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Calif. man charged with murder in fatal vehicle strike at unopened Costco sfgate.com/bayarea/article/c…
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California farming billionaires' rural restaurant overdelivers on Michelin star sfgate.com/food/article/rest…
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Tiny Lake Havasu City has become a hotspot for Calif.'s millionaire renters sfgate.com/california/articl…
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Climber reported missing by hotel found dead on Mount Whitney sfgate.com/national-parks/ar…
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Valkyries could be forced to celebrate championship on practice court sfgate.com/valkyries/article…
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Unsung Kiah Stokes etches her name in Valkyries lore with epic Game 5 effort sfgate.com/valkyries/article…
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Horoscope for Tuesday, 10/27/26 by Christopher Renstrom sfgate.com/horoscope/article…
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The @valkyries saved the biggest celebrity in the building for last during Game 5 of the @WNBA Finals on Monday, announcing @Zendaya was at the game to raucous cheers.
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The Hollywood star, who was born and raised in Oakland, has been rocking the Valkyries violet giveaway T-shirt all night and cheering on Golden State against the Atlanta Dream. sfgate.com/valkyries/article…
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Former SF Giants fan favorite Hunter Pence got the crowd going ahead of Game 5 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center, better known to Valkyries fans as Ballhalla. Pence, a member of the Giants’ 2012 and 2014 World Series championship teams, took to the drum with considerable enthusiasm as fans banged their purple thundersticks together, the “G-S-V” chants growing louder with each round. The Valkyries face the Atlanta Dream with the championship series tied 2-2.
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Microsoft offers voluntary buyout to 60,000 employees sfgate.com/tech/article/micr…
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Wine Country's St. Helena takes drastic action to fix 'embarrassing' tap water sfgate.com/bayarea/article/s…
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Michael Douglas didn't forgive Francis Ford Coppola for 'Streets of SF' slight sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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Valkyries-Dream WNBA Finals Game 6 will be played at 9:30 a.m. PT Thursday sfgate.com/valkyries/article…
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Zendaya goes all-out for nephew's high school football game in Folsom sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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A warmer Pacific Ocean is luring manta ray relatives to California's coast sfgate.com/travel/article/de…
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We would be remiss not to acknowledge @Wedgelive's contribution to San Francisco's growing catwalk craze.
San Francisco's latest walking tour takes people past cats in windows, and apparently, the demand is enormous. Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday for a neighborhood “catwalk,” a free afternoon stroll past the homes of local cats, all volunteered by their owners for a moment in the spotlight. The cats, by all accounts booked and busy, had become local celebrities without lifting a paw. Organizer Lora Lafon told SFGATE the idea began with a Reddit thread inspired by a similar event in Minneapolis. More than 50 households across San Francisco signed up, and interest quickly outgrew what a single afternoon could accommodate. The inaugural walk was capped at 100 people, leaving another 406 on the waitlist and 388 more expressing interest. “We're such a big dog city (love dogs too) that it's been really sweet to see how proud the cat owners are when people stop to admire their babies in the window,” Lafon said. Fortunately for the city's aspiring cat admirers, more walks are in the works, both in San Francisco and potentially across the Bay Area.
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Airbnb hosts are threatening to leave in droves over a new policy. Let them. sfgate.com/opinion/article/a…
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California investor leaves Hawaii residents without water for months sfgate.com/hawaii/article/pu…
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