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27 Jan 2021

UC Berkeley Strips Hall of Controversial Name

University of California at Berkeley officials on Tuesday stripped another hall of its name, the fourth in a year’s time. Kroeber Hall, which honored anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was unnamed because he continues to be associated with the ideas of exclusion and erasure of Native Americans. Kroeber is remembered as the

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27 Jan 2021

The ‘Recall Gavin Newsom’ Effort Is Basically Just 5 Guys

The media is being largely hoodwinked about the “Recall Gavin Newsom” movement, which is currently operating under the name Rescue California. The New York Post calls it “a grassroots recall effort.” Fox News claims the movement is “picking up steam.” Newsweek insists that the effort has “gained traction,” and reprints

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27 Jan 2021

Someone Is Trying To Sell ‘COVID Vaccinated Breast Milk’ On Craigslist

This website has had all manner of fun enjoying a good laugh over some crazy things we’ve seen posted on Craigslist over the years. But no post could be more bizarrely 2021 than this currently live SF Bay Craigslist post trying to sell you supposedly “COVID vaccinated breast milk” for

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27 Jan 2021

Airplanes Are Packed, So Why Aren’t Restaurants?

Restaurants across the country are struggling because of the pandemic, but the amount of struggle depends on the city or state that the restaurant is in. New York City doesn’t have indoor dining as an option at all, so restaurants there are totally empty depending completely on takeout and those

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26 Jan 2021

Madam Secretary: Who Is Janet Yellen and Can She Save Us From Economic Demise?

Janet Yellen was sworn in Tuesday as the 78th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In the hallway of portraits depicting every person who’s held that title, beginning with Alexander Hamilton, Yellen’s will stand out as the first woman on that esteemed wall. The 74-year-old Brooklyn-born economic phenom is no stranger

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26 Jan 2021

Trump Pardons Were Mixed Bag of Accidental Good, Intentional Bad and Absolute Absurdity

By Ian Firstenberg During his term, former President Donald Trump pardoned 89 people and commuted 117 sentences. The volume and late-stage flurry is thoroughly average compared to past presidents. Some of Trump’s pardons are distinctly more political, like the four Blackwater guards convicted for murdering Iraqi citizens, while some are

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26 Jan 2021

Bay Area Braces for Wet and Wild Winter Storm

The storm brewing overhead will deliver desperately needed rain throughout the region, but it unfortunately comes in the form of an atmospheric river that will create as much damage as it does benefit. The winter rainstorm quickly descending on the Bay Area has prompted widespread evacuations in the Santa Cruz

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25 Jan 2021

Mayor Breed Announces Outdoor Dining Can Return, Salons Can Reopen Thursday

On the heels of Monday morning’s announcement that California has lifted its stay-at-home orders, Mayor London Breed just announced Monday afternoon that outdoor dining can resume on Thursday, January 28. She also added that hair salons and nail salons can also resume indoor business Thursday, as long as mask and

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