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Mexico’s best-kept secret is a $250 flight away

Culture

An easy and cheap direct flight from San Francisco makes Guadalajara and three surrounding towns a perfect summer escape.

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Bay Area holiday lights: 17 dazzling displays of winter wonder

Twinkling tractor parades, sparkling shopping plazas and animals all aglow—a rundown on where to find pretty lights during the darkest time of the year.

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Here are SF’s saddest restaurant and bar closures of 2024

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From Aphotic to AsiaSF, Mourad to Milk Bar, the city lost ambitious chef-driven projects and beloved neighborhood stalwarts.

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SF housing nonprofit spends big on politics. Tenants deal with infestations, overdoses

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An investigation of TODCO, which operates eight affordable housing sites in SoMa, reveals a shift in spending away from vulnerable tenants to political causes.

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Four Bay Area Deadheads pull off the impossible: Organizing 100,000 fans in Sin City

With high temps and venue costs well beyond the budget of van-lifers, fans pull off Shakedown Street despite great odds. 

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Mexico’s best-kept secret is a $250 flight away

Bay Area holiday lights: 17 dazzling displays of winter wonder

Here are SF’s saddest restaurant and bar closures of 2024

SF housing nonprofit spends big on politics. Tenants deal with infestations, overdoses

Four Bay Area Deadheads pull off the impossible: Organizing 100,000 fans in Sin City