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Celia Marroquín Daniel Lurie Inquirer Investigation Midterm Elections San Francisco Board of SupervisorsProp. E would remove most city contracts from supervisors’ review, analysts find
The Board’s own analysts say Mayor Lurie’s contracting measure would have removed 189 contracts and about $2.5 billion from supervisors’ review over three years, including deals the board cut or sent to audit.
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Lisa Cook, a Berkeley Ph.D., takes her Fed seat into this week’s rate meeting with a White House inquiry pending
President Trump has named a committee to recommend whether there is cause to remove the governor; her lawyer has asked to delay…
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Huffman, Natural Resources’ top Democrat, pushes back on the Senate permitting deal
The four senators behind a 417-page permitting overhaul call it a hard-won compromise; Rep. Jared Huffman says it does too little to…
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From the Cal sidelines to a Minnesota Senate race: Michele Tafoya trails narrowly with a week to go
The 1988 Berkeley graduate and former NFL sideline reporter, now the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee, is within three points of Lt. Gov. Peggy…
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In CA-14’s final week, a debate remark about the Taliban still hangs over the Wahab–Hernandez rematch
Melissa Hernandez says she was cut off while describing a policy disagreement; Rep. Aisha Wahab calls the remark a racist dog whistle.…
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Instacart explores a sale, and DoorDash is at the table
The San Francisco grocery-delivery company has hired bankers and held early talks with DoorDash after Uber walked away, according to reports, as…
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Trump’s America First Seafood Strategy promises relief as California’s fishing fleet waits on crab
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Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil’s runoff as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to challenge the result
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva overcame a first-round deficit to defeat the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro by about 3.6…
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Prop. E would remove most city contracts from supervisors’ review, analysts find
The Board’s own analysts say Mayor Lurie’s contracting measure would have removed 189 contracts and about $2.5 billion from supervisors’ review over…
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Santa Rita Jail’s fourth death of 2026 followed a release from custody while the woman was hospitalized
Jessica Watson, 36, was freed on her own recognizance the day after deputies found her unresponsive in her cell, a practice the…
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A driver steered into the Muni subway at Embarcadero, fled, and left Market Street without trains until Sunday
A car that entered the Folsom Street portal Saturday afternoon shut the Market Street subway for the night, and police are treating…
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Stripe’s Patrick Collison puts $33 million into the fight over Prop. 40
State filings show the Stripe chief executive has given about $33.2 million to the main committee opposing California’s billionaire tax, making him…
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At 92, Gordon Getty remains a pillar of San Francisco music, as patron and as composer
The oil heir turned composer has spent four decades underwriting the city’s opera, orchestras and choruses, and this year the institutions he…
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Prop. E would remove most city contracts from supervisors’ review, analysts find
The Board’s own analysts say Mayor Lurie’s contracting measure would have removed 189 contracts and about $2.5 billion from supervisors’ review over three years, including deals the board cut or sent to…
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A driver steered into the Muni subway at Embarcadero, fled, and left Market Street without trains until Sunday
A car that entered the Folsom Street portal Saturday afternoon shut the Market Street subway for the night, and police are treating it as a hit-and-run.
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San Francisco declares a local emergency to speed storm buying before El Niño winter
Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proclamation lets departments skip normal contracting rules for pumps, flood barriers and generators, and lets him move money between departments, as forecasters warn of a wet winter and record…
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Prop F would let San Francisco’s mayor remove Police Commission appointees without Board approval
Mayor Daniel Lurie’s charter measure would end a 2003 rule requiring the Board of Supervisors to consent before a mayor fires his own police commissioners, a change his campaign says creates clear…
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The new San Francisco fortune: the 100 families who hold the city’s wealth
Of the $516.5 billion in estimated fortunes held by San Francisco’s 100 wealthiest families and individuals, more than a third now traces to artificial intelligence. A ranked guide, from Stripe and Anthropic…
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San Francisco records its first death from a kratom-derived opioid sold as an herbal supplement
The medical examiner found MGM-15, a federally banned compound up to 50 times as strong as morphine, in a man who died in late September and in the “cat’s claw” tablets he…
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San Francisco moves to auction a Sea Cliff house at the center of a deed-fraud lawsuit
Supervisors authorized the tax collector to sell a long-delinquent home on 32nd Avenue, a step neighbors see as a way out of a yearlong standoff, as the city attorney seeks a court…
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Two transit taxes on San Francisco’s ballot would cover most of Muni’s deficit, but not all of it
Budget documents, the official voter pamphlet and the measures’ own text show what Proposition H and the regional transit sales tax would and would not pay for, what happens if only one…
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Santa Rita Jail’s fourth death of 2026 followed a release from custody while the woman was hospitalized
Jessica Watson, 36, was freed on her own recognizance the day after deputies found her unresponsive in her cell, a practice the State Auditor has warned can keep jail-related deaths out of…
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Bird flu turns up in Canada geese at Alameda’s Crown Beach, and East Bay parks tell visitors to keep their distance
Geese collected this month at Crown Memorial State Beach tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, and officials say infected birds could appear anywhere in the East Bay.
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Oakland’s 911 lines are back after cut cables, but the questions about its backups remain
Severed AT&T copper and fiber lines knocked out Oakland’s emergency and dispatch phones for about 36 hours. Police are treating the damage as a crime, and both of the city’s first fallback…
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Oakland’s $30 minimum wage initiative qualifies, putting the next decision before the City Council
County elections officials certified signatures for a measure that would raise Oakland’s minimum wage from $17.34 to $30 an hour by 2037, leaving the council to adopt it, send it to voters…
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Oakland moves to raise blight fines to as much as $10,000 a day, the first increase since 1968
The City Council gave initial approval to a plan by Councilmember Zac Unger that would raise the ceiling on daily penalties tenfold for owners who leave declared nuisances unfixed, with a final…
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As Medi-Cal shrinks, Bay Area counties rebuild safety nets they scaled back after the Affordable Care Act
Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco are expanding county-run care programs for people expected to lose coverage in 2027, but the documents behind those plans show the money covers only…
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Hayward pauses new data centers as more Bay Area governments rethink the A.I. building boom
Hayward’s council adopted an immediate moratorium on the same night Richmond extended its pause to 2028 and San Mateo County began weighing zoning limits, while Santa Clara, home to one of the…
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Marin adopts limits on immigration agents’ use of county property, but stops short of an ordinance
After two hours of public comment, Marin County supervisors unanimously approved an administrative policy that bars federal immigration operations from county property, a step activists said falls short of the binding law…
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The new San Francisco fortune: the 100 families who hold the city’s wealth
Read the report: The new San Francisco fortune: the 100 families who hold the city’s wealthOf the $516.5 billion in estimated fortunes held by San Francisco’s 100 wealthiest families and individuals, more than a third now traces to artificial intelligence. A ranked guide, from Stripe and Anthropic to the Gap and Levi Strauss.
Inquirer Investigation
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Prop. E would remove most city contracts from supervisors’ review, analysts find
The Board’s own analysts say Mayor Lurie’s contracting measure would have removed 189 contracts and about $2.5 billion from supervisors’ review over…
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Santa Rita Jail’s fourth death of 2026 followed a release from custody while the woman was hospitalized
Jessica Watson, 36, was freed on her own recognizance the day after deputies found her unresponsive in her cell, a practice the…
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Justice Department asks California counties to set aside ballots from 20,000 registrants it flags as likely noncitizens
Federal officials say holding those ballots until citizenship is verified would protect citizens’ votes without canceling any registration. State and county officials…
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Inquirer Investigation: U.S.-Mexico trade talks slow over steel, aluminum and auto tariffs
Mexico wants relief from 50 percent U.S. duties on steel and aluminum and a cut in vehicle tariffs to 15 percent from…
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Why California gas tops $6: refinery closures, imports and a widening margin
Federal and state data show that higher crude prices explain most of this year’s jump at the pump, but California’s gap with…
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Inquirer Investigation: In Bay Area immigration arrests, court records and DHS offer competing accounts of force
The Department of Homeland Security says its officers use the minimum force necessary and face a surge in assaults; court filings and…
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As Medi-Cal shrinks, Bay Area counties rebuild safety nets they scaled back after the Affordable Care Act
Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco are expanding county-run care programs for people expected to lose coverage in 2027, but…
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Massachusetts gun owners face a registration deadline Wednesday, six days before voters decide whether to keep the law
Question 9 asks Massachusetts voters whether to uphold a 2024 law that created one of the country’s few statewide gun registries, a system that already reaches further than California’s.
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Justice Department sues Alaska over a second Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot
The suit asks a federal judge to hold certification in one narrow scenario if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. Attorney General Todd Blanche says it only preserves information for state officials; critics, including…
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Justice Department asks California counties to set aside ballots from 20,000 registrants it flags as likely noncitizens
Federal officials say holding those ballots until citizenship is verified would protect citizens’ votes without canceling any registration. State and county officials dispute the list, and a federal appeals court takes up…
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Supreme Court lets New Hampshire bar student IDs at the polls, as California weighs its own voter ID measure
The justices paused a lower-court order on the eve of New Hampshire’s election, a ruling with no direct effect in California but one that previews questions the Legislature would have to answer…
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Deportations near one million under Trump as arrests shift into communities, including the Bay Area
A Migration Policy Institute analysis of federal data finds that most removals still begin at the border, but arrests inside the country are driving a growing share, a trend Bay Area immigration…
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A flaw in the code behind most websites sends governments and companies scrambling to patch
Federal agencies told organizations to update PHP immediately or take sites offline, a warning that reaches from state and city portals to the San Francisco companies that run much of the web’s…
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California faces a $2 billion food aid bill unless it cuts an error rate. The deciding year just ended.
Federal error-rate data, state budget records and legislative testimony show how a 2025 law is already shifting CalFresh costs to Sacramento and the counties, why California would pay sooner than several states…
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Trump administration prepares to resume student loan collections after the midterms, report says
Treasury is moving to hire private debt collectors for defaulted federal student loans, a step that could reach hundreds of thousands of Californians as soon as next year.
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Instacart explores a sale, and DoorDash is at the table
The San Francisco grocery-delivery company has hired bankers and held early talks with DoorDash after Uber walked away, according to reports, as slowing growth and a friendlier antitrust climate reshape the delivery…
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PG&E puts a sale or spinoff of its gas business on the table in its strategic review
Chief Executive Patti Poppe told investors that the company’s four million gas customers pay junk-rated borrowing costs because of wildfire risk on the electric side, and that a regulator-approved separation is one…
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Lam Research posts a record quarter, but supply limits send the Fremont chipmaker’s stock lower
The equipment maker’s sales jumped 54 percent from a year earlier on demand tied to artificial intelligence, but executives said shortages of parts and clean-room space would hold back shipments through the…
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Why California gas tops $6: refinery closures, imports and a widening margin
Federal and state data show that higher crude prices explain most of this year’s jump at the pump, but California’s gap with the rest of the country has widened as two refineries…
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The new San Francisco fortune: the 100 families who hold the city’s wealth
Of the $516.5 billion in estimated fortunes held by San Francisco’s 100 wealthiest families and individuals, more than a third now traces to artificial intelligence. A ranked guide, from Stripe and Anthropic…
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Bloom Energy’s A.I. power boom lifts sales past $1 billion a quarter, but the cash is still catching up
The San Jose fuel-cell maker raised its forecast for the third time this year on data-center demand, while its own filings show how much money the growth is tying up in inventory,…
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Meta is ordered to pay $25 billion on the day it reports soaring sales and a deal to keep Zuckerberg in California
A New Mexico judge imposed the largest penalty yet against the Menlo Park company, which said it would appeal, as Meta disclosed heavy A.I. spending, negative free cash flow and an agreement…
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Netflix trims its forecast as ad sales lag, and its shares fall
The Los Gatos streaming company beat profit estimates for the third quarter but lowered its outlook for advertising revenue and cash flow, a week after announcing about 1,000 job cuts.
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Three bond measures, three ways to pay: what Propositions 1, 37 and 38 would cost California
The November ballot asks voters to authorize about $44 billion in bonds for housing, down payments and medical research, but only two of the…
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Proposition 2 would double California’s rainy-day fund cap, and the fight is over the spending limit
The Nov. 3 measure would let the state save up to 20 percent of its general fund and keep making extra debt payments through…
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Newsom orders a statewide review of public-safety programs before he leaves office
An executive order directs state agencies to inventory their crime-prevention, victim-services and re-entry programs and report by Dec. 18, a plan the governor says…
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Bonta charges 103 home-care workers in Medi-Cal fraud sweep as federal prosecutors trade blame with Sacramento
The attorney general charged 103 In-Home Supportive Services caregivers with billing Medi-Cal while clients were hospitalized, as federal prosecutors in Los Angeles criticized the…
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California set a $21,000 Medi-Cal savings limit without a public count of who would lose coverage
Budget documents show how much the state expects to save by lowering the savings cap for older and disabled Medi-Cal enrollees, and how little…
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California’s largest state worker union stages its first strike, pressing Newsom on pay and telework
Thousands of members of SEIU Local 1000 walked off the job on Wednesday in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and both sides…
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California tax receipts top forecast by $2.9 billion in September as warnings about a fragile base persist
Strong corporate and income tax payments put the state $5.5 billion ahead of budget projections since April, even as the Legislature’s fiscal adviser cautions…
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California joins federal suit to block merger of playground equipment makers
Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 11 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in asking a federal court to stop PlayPower’s purchase of its…
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Trump’s America First Seafood Strategy promises relief as California’s fishing fleet waits on crab
The administration’s new plan pairs a U.S.-caught label, processing loans and regulatory review with tougher import enforcement, arriving as California boats face a delayed…
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Divided Ninth Circuit panel rules Trump’s 2025 federalization of California National Guard exceeded his authority
A divided panel upheld the order returning the Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom, finding the Los Angeles unrest did not amount to a rebellion.…
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As FEMA tightens its disaster reviews, California’s bid to extend help for fire survivors is still pending
The Trump administration says it is vetting aid requests more closely and has paid every dollar it approved for Los Angeles fire case management;…
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Inquirer Investigation: In Bay Area immigration arrests, court records and DHS offer competing accounts of force
The Department of Homeland Security says its officers use the minimum force necessary and face a surge in assaults; court filings and immigration lawyers…
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Oakland judge’s order halting DHS voter interviews takes effect today unless an appeals court steps in
The ruling shields citizens in California and eight other states from election-related field interviews through Election Day, but it rests on a narrower basis…
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Trump administration holds back another $1.2 billion in Medicaid money for California home care
Federal Medicaid officials cited rapid growth in the state’s personal care services as grounds for a third deferral this year, without presenting evidence of…
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Schiff tours SFO holding room and says detained travelers still cannot call lawyers or family
After a Tuesday oversight visit, Senator Adam Schiff said some people held by Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport are kept…
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Judge weighs San Francisco and Santa Clara bid to halt DHS voter home visits
At a hearing in Oakland, a federal judge pressed both sides on standing and scope as two Bay Area governments asked her to stop…
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Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil’s runoff as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to challenge the result
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva overcame a first-round deficit to defeat the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro by about 3.6 points, setting…
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Brazil votes today in a presidential runoff that final polls call too close to call
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro enter Sunday’s second round within the margin of error, with Brazilians in Northern California…
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Inquirer Investigation: U.S.-Mexico trade talks slow over steel, aluminum and auto tariffs
Mexico wants relief from 50 percent U.S. duties on steel and aluminum and a cut in vehicle tariffs to 15 percent from 25 percent,…
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Taiwan says Chinese coast guard ships trailed Japanese patrol vessels sheltering from Typhoon Champi
Eight Japan Coast Guard ships rode out the storm in the Taiwan Strait under Taiwanese monitoring, and Taipei says five Chinese vessels followed them…
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Treasury proposes wider limits on American investment in Chinese technology, reaching into biotech
A draft Treasury rule would bar U.S. investment in Chinese developers of advanced A.I. and a range of biotechnologies, with consequences for Bay Area…
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As Washington and Beijing spar over AI, OpenAI steps back from the fight over chip sales to China
The San Francisco company has stopped pressing Congress for tighter export limits, Politico reported, just as China protested a U.S. ban on DeepSeek and…
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State Department says it has revoked more than 300,000 visas since January 2025
The figure, announced Tuesday, marks a sharp acceleration since summer and lands in the state that hosts more international students than any other.
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Fees on Chinese-built ships are set to return Nov. 10, and no notice extending the pause has been published
A two-month extension of the U.S.-China trade truce, announced in September, has not been written into the Federal Register, leaving the Port of Oakland,…
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Down 2-1 in the WNBA Finals, the Valkyries face a pivotal Game 4 in Atlanta
Golden State needs a win on Saturday to bring a tied series back to Chase Center, after two games in which turnovers and cold…
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Valkyries head to Atlanta with WNBA Finals tied after Game 2 loss to the Dream
Angel Reese’s 30 points and 16 rebounds gave Atlanta its first Finals victory, sending the series east tied 1-1 as Golden State tries to…
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Oakland to review $300,000 hotel-tax payout to Roots for hosting Australia’s World Cup team
A city report set for a public hearing on Tuesday says the subsidy paid for itself, as June hotel-tax receipts rose about $343,000 above…
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Warriors open the season with Porzingis out indefinitely and a smaller lineup in his place
With Kristaps Porzingis sidelined by an undisclosed health matter and Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody recovering from knee surgery, Steve Kerr plans to start…
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Unbeaten 49ers host Washington as Brock Purdy nears the top of the NFL’s passer-rating list
Five more attempts on Monday night at Levi’s Stadium would make Purdy, the final pick of the 2022 draft, the league’s career leader in…
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Valkyries take Game 1 of the WNBA Finals as Gabby Williams carries a cold-shooting offense
Golden State, in only its second season, beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 at Chase Center on Saturday, leaning on its defense and 26 points…