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T-Mobile, Williams-Sonoma Latest Stores To Close In San Francisco

May 8, 2023 7:08 pmMay 8, 2023 7:08 pm

San Francisco’s Union Square faced two more major losses on Monday following the pull out of T-Mobile’s flagship store at 1 Stockton Street and the closure of Williams-Sonoma at 340 Post by the end of the year. The Globe has...

San Jose Reallocating Voter-Approved Affordable Housing Funds To Homeless Services

May 1, 2023 12:26 pmMay 1, 2023 12:26 pm

An early release of the San Jose City Manager’s budget proposal drew controversy over the weekend. More than half of the $70 million Measure E funds set to go toward affordable housing in the coming year are being reallocated to...

Pressure Grows For Senator Feinstein To Resign As GOP Senators Block Committee Replacement Motion

April 21, 2023 5:49 pmApril 21, 2023 5:52 pm

Senate Republicans this week kept up opposition against a resolution that would temporarily replace Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, putting her political future more into doubt and raising pressure for her to resign. Last Thursday, Feinstein...

Two Violent SF Attacks in 48 Hours Lead to Demands for More Police, Tougher Crime Measures

April 8, 2023 2:30 amApril 8, 2023 12:14 pm

Former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani was brutally assaulted in San Francisco’s Marina District Wednesday night. 48 hours before, tech executive Bob Lee was stabbed to death in the city. Many citizens in San Francisco are now demanding more...

House Speaker McCarthy Meets With Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen In Simi Valley

April 6, 2023 2:30 amApril 6, 2023 2:31 am

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen met at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday, with both affirming close U.S.-Taiwanese relations at a time when relations between the U.S. and China have...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Meet With Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen at Reagan Library

April 3, 2023 6:41 pmApril 4, 2023 9:32 pm

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Monday he will be meeting Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, despite warnings from China not to do the meeting. Tensions between China and Taiwan, while...

Indian Consulate In San Francisco Attacked By Protestors

March 21, 2023 2:30 amMarch 21, 2023 2:31 am

Sikh protestors demanding a Sikh state within India attacked and damaged the Consulate General of India in San Francisco on Sunday following similar protests in London and Canberra, Australia. Since India first became a country in 1947 following independence from...