Alex Mak - Managing Editor

11 Jun 2020

Outdoor Dining in SF Starts Friday, But May Be Scarce

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that the city’s restaurants will be allowed to open for outdoor dining this Friday, June 12.  Even earlier than the original target date of June 15th). That means sidewalk dining and patio dinning will be permitted by the city, tomorrow, and the

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11 Jun 2020

Legendary ‘It’s Tops’ Diner Closes Forever in SF

It’s Tops Coffee Shop, commonly known for its ‘original 1935 diner atmosphere with knotty pine walls dripping with nostalgia, vinyl clad booths and counter stools, and authentic table top chrome ‘Seeburg’ jukeboxes with music from the ’50s’, removed its iconic signs on Wednesday and closed it’s Market street location, forever.

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11 Jun 2020

New BART Goes All the Way to San Jose

You can take BART all the way to San Jose, starting Saturday!   BART’s newest station ‘North San Jose/Berryessa will open this weekend, and although BART is running at reduced hours and trains, they are running trains 8am-9pm on weekends. Face coverings are still required when riding BART, and trains now

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04 Jun 2020

Protest Dance Parties in the Oakland Streets

In defiance of a city mandated curfew, protesters in the thousands stayed in the streets of downtown Oakland after dark last night (June 3rd).

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01 Jun 2020

Know Your Rights as a Protester

If you are going to attend a protest, organize a protest, or photograph a protest, you should definitely know your rights as a protester, AND the rights of the police to police you.

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28 May 2020

Protesters Storm Police Precinct and Burn it to the Ground in Minneapolis

The 3rd precinct police station in Minneapolis was set ablaze by protesters on Thursday night as protests across the city continued for their third consecutive day. The protests were sparked by the killing of an unarmed black citizen named George Floyd, by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.  A video surfaced

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28 May 2020

SF to Allow Outdoor Dinning Starting June 15!

SF Mayor London Breed announced a tentative date (June 15th) to allow “Outdoor dining including restaurants and bars with food”.  On June 15, the following businesses will be allowed to reopen provided they follow social distancing guidelines.  Live sport (without fans), indoor retail, religious services, manufacturing, doctors and dentist offices

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28 May 2020

UC Hastings Sues City Over Homeless Encampments & Its Law Students Fight Back

UC Hastings filed a federal lawsuit against the City of San Francisco on May 4th,  to to demand the City clear the Tenderloin of its ‘homelessness encampments’ and ‘open-air drug sales’.  A group of UC Hastings students and alumni have now published an open letter to the Dean, expressing their

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