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American families plead for safe return of loved ones wrongfully detained internationally
"How do we cherry-pick hostages?" Several families who have loved ones who are being wrongfully detained in other countries spoke in front of lawmakers at a roundtable House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.
EXCLUSIVE: Black San Francisco man finds doll with noose around neck at his home
"A picture of me with a noose around the neck and a noose around the dog figurine," longtime Alamo Square resident Terry Williams said, of the stuffed doll laden with hateful slurs towards Black people.
Error sinks Bay Area high school swimmers' state championship hopes, athletes plead for exemption
To let them swim or not to let them swim? That's the question NCS officials are pondering after an error left 13 Acalanes High School swimmers ineligible for this weekend's championship meet.
Evan Low beats Joe Simitian for 2nd place, will face Sam Liccardo in District 16 congressional race
EVERY VOTE COUNTS: The recount process is now finished in the contentious District 16 congressional race following a tie for who would face the first place finisher, Sam Liccardo, this November. Evan Low beat Joe Simitian by only FIVE votes.
Witnesses describe seeing Bay Point teen days before her body was found in SF
While her family had no contact with Pelligrini for days, people around the Bay Area say they did, and it's those reports that are now putting together the pieces of a puzzle still largely unsolved.
Audit: Absent leadership, poor communication led to Oakland missing out on $15 million grant
New information about how the City of Oakland missed out on grant money last year intended to help fight retail crime. The failure led to Oakland missing out on potentially millions of dollars in funding.
SF's water bottle refilling stations are safe, experts say. So, why don't people use them?
San Francisco's water refilling stations distribute free, perfectly healthy, fresh drinking water that many seem to be saying "no thanks" to. Why? The answer might surprise you.
How a Palestinian Bay Area DJ is drawing attention to the crisis in Gaza through music
"This is who I am. I'm doing this for all of the younger queer Palestinians who have never seen someone be happy and be queer and Palestinian," said self-taught DJ Zaheer Suboh, who performs under the moniker DJ Subeaux.
Record number of sea lions swarm SF's Pier 39; largest gathering in about 15 years, officials say
Pier 39 is getting a lot of attention right now. It's seeing the largest number of sea lions gathered in about 15 years. Pier 39 says they've counted about 1,000 sea lions this week.
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