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San Francisco Bay Area Presidents Day 2013: Transit Service, Parking Enforcement, Closures
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Parking enforcement San Francisco -Commuter towaway – NOT ENFORCED -Residential permit – NOT ENFORCED -M-F street sweeping – NOT ENFORCED -Parking meters – ENFORCED -Seven-day street sweeping – ENFORCED Oakland -Street sweeping – NOT ENFORCED -Parking meters – NOT ENFORCED … Continue reading
Streaking Light Over Bay Area Friday Night; Video
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Barely a few hours after we put up this speculative post "What if a Meteorite Hit San Francisco?," which we posted on the heels of the Siberian meteorite plus the near-miss asteroid DA14, came reports of a meteor — or … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Thousands Protest Keystone Pipeline; Microsoft Goes Hard After Google in Ad Campaign; Tight Condo Supply in Bay Area
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Thousands protest Keystone XL pipeline (SF Chronicle) Thousands of people rallied in downtown San Francisco on Sunday to urge President Obama to reject construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, an action they said would prove he is committed to … Continue reading
What Would Happen if a Meteorite Hit San Francisco?
For those who pay attention to omens and portents … Worst. Day. Ever? If you're not already hiding under your bed, Bay Area, because of both the close shave the planet Earth experienced today with Asteroid 2012 DA14 plus an … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Calif. State Parks Surplus Goes Back 20 Years
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California state parks had hidden surplus for 20 years, auditor's probe finds (Sacramento Bee) A new probe of financial scandals at the California Department of Parks and Recreation found that officials maintained a hidden cash surplus for as long as … Continue reading
City of Oakland's Challenge to Harborside Eviction Rejected by Court
A U.S. magistrate has rejected the city of Oakland's attempt to throw a legal roadblock into the forced closure of the Harborside marijuana dispensary. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California is threatening Harborside's landlord with forfeiture of … Continue reading
Online Calculator: Find How Much You'll Pay For Health Insurance Under Obamacare
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As Lisa Aliferis reported on our State of Health blog, California unveiled a revised website on Wednesday for Covered California, the state-run online health insurance marketplace mandated by the Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare. Part of the update was … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Bill Introduced to Grant Green Cards For High-Tech Workers, Entrepreneurs; New Support For Soda Tax in Poll
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U.S. senators introduce high-skill immigration bill in nod to Silicon Valley (SJ Mercury News) Arguing that Silicon Valley and the nation are "losing talent and jobs by the day to countries like Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom," a bipartisan … Continue reading
Video: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as Google Interns
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The movie is called The Internship and it's set to be released Jun 7. From Entertainment Weekly: The Internship has the duo playing Nick and Billy, a pair of down-on-their-luck salesmen who find themselves out of a job when their … Continue reading
LAO Urges Lawmakers to Reject University Tuition Freeze; Zuckerberg Holds Chris Christie Fundraiser; Java Still a Major Worry; More News
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Tuition freeze seen as causing big hikes (SF Chronicle) For many university students in California, Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal that state lawmakers freeze tuition at current levels for four more years would be a dream come true. But Tuesday, the … Continue reading

