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  • Ricky Pearsall smiles at a press conferencePolitics

    A San Francisco 49ers rookie was shot in broad daylight—and the incident has supercharged the city’s mayoral race

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Snapchat app on a mobile device is seen in New York. Snap Inc., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The owner of Snapchat will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency that claimed the company discriminated against female employees, failed to prevent workplace sexual harassment and retaliated against women who complained. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Success

    Snapchat will pay $15m to settle California suit claiming it discriminated against female employees, failed to stop harassment and punished women who complained

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Rows of grapes seen through a train window in Nappa ValleyLifestyle

    Napa Valley winemakers are teaching Ukrainian workers a special method to grow grapes on land riddled with mines

    By Haven Daley, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others
  • Ukrainian winemaker Georgiy Molchanov, left, asks a question to Ivo Jeramaz, right, during a tour of a Grgich Hills Estate’s vineyard Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in American Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)Environment

    California winemakers and an international nonprofit are bringing over Ukrainian peers to help them with regenerative agriculture—and demining

    By Haven Daley, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others
  • Travelers at Oakland International AirportPolitics

    San Francisco really doesn’t want its name on Oakland airport. Oakland officials vote to do it anyway.

    By Olga R. Rodriguez, Christopher Weber, and others
  • FILE – Travelers prepare to enter Oakland International airport Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland’s airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers but San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse travelers since there is already a San Francisco International Airport. The Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland will take up the question at its meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)Politics

    Oakland International Airport is thinking about adding ‘San Francisco’ to its name but the actual San Francisco isn’t having it

    By Janie Har, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others
  • Berkeley burial moundPolitics

    Bay Area parking lot company takes $27 million deal to give 5,700-year-old Native burial mound back to Ohlone tribe

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Evan Frostick and Madison BernardHealth

    The opioid crisis is so bad that prosecutors are starting to charge drug addict parents with their kids’ Fentanyl overdoses

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • SANTA BARBARA, CA – FEBRAUARY 23: Stearns Wharf looking toward State Street and downtown is viewed in this aerial photo on February 23, 2018, in Santa Barbara, California. A combined series of natural disasters, the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides, contributed to a serious dropoff in the numbers of tourists making their way to “The American Riviera” in January and February. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    One of California’s oldest newspapers that once had a daily circulation of 45,000 just closed after bankruptcy filing following a long decline

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Elizabeth HooverLifestyle

    Berkeley professor apologizes for claiming to be Native American for years, admits she’s ‘a white person’

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Historic cable car on the street in San Francisco, California.Tech

    Tech elites have been in San Francisco for decades but they’re making new moves in politics on everything from policing to zoning reform

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Khazar Elyassnia, left, stands in the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on Friday, April 14, 2023, ahead of an appearance by her brother, Nima Momeni, who has been charged with murder in the death of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee. Elyassnia’s husband, Dino Elyssania, is to her right. Momeni’s arraignment was rescheduled to April 25, 2023, and he did not enter a plea. (AP Photo/Olga Rodriguez)Tech

    The suspect in the killing of tech founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in court will be held without bail as he faces possible life in prison

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • Half Moon Bay shootingSuccess

    The Half Moon Bay mass shootings were a case of ‘workplace violence,’ officials say

    By Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley, and others
  • London BreedEnvironment

    San Francisco mayor ‘preparing for a war’ as winds up to 85 mph and a half-foot of rain swamp the Bay Area, knocking out power for thousands

    By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
  • David Depape is shown in Berkeley, Calif.,on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, while searching for the Democratic leader. Police were called to the home to check on Paul Pelosi when they discovered the 82-year-old and the suspect, Depape, both grabbing onto the hammer, said Police Chief William Scott.(Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)Politics

    Pelosi attacker said he was on a ‘suicide mission’ to stop ‘lies coming out of Washington D.C.’, San Francisco DA says

    By Olga R. Rodriguez, Stefanie Dazio, and others