Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg Drops 31 as Warriors Beat Nuggets 134-114
Golden State Warriors rookie forward Yaxel Lendeborg posted 31 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists in his fourth NBA game to power a…
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Stokes and Burton Lead Valkyries Past Dream 64-55 in Finals Game 5
Backed by 13 points and eight rebounds apiece from Kiah Stokes and Veronica Burton—plus 12 points each from Tiffany Hayes and Cecilia…
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SF Women’s Skate Group Hosts First Skate Jam at Sunset Dunes Park
Coordinated by the SF Women’s Skate Group and local surf and skate shops including Aqua Surf Shop, the first skate jam at Sunset Dunes…
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San Jose’s Independence High Halts Marching Band for School Year
The principal of Independence High School in San Jose sent a letter halting the school’s 76th Cavalry marching band program for the…
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Valkyries Bring ‘Ballhalla’ Crowd to Chase Center for Game 5
With the WNBA Finals tied 2-2 against the Atlanta Dream, the Golden State Valkyries return to Chase Center — nicknamed "Ballhalla" —…
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Two Capybara Siblings Debut at San Francisco Zoo, Ending Nearly Decade-Long Absence
Two four-month-old capybara siblings from the Sacramento Zoo have settled into the Puente al Sur habitat at the San Francisco Zoo,…
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Real Estate
Gavin Newsom’s Childhood Home in Cole Valley Sells for $5.85M
The upper Cole Valley residence across from Sutro Forest where Gov.
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Anthropic IPO Filing Spurs SF Housing Debate and Founder Questions
San Francisco officials and real estate brokers say Anthropic’s initial public offering—which Chief Economist Ted Egan notes could…
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LinkedIn Pays Mountain View $1.6M to Extend Campus Timeline to 2034
The Mountain View City Council unanimously extended LinkedIn’s development timeline by five years to February 2034 for two six-story…
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Civic life
Realtors and Labor Unions Pour Nearly $100K Into Mountain View Race
Campaign finance filings show the National Association of Realtors has spent $38,922.08 each in independent expenditures supporting…
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Santa Clara County Rejects DOJ Demand to Verify 902 Voter Ballots
Santa Clara County Executive James Williams sent a letter to the U.S.
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Federal Jury Convicts SF Man in $370K Carjacking; Morgan Hill Approves 105 Homes
A federal jury in San Francisco convicted 32-year-old Cankun He of conspiracy to commit an armed carjacking targeting a cannabis…
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San Jose Votes on Plaza del Pueblo Name as Bollinger Safeway Closes
The San Jose City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a Parks and Recreation Commission recommendation to rename downtown’s Plaza…
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Fund Misuse Audits Center Stage in Santa Clara Board of Education Race
Incumbent Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Raeena Lari faces challenger Karla Dominguez Vega in the county’s sole…
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9th Circuit Questions DOJ Demand to Set Aside 20,000 Mail Ballots
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.
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Proposition 40 Billionaire Tax Divides California Unions and Economists Ahead of Nov. 3 Vote
With Election Day set for Nov.
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Proposition 45 Splits Bay Area Pro-Housing Groups Over CEQA Timelines and Sprawl
Proposition 45 on the Nov. 3 ballot would impose strict review and litigation deadlines under the California Environmental Quality Act…
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District Awards $65 Million in Environmental Settlement Grants to Contra Costa Communities
Historic industrial penalty funds direct millions toward school air filtration retrofits, neighborhood emission monitoring arrays, and…
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Weather & safety
High Tides Flood Mill Valley Roads as Peninsula Preps for El Niño
Caltrans closed Miller Avenue in Mill Valley on Monday as ocean levels running up to 22 inches above predicted tides stranded vehicles…
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Tire Chemical 6PPD-Quinone Spikes 240% in Santa Cruz Salmon Creeks
Water testing across Santa Cruz County coho salmon recovery streams found that concentrations of the toxic tire-rubber oxidation…
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San Jose Speed Cameras Start Warnings Dec. 14 and Fines Feb. 14
San Jose will begin issuing warning notices on Dec. 14, 2026, and citations ranging from $50 to $500 on Feb. 14, 2027, from 33…
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Things to do
‘Farmer Mike’ Marks 40 Years of Giant Pumpkin Carving at Half Moon Bay
Mike Valladao, a cybersecurity systems engineer known for four decades as “Farmer Mike” and the “Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers,”…
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Business
Alcatraz Island Closing Three Weeks for Ferry Dock Piling Repairs
The National Park Service will close Alcatraz Island from Oct. 30 through Nov. 19 to repair pilings supporting the island’s ferry…
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San Francisco AI Lab Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO Under Ticker ANT
San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic filed its Form S-1 registration statement Monday to list on the Nasdaq under…
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