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25 Nov 2020

Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony Still Webcasting on Thanksgiving Day

The Alcatraz Island  ‘Conscious Thanksgiving Day’ sunrise ceremony is still on for 2020, but it’s online only. The 6 a.m. ceremony to honor the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas will be broadcast live on the “Vigilant as Always” KPFA, in an audio broadcast that you can stream from their website

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24 Nov 2020

Why Are Religious Zealots So Willing to Spread COVID?

I was informed late last night that a direct contact of someone in my household was exposed to COVID-19. Each of my teens has been allowed to see one friend as part of a social bubble, but that one friend apparently has extremely religious parents who have been shirking health

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23 Nov 2020

Breaking: Biden Can FINALLY Begin Presidential Transition

CNN just reported that the General Services Administration has finally alerted President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump Administration will stop throwing a temper tantrum and begin the formal transition process. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy acknowledged this in a letter that CNN was able to obtain. If you recall, Emily Murphy is

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23 Nov 2020

What Your Server Wants You to Know About Eating in a Restaurant on Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is here and with the Center for Disease Control strongly advising people to not travel for the holiday this year in order to lower the risk of getting and spreading COVID-19, more people may be searching for a restaurant to eat in instead. Depending on where you live and

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23 Nov 2020

California Rebuilding Fund Launches to Help Small Businesses Survive

On Friday, the State of California launched the California Rebuilding Fund to help keep small businesses afloat during this awful pandemic. Nearly 4 million small businesses need access to money now that the federal relief is running out and Snitch McConnell is holding up the next stimulus bill in Congress.

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23 Nov 2020

200+ Employees at Golden Gate Fields Test Positive for COVID

On Friday Berkeleyside reported that Golden Gate Fields, home of the legendary Dollar Day, has had a serious COVID-19 outbreak. Despite being closed to the public due to the pandemic, races are still happening onsite and the staff of roughly 500 people is still working. Of those people around 200

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20 Nov 2020

Orbit Room Launches ‘Lunar Lot’ for Cocktails and Pizza

This year alone, we’ve learned that the moon has water, the atmosphere of Venus contains a chemical so difficult to synthesize that it almost certainly comes from organic life, and the U.S. Navy believes in UFOs now. Only in 2020 would these things barely make a blip, but maybe Mercury

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20 Nov 2020

Revive the Night: The Grassroots Effort Save SF’s Dancefloors

By Bailey Greenwood In the past 8 months, we’ve witnessed the crumbling of an industry that employed millions of people around the United States, and with no end in sight, an industry that will take years to rebuild. Revive the Night is a is a 3-day virtual festival taking place December

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