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Bill To Allow Pets To Be Buried Alongside Owners Gets Renewed Focus

August 10, 2023 4:35 pmAugust 10, 2023 4:35 pm

A bill to allow cemeteries to designate certain areas where pets can be buried alongside their owners gained a renewed focus in the past week, bringing in a fresh round of concern over the bill right before the session resumes...

Maui Wildfires: SF Mayor London Breed Evacuated From Maui To Oahu

August 10, 2023 11:26 amAugust 10, 2023 11:26 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed was evacuated from Maui to the island of Oahu in Hawaii on Wednesday, narrowly avoiding the growing wildfires on the island that have so far claimed the lives of 36 people. Dry weather and an...

New IGS Poll: Frequent California Voters are More White, Black, Asian Over Latino

August 10, 2023 2:30 amAugust 10, 2023 2:31 am

A new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) released this week found that frequent voters in California tend to be more white, older, and wealthier than the state average, despite the state voter registration percentage steadily going up in...

LA Supervisors Consider Massive $25 Minimum Wage For Hotel, Amusement Park Workers

August 9, 2023 4:33 pmAugust 9, 2023 4:34 pm

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced on Tuesday that she will be proposing a $25 minimum wage for both hotel workers and amusement park workers in the unicorporated areas of the county, which would, if passed, give a massive...

Sen. Feinstein in Hospital After Fall at San Francisco Home

August 9, 2023 12:08 pmAugust 9, 2023 12:08 pm

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was hospitalized in San Francisco for most of the day on Tuesday due to a fall in her home, prompting concerns to rise once again if she is still fit enough to serve as a U.S....

Globe Interviews Writers Guild Picketers: Strike Impasse Approaches 100 Day Mark

August 9, 2023 2:30 amAugust 9, 2023 1:47 pm

Late last week, the 2023 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike surpassed the length of the 2007-2008 strike, which lasted 93 days. While not the longest of all time, with the 1988 writers strike making it to 154 days, the...

New Report Shows San Francisco Has Worst Recovery of Any City From the Pandemic

August 8, 2023 12:12 pmAugust 8, 2023 12:12 pm

According to a new study released on Tuesday, foot traffic in downtown San Francisco continued to remain at pandemic levels in recent months, showing that the city’s recovery is still a long way off. Since the late 2010’s, San Francisco...