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Friends of San Francisco skateboarder Ben Drollinger plan celebration of life

Friends of San Francisco skateboarder and chef Ben “B-Dro” Drollinger will gather Saturday for a celebration of his life, bringing together members of the skating and restaurant community.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

hoodline.com

Pacific Heights Mansion Lists for $35M as Sisters Inherit 1890s Broadway Estate

A seven-bedroom mansion built in the 1890s has hit the San Francisco market for just under $35 million, landing the Pacific Heights estate among the city's priciest active listings. The roughly 9,000-square-foot home at 2724 Broadway includes a hidden kitchen entrance and now belongs to sisters Kathryn Hope and Pamela Kringel, who inherited the property after their parents died earlier this year.

KRON4

San Francisco plans to replace Safeway with new apartments

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Planning Department has approved plans to demolish the Marina Safeway to build a multi-use development featuring an 848-unit apartment building and a larger grocery store. The approval has left neighborhood residents divided over the proposed project. The project, developed by Align Real...

oaklandside.org

A movement of traditional healers rises in Oakland

If you have a toothache, you go to the dentist. If you have a broken bone, you go to the doctor. But how do you tend to your emotional wounds such as grief, past trauma and burnout? And how do you attend to collective harm, the result of waves of addiction, gun violence and sexual violence that have moved through Oakland?

Oakland, CA · 17h

San Francisco Chronicle

Former San Francisco Opera president’s mansion hits market for $34.95 million, city’s priciest of 2026

A historic Pacific Heights mansion once owned by former San Francisco Opera president David Chamberlain has hit the market for $34.95 million, making it the city’s most expensive home listing of 2026.

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Giant Waves Are Heading for the California Coast

A powerful series of storms in the Gulf of Alaska is generating massive swells expected to arrive along Northern and Central California beginning Friday, November 13, bringing potentially life-threatening conditions to popular beaches.

California · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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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.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

Realtor.com News & Insights

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.

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The Voice of San Francisco

The Network: A four-part series about the people, the money, and the businesses behind the Sheng Thao federal corruption trial

“I believe he did come, yeah.” — Mario Juarez when confronted on the witness stand about Attorney General Rob Bonta visiting the Evolutionary Homes showroom, Nov. 9, 2026 On July 4, 2024, The Voice of San Francisco published an article titled The Bonta money trail, which detailed the decade-long, financially advantageous relationship between Attorney General […] The post The Network: A four-part series about the people, the money, and the businesses behind the Sheng Thao federal corruption trial appeared first on The Voice of San Francisco .

California · 20h

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Oakland Woman Sounds Alarm Over Alleged Deed Theft, Probate Court Abuses, and the Loss of Black Generational Wealth

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Oakland resident Zakiya Jendy, who is fighting to reclaim a home she says was wrongfully taken through Alameda County’s probate court system. The conversation exposed troubling allegations of judicial misconduct, excessive legal fees, and a system Jendy believes is stripping Black and Brown families of their generational wealth.

Oakland, CA · 1d

bearinsider.com

Cal losses, 77-65, to USC in Haas Pavilion

The California Golden Bears lost to the USC Trojans, 77-65, at Haas Pavilion on Wednesday night. Head Coach Mark Madsen maintained the same starting lineup, with Jordan Ross and Nojus Indrusaitis starting in the front court as Jake Wilkins, Sammie Yeanay and Mantas Kocanas helmed the front court. The Bears...

Los Angeles, CA · 1d

Pleasanton Weekly

Stanford Medicine and Sutter Health inaugurate new cancer center

Stanford Medicine and Sutter Health inaugurated a new cancer center in Oakland on Monday morning. The Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center is located on Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campus in the city’s Pill Hill neighborhood. According to a news release from Stanford Medicine, the...

Oakland, CA · 2d

KTVU FOX 2

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Oakland school district improperly diverted $3.5M, students say

Students and teachers are demanding the Oakland school district return $3.5M in voter-approved education funds they say was improperly diverted. Cash-strapped district says no specific approvals were needed for reserve spending.

Oakland, CA · 1d

Fortune

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is giving $100 million to San Francisco—its largest single-donor gift ever—and the mayor wants others to follow

The Airbnb cofounder’s gift will speed up five park projects across the city as Mayor Daniel Lurie increasingly turns to private wealth to fund civic priorities.

oaklandside.org

Alleged co-conspirator in Oakland corruption case secretly lobbied for City Hall security contract

The Oakland corruption trial playing out right now in federal court has mostly focused on two companies: the city’s curbside recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions, and a homebuilding startup called Evolutionary Homes. The owners of both companies are alleged to have bribed former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao in pursuit of city contracts.

Oakland, CA · 1d

KTVU FOX 2

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Salt & Straw ice cream chain with viral following opens in this Bay Area city, drawing crowds

OAKLAND, Calif. - A popular artisanal ice cream chain known for its unconventional, creative flavors is expanding in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, viral sensation Salt & Straw launched a soft opening at its new location in Oakland. Long line out the door. On a warmer than usual November evening,...

Oakland, CA · 20h

El Tímpano

‘I’m very scared’: immigrant patients are skipping care weeks after ICE presence at Highland Hospital

“I was terrified,” said Maricela in Spanish, who days later canceled an appointment at the hospital related to a jaw surgery she underwent last year. “They’re so close to you. It’s one thing to be told they’re in some area [in the city], but quite another to almost run into them in the hospital.” Maricela, […] The post ‘I’m very scared’: immigrant patients are skipping care weeks after ICE presence at Highland Hospital appeared first on El Tímpano .

Oakland, CA · 14h

San Francisco Chronicle

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Oakland charter school could face closure after leaders mistakenly cut high school without approval

An Oakland charter school skirted state law when its leaders quietly voted to eliminate the high school without seeking the required authorization. It now faces a critical vote by the school board.

Oakland, CA · 2d

FoodWorldNews

T&T Supermarket Fills a Decade-Empty Former Best Buy on Geary Boulevard as San Francisco Loses Neighborhood Grocers

T&T Supermarket opened its first San Francisco store on Nov. 5 at City Center, 2675 Geary Blvd., filling a former Best Buy space that had been vacant since 2017, according to SFist. The roughly 50,000-square-foot store at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue is the Canadian chain's second California location and fourth in the United States.

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