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A postcard from San Francisco, a city on the comeback
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (651+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " The bashing has been a national pastime since the pandemic. What was once called "the most beautiful city in the world" by Bay area local son, Joe DiMaggio, had become what the New York Times called "a poster…...
San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi - The Boston Globe
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (287+ words) But this week, the self-driving taxis are the bearer of happier news after a San Francisco woman gave birth in a Waymo. The mother was on her way to the University of California, San Francisco medical center Monday when she…...
5 wounded, 1 seriously, in shooting outside San Francisco supermarket - The Boston Globe
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (153+ words) Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 9 p.m. Saturday found multiple victims near a Safeway in the Outer Richmond neighborhood, according to the city's police department. A man with life-threatening injuries and four juveniles with non-life-threatening injuries were rushed to a…...
Shots fired, driver hurt and held after truck rams into Coast Guard base in San Francisco - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) A truck driver who backed into a US Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area " the site of earlier protests against federal immigration agents " was shot at by law enforcement officers and wounded, authorities said Friday. No Coast…...
Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (400+ words) Trump's post came after Lurie said the two spoke Wednesday night and Trump said he planned to call off a federal deployment to the city. US Customs and Border Protection agents had already'begun arriving'to support federal efforts to track down…...
Mahjong nights draw young crowds to San Francisco bars and restaurants - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 21+ hour ago (697+ words) San Francisco " When Ryan Lee first played mahjong two years ago, he got hooked. He dug out sets of the classic Chinese tile game from his parents" house and brought them to San Francisco, where he started hosting mahjong nights…...
Cat in San Francisco euthanized after bird flu infection tied to raw pet food - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (406+ words) Federal health officials are warning that certain lots of raw cat food may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu after a pet cat in San Francisco that ate the food became infected with the virus and had to be euthanized. The…...
NWSL match at San Francisco’s Oracle Park draws record crowd - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (236+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " The National Women's Soccer League match between Bay FC and the Washington Spirit at San Francisco's Oracle Park on Saturday set an attendance record for a US women's professional sports league with a sellout crowd of 40,091. The crowd…...
San Francisco tries new tack to battle homelessness: RV parking limits - The Boston Globe
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (774+ words) Lawmakers in San Francisco recently voted to bar recreational vehicles from parking on city streets for longer than two hours without a special permit " a move aimed at reducing the number of city residents living in vehicles. Proponents heralded the…...
NYC, San Francisco and other US cities cap LGBTQ+ Pride month with a mix of party and protest - The Boston Globe
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (773+ words) Pride celebrations typically weave politics and protest together with colorful pageantry, but this year's iterations took a decidedly more defiant stance as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have sought to roll back LGBTQ+ friendly policies. The theme of the…...