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29 Apr 2022

Fun & Unique Bay Area Date Ideas You Probably Haven’t Thought Of

I was at the movies on a double date watching that new flick “Everything Everywhere All at Once” when I thought to myself, “this is totally that quintessential date night activity”. While you can’t really beat those tried and true date ideas, you can do better than a typical date

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29 Apr 2022

What we Learn When a Local Teacher is Arrested For Being Drunk at School

On Wednesday this week, a local high school teacher was arrested under suspicion of being drunk while teaching at Terra Linda High School(TL) in San Rafael. They were arrested without incident after a breathalyzer had found they had 3 times the legal driving limit of alcohol in their system as

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28 Apr 2022

10 Facts To Impress Your Date to Swan Lake (Even if it’s Your Mom) 

Whether you’re into olympic level athletes moving their stunning physiques in incredibly impressive ways or you’re simply into bird-watching, there is something for you here.

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28 Apr 2022

Oakland to Convert Piedmont Ave Motel into Homeless Housing

A 44-unit motel near Piedmont Avenue in Oakland will be ready to house homeless residents later this year, city officials said Wednesday. With the help of $14.8 million in state Homekey grant funds, the city plans to acquire and convert the Piedmont Place Motel, at 55 MacArthur Blvd., into housing

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28 Apr 2022

The 10 Worst & Funniest Reviews of Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island, why should you go, and is it worth it?  The truth is in the eye of the beholder my fair readers.  We read a ton of reviews to find the funniest complaints that people had about their trips to Alcatraz in San Francisco. I’ve also visited the island

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27 Apr 2022

SF’s New ‘Francisco Park’ has Incredible Views on Russian Hill

On the northern slope of Russian Hill, a new public park has been carved out.  The views from up there are pretty sensational and pretty panoramic. The construction of Francisco Park began in the summer of 2019 and it’s opening today (4/27/22). After extensive community outreach, The Francisco Park Conservancy

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27 Apr 2022

SF Officials Launch $11.4M in Grants to Help Small SF Businesses Recover

As we reopen and work to ensure an equitable recovery, we are also continuing to fund our Community Resource Hubs, which have filled essential needs for so many who have struggled so much during this pandemic.”

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27 Apr 2022

Carless JFK Drive in GG Park Now Permanent

The 1.5-mile span of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park that runs from the end of the Panhandle all the way past the De Younge Museum, was closed to cars 7 days a week during the pandemic, and it was a popular move.  Cars have been banned from JFK Drive on Sundays, since 1967, so this is not ‘revolutionary thinking’.

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