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Obituaries for normal people matter, too. Here’s how I learned to write one

Grave markers, like those at Golden Hill Memorial Park in Colma, aren’t known for their descriptiveness. It’s the obituary that gets the true last...

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California’s fast food workers have new protections but most have no idea of their rights

Fast food workers in San Jose demonstrate in favor of an ordinance mandating that employers provide annual “know your rights” training. After 17...

09.04.2024 8

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Why the entire country is still talking about a UC Berkeley professor’s toxic dating advice

UC Berkeley computer science professor Jonathan Shewchuk ignited a nationwide controversy after advising a student to “get out of the Bay Area” if...

28.03.2024 6

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Bullfrogs are a delicacy at Chinese restaurants. Environmentalists say they're a 'plague.' Will California ban them?

When the Gold Rush hit California in the mid-19th century, miners swarmed over its hills like humanoid locusts, shearing the land of its vegetation in...

16.03.2024 7

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Restaurant ‘service fees’ are aggravating diners all over the Bay Area. Help could be on the way

A receipt from the Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park explains how the service charge will be shared with the staff. In most places, restaurants do not...

13.03.2024 9

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While S.F.’s Union Square struggles, a ‘rat hole’ in Chicago is drawing tourists from around the world

Visitors to Chicago’s rat hole put coins and a vape cartridge into it. The hole has existed for decades and is one of 2024’s first cultural...

08.03.2024 6

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The bullying and death of an Oklahoma nonbinary student just showed us who really isn’t safe in school

Nex Benedict died the day after being attacked and beaten in a high school bathroom in Owasso, Okla. Last week, a family buried their nonbinary child,...

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What would happen if government took over the gig economy?

Instacart shopper Courtney Fox stands in the checkout line at a Safeway in Palo Alto with groceries for three separate orders. A few months ago, I was...

30.01.2024 3

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Want to help farmworkers a year after the Half Moon Bay massacre? Feed them

23.01.2024 6

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The end of San Francisco’s parklet era is upon us

Restaurant and bar owners trying to adhere to new permitting rules for parklets are living a bureaucratic nightmare. On a recent Friday night, my...

20.01.2024 10

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This celebrated restaurant is barely making it. Here’s why S.F. has made it so hard just to stay open

On the December day I stopped at Azalina Eusope’s 6-month-old restaurant in the Tenderloin, she’d just been granted Eater’s “Chef of the...

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Why San Francisco’s Israel cease-fire resolution matters

Hundreds of people march in protest for a “Free Palestine" in downtown San Francisco on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Organizers called for a...

09.01.2024 6

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Chino Yang rapped about the frustrations of being ignored, and we’re doing it again

A screenshot from rapper Andy “Chino” Yang’s video for his track, “San Francisco Our Home,” which has been denounced by some local leaders...

04.01.2024 4

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2023 was a hell of a decade

29.12.2023 8

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What the dullest billboard in S.F. tells us about the future of the Bay Area

Design agency Collins created Intercom’s simple billboards as a thought experiment on clarity and sincerity. Every time someone flies in to visit me...

24.12.2023 7

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Is the Castro still an LGBTQ safe haven?

16.12.2023 5

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84% of Americans are worried about the economy. So why do we keep buying things?

Black Friday shoppers enter Macy’s on Union Square in San Francisco on Nov. 24. Retail experts foresee decent sales growth for luxury goods, toys...

13.12.2023 7

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They thought they were painting murals to boost S.F. civic pride. Were they used as political pawns?

Messy Beck’s mural for the “It All Starts Here” campaign is put on display in October during a Community Mural Day at the Crossing at East Cut...

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My weird, secret hobby is officiating weddings. Here’s why I do it

Pastor Darrell Ross prepares to officiate a wedding at the Martinelli Event Center in Livermore. Kelly DeLaRosa and Debra Amado exchange vows. Younger...

26.11.2023 5

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Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here’s what he says about...

Michael Shellenberger was the keynote speaker at a recent conference by Genspect, an Ireland-based organization that aims to “counter the pervasive...

20.11.2023 6

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He escaped martial law in the Philippines. Now, APEC has brought the past to his doorstep

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The SoMa Pilipinas Cultural District encompasses an area that is a hub for San...

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S.F. created a fund to revitalize empty storefronts. So far, it’s all gone to one Food Network chef

30.10.2023 3

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APEC in S.F. will be epic? Some SoMa business owners say the summit will destroy them

A bus shelter ad extols the virtues of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference that San Francisco is hosting in November. “APEC will be...

21.10.2023 10

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SFMOMA is set to have a blockbuster show. But what about the artist’s racist writings?

Artist Yayoi Kusama, the subject of the exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 14. On Oct. 14,...

12.10.2023 4

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I spent a week in a Japanese ‘America Town.’ Here’s what it taught me about myself

Amerikamura (American Village) in Osaka, Japan, is known for its recreations of American-style fashion stores, restaurants and nightclubs. On a recent...

07.10.2023 6

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On Dianne Feinstein, Laphonza Butler, and California Democrats’ toothless girlboss identity politics

Sofia Sunseri, from left, 6; Everly Sunseri, 14 months; and Brooklyn Leauvano, 7, stand next to a bust of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein as they attend...

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