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Gaza Ceasefire, BLM: Who’s Behind the Protests?

January 14, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 14, 2024 8:19 am

The petite yet loud-mouthed woman at San Francisco’s city hall recent hearings over the Gaza Ceasefire Resolution is Lara Kiswani. She was front and center at several public comment days in chambers, baby wriggling in her arms. Kiswani was seen...

Google, Twitch, Discord Announce Massive Layoffs As Bay Area Mass Layoffs Continue

January 12, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:31 am

Multiple San Francisco tech firms such as Google and Discord instituted mass layoffs on Wednesday and Thursday, increasing the number of unemployed tech workers in the Bay Area in a year where the region had been projected to begin to...

The Greenberg Brief: Charitable Donations – Events Signal Reconsideration

January 9, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 9, 2024 11:07 am

Have you made long-term plans for charity donations? I have, and so have many of my friends and extended family as well. But in light of revelations since the commencement of the Hamas/Israel war, be careful who you give to....

Unity Gaming Company Announces Mass Layoff of 1,800 In San Francisco

January 9, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2024 2:31 am

Unity, a San Francisco video game company specializing in game engines, let go 1,800 employees on Monday, becoming the Bay Area’s first major mass layoff a little more than a week into 2024. In the last few years, San Francisco...

Safeway, Adidas Closing in San Francisco; William Sonoma On its Way Out?

January 8, 2024 5:12 pmJanuary 8, 2024 5:19 pm

The Globe’s good friend Sebastian in San Francisco frequently updates us on the ever closing department stores, grocery stores, restaurants, auto dealers and the like. Monday, Sebastian shared this with the Globe: “On Christmas Day, drug addicts shot up and...

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Close The ‘Auto Break-In Loophole’ Law

January 5, 2024 5:20 pm

In an unusual break from pat proposed legislation, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill on Friday that would close a loophole in the current law surrounding car break-ins, allowing for those breaking in to be easier to prosecute....

The Greenberg Brief: Reverend Amos Brown, Resign

January 3, 2024 3:46 pmJanuary 3, 2024 9:30 pm

If you aren’t familiar with the African-American activist, preacher and sometimes bully, then may I introduce you to Reverend Amos Brown. His civil rights hypocrisy and angry temper come to a head over recalls, reparations and transgressing of IRS nonprofit...