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Dead by day, a party at night—could new sky-high bars save downtown? 

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Union Square might be fading as a daytime shopping destination. But the opposite dynamic is happening at night.

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‘Primal survival’: Why jiu-jitsu has a chokehold on Silicon Valley

Escaping a headlock can teach once-sheepish coders how to maintain composure and pivot. 

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Dragon’s Beard Candy is vanishing from Chinatown. This confectioner wants to save it

Derek Tam says his family is one of just five across the U.S., and the last in the Bay Area, who can create the complex confection Dragon’s Beard Candy.

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A 2000s pop star delivers Y2K bangers in surprise set at Portola Festival

Natasha Bedingfield drew some of the biggest crowds to one of the smallest stages at the third annual music festival.

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‘Rotten to the core’: San Francisco could get sued over housing gridlock, says legislator

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San Francisco’s housing squabbles put the city on a collision course with an increasingly aggressive state agency charged with holding cities accountable to housing production.

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Dead by day, a party at night—could new sky-high bars save downtown?

‘Primal survival’: Why jiu-jitsu has a chokehold on Silicon Valley

Dragon’s Beard Candy is vanishing from Chinatown. This confectioner wants to save it

A 2000s pop star delivers Y2K bangers in surprise set at Portola Festival

‘Rotten to the core’: San Francisco could get sued over housing gridlock, says legislator