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A bench outside the Golden Gate Park Golf Course clubhouse, Monday, July 2, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif. A fire earlier this morning destroyed the clubhouse. Less than a month after a fire destroyed its clubhouse, Golden Gate Park golf has reopened, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced Friday. At 2:47 a.m. July 2, the San Francisco Fire department received a report that a fire had broken out near the entrance of the club.

The Amorphophallus bloom is seen at it's peak at the Conservatory of Flowers at Golden Gate Park on Monday, July 23, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif. The corpse flower at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers reached its peak bloom Sunday, and visitors in the next few days will be able to experience — and smell — the flower in person. The Amorphophallus bloom is seen at it's peak at the Conservatory of Flowers at Golden Gate Park on Monday, July 23, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.

Boykin, in his room at the Henry Robinson Center, says: “I want to work my way back into society. I have power — I just have to figure out how to use it.” Rufus Boykin, who has lived on the street for more than 20 years, is staying at the Henry Robinson Center, a transitional housing facility in downtown Oakland. Rufus Boykin balled up a brown napkin in his hand and swiped at the tears on his face.

President Trump speaks as Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, listens in the East Room of the White House on Monday. Democratic senators in swing states have a tough choice ahead of them on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court pick. Their base may not forgive them for voting “yes,” but there may not be enough of that base to offset the backlash from voting “no.

Jade Easterbrook, of Morro Bay, checks out the new Highway 1 road and the site of the slide on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Mud Creek, Calif. The road is open for the first time since last year's Mud Creek slide. less Jade Easterbrook, of Morro Bay, checks out the new Highway 1 road and the site of the slide on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Mud Creek, Calif. The road is open for the first time since last year's Mud Creek .

Residents gather to watch a procession carrying the body of firefighter Braden Varney in Mariposa, Calif., on Monday, July 16, 2018. Varney died Saturday while battling the Ferguson fire when his bulldozer overturned. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) less Residents gather to watch a procession carrying the body of firefighter Braden Varney in Mariposa, Calif., on Monday, July 16, 2018. Varney died Saturday while battling the Ferguson fire when his bulldozer .

A completely different San Francisco is the centerpiece of a modest exhibition of photographs on the fourth floor at the main branch of the public library. It’s an exhibit of a couple of dozen color views of life on the eastern edge of Potrero Hill and Dogpatch, all taken in the 1980s by Jo Babcock.

Priest Morgan gestures as he recounts the night of the devastating Tubbs Fire during a visit with fellow former Journey’s End resident Louise Smith. Priest Morgan gathers paperwork as he arrives to visit former Journey’s End resident Louise Smith, 85, at her temporary apartment in Santa Rosa. Former Journey’s End resident, 91-year-old John Triglia, follows Priest Morgan out his front door as Morgan leaves after a visit.

When he walked over to a group of inmates sitting on couches and leaning against columns in the common area outside of their jail cells, Tom Butt, the mayor of Richmond, didn’t waste time with small talk. He asked the women — detainees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — how they were being treated. “They get mad anytime you ask them for something,” one woman said in Spanish, referring to the deputies patrolling the cellblock.

The new high-rise at 181 Fremont St. is 802 feet tall and has a spike on top. The new tower at 181 Fremont St., designed by Heller Manus Architects, as seen from below. The new tower at 181 Fremont St., as seen down Natoma Street. The unusual tower was designed by Heller Manus Architects. The poetry wall in the public plaza at 199 Fremont St., a collaboration of sculptor Paul Koss and poet Robert Haas. The new tower at 199 Fremont St.

Dr. Maria Roberta Cilio of UCSF conducted the clinical trial that included Sam and led to FDA approval of Epidiolex. Sam, with his life back after using cannabidiol, watches a show on his phone at his home. Sam Vogelstein, 17, plays with Maisy at his home in Berkeley. He was the first person to use cannabidiol to control epilepsy. The Berkeley boy had his first epileptic seizure when he was 4, and after that, they kept coming, up to 100 a day.

A young visitor looks at Monarch, the last California grizzly bear, on display at the Academy of Sciences in S.F. in 2011. In 1856, San Franciscans who paid a quarter to venture into a large basement room found themselves a few feet away from half a dozen grizzly bears. Two of these ferocious beasts were in the middle of the room, secured with 5-foot logging chains bolted to the floor. Several younger grizzlies, along with some black bears and a cinnamon, were chained off to the side.

Typewriters are on display at the Box SF, which is dedicated to printed ephemera from the past. Mark Sackett with the Palmer & Ray Press at his Box SF store on Howard Street in San Francisco. Mark Sackett, owner of the Box SF, holds antique cologne labels that he has for sale. Mark Sackett has lots of old printed stuff for sale at his Howard Street store the Box SF. Mark Sackett has been collecting printed ephemera from days of old and sells it all at his store, the Box SF.

The City of Berkeley recently opened the Pathways Stair Center, the city’s first Navigation Center for the homeless. Program manager Christian Munoz shows the sleeping area of the city of Berkeley's new Pathways Stair Center, the city’s first Navigation Center for the homeless. Prospective residents get a tour of the city of Berkeley's new Pathways Stair Center, the city’s first Navigation Center for the homeless.

Kaia Marbin, 10, speaking to the crowd at thethe Families Belong Together rally at Lake Merritt Saturday. "I'm speaking to Donald Trump when I say we are better than this," she said. Jyothi Marbin on stage with her daughter, Kaia Marbin,at the Families Belong Together rally at Lake Merritt Saturday.Kaia wanted to organize the event after the 10-year-old saw the viral photo of a child crying as her mother was patted down by a border patrol agent.