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Here's some next-level scandal for the Bayview-based tow truck firm Specialty Towing, as its owner was just indicted for committing arson on competitors' tow trucks, crimes totally unrelated to the company's previous charges of fraudulent tows and fake car accidents.
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In a rare bit of good news for the San Francisco Unified School District and its ongoing budget woes, the jobs of at least 100 teachers have been saved thanks to other teachers taking early retirement incentive packages.
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Things are tense in Washington today as Congress moves to avert a government shutdown. And while there are arguments on both sides for how a shutdown would not help anyone, many Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, say that this was a "false choice" and they should have gone to the mat.
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As we approach the five-year COVID lockdown anniversary, a New York Times feature talks to a dozen Oakland Technical High School grads about how it affected them to spend their prime teen years stuck in their room, and just on Zoom.
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The remains of the child missing in Thursday's house fire in San Leandro were found; a fatal crash shuts down eastbound Highway 24; and a federal judge pushes back on Justice Department expanding January 6th pardons.
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A couple was sentenced for robbing two SF banks in the same day; an SFO caterer is laying off more than 800 employees; and there’s a lunar eclipse coming tonight, but who knows if it will be visible in Bay Area skies.
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An SFMTA employee and her partner have pleaded guilty to a $30,000-a-month Section 8 fraud scheme where they claimed they were caring for 17 children, but were not caring for any children whatsoever.
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On Season 22 of Bravo's Top Chef, which was shot in multiple locations across Canada and premieres tonight (Thursday, March 13) at 9 pm, two chefs from the Bay Area are among the competitors.
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](/2025/03/13/meta-playing-hardball-to-prevent-sales-of-ex-employees-tell-all-book/)
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Well well well, Mark Zuckerberg suddenly wants less free speech and more content moderation when it comes to a former Facebook employee who’s written a book exposing what it was like to work there, and they’ve hauled the publisher to court.
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A car from BART's retired train fleet is making its final journey shortly on the bed of a big rig truck to Tuolumne County, where it will be incorporated into a newly constructed vacation home designed by a local architect.
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A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered six federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were summarily fired or laid off last month, some of them for cause.
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Justice was apparently finally served after it stumbled the first time around, as a man who initially got off on a mistrial was finally convicted and sentenced for killing his wife and then pointing the gun at her four-year-old son.
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A six-year-old child was initially reported dead in a huge Thursday morning fire near San Leandro that sent five people to the hospital.
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The Empty Homes Tax that SF voters approved in 2022 is in limbo because landlord groups sued, but Supervisor Jackie Fielder wants to explore possible amendments allowing the city to collect the tax if the courts allow it prior to their final decision.
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Hillsborough police are offering a $100K reward for information about a shooting suspect; Gavin Newsom is interviewing Steve Bannon on his podcast; and the Union Square Nintendo store now has an opening date.
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The SFPD has moved its Mobile Command Unit No. 2 from Civic Center to 16th & Mission; staff at SF's regional Dept. of Education office for civil rights enforcement was locked out today; and a $20K reward is being offered in a case of a sea lion beheading in Bodega Bay.
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The March Madness “Sweet Sixteen” and “Elite Eight” games will be at the Chase Center in two weeks, and you might want to jump on the single-game tickets that are currently $200-$2,500, as those prices are likely to absolutely skyrocket.
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The $15 million renovation of the Castro Theatre has now ballooned to a $35 million renovation, and this news comes on the heels of learning that the theater’s reopening will be delayed by anywhere from four to six months minimum.
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A 26-year-old San Francisco man is in jail after being charged with 24 counts including second-degree commercial burglary and petty theft, in connection with 21 separate incidents at Walgreens and CVS stores.
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A Richmond man has been charged with murder in a January shooting that left a 42-year-old man dead, and the victim was reportedly a romantic rival of the suspect.
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Here’s the latest from the department of government inefficiency: the Van Ness Tesla showroom that’s been the site of Elon Musk protests also lacks its permit approvals, though it seems the Department of Building Inspection just dropped the ball.
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San Francisco firefighters responded to Pier 14 Wednesday morning after a report of a body found in the Bay.
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It's not your imagination. You're hearing the term "atmospheric river," which was not a thing on weather reports a couple decades ago, much more often each year in part because these weather events are happening more often.
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](/2025/03/12/at-oakland-mayoral-debate-barbara-lee-and-loren-taylor-blame-each-other-for-the-whole-sheng-thao-mess/)
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Both Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee were sharp and well-prepared for Tuesday night’s Oakland mayoral debate, and both crafted arguments that somehow the other was the bigger enabler of the alleged corruption under former mayor Sheng Thao.
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A woman was stabbed and left with life-threatening injuries Tuesday evening on a T-line Muni train in San Francisco's Bayview District.
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