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Group behind SF billboard in Texas says their message isn't...

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Group behind SF billboard in Texas says their message isn't...

A mysterious billboard promoting San Francisco appeared in El Paso this month.

'Just the beginning': SF stores are removing this feature...

'Just the beginning': SF stores are removing this feature...

Bay Area politician is lagging surprisingly big in Senate...

Bay Area politician is lagging surprisingly big in Senate...

Future of reparations in SF murky after funding for office...

Future of reparations in SF murky after funding for office...

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Biden left something behind at Filoli that stumped Bay Area...

The Bay Area’s Filoli rearranged elaborate decorations around presidential visits.

By Silas Valentino

Visitors wear masks and social distance while strolling through the Filoli Gardens in Woodside, Calif. on Sept. 3, 2020. The Town Kitchen, based in Oakland, partnered with Filoli Gardens to provide food at the cafe on its grounds. Town Kitchen is an organization that helps underserved / vulnerable youth get real work experience by preparing hundreds of meals a day for large corporations.

AOC says 'life has completely transformed' since Pelosi left...

Ocasio-Cortez said she believes her "misery" in Congress was largely due to Pelosi.

By Alec Regimbal

New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enters the stage for her conversation with Briahna Joy Gray about about identity, race and class at the Austin Convention Center during the SXSW Conference & Festivals on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

Bay Area & State

How bad is shoplifting in SF compared with LA, NYC? New study...

A new analysis of shoplifting rates in 24 major cities yields surprising results.

By Alec Regimbal

Target announced it will permanently close a San Francisco store at 1690 Folsom Street. The retail giant will also close a store in Oakland at 2650 Broadway and in Pittsburg at 4301 Century Blvd.

Fired Oakland police chief volunteering as high school...

Fired OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong is coaching hoops as he waits to learn his future.

By Gabe Lehman

FILE - Former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong takes questions from the media during a press conference at police headquarters in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021.

Pelosi more involved in ailing Feinstein's legal affairs than...

New: Pelosi served as a witness when Sen. Feinstein signed over legal rights.

By Alex Shultz

FILE: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a memorial service for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) at San Francisco City Hall on October 05, 2023 in San Francisco, California.

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R.I.P. Showtime. Meet Paramount Plus With Showtime.

Showtime is about to have a curtain call. The premium channel known for prestige...

By Herb Scribner and Anne Branigin

After losing Houston mayor's race, US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to seek reelection to Congress

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has announced she'll seek reelection to Congress in...

FILE - House Judiciary Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, delivers opening statements during a hearing on oversight of the Drug Enforcement Administration, July 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two days after losing her bid to be Houston’s next mayor, longtime U.S. Rep. Jackson Lee announced Monday, Dec. 11, that she will seek a 16th term in Congress in 2024.

Wisconsin Republican leader stands by fake Trump elector, will keep him on elections commission

A Wisconsin lawmaker is rejecting calls from Democrats to rescind his appointee to the...

By SCOTT BAUER

Wisconsin Elections Commission member Robert Spindell speaks during a meeting, Nov. 2, 2023 in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state is calling for the Republican who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump to be removed from his position on the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Spindell was one of 10 Republicans who signed certificates in 2020 falsely stating that Trump had won Wisconsin.

Raimondo vows 'strongest possible' action on Huawei's chip breakthrough

11 December 2023 (Bloomberg) -- Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said that the US will...

By Mackenzie Hawkins

Jurors in a Giuliani damages case hear the threats election workers got after his false claims

Lawyers for two Georgia election workers are asking jurors in a federal case to make Rudy...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The trial will determine how much Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of fraud while pushing President Donald Trump's baseless claims after he lost the 2020 election.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to 'conversion therapy' ban

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a challenge to a state law in Washington...

By Ann E. Marimow

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, after losing mayor's race, seeks 16th term in House

After badly losing a runoff election over the weekend in a bid to become Houston's first...

By Azi Paybarah

Biden announces 3 decommissioned Philadelphia fire companies are reopening with federal funds

Three decommissioned fire companies in Philadelphia have been reopened with the help of...

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG

President Joe Biden greets firefighters in the audience after speaking at Engine 13 in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, for an event recognizing that the city of Philadelphia is receiving a 22.4 million dollar SAFER Grant, that enables the Philadelphia Fire Department to reopen three fire companies.

Harvard's deepening disunity pits furious alumni against faculty

11 December 2023 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University is fracturing. More than 700 faculty...

By Janet Lorin and Amanda Gordon

A D.C. teen lost two cousins to gun violence. Now she helps others.

The students sat around the tables in the high school musical theater classroom and shared...

By Ellie Silverman

Kanihya Glover, right, leads a weekly meeting for students harmed by gun violence at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington on Nov. 1. (

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