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Large turnout & crowd control issues punctuate first day of Portola Music Festival

Culture

Some attendees voiced concerns that festival organizer Goldenvoice sold too many tickets for the inaugural electronic music festival at Pier 80.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Laser rainbow to shine on San Francisco’s Market Street for APEC—and it’ll be brighter in the rain

Arts organization Illuminate will reprise its Pride 2022 display, this time with twice as many lights.

The San Francisco Microscopical Society is the legacy business run by a laser-firing Antarctic explorer

You’ve probably never heard of the 150-year-old organization, whose members include forensic analysts, artists, and a chef who photographs highly magnified salt crystals.

Joel Umanzor

Police identify suspect in Chinatown Waymo arson. He’s a 14-year-old boy

News

A teenage boy has been charged in connection with setting Waymo robotaxi on fire in Chinatown during Lunar New Year celebrations.

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Alex Mullaney

After killing a woman, he found redemption in firefighting. Now he’s accused of arson

If the allegations against Robert Hernandez are true, he joins the ranks of a strange group: the firefighter arsonist.

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Large turnout & crowd control issues punctuate first day of Portola Music Festival

Laser rainbow to shine on San Francisco’s Market Street for APEC—and it’ll be brighter in the rain

The San Francisco Microscopical Society is the legacy business run by a laser-firing Antarctic explorer

Police identify suspect in Chinatown Waymo arson. He’s a 14-year-old boy

After killing a woman, he found redemption in firefighting. Now he’s accused of arson