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Snap Becomes Latest Company to Leave San Francisco Amid Office Pullout in City

October 22, 2022 2:30 amOctober 25, 2022 6:12 am

Snap, the parent company to popular social media sites such as Snapchat, became the latest tech company to pull out of San Francisco this week due expensive San Francisco leasing prices and more workers in the company working at home....

Sen. Scott Wiener Invites Us to Pumpkin Carving Drag Queen Event

October 21, 2022 2:00 pmOctober 21, 2022 2:03 pm

“In case you missed it, Senator Scott Wiener is hosting his Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest tomorrow, October 22!” Sen. Wiener’s email says. California Sen. Scott Wiener sent out an email Friday inviting me to his annual pumpkin carving event in...

CA High-Speed Rail Authority Awards $35 Million Stations Design Contract

October 21, 2022 11:47 amOctober 21, 2022 2:19 pm

The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors approved a $35 million design and support services contract for four Central Valley stations on Thursday to Foster + Partners and Arup (F+P Arup), inflating the $113 billion high-speed rail budget even...

SF Mayor London Breed Apologizes For Honduran Drug Dealer Remark

October 21, 2022 2:30 amOctober 20, 2022 8:41 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed apologized on Thursday for comments she made earlier this month where said that many drug dealers in the Tenderloin district are Hondurans. On October 5th, only days before the Los Angeles City Council racist recording...

Electrics Reach 17.7% of All New Car Sales in California

October 20, 2022 4:30 pmOctober 21, 2022 2:18 pm

The California Energy Commission (CEC) released new zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) sales info on Wednesday, showing that 17.7% of all new cars in California have been ZEVs, a rise of 126.9% in ZEV sales since 2020 and climb that ensures...

Dead Heat In Oakland Mayoral Race According to Oakland Chamber Of Commerce Poll

October 20, 2022 12:21 pmOctober 20, 2022 12:22 pm

An Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll released on Wednesday found that that Oakland Mayoral candidates and City Councilmembers Loren Taylor and Sheng Thao are currently in a dead heat less than three weeks before election day. Ever since declaring themselves...

Why Do So Many Californians Still Wear Masks?

October 20, 2022 11:22 amOctober 21, 2022 6:49 am

The other day I saw a women in her late teens or early twenties walking her dog in a park near my home. She was fit and healthy-looking, getting some exercise on a lovely fall day in a quiet bayside...