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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...

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Bay Area donut chain closes half of its locations

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Johnny Doughnuts debuted in 2012 in San Rafael. The locally owned chain has since opened six locations across the Bay Area — most recently in Napa. However, the business seems to be walking back its expansion. Johnny Doughnuts has closed three of its six stores, as of Monday, owner Craig Blum […]

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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.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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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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Sonoma Clinics Beat Prop. 44 but Still Face Millions in Medi-Cal Losses Next Year

Sonoma County’s community health centers dodged a bullet when California voters crushed Proposition 44 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, but local clinic leaders say the relief may be short-lived. Petaluma Health Center alone could lose up to $10 million a year from a mix of federal Medi-Cal reimbursement changes and state dental cuts, even with the ballot measure defeated.

Sonoma County, CA · 23h

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Petaluma Has Hit Just 34% of Its 1,910-Home State Housing Target

Petaluma has issued building permits for 652 of the 1,910 homes in its state housing allocation—about 34% of the target. That tally measures permits, not finished homes. The distinction matters as the city weighs new apartment projects, zoning changes, and its newly adopted General Plan against rising land, construction, and permitting costs that can slow construction.

Petaluma, CA · 11h

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Palmetto Superfoods Opens in Petaluma, Joining a Crowded Açaí Scene

Petaluma’s downtown açaí options are growing: Palmetto Superfoods has opened at Theatre Square, adding a regional chain to downtown. The new store occupies a corner at Petaluma Boulevard and D Street in the theatre district. From San Francisco Start to North Bay Expansion. The Theatre Square tenancy...

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Mr. Stroopwafel Returns To East Petaluma After Poke Bowl Detour Flops

Mr. Stroopwafel, the Dutch snack shop known for its warm, chewy stroopwafels, has returned to its original east-side Petaluma location at 441 N. McDowell Blvd., Suite 24, sharing retail space once again with the Teaspoon boba tea shop. The reopening comes after a brief detour that saw a poke bowl concept take over the spot earlier this year.

Petaluma, CA · 2d

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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We Picked 10 California-Made Gifts That Are Perfect For Everyone On Your Christmas List

Did you know someone in California figured out how to turn dates into crunchy little crystals? That snack invention dates back to a desert family business from the 1920s. I love that a gift can come with a backstory like that. The more I looked, the more surprises popped up....

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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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Waymo Tailgates, Tries to Pass CHP Blockade In SF While Another Drives Around With Ticket

Two Waymos were caught on camera behaving badly in SF Tuesday, with one attempting to maneuver around CHP patrol cars on I-280 and another cruising through the city with an SFMTA parking ticket stuck to its windshield. ABC7 shared a video on social media Tuesday showing a Waymo speeding past...

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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.

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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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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...

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Petaluma’s Housing History Drives Modern Affordability Crisis

Decades of growth boundaries and surging land costs have transformed Petaluma from a working-class agricultural hub into one of the region’s most expensive housing markets. The Press Democrat reports decades after the city enacted growth limits in the 1970s, median home prices have surged near $900,000, pricing out many longtime families and local workers.

Petaluma, CA · 1d

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Meet UMNI: The Retired SF Muni Bus Getting a Second Life as a Roaming Speakeasy

“I don’t know what we’re gonna do with it. We gotta go look at it.”. Those were the words lifelong San Francisco resident Oliver Sellman said to his childhood friend Santiago Rollo after stumbling across a Muni bus for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The two made the spontaneous drive to Sacramento, using the time on the road to brainstorm ideas for what they could do with the bus. After batting around a few possibilities, they landed on one that stuck: What if we turned it into a mobile speakeasy? While they didn’t end up purchasing that particular bus, they held tightly onto the idea. They eventually found another retired Muni bus and teamed up with Marc Velten-Lomelin, who would help shape the project’s creative identity and bring the concept to life. Just like that, UMNI was born.

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When housing becomes a billionaire’s investment, working families pay the price

America must confront real estate speculation before ordinary families are priced out of their own communities. A home should be a place to raise a family, not merely another chip in a billionaire’s investment portfolio. Yet across America, and particularly in San Francisco, housing has increasingly become a competition between ordinary paychecks and extraordinary wealth.

San Francisco, CA · 12h

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.