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Last minute Christmas shopping? Try shopping local. Here are some of our recommendations, but there are loads of other great shops. Just walk the commercial corridors of 24th, 16th, and Valencia streets to find them. Send us your favorites.

The school district’s crisis continues. This time, SFUSD sent employees an email last week that said, oops, some of you have been overpaid.

And, how do local Sikhs decompress over the holidays? Find out in Eleni’s piece today.

Merry shopping and relaxing,

Lydia

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SFUSD main office. Photo by Jennifer Cortez.

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