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A fight with a union blew up Steph Curry’s HQ project. Inside the race to save it
When a developer is a world-famous celebrity, bargaining with labor becomes a whole new game.
Warriors take care of business in Portland, setting up pivotal season finale showdown
Sunday’s game against the Clippers has become a “Game 7” type scenario: If the Warriors win, they’re the sixth seed.
Espresso martinis reach their peak — and their nadir — at this downtown meat palace
International Smoke debuts a menu of four over-the-top dessert cocktails. But who are they for, exactly?
Raisin prices: Tariffs suck the juice out of California’s wine industry
Even the most celebrated local wineries face an unprecedented challenge from Trump’s will-they-or-won’t-they taxes.
A violent offender terrorizes the Castro. Why can’t the city stop him?
Zero Triball has been a menace for years, neighborhood residents say. But his family believes he can still be saved.
How hot is your résumé? A college freshman creates a Zuckerberg-style rating game
Linkd’s ranking system was meant to be a provocative marketing stunt, until a batch of UC Berkeley coders got their hands on it.
SF stores used for gambling, dealing drugs and stolen goods: city attorney
The city wants to shut four Tenderloin businesses that are “magnets for substantial illegal activity.”
‘The biggest scam’: This hated business fee might help protect SF’s budget from Trump
Small-business groups want the healthcare fund scrapped, arguing that it costs them too much and is going unused.
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Stocking up and holding on: Chinatown’s race against rising tariffs
From noodles to incense, merchants are scrambling to shore up their inventories before prices rise even higher.
Insurance chief lives large on campaign cash as homes burn
Ricardo Lara has used funds from a nonexistent run for office to eat and drink at some of California’s fanciest restaurants — sometimes with CEO company.
New estimate puts federal threat to SF at more than $2 billion, Lurie says
Trump’s cuts to various programs could hit the city harder than previously expected.
Supervisor Connie Chan wants to reopen the Great Highway to cars. It won’t be easy
The Richmond representative will “explore a ballot measure” to overturn Prop. K.
The week the NASDAQ became the new meme stock for techies
Silicon Valley traders hit the jackpot on the president’s “buy” recommendation, tweeting their successes as the market whiplashed from panic to profit.
Icons, neighbors — and rivals in downtown’s office tower wars
The Transamerica Pyramid and One Market Plaza have both gone through periods of rebirth over the decades. One seems to be succeeding at the expense of the other.
‘A massive hotel, a lot of Champagne, a lot of fun’: A high-stakes corporate spy spills his secrets
The cofounder of a business espionage firm shares how he earns trust, acquires secrets, and catches targets red-handed.
She left Salesforce for a hot defense-tech startup — then faced a culture of drugs, guns, and abuse
Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a company that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the military and combined them.
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‘The community suffers together’: How SF is turning ice baths and workouts into a social life
To serve a city filled with lonely personal development strivers, startups offer saunas, social Pilates, and group ice plunges.
‘Go crazy and do two’: North Beach pop-up pumps out dirty sodas for free
Century-old local syrup company Torani has launched a limited run Flavor Factory that will customize the perfect TikTok-approved drink for you.
SF’s school lottery drives parents crazy — and it’s about to change
The controversial enrollment process was designed to increase diversity in schools, but parents argue it fosters unpredictability and stress.
On a nasty night in New York, the Giants made quick work of Yankees
The Giants made a rare lineup change, moving Mike Yastrzemski into the leadoff spot and dropping LaMonte Wade to sixth. It paid off with five runs in the first inning.
49ers get a closer look at intriguing WRs Elic Ayomanor and Nick Nash at local pro day
With the Deebo Samuel trade and Brandon Aiyuk’s ongoing recovery, the team is likely to draft a receiver. Could it be Stanford’s Ayomanor or San Jose State’s Nash?
Kawakami: Fast start is first step for Giants’ revival. Can the winning bring a superstar?
For the first time since 2021, the Giants feel like they’re on the cusp of something special. But still, there’s a familiar missing piece.
Torpedo bats are baseball’s new fad. Will they help Giants’ offense detonate?
The trend of using a thicker barrel started with the Yankees — the Giants’ hosts this weekend in The Bronx. For now all the Giants can do is watch — and wait.
20 great events in SF this week, from vintage fairs to burner bonanzas
Parties, poetry, and a pink moon: There’s something for everyone.
Purple?! The Giants’ new jerseys elicit strong reactions
They are either cute or an atrocious mess, depending on whom you ask.
Yikes, why have so many whales died in the San Francisco Bay this month?
Three carcasses were reported in a week. And a fourth whale was euthanized Tuesday.
Stern Grove Festival unveils awesome 2025 lineup and new ticketing system
SF’s longest-running free outdoor music series drops full lineup — plus a “bot-protected” ticketing system to give fans a shot.
California might extend last call to 4 a.m. No, really this time
Why does Assemblymember Matt Haney think he can succeed where many others have failed?
A former ‘crackhead’ reinvented himself as a fine-dining chef. Now he wants to pay it forward
Seth Stowaway of Osito has formed a cooperative to assist restaurateurs in all the ways he once failed.
This Bayview mom craved a cozy neighborhood restaurant. So she opened one
With fried chicken and flaky biscuits, the new Smoke Soul Kitchen carries on a soul food legacy.
Ikea’s food hall may be dying, but its Swedish meatball class gave me life
An evening at the Ikea food hall’s Cookery Skola started out lonely and ended up pretty damn fun.
Stop this train. Scott Wiener’s public transit bailout should be halted in its tracks
So long as transit boards are in the pocket of unions, there will be no end to the rising costs for worse service.
The ex-Marine and legal legend taking the fight to Trump — and the law firms caving to him
John Keker stands up for his profession — and wonders why every other attorney isn’t doing the same.
Exclusive: Inside Lurie’s $100M plan to get private donors to pay for homeless beds
The mayor is rolling out another plan that asks San Francisco’s rich to pony up for its poor.
Bursting the balloon of Ezra Klein’s ‘Abundance’ theory
Klein and his co-author Derek Thompson believe more of everything is the answer to what ails California. But bad governance will ruin it all.
