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16 Aug 2021

Great Highway Reopens To Cars, Hardly Any Cars Show Up

One of the more contentious San Francisco debates during the pandemic period has been whether or not to let cars back on the Great Highway. Mayor Breed ordered a “compromise measure” that would allow cars to use the thoroughfare on weekdays, but keep the Great Highway car-free on the weekends.

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16 Aug 2021

Why Does Safeway Suddenly Have Poles On Its Shopping Carts? An Analysis

Attention Safeway shoppers. In the last week or two, you may have noticed an odd phenomenon wherein the shopping carts at some Safeway stores suddenly have a bizarre and inexplicable four-foot pole on the right side of the handle bar. The Broke-Ass discount grocery I-team got on the case, to

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13 Aug 2021

Burned Out Walnut Creek Home Sold for More Than $850k

Deep sigh. No, this is not a headline from the The Onion. This is a real thing that actually happened and well…I’m just flabbergasted. It almost reminds me of the scene from The World According to Garp where Garp and his wife are looking to buy a house and an

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12 Aug 2021

Queer Wave Coffee: The New Queer, Indigenous, & Socially Conscious Brew

By Kristen Pizzo When you think of social justice, I doubt coffee is the first thing that comes to mind. But like so many heavily consumed products, there are so many people, resources, and processes behind the scenes that it’s almost impossible to keep social justice out of the coffee

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12 Aug 2021

SF To Become 1st US City to Require Full Vaccination for Many Indoor Activities

Updated 11:05am 8/12/2021  It’s been coming for a while, but after many businesses (including big tech’s Facebook, Google, Lyft, Uber, Twitter) mandated vaccination for returning workers, and most San Francisco bars independently requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test with 72 hours upon entry, the Mayor’s Office is expected

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12 Aug 2021

Short Doc on the Iconic Roxie Reopening

If you’re a fan of cinema or just love this old theater, you’ll enjoy seeing the short doc about the Roxie reopening after 434 days of closure.  The Roxie is San Francisco’s longest running movie theater, it’s been playing “pictures” since 1911. This heartfelt little doc about the reopening of

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11 Aug 2021

It’s Official: Robin Is Gay

The DC Comics canonical Batman universe has actually had several Robins over the decades. The original Robin Dick Greyson was introduced in 1940, he was replaced in the comics by a new Robin Jason Todd in 1983, then a new Robin Tim Drake in 1989. They’ve since added a fourth,

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11 Aug 2021

Effort To Recall Chesa Boudin Fails Due To Lack of Signatures

Well, that’s $277,000 worth of tech donors’ money down the drain. After raising $277,000 to recall San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin, that movement faced a deadline of today to submit the necessary 51,325 signatures to the Department of Elections in order to make the ballot. They fell short and

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