires is already blowing over New York, a car landed in a San Jose swimming pool, and neighborhood groups in Berkeley are suing to stop a deal struck between the city and UC Berkeley about the school's expansion plans.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Park Tavern Closes for Renovations as Co-Owner Anna Weinberg Buys Out Partner; Marlowe Reopening Soon
Ten-year-old North Beach brasserie Park Tavern was quietly back open in recent weeks, but co-owner Anna Weinberg says the restaurant will be closing again next week for a planned renovation, and she is buying one of her two partners out.
SF Politics
Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases Hit Pelosi’s Office, White House Staff
A current total of two Washington staffers, one of Pelosi’s and one of Biden’s, have been infected with COVID after being fully vaccinated, but the President and Speaker themselves were reportedly not exposed.