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San Francisco Reparations Plan Installs a ‘Neo-Apartheid System’

May 8, 2023 3:37 pmMay 12, 2023 9:10 am

The San Francisco reparations committee has admitted that their recommendation of a one time payment of $5 million per black resident has no mathematical basis. In March, the Globe spoke with local San Francisco resident Richie Greenberg for in-depth analysis....

New Report Shows San Francisco Has Worst Downtown Recovery Rate Of Any Major US, Canadian City

May 6, 2023 2:30 amMay 6, 2023 2:31 am

A new report released on Friday found that San Francisco currently has the worst downtown recovery rate of large cities in the US and Canada, coming in with only 32% recovery of activity before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the...

May is National Masturbation Month!

May 4, 2023 10:31 pmMay 4, 2023 10:35 pm

Put That Thing Down and Read This Story! Well, it’s not quite Californication, but it’s close. May is National Masturbation Month, and, of course, it started right here in the Golden State, at the San Francisco sex co-op Good Vibrations,...

Protestors, SF Supervisors Push DA Jenkins to Reverse Ruling On Walgreens Shooting

May 4, 2023 6:53 pmMay 4, 2023 9:54 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins continues to receive pressure from the SF Board of Supervisors and activists to reconsider her decision to not charge a Walgreens security guard over a shooting death of a criminal that occurred last week....

Nordstrom, Saks Off Fifth Announce They Are Leaving San Francisco

May 2, 2023 5:59 pmMay 3, 2023 11:29 am

High-end department stores Nordstrom and Saks Off Fifth became the latest retail stores to vacate San Francisco on Tuesday, with the 3 large locations representing over 500,000 square feet of retail space expected to be completely vacated by the early...

Governor Newsom Announces New Multi-Agency Operation Tackling Fentanyl Crisis In SF

April 28, 2023 12:34 pmApril 28, 2023 12:35 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced details of the new multi-agency operation to curtail fentanyl and improve public safety in San Francisco on Friday, coming nearly a week after first announcing that he would be directing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and...

Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox

April 27, 2023 12:30 pmApril 27, 2023 3:23 pm

Two major San Francisco-based companies announced mass layoffs on Thursday, with Gap announcing that 1,800 corporate positions will be cut and Dropbox announcing that 16% of all employees, or around 500 people, will be let go. Beginning in October of...