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28 Aug 2020

CatHead’s BBQ Has Permanently Closed

Somehow this one managed to slip by my radar, which is odd, because I pass by CatHead’s BBQ a lot. But yes it’s true, the BBQ joint famous for biscuits the size of a cat’s head has closed after 8 years in SoMa. When I reached out to Richard Park,

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27 Aug 2020

A Map of SF’s New Parklets

There are new parklets springing up all over the city this summer.  Small businesses from restaurants to art galleries are putting up seating areas outside in order to more safely serve the public. For general information about how to erect a parklet safely, and who to contact ect, check out

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27 Aug 2020

SF ‘Slow Streets’ Map

  The SFMTA’s new ‘Slow Streets’ program is designed to limit through traffic on certain residential streets and allow them to be used more as a shared space for foot and bicycle traffic.  Throughout the city, dozens of corridors have been planned or implemented as a ‘Slow Streets’. Obviously, due

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27 Aug 2020

We Want to Give You an Amazing Air Purifier for Your Home!

Horizon’s True HEPA filtration removes 99.97% of, particles and allergens, including SMOKE, dust, pet dander, mold spores and pollen, larger than 0.3 microns in size from the air that passes through it.

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26 Aug 2020

City to Evict North Oakland Homeless Encampment Thursday Morning

On Monday, a group of about 30 people living in tents and RVs were given 72-hour notice to vacate the North Oakland neighborhood near 38th Street and Manila Avenue. Several people who currently live there were originally swept out from Mosswood Park in February. The United Front Against Displacement organization

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26 Aug 2020

SF Supes Extend Covid-19 Worker, Renter Protections

Guest post by Wesley Wells We’re sitting through the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meetings and breaking them down for you so you don’t have to! Here’s the mini minutes for the Board of Supervisors held Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Full minutes are available right here. Video and transcript are

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26 Aug 2020

Militia Teen Kills Two Protesters After Far-Right Violence Warnings Go Ignored

A self-described militia group calling themselves the Kenosha Guard on Facebook had scheduled a Tuesday “call to arms” event, which was promoted by Infowars with an event listing page screenshot. Before it was taken down, the event page said: “Any patriots willing to take up arms and defend our city

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26 Aug 2020

Why is the SF Fire Department Facing Budget Cuts Amid a Megafire Era?

As citizens were applauding our first responders and those on the frontlines of the historic Northern California blazes, the San Francisco Fire Department has been fighting battles of their own over city wide budget cuts.

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