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Current global projection maps depicting sea level rise are what city managers and planners depend on for future development, however, coastal subsidence has very seldom been considered in making these projections. The Bay Area is a good example.
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As the housing crisis in places like the San Francisco Bay Area continues to place pressure on legislators and city planners, one prominent journalist-author sees technology and unbridled capitalism as a dangerous, perhaps 'demonic mix.'
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As technology moves quickly into the third decade of the 21st Century, some people continue to fear it. The future is always unknown. But for one writer embracing tech will help us avoid 'blind spots.'
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Searching on Google can often feel like a useless pursuit. Type something into the search box, and millions of results pop up with endless information that can take hours to sort through.
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San Francisco-based author Martha Conway read from her historical novel "The Underground River" on June 20th at Bookshop West Portal. This reporter talked to her after the gathering.
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A gunman dressed in a UPS driver's uniform walked into a San Francisco UPS facility and open-fired, killing three employees and wounding two others before turning the gun on himself today.
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The Point in Alameda is making room and coordinating preparations for The Soiled Dove - the one-of-a-kind 'Barbary Coast'- themed circus-infused dinner theater returning weekends from June 9th to July 1st.
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Yelp's Eat24 has teamed up with Marble, a robot delivery startup, and will start delivering food in the evening in the relatively flat Mission and Potrero Hill districts in San Francisco California.
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As spring blossoms out, the points of interest for art lovers in the San Francisco Bay area are abundant. Like the those 'April rain showers' that bring forth the flowers, like the rhyme says, is so true for the local artistic scene.
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With the emergence of Sirius satellite radio, music channels on cable TV and now personalized radio via streaming Internet services, the days of traditional radio broadcasting are just about over.
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Responding to anti-Muslim rhetoric, policies and actions of the Trump administration, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to preemptively prohibit participation in any religion-based registry.
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Two people in San Francisco ended up in the hospital after having to be resuscitated after they drank an herbal tea purchased in a shop on Grant Avenue, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
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In a place where the median price for an average middle-class home is close to or over $1 million, tax dollars are not able to cover the cost of basic things like maintenance and pot holes in the street.
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With St. Paddy's Day soon to arrive, no doubt, bands will be performing at pubs, taverns and bars around the City. What better atmosphere for any band than to play at a pub on St. Patrick's Day.
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A 96-foot Redwood tree stands in the middle of a dispute between what one resident of San Francisco's Montclair Terrace wants to ensure as a legacy in memory to her late husband and what neighbors do not want; an obstruction of view from their windows.
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San Francisco will become the first city in the United States to offer all residents free community college regardless of their ability to pay.
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San Francisco became the first major city to file a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump for his executive order targeting sanctuary cities.
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In the wake of President Donald Trump's executive orders reviving the highly controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, Native Americans and their allies protested around North America this week.
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This past weekend, Pereg Natural Foods featured among its culinary delights the ancient grains of Farro and Freekeh. These little-known grains in the West are joining the ranks of popular healthier grain-alternatives like quinoa.
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As the little ghost town of Bodie was rattled this past December, those who prepare for Earthquakes see the trembler as yet another opportunity to remind people that seismic activity is always present.
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Staff Writer at The New Yorker, Jeffery Toobin has released a book about the bizarre kidnapping and then trial of publishing empire heir Patricia Hearst in his new 2016 book, "American Heiress."
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The famous song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" has a verse that says, "to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars." Decades before Tony Bennett sang that song,
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Transit riders in San Francisco this weekend got a nice surprise: all Muni Metro rides were free. Unfortunately, the reason behind the free fair wasn’t a show of good will on a stressful holiday weekend.
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Every so often we are reminded that things that seem permanent and forever are only "on loan" to us. And, that we should not take anything for granted.
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Bay Area based author Carole Bumpus was delighted when she got the news that she and her companion cookbook, ‘Recipes for Redemption’ from her novel 'Cup of Redemption' were invited to the "Literary Feast" of Les Dames d’Escoffier on Nov. 13.
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As our nation ponders the possibility of a woman president in this upcoming November election, it is important to note how far women have advanced over a century’s time.
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On Halloween night it is customary for the older kids to watch scary movies. These days Netflix, Hulu and others have dozens and dozens to select from. But not too long ago, there was a time when a scary move was on local TV.
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In what's looking more and more like a cover up, the fate of San Francisco's 58-story sleek and ritzy high-rise, Millennium Tower, is heading toward a big court battle after it was discovered the building is sinking and tilting into the soft soil.
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Over the past 40 years the documentary has blossomed from a didactic tool in a classroom to a box-office attraction. Examples of this in recent years are in films such as Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine.’
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San Francisco is proposing a legislation that would cap out the total number of days a housing unit can be rented out as a short term rental. The number of days would be capped at 60 per year.
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This is a typical street within the Parkmerced complex. Wide streets amid the garden townhouse complexes provide lots of green space for families, says long-term resident Michael Russom.
Bookshop West Portal store manager Kevin Atkin talked with local author Joseph Sutton about baseball and Sutton's recent book.
Expanding the taste palate of this old world dish is chef Ramni Levy's passion. Here is a knish stuffed with pastrami. Courtesy of Chef Ramni Levy
Revelers got an early start on the Saturday, March 15, 2014 before Saint Patrick's Day. All of Lombard Street seen here in the City's Marina/Cow Hollow District was filled with a 'frat-party' type of atmosphere, all wearing the green to join in the fun.
This vintage photo is from the first Opening Day of The Bay celebration in 1917. Courtesy of PICYA and its affiliates (2017)
The classic potato is the basic knish that most people know. Yet chef Ramni and his crew want to change that. Courtesy of Chef Ramni Levy
Tom Mayer and photographer friend, Tom Swick. "it's of Tom and me on the roof of the building where we lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. (A suburb of Boston) This would have been taken in the '70s or thereabouts," said Swick (just before making the move to San Francisco). Courtesy of Tom Swick
Courtesy of Steve Keyser and Big Brother and The Holding Company
La Oaxaqueña offers specialties like echiladas mole.
PR Director for olloclip, Michele Moninger Baker took a moment to demonstrate how the innovative lens attachment works with the i-phone.
Soup Kitchen Rally held on Sept. 1, 2011 at San Francisco's New Federal Building was part of a nationwide effort held in other cities across the nation sponsored by the National Nurses United labor union. Courtesy of National Nurses United
Michael Mascioli in his office amid the hundreds and thousands of music recordings on CD and on vinyl. He holds a record album of singer Lena Horne. One of his many, many favorite signers.
Three of the six candidates for San Francisco District Attorney talked to local residents of Sunset District about their eagerness to take on the responsiblitiy of DA for San Francisco. Dennis Minnick
A view from Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco
San Francisco, California. Relaxing in Washington Square Tatsuhiko Miyagawa
"The Meehan Brothers are wacky with lots of energy sort of like a Jack Russell Terrier," said Heather Hill. She worked at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco where the brothers perform often Meehan Brothers
View of Judah Street from the Beach Motel's lobby door. In the past few years this area of the outer-Sunset District has been struggling to revive itself economically. Beach Motel has provided a stable local business to the neighborhood. Notice the other motel across the street, no word as to whether or not that motel is under the same zoning code change restriction.
In the inner circle referred to as "The Dissies" Superfest 2014 will be coming this Nov. 2 to The Contemporary Jewish Museum theater showing 11 films from 11 AM to 6 PM. Courtesy of Superfest 2014
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