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Oakland’s largest hotel — home to the Valkyries — seized by creditor. What now?

What was one of the city’s premier business destinations has become a symbol of downtown woes.

Popular Sunset Night Market killed for 2025, thanks to bitter SF politics

The controversy over the Great Highway’s closure may have doomed the event.

The Tenderloin may have gotten the most extravagant restaurant it’s ever seen

The palatial fusion restaurant Ciaorigato brings a big boost of glamour to a district looking for it.

With uncertainty in the 49ers’ wide receiver room, who will Brock Purdy target?

As Brandon Aiyuk continues rehabbing, can Demarcus Robinson, Jacob Cowing, and Ricky Pearsall emerge as reliable options?

Introducing the GavTracker: Our non-scientific Gavin Newsom presidential forecaster

Will the California governor, currently on an eight-county tour of South Carolina, run for POTUS in 2028? We’re monitoring the vibes.

1,000 homeless beds short of goal, Lurie abandons signature campaign promise

Six months into the job, the mayor is backing away from bold promises he made about solving San Francisco’s homelessness crisis.

Newsom touts CEQA reform as his biggest housing win yet, but celebration is premature

Two new bills make it easier for developers to get approvals, but many are wary.

City official got paid by architecture firm while approving its projects

Kathrin Moore receives up to $100K a year from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whose developments she’s helped advance on the planning commission.

Can the Bay Area afford to keep fighting against rent-setting algorithms?

A lawsuit in Berkeley may spell trouble for other cities aiming to restrict software that jacks up rent, but bipartisan support for such bans is swelling.

A new Pop Mart is opening in San Francisco. Here’s where it will land

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The retailer, popular for its Labubu plushies and other blind-box collectibles, will open in a building that recently changed hands.

A beloved Bay Area art haven faced collapse. Then came the comeback

On the brink of financial disaster, Headlands Center for the Arts engineered a stunning revival under new leadership.

He’s the hackathon king of SF — and he doesn’t even know how to code

Rene Turcios has attended more than 200 in two years, perfecting the art of “vibe-coding” before it was even a thing.

San Francisco employers are hiring etiquette coaches for Gen Z

Young workers — many in the office for the first time — need to be taught basic skills, from hygiene to eye contact.

The Golden Gate Bridge is dangerously woke, CEO warns

The agency that operates the bridge fears Trump will slash hundreds of millions in federal funds.

This twisting skyscraper was just built. Why is it already on a condo blacklist?

After a string of disasters, lenders are tapping the brakes on new mortgages and looking under the hood for everything.

After the Giants’ worst loss of 2025, it’s time for a showdown with the Dodgers

Justin Verlander went winless in 15 first-half starts, but the Giants have stayed within striking distance of their top NL West rival.

What we learned from the Warriors’ California Classic performance

Golden State draft picks Alex Toohey and Will Richard took the floor for the first time in Summer League play at Chase Center.

With Patrick Bailey’s inside-the-park homer, Giants are back in the memory-making business

Buster Posey wanted his team to start giving fans great memories again. Bailey’s unlikely walk-off against the Phillies did just that.

Willie Mays’ most prized possessions are going up for auction in SF

The baseball legend’s Gold Glove Awards and Presidential Medal of Freedom are among items that will be sold to benefit the Say Hey Foundation.

18 fun events in SF, from a cathedral dance party to a dog rescue rave

What events are worth checking out this week? We’ll help you choose.

‘He’s in another realm’: How a skate media mogul became SF’s most powerful Scientologist

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Aaron Kyro has led the church’s SF chapter to celebrated growth — all while his multimillion-dollar skate media company has gone downhill.

The music, movie stars, and murder trial that shaped actor Griffin Dunne

His newest role? Memoirist, chronicling his star-studded upbringing and the phone call that changed everything.

Win a pair of tickets to Phantogram and Orville Peck at Stern Grove Festival

From dream pop to country, see genre-defying artists Phantogram and Orville Peck live at Stern Grove this July.

The internet’s most famous beer drinker gave this SF bar top marks

Cult beer reviewer Prime Mutton bestowed “Absolute Creamer” status on a 20-ounce pint of stout at Casements.

Is SF’s food Siberia finally heating up?

The city’s east side beckons new locations of old favorites.

Why is ‘grandmacore’ everywhere at Bay Area restaurants?

Out with the Heath ceramics. In with the flowers and porcelain, etched glass, and mismatched silverware.

There’s a Middle Earth-inspired cocktail bar hidden in SF’s newest escape room

Lore SF wants you to escape the room — but stay for the cocktails.

SF doesn’t need a magic number of homeless beds. It needs the right beds

The mayor’s homelessness czar explains why the Lurie administration is walking back a campaign promise to deliver 1,500 emergency shelter beds in six months.

‘Family zoning’ may be a euphemism. It’s also a great idea

The city may not realize it, but its new housing jargon has a real meaning that could transform San Francisco

Gavin Newsom just did something heroic — and it has nothing to do with Trump

Newsom’s reform of state housing law was a renegade move that will help make California affordable again.

The ridiculous recall of the Sunset’s supervisor should be rejected

It looks like Joel Engardio is toast. That’s too bad.