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Some surprising and not-so surprising names have turned up on a leaked list of powerful, elite men who were invited to the ultra-secret Bohemian Grove, an annual summer retreat in the redwoods along the Russian River where America's movers and shakers are said to gather for relaxation, strange ceremonies and high-level networking and male bonding.

One of these random kids decides to grope one of my friend's breasts. She then turns around and throws a drink at him. And another one rolls up on me, spits in my face. Then the first guy that rolled up on me, socks me in the face and they just start destroying my car.

We're spread so thin that nobody's really been given the opportunity to be adequately trained for some of the assignments that we're sent off to. The situation hasn't gotten any better, and our concerns are the same, and they're growing. Staffing shortages have existed for years in the criminal division and are being exacerbated as the San Francisco district attorney's office files more cases.

During a trip to San Francisco, Ross Calvin, entrepreneur and cryptocurrency engineering enthusiast, gazed at the city's bay with a sense of wonder: it lacked a Statue of Liberty like the one in New York. Seven years later, he's moving forward to realize his utopia: erecting a 137-meter-tall nickel-and-bronze statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz Island. The work would surpass the New York statue in height and cost approximately $450 million.

A semitruck became "fully engulfed" in flames near the Third Street off-ramp, Mark Andrews, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, told SFGATE. According to the CHP incident log, the fire was first reported at 10:46 a.m. Crews on the scene reported difficulties putting the fire out and needed to remove "scrap metal" in order to put out the fire.

The supply side factor is, I would say, by far the biggest difference between San Francisco and Austin. Austin is just building a ton, and really, I would say setting kind of a good example for growing in a way that actually meets increasing demand.

We are asking obviously for more staffing. We are asking for more comprehensive and adequate training, not just emails. Not just binders. That's sort of outlines what a courtroom or what various courtrooms do. Not everyone is the same.

Many of them felt that the cash, the knowledge that there may be cash on the premises, made them a target. Mandelman's office told ABC7 Eyewitness News that the risk of being targeted for physical threat has increased 33% since businesses were told in 2019 they had to accept cash.

Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and originated as an electronic games series from Nintendo that debuted in Japan on February 27, 1996, and that 2026 marks the 30th Anniversary of Pokemon, celebrating three decades of creativity, innovation, storytelling, and community building that continues to inspire generations of fans to explore, learn, and connect.

There was a crash early Friday morning at the edge of Pacific Heights in which an SFPD vehicle collided with a car while it was chasing down a different vehicle. As ABC 7 reports, the collision happened around 7:30 am at the intersection of Divisadero and Pine streets, following a chase that began in the area of Geary Boulevard and St. Joseph's Avenue, about six blocks away in Anza Vista.

The Bay Lights belong to San Francisco, Illuminate founder Ben Davis said in a Thursday statement announcing the March 20 relighting date. They're a reminder that beauty can live at the scale of infrastructure and that awe can be part of a city's identity. SF Mayor Daniel Lurie also chimed in on the same Thursday announcement. The Bay Lights are an iconic symbol of San Francisco and the entire Bay Area, Lurie said in the same press release.

Yes, this was another frigid morning in the Bay Area, and today is going to be windy. There may be scattered showers early, and you can expect another frigid night tonight into tomorrow, and an extreme cold weather warning from 1 am to 9 am tomorrow. [NWS Bay Area / Chronicle] In addition to the AT&T store returning to its old digs at the foot of Powell Street, another Union Square retailer is returning to a store they previously closed.

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San Francisco still has challenges. We know that economic uncertainty, downtown recovery, workforce transitions and the broader question of what our city will become next,

But on January 28, the sleek doors at 499 Jackson Street quietly closed up, and the $16 functional lattes stopped flowing. But the "Erewhon of the North" didn't go out in bankruptcy. After a year of being the chicest spot for the venture capital crowd to grab a "Glow" smoothie, owners Gina and Stuart Peterson decided that the grind of daily retail wasn't for them.

My family is devastated, completely devastated,

80-year-old Mary Fong Lau was in court Friday in San Francisco, changing her plea to no contest in the March 2024 vehicle collision that killed a couple and their two small children in West Portal, as the Chronicle reports. The plea, while not admitting guilt, allows the court to treat them as if they were guilty and waives the right to a trial.

San Francisco's Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant St. is not a romantic place. Its ground floor courts can upend defendants' lives. The exterior is an austere reinforced-concrete monument to 1960s utilitarian architecture. In 2017, feces literally streamed down its walls. Still, it is a crossroads for love in all its forms, filled with parents, partners, and children waiting to see loved ones. This is true at any time of year, but particularly as Valentines' Day approaches.

Trader Joe's is always busy on weeknights. Especially so on Thursday in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, when a mob of twentysomethings, all holding roses in their hands, flooded one store's produce section. While some slung red baskets over their arms, they weren't shopping for Scandinavian Swimmers. They were looking for love. That crowd gathered for an unofficial Trader Joe's singles mixer. More than 500 people RSVPed to a public event listing on Partiful.

Good news, the Mercury's reader Valentines are back, and they're in print and online! DID YOU GET ONE? CHECK AND SEE! That's right, we've been collecting hundreds of your 150 characters love notes-many of which are crammed into our current print issue, on the streets in more than 500 spots around the city-and online right here! And while you may have missed our print deadline, DO NOT FRET!

The doomsday plan includes closing the 10 stations with the lowest ridership. That means closing 20% of its stations, impacting 12% of riders. They include Oakland International Airport, South San Francisco and West Dublin/Pleasanton. "It's a tragedy," said Ed Locker, a BART Rider from Santa Rosa. "Everybody uses BART and has for over 50 years, I think. It would be a real sad thing."

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County are under a beach hazards statement which was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:25 a.m. The statement is valid from 10 p.m. until Saturday Feb. 14, at 4 a.m. Dangerous conditions are forecast along the shoreline.