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First responders urge caution along the coast as high surf warning looms

First responders and experienced ocean swimmers are warning Bay Area residents to stay away from the water as potentially deadly surf conditions approach the coast. The National Weather Service issued a Beach Hazards Statement through Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a High Surf Warning for the weekend as waves are forecast to grow from 15 to 20 feet up to 30 feet.

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This California Zoo Is Bringing Back Its Magical Holiday Light Show For The First Time Since 2018

Life-sized animatronic dinosaurs are getting the holiday glow treatment this winter. They’ll share the night with a tree full of glowing lemurs and a shining Golden Gate Bridge. That’s the kind of lineup that makes me grin. Over one million lights are spread across 14 themed zones, and the...

San Francisco Chronicle

A customer loved this Bay Area babka. So he took over the bakery

Babka specialist Braid Bakery has a new owner, a fresh outpost in Berkeley and plans to expand.

SFist

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Bay Area’s Early Flu Season Could Bring Multiple Waves of Illness This Winter

The flu season is off to an unusually early and aggressive start in the Bay Area, with positive tests already exceeding last winter’s peak and hospitals seeing patient volumes typically associated with January and February. Flu test positivity in San Francisco began climbing in September, roughly two months ahead...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 20h

Country Herald

California Weather Alert: 21 MPH Winds, Coastal Flooding Nov 12-16

Coastal flooding and dangerous surf threaten Bay Area shorelines as Friday brings widespread rain and gusty winds.

San Francisco Chronicle

The historic El Niño is bringing huge waves — and could reshape California beaches

Higher tides and bigger waves along the California coast are a hallmark of El Niño. If the two align this winter, it “could cost the state billions,” according to one expert.

California · 5h

NBC Bay Area

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Homelessness numbers down in California and the rest of the U.S., analysis finds

For the second year in a row, the percentage of people living on the streets nationwide has gone down, according to an analysis. The analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness found that homelessness has declined 6.8% nationwide. San Francisco bested that decline with a drop of roughly 8%.

California · 1d

San Francisco Examiner

UC Law SF is barreling ahead with a $288 million redo of a historic tower

UC Law San Francisco’s $288 million renovation of a nearly 100-year-old tower at the edge of the Civic Center and Tenderloin neighborhoods crossed a major milestone in recent days with the completion of major structural work on the building’s gutted core. “We got the building topped off before the rains come,” said a clearly pleased David Seward, UC Law’s chief financial officer. Seward is helping lead the transformation of the 28-story tower — once the West Coast’s tallest hotel skyscraper — into a modern hub of student housing, classrooms, athletics and more. Construction crews had removed the entire top floor, which left the hollowed core exposed to allow for construction work. Now, the hole has been covered, and the crane that has loomed over the site can come down. Upon completion — which is projected for next winter — the reincarnated art deco and Gothic revival structure at 100 McAllister St. will be a crown jewel in UC Law’s expanding “Academic Village,” which includes several buildings on two blocks in which the school will have invested about $750 million since 2016, Seward said. The tower at the northwest corner of McAllister and Leavenworth streets, which UC Law acquired for student

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Cheapism

12 Long-Running Bakeries Known for One Treat People Keep Coming Back For

Discover 12 Long-Running Bakeries famous for cannoli, cookies, cakes, kringle, and other treats that have kept customers coming back for decades

Philadelphia, PA · 2d

theburlingameb.org

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Athletics Hall of Fame reopens, honors legacy of Burlingame athletes

Former Panthers boys’ baseball head coach Shawn Scott made a significant impact on English teacher Tim Larkin’s sons. To honor his legacy, Larkin decided to nominate Scott for the newly reopened Athletics Hall of Fame. “My two older sons played for Shawn, and he was a huge role...

Burlingame, CA · 1d

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A $35M Home Just Hit San Francisco’s Market, the Year’s Highest Listing

With its $35 million price tag, the 9,000-square-foot home will move quickly in the wake of San Francisco’s recent AI wealth.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

hoodline.com

Transamerica Pyramid Could Become SF Landmark, Benches and All

San Francisco is moving toward granting the Transamerica Pyramid historic landmark status, a designation that would protect the downtown icon down to its plaza benches and could also hand its owner a break on property taxes. The $691 million tower at 600 Montgomery Street has long defined the city's skyline, and now it's in line for formal preservation protection.

San Francisco, CA · 15h

hoodline.com

Cliff House Name Finally Returns Home, but SF Landmark Still Sits Empty

The name Cliff House is finally back where longtime San Franciscans feel it belongs. Dan and Mary Hountalas, who ran the cliffside institution for decades, donated the restaurant’s name and all its associated trademarks to a local nonprofit just days before November 10, 2025 — but the landmark building itself at 1090 Point Lobos Ave. remains empty, with no confirmed date for anyone to walk back through its doors.

San Francisco, CA · 21h

SFGate

San Francisco supervisor wants to permanently close Castro gas station

Gary McCoy is the latest San Francisco politician calling to convert gas stations into housing. “We’ve got two gas stations in the Castro,” McCoy said during the debate at the Commonwealth Club. “Do we need two gas stations in the Castro? Probably not.”. The once-ambitious policy might...

San Francisco, CA · 23h

raincrossgazette.com

Altura Credit Union Secures $40,000 Downpayment Grant for First-Time Homebuyer

Altura Credit Union has secured a $40,000 down payment assistance grant for Joshua Reeves, a first-time homebuyer and Altura member, the credit union announced Oct. 21. The grant came through the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco's Middle-Income Downpayment Assistance (MDPA) Program. The program was created to support middle-income households squeezed by rising home prices and interest rates, including many essential workers who earn too much to qualify for traditional assistance but still struggle to save enough for a down payment.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

nildealnow.com

Multiple Storms Bring Rain, Sierra Snow, and Severe Risk to California, Arizona, and Utah Including San Francisco and Flagstaff Over 10 Days

SOUTHWEST — A much more active weather pattern is developing across the West, with several Pacific storm systems expected to bring rain, mountain snow, gusty winds, and thunderstorms over the next 7 to 10 days. The first disturbances arrive Friday into Saturday, followed by more systems Sunday through Tuesday. More than 5 trillion gallons of water could fall across California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado during this stretch.

Arizona · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

Robin Williams, Metallica, Nancy Pelosi named to California Hall of Fame

The 20th class also includes Barry Bonds, Dominique Crenn, Shepard Fairey, Maxine Hong Kingston and Susie Tompkins Buell.

California · 18h

San Francisco Chronicle

This chef made his name at glitzy, Michelin-star restaurants. His new Bay Area project is personal

Chef Ho Chee Boon, known for Cantonese fine-dining destinations around the world, will launch a new restaurant in the Bay Area celebrating food from his native Malaysia.

Millbrae, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

Lego resale store coming to an unexpected San Francisco neighborhood

A former Inner Richmond grocery is getting a new tenant with a very different kind of inventory: The Missing Brick, which sells used Lego sets, Minifigures and rare parts.