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One SF shop sells 15K loaves of Dutch crunch a week. So why does only the Bay Area love it?
While some say it rips up the roof of your mouth, just as many must not care, as the...
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Elon Musk's Twitter ordered by officials to properly label bedrooms in San Francisco HQ as sleeping areas — or convert them back to offices within 15 days
San Francisco officials ordered Twitter to restore its bedrooms back to offices in 15 days if it doesn't label them as sleeping areas, per a notice.
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San Francisco asks California regulators to halt or slow the rollout of driverless taxis
San Francisco city officials have sent letters to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) asking them to slow or halt robotaxi expansion..
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National record for heaviest pumpkin crushed at annual Half Moon Bay weigh-off
A Minnesota grower squashed a national record for growing the largest pumpkin at the "Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs," otherwise known as the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay.
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'A fluke': The world's oldest webcam is still watching over SF
The average student at San Francisco State University probably doesn’t even know it’s there. But on a recent Tuesday morning on campus, as throngs of them dart off to their next class or settle onto the grassy quad to enjoy their lunch, the presence looms over them — a relic of bygone technology no more than a few inches tall and held up by a couple of pieces of blue gaffer tape.
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The Best San Francisco Wine Tasting - The Impulse Traveler
These places are the best for unforgettable San Francisco wine tasting experiences including the best tasting lounges for you to visit and hidden gem wineries.
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San Francisco Launches Bid to Decriminalize Psychedelics
City lawmakers in San Francisco have introduced a resolution to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics, or “entheogens.” The measure would remove criminal penalties for possession of drugs like psilocybin or mescaline—both to reduce criminalization in itself, and to make it easier for people to use these drugs for therapeutic purposes. If successful, San Francisco would join a growing list of cities to adopt similar measures, including Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Detroit and Washington, DC.
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Past the Salt
In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
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Behold! Your $20,000 Trash Cans Have Arrived In SF and Are Now At Your Disposal
Your designer-label “smart” trash bins finally hit the streets of SF this week after a year of mockery over their exorbitant cost.
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Fish are reportedly raining from the sky across San Francisco
People have noticed fish falling from the sky as far inland as the Castro.
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San Francisco’s first tiny home village for unsheltered people opens. At $15,000 a pop, city says it’s cost-effective
One week ago, Ryan Bauer was living in a tent on the hard pavement on Gough Street south of Market. Now he’s living on the same pavement with a dramatic upgrade: He’s moved into his own tiny home, with a mattress, desk, chair and — most luxurious of all — a heater that quickly warms his 64-square-foot abode. That’s almost as crucial as a front door that locks from the inside and by a combination lock on the outside.
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Methuselah: oldest aquarium fish lives in San Francisco and likes belly rubs
Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In the Bible, Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather and was said to have lived to be 969 years old. Methuselah the fish is not quite that ancient, but biologists at the California Academy of Sciences believe it is about 90 years old, with no known living peers.
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Hundreds of staffers at two San Francisco hospitals test positive
At least 233 staffers at a pair of San Francisco hospitals have tested positive for COVID-19, the majority of whom were fully vaccinated but became infected with the delta variant. More than 50 cases were discovered among staff members at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the hospital’s chief medical officer, Lukejohn Day, told The New York Times on Saturday. Of those who tested positive, roughly 75 to 80 percent were fully vaccinated.
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Why do dead whales keep washing up in San Francisco?
The 45ft carcass lay belly-up in the surf at Fort Funston beach, just south of San Francisco, drawing a small crowd of hikers and hang gliders. The stench lingered on the evening breeze as seabirds circled the animal, a juvenile fin whale.
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San Francisco Guarantees Local Artists $1,000 Per Month Income
San Francisco is investing in its arts community. Starting in May, 130 local artists in the city will receive $1,000 per month in cash, with no strings attached.
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Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city wants to condemn him anyway.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s adopted hometown of San Francisco took the first step on Thursday to formally condemn the naming of a major hospital after him and his wife, the latest flashpoint in the debate over the proper role for billionaire philanthropy.
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Almost Famous: The Untold Story of an Artist’s Rock-Poster Roots
Wallace-Cohen’s posters for the Grateful Dead and The Doors had been commissioned by the Love Conspiracy Commune, whose headquarters were located in a Sausalito houseboat near hers. It was a long way from her “Leave It to Beaver” childhood in Chicago.
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“Zuck off”: Doctors, nurses, scientists rail against Zuckerberg
San Francisco city officials are considering condemning the decision to name a local public hospital after Mark Zuckerberg—a move backed by nurses and doctors at the hospital, who have been railing against the Facebook co-founder and CEO since the hospital changed its name in 2015.
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San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast as tech companies embrace remote work and unemployment rises
According to Zumper, the median rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco fell 11.8% year over year, from $3,720 to $3,280, beating May's 9% drop
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Blue Whales Make Rare Appearance Off San Francisco Coast, Prompting Warning For Ships
The Northern California coast tends to get its fair share of sightings of humpback whales and gray whales, but the largest mammals on earth, blue whales, don't do swim-bys quite so often as other species. This year, all rules are out the window.
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