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A young couple sit on the beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Monday, May 8, 2023. For years, studies have shown a decline in the rates of American high school students having sex. That trend continued, not surprisingly, in the first years of the pandemic, according to a recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that 30% of teens in 2021 said they had ever had sex, down from 38% in 2019 and a huge drop from three decades ago when more than half of teens reported having sex. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions — and habits

By Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants third base coach Mark Hallberg (91) congratulates Casey Schmitt (6) on his solo home run off Washington Nationals starting pitcher Patrick Corbin during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in San Francisco. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Casey Schmitt homers in debut, Giants beat Nationals 4-1

By Ben Ross - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Jake Irvin pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Irvin’s first MLB win helps Nationals beat Giants 5-1

By Michael Wagaman - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers' Anthony Davis (3) fires up the fans during the second half in Game 6 of the team's first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry to meet again in playoffs

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Blake Sabol strikes out against the St. Louis Cardinals during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Goldschmidt hits 2 HRs, Cardinals lose to Giants

By Michael Wagaman - Associated Press

Mayor London Breed gives the State of the City Address in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

San Francisco to repeal boycott of states it considers anti-LGBT

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Cobb throws against the St. Louis Cardinals during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Cobb throws 2nd career shutout, Giants beat Cardinals 4-0

By Ben Ross - Associated Press

In this file photo, a worker collects shopping carts in the parking lot of a Target store on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Target plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers for the 2022 Christmas holiday season. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

San Francisco Target locks up products behind glass, citing ‘organized retail crime’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

New York Mets pitcher Joey Lucchesi works against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Alonso hits majors-best 10th homer, Lucchesi wins in return

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Mike Yastrzemski hits an RBI single against the New York Mets during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Alonso homers again, Mets thump Giants 9-4

By Michael Wagaman - Associated Press

Flowers sit at a tree in front of the building where a technology executive was fatally stabbed outside of in San Francisco, Thursday, April 6, 2023. Details of how tech executive Bob Lee came to be fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday were scarce as friends and family continued to mourn the man they called brilliant, kind and unlike others in the industry. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco police make arrest in death of Cash App founder

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San Francisco Giants celebrate the team's 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Giants’ bullpen comes up big in 5-0 win over Dodgers

By Michael Wagaman - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, photo, a sign at a Whole Foods Market greets shoppers in Tampa, Fla. Amazon is bringing its Prime membership to Whole Foods, giving members special discounts and deals at the organic grocer. The new benefits will start Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Whole Foods stores in Florida, and then roll out nationwide in the summer. Amazon declined to say if it plans to add the benefit to stores in Canada and the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

San Francisco Whole Foods closes amid crime wave

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Dodgers' James Outman runs to third base after hitting a triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Monday, April 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Muncy hits grand slam, 3-run drive, Dodgers beat Giants 9-1

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Sydney Parcell, right, and Wagner Sousa place a track cycling world champion jersey at a memorial, Thursday, April 6, 2023, in San Francisco, near where friend Ethan Boyes was fatally struck by a vehicle earlier in the week. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Cyclist Ethan Boyes dies after being struck in San Francisco

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A woman walks past flowers left outside an apartment building where a technology executive was fatally stabbed in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday, April 4, 2023, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Cash App founder Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram, center, confront each other as guard Dyson Daniels (11) looks on during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Darren Yamashita)

Curry scores 39, Warriors rally from 20 down, beat Pelicans

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Pia Harris, with the San Francisco Housing Development Corporation, second from left, and her mother, Adrian Williams, listen to speakers at a reparations rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Supervisors in San Francisco are taking up a draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for every eligible Black person. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

‘Cut the check’: San Francisco board urged to adopt reparations report with $5M payouts

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton delivers remarks during a press conference at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 22, 2022. Supervisors in San Francisco are taking up a draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for every eligible Black person. It’s unclear what actions the board will take at the Tuesday, March, 14, 2023, hearing. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

San Francisco eyes reparations of $5 million per eligible Black adult

By Janie Har - Associated Press

Health officials in San Francisco are sounding the alarm about an animal tranquilizer, xylazine or "tranq," that is being mixed into illegal drugs after a handful of overdose victims were found to have the substance in their system. (Photo credit: Todorean-Gabriel via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

San Francisco officials concerned about ‘Tranq’ after 4 overdose deaths

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times