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26 Oct 2021

PG&E Restores Power After Massive Outage, but Can We Ever Depend on Them To Keep the Lights On?

PG&E had restored power to all but 7,387 Bay Area customers just before noon Tuesday. That number is fairly impressive when you consider that about 140,000 customers across the region were without power at a single point Sunday afternoon. PG&E spokesman Jason King said Monday that somewhere around 646,000 Bay

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26 Oct 2021

A Creepy, Poetic, Halloween Fundraiser? Yes Please!

Free. Outdoor. All-ages. Fun. What else do you need for Halloween? We’re super excited about Never a Clown, the creepy, poetic, mini-show happening all through Halloween Weekend down in Cole Valley. But we’re even MORE excited to offer our readers a special promo code for a FREE ticket to the

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25 Oct 2021

The Presidio Golf Course Is SF’s Most Egregious Waste Of Public Land

I recently went on a jog in Presidio Heights, because — for all of their horribleness — the richies who live on Billionaire’s Row have some really sweet Halloween decorations. And as I jogged in to the Presidio National Park, something not-very-National-Park happened. I was told I have to leave

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25 Oct 2021

Should The Castro Pride Flag Be Updated? People Have OPINIONS

Exactly one years and two weeks from today will be the 25th anniversary of the day the giant Castro Pride flag was installed at the intersection of Market and Castro Streets, at what we now call Jane Warner Plaza. Some say the Gilbert Baker-designed Pride Flag one of San Francisco’s

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25 Oct 2021

The 10 Best San Francisco Horror Movies, Ranked

With Halloween coming up, and the weather likely to be terrible all week, it’s a great time to catch up on old horror movies you maybe haven’t seen. Some of the all-time greats were shot right here in San Francisco! Here’s a list of the best, all-time scariest horror movies

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24 Oct 2021

Actor Edward Norton is Helping Anchor Brewing Recycle Its Water…Kinda

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and actor Edward Norton on Friday helped the city’s oldest brewery launch a new water recycling system — capable of saving the city 20 million gallons of water per year. The historic Anchor Brewing Company is set to begin using a new water reuse system

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22 Oct 2021

Friday News Roundup: In-N-Out backlash and Tragedy at the Chase Center

Hey there, San Francisco.  My name is Nick Bastone, and I’m a reporter here in the city. Earlier this year, I started a newsletter called The SF Minute. The idea is to provide a quick, easy-to-read recap of our city’s news each Monday through Friday. You can subscribe (for free!)

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22 Oct 2021

Decibels Film Festival is All Films About Music…and it’s Almost Here!

The upcoming first Decibels Music Film Festival (hereafter, “dB Film Fest”) promises to be the music documentary version of a trip to Amoeba Music. The 25 films dB Film Fest will show both online and in-theater from October 27 to November 7, 2021 features such music genres as rave, synthwave,

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