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- The spot began as a queer biker bar when it first opened in 1977, and has since undergone several metamorphoses.
- "I did not expect that for sure,” Isaac Gray said later outside an auditorium.
- The measure needs two-thirds of the vote to pass.
- Welcome to Super Bowl City, where the vibes are high, the RSVPs are endless — and the stadium is very much not here.
- Foggy isn't exactly built like a linebacker, but she is ready to flex her strengths at this year’s Puppy Bowl.
- San Francisco Opera's 104th season begins on Sept. 12.
- This year’s San Francisco International Film Festival will close with a celebration of one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises.
- Supervisor Danny Sauter is pushing for a study of unused properties in The City.
- Millions have poured into the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
- Here’s what you can do in The City ahead of the big game without breaking the bank.
- State officials say new enrollment in California’s Affordable Care Act health-insurance marketplace fell by nearly a third from the previous year.
- The majority of services related to homelessness and addiction treatment can be found in the eastern part of The City.
- For the first time in those 90-plus years, the Final Final sports bar is selling food.
- At least three people have contracted tuberculosis at Archbishop Riordan High School
- City employees counted the number of unhoused people on each street, including those sleeping or sitting on the sidewalk, in tents, makeshift structures, and vehicles.
- The five-member task force called for reducing the total number of commissions and advisory bodies from 152 to 87.
- San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is joining the race to become governor of California.
- Antonio Villaraigosa’s resume is unlike any other in a throng of California gubernatorial candidates.
- X’s moves to prevent the virtual disrobing of women and kids can be easily overcome, according to a report from Common Sense Media.
- Noah Wintroub is a die-hard fan not only of his beloved Chicago Cubs, but of sports in general.
- A new mural will soon cover an entire city block in the heart of San Francisco.
- Step into Tony’s Slice House and you can watch time stack up — literally — in the glass case containing ready-to-go pies.
- OPINION: San Francisco Centre tried earnestly — and sometimes hilariously — to be more than a shopping center.
- The City’s first and only gallery dedicated to contemporary Pan-African Art will open next month.
- San Francisco is set to significantly change how it counts The City’s homeless population.
- Her appointment followed a national search and was approved late last year by Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Board of Supervisors.
- An AI safety bill signed into law last fall is becoming a kind of template for other states to copy and build on to regulate the technology.
- San Francisco has tons of entertainment for residents to enjoy before flipping their calendars to a new month.
- A decline in international tourism is dampening an otherwise resplendent rebound in San Francisco.
- Thirty people died from the flu in The City during the last flu season.
- The City is expanding its program that offers homeless people a bus ticket out of San Francisco.
- "San Francisco’s a bunch of weirdos, and we like to keep it welcome to all," said Jean Fontana, bar manager of The Riptide.
- Reposted by San Francisco Examiner“It’s tricky. There’s not a [court] precedent on this, as far as I know," Vincent Jorelemon, director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), spoke to @sfexaminer.bsky.social about Grok, an AI chatbot: bit.ly/4qqxMhZ #BerkeleyLaw
- There remain lots of open questions about the legality of other kinds of deepfake images — and the constitutionality of efforts to ban them.
- The new municipality would be located 60 miles northeast of San Francisco.
- The City will invest more than $21 million in opening 50 new beds for people with severe mental-health issues.
- A new musical will explore The Fillmore’s 20th-century heyday and the subsequent displacement and urban renewal that changed it forever.
- The City recorded 621 such fatalities last year, according to the latest preliminary report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
- California is giving San Francisco a multimillion-dollar boost to expand its shelter system.
- "Eugene Onegin" makes its world premiere Jan. 23 and runs through Feb. 1 at War Memorial Opera House.
- The likelihood of a business-labor tax policy duel at the June ballot box is rising.
- The newly renovated Castro Theatre’s calendar is getting busier as its nearly two-year closure nears its end.
- San Francisco Art Week has the chance to breathe much-needed new life into The City’s arts scene.
- X might now be barring its chatbot from virtually disrobing people, but that doesn’t mean that the legality of the practice is anywhere near settled.
- With high ceilings and large pillars decorating the walls, along with the two “ladies” above the bar, the bar feels polished as well as cozy.
- Much of the show’s success — especially among the LGBTQ community — comes from the quality of the representation.
- “There are longer wait times, there are fewer things to offer,” said a registered nurse and veteran who both works at and receives care at the site.
- The Examiner spoke to Erik Arvidsson about everything that is — and isn’t — on the line this weekend in the Swiss Alps.
- The City and the surrounding region are as dominant now as they’ve been in the past 10 years.
- A leading local infectious-disease expert is cautioning against using a common moniker for the virus.
- The lack of buy-in from colleagues came despite Supervisor Alan Wong making public appeals for support.
