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A lavish, Greco-Roman temple tucked away in the Berkeley Hills is a little less grandiose after Christie's auction house finalized sales this week of nearly $22 million worth of Tiffany lamps, classical paintings, artisanal textiles and other furnishings from the storied property.Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1994, the philanthropists' home known as the Temple of Wings was ornately decorated with hundreds of artifacts that transformed the space into an ode to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

For this lookbook sponsored by Vitrocsa we've selected 10 buildings with glazed walls created using the Swiss window brand's products, from a Foster + Partners-designed villa to a restaurant in a former police station.Floor-to-ceiling windows maximise views and flood rooms with natural light, while enabling a seamless transition between interior and exterior spaces.

Wood and cement wrap the exterior of a hillside, family home designed by California studio Feldman Architecture to feel like a "space of serenity".The Rau Haus was built for a couple with a young daughter that desired a more spacious home after years of living in dense San Francisco.They found a property south of the city in Portola Valley, a town on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Police found a dead man floating a few hundred yards offshore near the Hs Lordships Restaurant on May 1, 2023.Credit: Chris Benton Rescue workers have recovered the body of a second victim near where they found the remains of a first several weeks ago near the Berkeley Marina.Police said the two incidents have no connection.

This brilliantly designed 2,806-square-foot contemporary Craftsman, featuring four bedrooms and three bathrooms plus a view of San Francisco Bay, captures spectacular sunsets and nature's changing palette of colors throughout the day from virtually every room.This home's dining room features French doors that open to a deck with an S.F.

AI is making a big impact in all kinds of sectors at the moment.In the creative fields, most of the attention (and controversy) has revolved around AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E 2. But there are also tools being developed that work the other way around.Machine learning software developer Replicate has developed Blip-2, an AI model that can caption images and answer questions about them... sometimes.

"It's not like people don't care," said Mok, who grew up in San Leandro, whose population is more than 80% people of color."I'm able to tap into what the community is saying and bring that forward to [the San Leandro City Council] and be that extra amplification of community voices."

1. Adobe’s new generative AI tool, called “Neural Filters”, allows for creative expression and experimentation with photos and images.
2. Neural Filters can apply effects to images with realistic details and textures, giving them a more natural look.
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OAKLAND A man who stabbed a fellow BART passenger with a cleaver as the train went through the Transbay Tube on Wednesday afternoon was arrested at the West Oakland station, authorities said.The transit agency reported that the stabbing victim was one of several people who ran through multiple cars of the train to escape the cleaver-wielding man as it traveled through the tunnel on the bottom of San Francisco Bay.

The "Red Baron" artist Tyler James Hoare has died at 82.For decades, he placed whimsical sculptures of biplanes, submarines and pirate ships on pier posts in the San Francisco Bay.JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The Golden Gate Bridge may be the most iconic monument on the San Francisco Bay.But for decades, a smaller spectacle has persisted along the East Bay shoreline - whimsical sculptures of biplanes, like the Red Baron, perched on pier pilings, flying above the water.

Maybe it's a credit card , a secret bank account, or a delinquent student loan debt.Whatever it is, it's been kept secret from a husband or wife because they don't need to know about it.It's not discussed but it's not that important.It isn't like it's an affair.There's no harm in keeping it secret.But there is a great deal of harm that can come to a marriage when accounts, debts, and purchases are kept hidden.

Bay Area hospitals are dealing with what is shaping up to be the third largest wave of COVID positive patients yet as local public health officials once again urge residents to take extra precautions to stop the rapidly spreading virus.The number of COVID patients in Bay Area hospitals reached 940 on Wednesday, just a few beds shy of the August 2021 peak when the delta variant of the virus was surging.

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Ten years ago, I wrote a book called The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea.Back then, I suggested that California, with almost 40 million people and the world's fifth largest economy, was proof that you could grow a progressive society while protecting your coast and ocean.The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the book just might make you feel optimistic about the future.

It ought to have ample square footage filled with spacious rooms for both resting and entertaining; gorgeous interior design and thoughtful details; and totally unnecessary, lavish extras like a gym and a wine cellar.And it absolutely must have a prime location with killer views.Originally built in 1923 and the recipient of an extensive renovation by Sutro Architects and JKA Interior Design, this house at the edge of the Presidio has it all, with Golden Gate Bridge views to boot.

This year a good number of my columns have focused more on the audio part of audiobooks  narrators, production quality, bingeability  than on the book part.But sometimes a title is good not just because of its auditory pleasures, but also as a narrative; and going for a walk and listening can be just as rewarding a process as curling up and reading.

Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Giants agreed to a deal with a local boy Tuesday night, giving him millions to patrol the Oracle Park outfield.He may not be the one Giants fans dreamed of, but take it from me: They should be over the moon about getting Mitch Haniger.As a lifelong Seattle Mariners fan, it is more bitter than sweet to see my favorite active MLB player sail away from Puget Sound and into the San Francisco Bay.

Featuring the sport's best athletes racing in identical F50 catamarans, SailGP sees national teams battling it out in short, intense races - flying at impressive speeds in excess of 60 mph.Following 12 months of dramatic racing - in some of the most iconic venues across the globe - the nine teams come together at the Mubadala SailGP Grand Final to decide the overall season champion, right here on San Francisco Bay.

Featuring the sport's best athletes racing in identical F50 catamarans, SailGP sees national teams battling it out in short, intense races - flying at impressive speeds in excess of 60 mph.Following 12 months of dramatic racing - in some of the most iconic venues across the globe - the nine teams come together at the Mubadala SailGP Grand Final to decide the overall season champion, right here on San Francisco Bay.

The Freer Gallery of Art, part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrates its 100th birthday in 2023.(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)Comment Gift Article The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art has multiple reasons to celebrate over the next few weeks.First, there's the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art - which, with the adjoining Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, displays the Smithsonian's collections of Asian art.

A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea.But that uncaptured bounty hasn't been "wasted.""Wasted water" being dumped in the ocean is an old cliché that resurfaces whenever there's a big storm in this weather-eccentric state - or during the inevitable dry periods when crops are thirsty and homeowners are told to shut off their lawn sprinklers.