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Former San Francisco Macy’s store gets a surprising new tenant, a car rental company

San Francisco’s former Macy’s men’s store is getting a new tenant: Turo is taking about 30,000 square feet at the revamped Union Square property.

San Francisco, CA · 8d

KQED

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San Francisco Supervisor Takes a Page From Big Grocer’s Playbook to Lower Food Prices

San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood and the Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty are launching a new pilot program that they say will put more power in the hands of small grocers while lowering grocery prices for residents contending with a staggering affordability crisis. Mahmood and FAACTS announced the...

San Francisco, CA · 9d
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Safeway Bakery in Richmond, Calif., To Close Dec. 30

The Safeway grocery chain will close a bakery in Richmond, Calif., on Dec. 30, idling 92 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed last week with the state. The plant, which opened in 1965, supplied bread and baked goods to Bay Area Safeway stores. According to SFGate,...

Richmond, CA · 10d

AVweb

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Flight School Faces $2.4M Fine Over Temperature Gauge

The FAA proposed a $2,388,500 civil penalty Friday against Stratus Aviation LLC, which operates Wings Flight School in Vacaville, California, for allegedly operating an unairworthy aircraft. According to the FAA’s announcement, the violations involved a Cessna 172M Skyhawk used by the flight training provider. The FAA says the school...

Vacaville, CA · 7d
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West Oakland Plan Calls for 90 Affordable Homes on Cleared Brush Street Lot

A recently cleared parcel near San Pablo Avenue and Uptown Oakland is now the site of plans for a seven-story apartment building with 90 homes, 89 of them deed-restricted as affordable for low-income households. The proposal at 2101 Brush Street, in West Oakland’s Ralph Bunche neighborhood, would set aside one unit for an on-site property manager.

Oakland, CA · 9d

alamedapost.com

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Planning Board Approves Zoning Changes to Address Commercial Vacancies, South Shore ADUs

During its meeting on Monday, October 26, the Planning Board approved Zoning Text Amendments that will streamline the entitlement process for new businesses to open up along Park and Webster Streets. It also approved a Planned Development Amendment to the South Shore Beach and Tennis Club to convert a portion of the property’s existing commercial and office facilities into residential space.

Alameda, CA · 8d

Yahoo!

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Thousands of restaurants rely on this company's technology. Lawsuit accuses it of ‘deceptive' practices

San Francisco's city attorney filed on Thursday a joint lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, Los Angeles County and attorneys general from seven states against Toast, a prominent technology company that provides point-of-sale services to thousands of restaurants, for alleged hidden fees and other "deceptive" business practices against restaurants. Toast,...

San Francisco, CA · 8d

KRON4 News

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CEO of San Francisco AI company announces job cuts on LinkedIn

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company that calls itself “the industry-leading AI-powered customer service platform built for collaboration” has laid off an unspecified number of employees. Dan O’Connell, the CEO of AI startup Front announced the layoffs in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. “Today is an incredibly painful day at Front,” O […]

San Francisco, CA · 9d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Exclusive: Jeff Bezos’ AI start-up is closing in on a huge S.F. lease in a former Gap office

Real estate insiders have confirmed to the Chronicle that Jeff Bezos’s AI start-up has leased all six floors of a 180,000-square-foot building located near Google’s offices at the Embarcadero.

San Francisco, CA · 7d

sfstandard.com

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The night market that supplies SF restaurants is ready to expand

In the middle of the night, six days a week, a handful of warehouses in the Bayview become the heart of the city’s food universe. Truckloads of fruits and vegetables start arriving around 11 p.m. At this time of year, they are packed with persimmons, Brussels sprouts, leeks, beans, and other seasonal produce harvested from more than 350 regional farmers.

San Francisco, CA · 10d

andnowuknow.com

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DoorDash to Acquire Instacart to Help Local Stores Win; Tony Xu and Chris Rogers Share

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DoorDash, Inc. and Maplebear Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which DoorDash will acquire Instacart for a total value of $65.00 for each Instacart share, or an equity value of approximately $17 billion. The aggregate transaction consideration will be at least 75% cash, with Instacart stockholders able to elect cash, DoorDash stock, or a combination of both, subject to proration so that DoorDash stock does not exceed 25% of the aggregate consideration. Instacart's board of directors has unanimously approved the agreement.

San Francisco, CA · 9d

ABC7 News Bay Area

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Anthropic's IPO expected to reshape SF's housing market: 'Most of us can't afford houses'

The San Francisco-based company's IPO is projected to be one of the largest in history. City officials are preparing for the economic impact that could follow.

San Francisco, CA · 11d

Grandview Independent

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Report: Gas leaking into idled flare system caused Richmond’s rotten egg smell

Chevron says hydrogen sulfide-containing hydrocarbon gas leaked into part of its Richmond refinery’s flare system, causing the rotten-egg odor that spread across Richmond last week. The section of the flare system had been shut down and isolated for scheduled maintenance, according to a 72-hour report

Richmond, CA · 11d

Alameda Post

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Properties Sold in Alameda October 12 – 25, 2026

We are deep into October, and the fall cooldown has started, but Alameda’s real estate market warmed up a bit over the past two weeks. Fourteen homes were sold—10 in 94501 and four in 94502. Inventory rose slightly, with 84 homes for sale, 8 coming soon, and 28 pending.

Alameda, CA · 10d

richmondconfidential.org

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Chevron explains source of rotten egg smell that elevated hydrogen sulfide levels in Richmond last week

Chevron said Monday the rotten egg odor that wafted through West Contra Costa County communities late last week was caused by a part of the Richmond Refinery’s flare system that was out of service, allowing gas containing hydrogen sulfide to reach the flare. “The immediate issue has been resolved,...

Richmond, CA · 10d

Realtor.com News & Insights

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San Francisco Mansion Shatters Overbidding Record, Selling $10M Over Asking

The Cherry Street home is not the first purchase to come in way over asking as the AI boom in San Francisco brings in piles of new money.

San Francisco, CA · 12d

livermorevine.com

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Livermore water stations to receive upgrades to PFAS treatment systems

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... New water treatment systems will be installed at three California Water Service stations in Livermore to remove toxic chemicals, with the Planning Commission directing city staff to address neighbors’ concerns about noise and screening at one of the sites. Cal Water plans to...

Livermore, CA · 9d

SFGate

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Pleasant Hill: Nearly 2K Pg&E Customers Without Power In Afternoon Outage

Nearly 2,000 PG&E customers in Pleasant Hill are without power in an outage that started Tuesday afternoon, according to the utility company. The outage reported at 1:39 p.m. was affecting 1,956 customers and was not expected to be resolved until 4:30 p.m., according to the outage map on PG&E's website.

Pleasant Hill, CA · 11d

SFGate

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San Francisco mansion with a checkered past hits the market for $25 million

The 9,545-square-foot abode rises to six levels.

San Francisco, CA · 15d