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SF: San Francisco Unveils Preservation Plan To Expand Historic Landmark Protections
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (168+ words) San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman announced on Thursday resources and reforms to strengthen historic preservation and celebrate the unique legacy of San Francisco's neighborhoods. The plan includes funding to survey historic properties and…...
Just-opened Palo Alto breakfast sandwich spot has a genius new business model
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (785+ words) (Left to right) The Green Dream, B. F. F. , and B. E. C. sandwiches at Hatched, a new breakfast and brunch sandwich shop located in Town & Country Village in Palo Alto, California on Jan. 15, 2026. Brandon Poon doesn't make a good breakfast sandwich. He makes a great…...
The curious case of LA's striking 13-story art deco Public Storage facility
21+ hour, 38+ min ago (303+ words) Los Angeles" Public Storage building in Google Street View. This 13-story tower has always operated, more or less, as a storage facility. Yet for a spell, it bore a different distinction: as a Bacchanalian party haunt that was raided many…...
DHS says it's 'drawing up plans' to ban international arrivals at SFO
21+ hour, 39+ min ago (272+ words) Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security, in March 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C. Travel | Disneyland's likely 3rd theme park has been nearly 30 years in the making Culture | The 18-foot-high fence that turned Sonoma and Marin communities upside down…...
Held Over, a 50-year-old San Francisco vintage store, is suddenly closing
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (314+ words) Held Over, the vintage store on Haight Street in San Francisco, is closing. Held Over, the sprawling vintage store on San Francisco's Haight Street, is closing its doors. The store's final day will be Saturday, May 30, manager Kai Anne Van…...
2 California mountain lions killed by traffic along notorious LA roads
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (434+ words) A mountain lion looks at the camera as it climbs the hills near Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Pier and the Pacific Ocean. Sept. 23, 2023. Two'mountain lions were killed on busy Los Angeles-area roadways within two days of each other this…...
Fever break WNBA rules as Caitlin Clark ghosts media in Valkyries loss
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (404+ words) Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever walks to the locker room at halftime of a game against the Golden State Valkyries on May 28, 2026, at Chase Center in San Francisco. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark sure appears to have broken WNBA…...
Lancaster County Weighs Tax Exemptions for Churches, Goodwill, and People's City Mission
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (429+ words) Property tax exemptions for some of Lincoln's most recognized nonprofits-including People's City Mission, Goodwill Industries, and Neighbor Works-are in limbo after the Lancaster County Board of Equalization tabled a stack of contested applications at its May 19 meeting. The board unanimously…...
San Jose Bestows $250 K in Funding to Catholic Charities to Mediate Landlord-Tenant Disputes
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (269+ words) San Jose renters and landlords stuck in unresolved disputes at small apartment buildings now have a city-backed mediator to call on-and $250, 000 in city funding to make it happen. Catholic Charities has been awarded a 12-month contract to run the Responsible…...
Extremely rare tropical species under investigation in So Cal
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (351+ words) FILE: A view of the beach in San Clemente, Calif. , where birders have been scouring for a rare sight." A mysterious seabird swooping over the waters off San Clemente in recent weeks has wowed local birders. This species has likely…...