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Bayview may finally be getting a Caltrain station after decades of debate.

The SFCTA has chosen Oakdale Avenue as an ideal spot. Though construction may be near a decade away.

via @marina_e_newman

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Our story about mega master hearings in Concord, where hundreds of immigrants are being ordered removed for not showing up, is now in spanish!

Dentro de las mega audiencias en Concord, donde se ordenó la deportación de más de 600 inmigrantes en junio

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Dolores Huerta, the longtime civil rights leader and United Farm Workers cofounder, is backing Scott Wiener in his race for Congress.

That has left allies of Connie Chan, his rival and labor's candidate in the race, scratching their heads.

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Track AIPAC, the advocacy group critical of Israel that previously pilloried Connie Chan, has come around.

The group is now endorsing Chan in her congressional race against Scott Wiener.

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In Bernal Heights, one resident had a creative solution to an overgrown yard: goats.

Meet Joe and his two goats, Buttercup and Gary. Now that they’ve conquered his yard, they’re tackling other yards in the neighborhood too.

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Clint Reilly, who died over the weekend at 79, was the quintessential San Franciscan.

For good and ill.

From @esksf.

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“He believed politics could change people’s lives,” said Eric Jaye. “He took it seriously. Politics, to many people who practice it, is a game or a grift; it’s what you do until it’s socially acceptable to hit the bars. Not Clint.” @MLNow ⁦@EskSF⁩

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SFMTA made a series of changes to the West Portal following a fatal crash. Nine months after the project's completion, its first data are out, suggesting it is indeed safer.

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San Francisco’s high-tech surveillance center — propped up with funding from Silicon Valley — just got another $3 million boost from Salesforce, one of its many private benefactors. https://t.co/qszeGbVFEv

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California governor candidate Xavier Becerra has seen major cash from Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, Snap, Inc. co-founder Evan Spiegel, and Los Angeles billionaire real estate mogul Rick Caruso, and more. https://t.co/M1eiX7hijq

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A man is left in critical condition after being struck by an off-duty SFPD cop early Monday morning behind Central Station in North Beach.
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Last night, an SFPD pursuit in the Mission ended in a car crash on South Van Ness Ave., injuring eight.

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In June, 684 immigrants, or 42 percent of the total number of immigrants with a mega master calendar hearing, were ordered removed in abstentia at Concord, according to federal court data analyzed by data analysts Joseph Gunther and Brandon Marrow.

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Inside the Concord mega hearings where over 600 immigrants were ordered deported in June

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By immigration reporter @clarasophiadaly

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Inside the Concord mega hearings where over 600 immigrants were ordered deported in June

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By immigration reporter @clarasophiadaly

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San Francisco firefighters put out a fire in a six-story Tenderloin apartment building on Sunday afternoon. Residents had been evacuated, but there is not yet an estimate of how many will be displaced.

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Second former S.F. sheriff deputy charged with sexual misconduct this week.

Damon Jones is facing 2 felony charges for an alleged sexual assault in jail last September.

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Fifteen billionaires have put a total of $336 million into California and national politics so far this year, a new report released this week shows.

https://t.co/6EiTu4LbMC

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San Francisco is awash in digital gold & AI IPOs that will mint hundreds of millionaires.

But one of the most sought-after, and lucrative, jobs here? A good elevator tech.

https://t.co/3ATSZC1BnL

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The most you can give to any candidate running for office in San Francisco is $500.

That's the same limit as it was in 1973, when Nixon was president & you could nab a Toyota Corolla for $1,500. The ethics commission & a city supervisor want changes.
https://t.co/Pa3wIB4b0F

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PSA: The T-line will be out of service for the next two weekends in Bayview—commuters will have to take buses instead.

SFMTA is doing some long-awaited fixes.

https://t.co/NoHxhFs1KQ