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Casting shade on shadows: S.F. supervisor seeks to bar using shadows to block new housing

Shadows cast by tall and not-so-tall buildings alike have long been used to block housing in San Francisco, and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood wants it to end.
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‘We can no longer pretend:’ Patients suffer at understaffed UCSF ER, providers say

As nurses and doctors worked to resuscitate a man passed out on the linoleum floor of the UCSF Parnassus Medical Center waiting room, the words of a ...
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One S.F. judge candidate is out raising her opponent 5-to-1, boosted by tech exec and cop unions

Candidates for Superior Court Judge, Alexandra Pray (left) and Phoebe Maffei (right). Photos from candidates' campaign websites. Phoebe Maffei, a prosecutor in the San Francisco district attorney’s ...
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Labor’s love lost? Union favorite Connie Chan has labor’s backing, but little of its cash.

Supervisor Connie Chan at a rally in 2024. Her run for Congress has earned her a broad coalition of support from city unions, as well as umbrella groups like the San Francisco Labor Council, the San ...
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S.F. drug-free housing bill sent back to committee after doctors raise concerns

Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s plan to fund drug-free homeless housing in San Francisco was sent back to committee for edits Tuesday afternoon after the San Francisco Marin Medical Society, Coalition on ...
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Chalky chill

At Dolores and Market streets. Photo by Zachary Smith.
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‘Fire sale’: S.F. moving to buy out PG&E — even, potentially, if PG&E says no

PG&E, the utility company that, last week, reintroduced one-third of San Franciscans to the Dickensian joys of wearing coats indoors and tabulating the losses of spoiled food by candlelight, is not ...
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Excelsior Buzz: Sign up for a tour of your neighbors’ gardens

“Excelsior Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from the Excelsior. Got news? Send us tips at xueer@missionlocal.com Flyer for the 2026 Mission Terrace Garden Tour on May 31, ...
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Saikat Chakrabarti went after Democrats as AOC’s chief of staff. Now, he wants another round.

Centimillionaire congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti hopes to bring his no-holds-barred approach to national politics ...
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S.F. nurses demand Kaiser help colleague who may lose job over delayed DACA renewal

A Filipina immigrant and surgical nurse faces the risk of losing her job as delays in her DACA renewal process leave her work authorization in limbo on May 10, 2026. Photo by Zoe Malen. Some three ...
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S.F.’s last immigration court will be reduced to a satellite by end of summer

The federal building at 630 Sansome St. in downtown San Francisco houses immigration courts as well as private ICE and USCIS field offices. The federal government confirmed on May 1 that the city’s ...
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Congressional candidate Scott Wiener’s tech platform would take his AI safety work federal

If elected, congressional candidate Scott Wiener wants to bear down on tech regulations, starting with making national the net neutrality and AI safety regulations he passed in California. In 2017, as ...