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UC Berkeley May Have Just Solved Climate Change
UC Berkeley chemist Omar Yaghi and his team have discovered a powder called COF-999 that can potentially suck carbon dioxide out of the air, potentially saving the world from global warming.

How The Democrats Can Win Again
Kamala Harris’ speech in Detroit, Michigan, highlighted the hypocrisy of the modern Democratic Party, as they have transitioned from a party of workers to a party of hypocrites, and the need for the party to ditch condescension and hypocrisy in favor of becoming a party of the people.

My Daniel Lurie Wishlist
Daniel Lurie, the Mayor-elect of San Francisco, has a lot of problems to solve, including reversing the Tenderloin policy, rolling back policies that punish city residents, and making city streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

Musically Haunting: “Ghost Quartet” Gives us Life at Oakland Theater Project
If you could be any kind of dead person, what kind would you be? Spoiler: you want to be a ghost, the kind that goes “hoo hoo hoo all night long.” So says the lyrics in “Any Kind of Dead Person”, one of the many catchy tunes in Oakland Theater

Where 12 Bay Area Food Industry Experts Head for Coffee
In the Bay Area, where coffee’s history and future alike percolate through the years, it’s a decently hard question: Where should one head for a latte? For the San Francisco Standard I asked some of the buzzier chefs and owners in San Francisco proper for their takes. I wanted to

Hulu’s November Releases: Historical Dramas, True Crime, and Underrated Films
Hulu is releasing a variety of highly acclaimed series and films in November, including Juliette Binoche’s historical drama of food and romance, an adaptation of a National Book Award-winning novel, and a docuseries about bad behavior around the holidays.

I Didn’t Cry in the Bar When Trump Won This Time
Despite the disappointment of Trump’s victory, the we must continue to fight for the rights of working class people and push back against their exploitation by corporations and billionaires, as the GOP has already taken the White House and the Senate and is planning to take the House of Representatives.

Best Bay Area Events 11.5-11.25
Unstaged. First Thursdays. Live on Mid-Market Join us November 7th from 4-7 pm for the final UNSTAGED event of 2024. UNSTAGED is a free, interactive, live performance experience on Market Street between 5th and 6th. November’s UNSTAGED is going out with a bang, adding more new acts and welcoming back returning