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San Diego born. Tijuana raised. Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle

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Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin The Mexican army has killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.

Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin

22.02.2026 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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โ€˜Oakland deserves a good sports barโ€™: Why the Town lost another popular bar Aย game-day destination for Oakland sports fans poured its last beers on Super Bowl Sunday. The bar is the latest in a string of closures in in the city over the past few months.

"The state of affairs for our business, Oakland in general, we just can't go on any longer."
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11.02.2026 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Every time you get a new one it becomes a part of yourself" sounds more like Persona than Pokรฉmon tbh

09.02.2026 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Decir God Bless Amรฉrica y nombrar a todos los paรญses del continente fue lo mรกs chingon. Solidaridad hoy mรกs que nunca

09.02.2026 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A puro gabacho rancio no le gusto el halftime show

09.02.2026 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How a 125-year-old S.F. sports bar gets ready for the Super Bowl This San Francisco sports bar is sticking to a simple formula for the Super Bowl: more beer, more security but, perhaps surprisingly, not more bartenders.

How much beer is enough for Super Bowl Sunday? Here's how San Francisco's oldest operating sports bar is stocking up ๐Ÿป
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06.02.2026 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pharrell Williams had a โ€˜fantasticโ€™ dinner at this cult-favorite S.F. Chinese restaurant The music superstar visited San Tung, a longtime S.F. destination for chicken wings.

We had a Pharrell sighting in SF last night at a cult-fave Chinese restaurant
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05.02.2026 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a โ€œzombie apocalypse.โ€

Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.

But this pair โ€” making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs โ€” coaxed me out of retirement.

On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.

Gift link ๐ŸŽ

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05.02.2026 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Hundreds swarm for sushi and sashimi at Bay Areaโ€™s newest Japanese supermarket Tokyo Central brings its vast selection of Japanese seafood, produce and beverages to the Bay Area, including many items unavailable online.

ICYMI: Tokyo Central has brought its vast, premium selection of seafood, dry goods and beverages to the East Bay with the opening of its new store
www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

03.02.2026 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s where Jeffrey Epstein dined out โ€” or tried to โ€” in the Bay Area Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in theย Epstein files.

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in theย Epstein files.

03.02.2026 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What We Owe Minnesota We solve this together or not at all.

here, I am calling upon all of us to not leave Minnesota in a lurch. it's time for us to do the work to build up to a nationwide general strike so we can finally abolish ICE www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-owe-...

26.01.2026 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 275    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I had a question about ube, so I called my mom. Read what she had to say.

23.01.2026 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The San Diego Union-Tribune

1980: According to later reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle, Issa was prosecuted with his brother in San Jose in 1980 for allegedly faking the theft of Issa's Mercedes when he had sold it to a
car dealer. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The same year, he invested in a struggling Cleveland electronics business and acquired it when the owner failed to repay a loan.
Within a decade he transformed the company to produce the popular Viper automobile anti-theft device, with Issa's voice as the warning to would-be thieves to "stand back."

1982: According to later reporting by the Los Angeles Times, Issa benefited from a suspicious fire in 1982 at his Ohio factory. Issa denied the
report.

1985: He and his wife, Kathy, moved to San Diego's North County. By 1990, Issa's Directed

The San Diego Union-Tribune 1980: According to later reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle, Issa was prosecuted with his brother in San Jose in 1980 for allegedly faking the theft of Issa's Mercedes when he had sold it to a car dealer. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The same year, he invested in a struggling Cleveland electronics business and acquired it when the owner failed to repay a loan. Within a decade he transformed the company to produce the popular Viper automobile anti-theft device, with Issa's voice as the warning to would-be thieves to "stand back." 1982: According to later reporting by the Los Angeles Times, Issa benefited from a suspicious fire in 1982 at his Ohio factory. Issa denied the report. 1985: He and his wife, Kathy, moved to San Diego's North County. By 1990, Issa's Directed

since weโ€™re talking about darrell issa, donโ€™t forget heโ€™s always been a shady crook.

22.01.2026 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whatโ€™s the best frozen pizza? We blind-tasted pies from S.F.โ€™s iconic spots to find out Three of San Franciscoโ€™s pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. So we conducted a blind taste-test to find the best one.

Three SF pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. Which one came put on top of our blind tasting ? ๐Ÿ•
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21.01.2026 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this country's lack of subtlety really drives me up the wall

17.01.2026 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The last restaurant at SFโ€™s largest mall has closed San Francisco Centre is now a restaurant-free zone.

Breaking: The last remaining restaurant inside San Francisco's largest mall is now closed. The closing comes as retailers have been asked to leave.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

14.01.2026 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yo: Voy a dar un paseo para olvidarme del deadline.
La ciudad:

18.01.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What the โ€˜Asian Market Boomโ€™ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.

New Asian grocery stores are opening across the Bay Area and are positioned as retail 'saviors'.

Immigrant culture gets celebrated when itโ€™s profitable โ€” and villainized when itโ€™s not. I wrote an essay about it, and about the mall that raised me: Pacific East Mall โค๏ธ

10.01.2026 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you havenโ€™t seen them yet, itโ€™s incredible. My favorite so far is last weekโ€™s. Legit got me emotional.

09.01.2026 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15493    ๐Ÿ” 3655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 234    ๐Ÿ“Œ 737
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S.F. brunch restaurant touting trademarked bacon is closing after 12 years The days of Millionaireโ€™s Bacon are coming to an end at this Mission District restaurant.

No more "Millionaire Bacon" in the Mission. Here's when San Francisco brunch hotspot Kitchen Story is closing: www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

02.01.2026 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thereโ€™s a new trend in San Franciscoโ€™s Italian restaurant boom: fusion Tucked inside the surge of new Italian restaurants in San Francisco is another mini-trend: Italian fusion.

There's a clear fusion trend among San Francisco's 2025 class of new Italian restaurants. What dishes can one expect to find? ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿฝ
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30.12.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These Asian American farmers are saving seeds as an โ€˜act of resistanceโ€™ A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.

A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.

30.12.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Tantos corridos chingones y luego ponen una rola whitexican. Make it make sense

28.12.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone had to say it

28.12.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding

The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband

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This was a fascinating, tragic and heartwarming story to work on. What a brilliantly creative mind - now trapped inside itself by aphasia.

Will he finish his masterpiece?

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20.12.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson:

Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened thatโ€™s on the cutting room floor?"

Anderson: "I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s anything I missed that I wish Iโ€™d gotten. Iโ€™ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"

An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson: Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened thatโ€™s on the cutting room floor?" Anderson: "I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s anything I missed that I wish Iโ€™d gotten. Iโ€™ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

18.12.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7041    ๐Ÿ” 983    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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The Bay Areaโ€™s most outrageously spicy Mexican seafood has a permanent home A Mexican seafood specialist known for hisย spicy dishes has landed his first brick-and-mortar location in the Bay Area after years of drawing crowds to his backyard and food truck.

Mariscos Aguachiles el 8, a top-tier pick for Mexican seafood, has landed a permanent location. Here's where ๐Ÿฆโคต๏ธ
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17.12.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ese wey y su colonialismo quรฉ se vayan a chspm

16.12.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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