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01 Feb 2021

Covered California Enrollment Extended Again, Until Mid-May

Yesterday was Jan. 31, which was supposed to be the last day for 2021 open enrollment in Covered California, the state-level Obamacare marketplace for lower-cost subsidized insurance. Good news, procrastinators! You now have until mid-May to sign up, as Covered California has announced a “special enrollment” period that extends enrollment

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29 Jan 2021

D.A. Boudin Announces New Program to Connect Residents with Prosecutors

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Thursday said a new Community Liaisons program being launched by his office will help create dialogue and strengthen ties between city residents and prosecutors. Under the program, teams made up of District Attorney’s Office staff members will be assigned to each of the

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29 Jan 2021

When Anarchist Punks Become Nazis

Racist punks are supposed to look a certain way. They wear boots and braces. They shave their heads. They live in other cities. In other scenes. In other decades. Except sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re in your band. In the aftermath of the capitol insurrection, concerned citizens have started identifying

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28 Jan 2021

BART Plans To Build a Second Transbay Tube

By Eli Walsh BART and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority unveiled a plan Wednesday to build a second transbay rail crossing and increase rail connection throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. The Link21 program will include multiple projects intended to make rail transit more accessible for residents in

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28 Jan 2021

What San Franciscans Want in Their New Monuments: A Report

The New Monuments Taskforce was asked to study San Francisco’s 87 public monuments, and what do with them.  The project mapped out where all our monuments and asked the public everything from ‘what monuments (if any) should be removed’, to ‘what should a monument be?’ The taskforce is led by

Alex Mak - Managing Editor 0
28 Jan 2021

Color That Lights Up SF Streets : Kate Tova Artist You Should Know

To escape the gray skies, the soviet facades, and 6-month long Russian winters, she painted with bright, intensely warm colors.   The type of color palette that can light up a dark street corner.

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An SFO-bound BART train pulls up to a station platform.
28 Jan 2021

What your BART Station says about you (PENINSULA/SOUTH BAY EDITION)

The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different.  But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART.  The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and insanity

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
27 Jan 2021

UC Berkeley Strips Hall of Controversial Name

University of California at Berkeley officials on Tuesday stripped another hall of its name, the fourth in a year’s time. Kroeber Hall, which honored anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was unnamed because he continues to be associated with the ideas of exclusion and erasure of Native Americans. Kroeber is remembered as the

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