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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoSan Francisco opened a brand new high-tech 911 call center on Wednesday. But early Thursday morning, the city’s 911 system crashed, and dispatchers were handling calls with pen and paper.On Wednesday, the Examiner trumpeted the news that San Francisco was reopening its Western Addition 911 dispatch center after $9 million worth of upgrades. “The opening of this new and improved Dispatch Center is a critical step forward in our work to protect th…See the Story
SF Opens New ‘State-of-the-Art’ 911 Call Center, System Promptly Melts Down the Next Day
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
San Francisco, California · San FranciscoI now understand why the capsule reviews and descriptions of Michael R. Jackson's first Broadway musical, A Strange Loop, were so obscure and confusing. It is an idiosyncratic creation of the first order that is nearly impossible to sum up.Let it first be said that Jackson broke new ground for the Broadway theater world with this piece. A Strange Loop won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical despite being in a category all on its own as musicals…See the Story
'A Strange Loop' Is an Uproarious Meta Musical on Black Queer Identity (and a Witty Takedown of Tyler Perry)
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Hamas · GazaBerkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage in Israel on October 7 and even had his arm blown off in the process, but a new-proof-of-life video from Hamas, which appears to have been shot Wednesday, shows him very much alive.In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and taking of some 200 hostages, we learned that Berkeley-born 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among those hostages taken at an Israeli music festival. Gold…See the Story
Berkeley-Born Israeli Hostage Appears to Still Be Alive, After 201 Days, In Newly Released Video
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoCar owners without garages in San Francisco are tensing up in preparation for an announced May sweep by the SFMTA's Parking Enforcement team, which is set to cover every district of the city in search of parking rule violators. But those parking enforcers are tense themselves, imagining they could be targets for assault.We learned about the coming crackdown last week, which is a piece of Mayor London Breed's multi-pronged and updated Vision Zero…See the Story
SFMTA Employees Are Nervous About Becoming Targets of Backlash Against Parking Crackdown
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Ticketmaster · San FranciscoConcert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.It’s the hell of going to a major concert event these days that the ticket prices are outrageously expensive, and then Ticketmaster just melts down anyway when you bite the bullet an…See the Story
New State Bill Hopes to Break Up Ticketmaster Monopoly, 49ers and Warriors Totally Against It
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Jeffrey Epstein · San FranciscoCourt hearings are underway in the case of that doctor who drove his family off a cliff in San Mateo County last year, and his attorneys argue he was mentally ill and obsessed with conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein, fentanyl, and Ukraine.In a San Mateo County Superior Court, proceedings have begun in the case of Dharmesh Patel, the radiologist who drove his family off a cliff in a Tesla in early January 2023. All four passengers of the v…See the Story
Defense Says Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff In Tesla Should Avoid Jail, Get Treatment Instead
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThe major redevelopment project over at the Stonestown Galleria, in which the mall's massive parking lots could be transformed in to a 3,500-unit residential "village" with parks and a new retail mini-corridor, has taken a step forward with a development agreement with the city.While this doesn't amount to final approval, and the Board of Supervisors will also need to sign off on the development agreement itself, developer Brookfield has hammere…See the Story
Stonestown Redevelopment Project Moves Forward With Development Agreement
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
San Francisco, California · San FranciscoHorse-riding apes invaded San Francisco! Well, not really, they were actors doing a promo shoot for the upcoming film, "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes."See the Story
Horse-riding apes spotted in Bay Area to promote upcoming film, 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes'
100% Center coverage: 3 sources