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Kevin Truong

San Francisco poised to jump into higher CDC Covid risk tier this week

News

The city would join Marin, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties in the agency’s medium risk category amid a recent uptick in Bay Area cases.



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ICYMI: Editors’ April picks for weekend reading

Culture

As you ease into your weekend—and into the next month—make some time to curl up with some of our most popular stories from April. We’ve got some think-y pieces on housing and politics to tickle your brain, a couple of roundups of beautiful new parks to visit and eateries to satisfy any craving, and plenty…

Christina Campodonico

Where to shop in San Francisco’s Japantown for the holiday season

From a high-end cookware store to a family-owned tea shop, the nation’s oldest Japantown shines with holiday gifts.   

Julie Zigoris

Listen up: Become a Bay Area expert with these 9 essential local podcasts

These shows highlight Muni misadventures, prison politics, the ‘Fun Police’ and more. 

Bay Area student fights to save mother trapped in Gaza after already losing his father

Palestinian Americans plead with the federal officials to help trapped family members escape the war in Gaza and return home.  

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San Francisco poised to jump into higher CDC Covid risk tier this week

ICYMI: Editors’ April picks for weekend reading

Where to shop in San Francisco’s Japantown for the holiday season

Listen up: Become a Bay Area expert with these 9 essential local podcasts

Bay Area student fights to save mother trapped in Gaza after already losing his father