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"They wanted what we all want: the best summer ever."

The coldest summer in recent memory brought similar feelings of bliss and uncertainty in equal parts for four young friend groups scattered across the Bay Area.

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September 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Scenes from Ocean Beach and Sunset Dunes yesterday in sunny San Francisco.

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September 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Our little city ordinances can only do so much,” Hawkins said. “When two elephants fight, it’s the grass between them that suffers. California City is the grass.”

ICE began shipping immigrants to this tiny California town. Chaos has reigned ever since www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
ICE began shipping immigrants to this tiny California town. Chaos has reigned ever since
ICE began sending immigrants to a new California detention center in small town in August. Since then, it has been inundated with activists, desperate families and utter confusion.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“I wish I could have gotten the message across that there isn’t a distinction between they/them and ‘you.’ The pronoun that matters is ‘we.’ We the people. And that’s who I am for.”

F-bombs, regrets and Willie Brown reference: Harris’ book is surprisingly dishy
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F-bombs, regrets and a Willie Brown reference: Kamala Harris’ book is surprisingly dishy
Much of Kamala Harris’ new book, “107 Days,” which comes out Tuesday, is a rebuttal to postelection analyses of her campaign’s missteps.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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San Francisco has became the epicenter of the AI conference market, with various gatherings scheduled in the city throughout the year.

Here’s what it’s like inside one of them → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a...

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September 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
How this Oakland ZIP code became one of the weakest real estate markets in the country www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
How this Oakland ZIP code became one of the weakest real estate markets in the country
The East Bay ZIP code’s home values are down 30% from the start of the decade and show no signs of reversing.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Crisis’: S.F. fire chief says city’s aging fleet could limit capacity to fight major blazes www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
‘Crisis’: S.F. fire chief says city’s aging fleet could limit capacity to fight major blazes
More than a third of the San Francisco Fire Department’s truck fleet is at least 20 years old, potentially limiting emergency response after a major earthquake.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This Bay Area town grew into a prosperous suburb — but is now facing fiscal crisis www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
This Bay Area town grew into a prosperous suburb — but is now facing fiscal crisis
Oil helped the Bay Area town of Benicia grow into a wealthy suburb. Now it’s facing fiscal crisis as the city's Valero refinery consider leaving
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June 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Small business owner Vy Tran's dreams are coming true in San Francisco, where dreams do come true, with a lot of hard work.

Entrepreneur visited S.F.’s notorious building department 80 times in 6 months: ‘I got so much support’ www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...
Entrepreneur visited S.F.’s notorious building department 80 times in 6 months: ‘I got so much support’
An entrepreneur visited San Francisco’s notorious building department 80 times in 6 months, on purpose. ‘I got so much support,' she said.
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May 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New interim housing sites in San Francisco for homeless people and those struggling with mental illness and addiction.

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May 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Love the teamwork on this!

The template was created by design intern Ava Mandoli. @sarahfeldberg.bsky.social built today's project w/ a lot of trial and error

And my longtime colleague @leasuzuki.bsky.social took A+ "now" images to pair with our archive photos

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April 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Incredible recognition for terrific people ( @susien.bsky.social! @jennifergollan.bsky.social!) who worked their asses off to reveal how police pursuits across the country are deadly and unregulated. Thank you @sidneyhillman.bsky.social! www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...
Fast and Fatal
In the movies, a police car careens through crowded city streets and mangled vehicles pile up, but the collateral damage is almost never mentioned. In real life, those chases have fatal consequences. ...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Clouds and their shadows are seen from Fort Point as they pass over San Francisco in gusty winds on Monday afternoon.
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Getting windblown with SFMTA workers as they remove signs on the first day of the Great Highway closure.
March 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People visiting the Hamon Observation Tower at The DeYoung Museum are silhouetted against the clouds and sky between rain showers on Thursday, March 13, 2025 in San Francisco.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Between the Sun and the rain, #sanfrancisco was gifted with a rainbow over Alcatraz during stormy weather on Thursday.
Watching the universal human reaction to it, is icing on the cake.
February 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
… like a coyote in headlights
February 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Alameda County Mock Trial madness outside the Susan S. Muranishi County of Alameda Administration Building.
Good luck to Alameda County High schoolers! Hoping they get to State competition.
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
DeepSeek’s latest model for artificial intelligence is believed to be nearly as powerful as American rivals but far more efficient.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
How DeepSeek Went From Stock Trader to A.I. Star (Gift Article)
The little-known artificial intelligence firm has emphasized research, even as it emerged as the brainchild of a hedge fund.
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January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The Silicon Valley town of Atherton contains not just the most expensive homes in California but also some of the state’s biggest electricity users.
This ultra-wealthy California town is an anomaly for just how much energy its residents consume
Map and charts show which California cities and towns have the highest electricity and gas use per consumer, according to Pacific Gas and Electric data.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🚨Big news: @sfchronicle.com and @sfgate.com are moving from their iconic Fifth and Mission headquarters while Hearst Corp. revives a major redevelopment plan near the property. #sanfrancisco
Hearst to buy downtown S.F. tower, relocate Chronicle offices amid effort to revive condo project
Hearst to buy downtown San Francisco tower, relocate Chronicle offices amid effort to revive condo project
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January 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Where some people see a parking lot,” he said, “we see paradise.”
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

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January 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"If CBS caves, the belief that we have an independent media protected by the First Amendment is undermined,”

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January 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
San Francisco Chronicle community and neighbors react to the news of its move to 450 Sansome Street.

Full story with Laura Waxmann for the @sfchronicle.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM