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Should the Elderly Retest to Hold a Driver’s License?
On March 16th in West Portal, 78-year-old Mary Fong Lau sped east up Ulloa Street. Her SUV barrelled past Wawona towards Lenox Way, where a family of four stood waiting for a bus to the zoo. She crossed the painted yellow lines and train tracks embedded in the road and
Breaking News: San Jose Actually Has Something Cool
I’ve lived in the Bay Area my entire life aside from six months in Sacramento and a year in Glendale; which I was too young to remember much of, except for the fact I recall it being 70+ degrees on average in December. You can’t trust a place where the
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
Former Meth Lab for Sale in San Jose for $1.5 Million
Are you a big Breaking Bad fan that has always dreamed of having your own Walter White experience? Then look no further than this insanely priced home in San Jose!
SF and Oakland Are About To Get Cameras That Automatically Ticket You For Speeding
This may come as a shock to absolutely no one, but San Francisco is an exorbitantly expensive place to live. It’s a place where you can get your car stolen and somehow still have to worry about the sadistic MTA giving your stolen car a parking ticket. It’s a silly
Why 2023 Has Been A Crazy Year For The Bay Area
It’s been less than seven months since the start of 2023 and with that in mind, it’s worthwhile to take a second to reflect on some of the strangest happenings in one of California’s strangest locales.
Largest Bay Area Earthquake in 8 Years Strikes San Jose
Tuesday’s M5.1 was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the South Napa earthquake in 2014. That event, a M6.0, resulted in one death and dozens of injuries. The quake occurred on the Calaveras Fault, known among geologists as a “creeping fault.” It usually moves aseismically, or without producing
Toys R Us Is Returning To The Bay Area!
Do you remember when you were a kid and you didn’t have to worry about things like a potential nuclear war or inflation? Good times, right? Well those times are coming back! Well, inflation is still a thing and Russia is still threatening nuclear war, so those carefree times aren’t
Report: Silicon Valley Residents Left in Droves During Pandemic
by Tran Nguyen Tens of thousands of people left Silicon Valley during the COVID-19 pandemic, but local housing and economics experts aren’t too worried about the mass exodus. The metro area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale lost nearly 43,000 people between April 2020 and July 2021, according to recently released census data. That’s