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San Francisco just became the first big US city to require solar panels on new buildings
Solar system installer Thomas Bywater adjusts new solar panels on the roof of a house in Sydney, August 19, 2009. San Francisco may be known for its fog, but the city wants to turn the sunny days it does get into power for its buildings. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation that would require new construction that is shorter than 10 floors to install solar panels or solar water heaters on top of both new residential and commercial buildings.
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Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails
San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system.
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This 1906 Earthquake Shack Is Selling for $1.38M
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Behind the Picture: Fly Through Clouds and Fog in San Francisco
Discover the story behind this 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year entry.
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A guy just transcribed 30 years of for-rent ads. Here’s what it taught us about housing prices
I don’t know anything about Eric Fischer except that he’s a freaking hero. Much like everyone else who has recently attempted to live in San Francisco, Fischer is very interested in housing costs. However, unlike every other such person, Fischer decided to contribute to this conversation by doubling the depth of modern historical data about them. Until now, the most commonly cited information about SF housing prices had gone back to 1979...
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Watch Dead & Company Heat Up The Historic Fillmore In San Francisco
Dead & Company took it back to where it all began, The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, for a free, 1,150-person concert last night.
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Vintage Photos of the Golden Gate Bridge Under Construction
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began with the digging of a pit for the Marin County anchorage on January 5, 1933. Construction of the bridge continued through the Great Depression. The Golden Gate Bridge was dedicated on May 27, 1937.
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SF Passes Most Expansive Styrofoam Ban in US
San Francisco on Tuesday adopted the nation’s most extensive ban on Styrofoam, according to the supervisors who sponsored the legislation. The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to outlaw polystyrene foam, better known by its brand name, as it relates from everything from egg cartons to buoys as of Jan. 1, 2017. The old legislation, enacted in 2007, banned the product as it related to food packaging. Now most every product made of Styrofoam — down to the beach coolers sold at the grocery store — are now forbidden in San Francisco.
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Collecting Data to Push for Safer Biking on Valencia | Streetsblog San Francisco
During yesterday evening’s rush hour, safe streets advocates, started collecting hard data about how often the bike lanes on Valencia Street are blocked by motorists. Take a wild guess what they found: the bike lanes are a de facto loading-and-drop-off zone for cars.
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Is the “Leaning Tower of San Francisco” the Only One?
Didn’t do what when they built the most luxurious condo tower in California?! By Wolf Richter.
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Collecting cans to survive: a ‘dark future’ as California recycling centers vanish
Poor and homeless San Franciscans rely on income earned by trading cans for cash, but their subsistence is under threat as hundreds of centers close down. By Julia Carrie Wong.
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Cubs take 2-0 lead in NLDS after 5-2 win over Giants
The Cubs beat the Giants 5-2 on Saturday night at Wrigley Field to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five National League Division Series.
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Billionaire claims he has been harassed after blocking access to public beach
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and billionaire Vinod Khosla, who has been engaged in a legal battle over public access to a beloved surfing beach that sits on his land, is suing two state agencies accusing them of using “coercion and harassment” to take away his private property rights – an allegation one campaign group describes as “absurd”. Khosla, who has a net worth of $1.55bn, co-founded the technology company Sun Microsystems and now runs the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures.
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Gay Neoliberal Candidate in San Francisco Disproves Myths About LGBT Values
Not all openly gay or pro-LGBT politicians are progressive. By Toshio Meronek.
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San Francisco teacher defends lesson plan calling Donald Trump racist, sexist
High school teacher takes on post-election question of whether teachers are supposed to educate or advocate
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Rarely Seen Photos by Jack London
A new book features the photography of Jack London, along with his words, chronicling poverty in London and the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake.
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Hackers are holding San Francisco’s light-rail system for ransom
San Francisco Municipal Railway riders got an unexpected surprise this weekend after the system’s computerized fare systems were apparently hacked. According to the San Francisco Examiner, the MUNI system had been attacked on Friday afternoon. MUNI riders were greeted with printed "Out of Service" and "Metro Free" signs on ticket machines on late on Friday and Saturday. MUNI first became aware of the intrusion on Friday, according to the Examiner.
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European Satellites Are Tracking Sinking Buildings
Radar scans showed that a San Francisco high-rise sank twice as fast as previously thought.
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As rents soar, communities like ‘Ghost Ship’ grow
An Oakland warehouse obliterated in a massive fire during a party Friday night housed musicians, painters, woodworkers and other artists, despite not being zoned for people to live in. So far, authorities say 36 people were killed in the “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire, and investigators who are still combing through the rubble say the death toll could continue to climb in the coming days.
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Last Men Standing
They had the remarkable luck to survive AIDS, and the brutal misfortune to live on. By Erin Allday.
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