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A San Francisco store clerk who was violently attacked by a robber trying to steal two beers has died from his traumatic brain injuries. Yowhannes ‘John’ Tewelde, 60, was beaten into a coma when a thief attacked him with a baseball bat while he was working at Richmond Market on Thursday. The owner of the …
The New York Times revealed a group of Silicon Valley billionaires are behind the $800 million in land purchases, or about the size of two San Franciscos, around Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California. We previously covered the mysterious Flannery Associates, which has quietly amassed a staggering 55,000-acre farmland portfolio encircling three sides of the military …
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The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco has filed for bankruptcy in an effort to settle more than 500 child sex abuse lawsuits, becoming the latest religious organization driven to bankruptcy by a wave of sex abuse ligation. The archdiocese listed assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million each in a Chapter …
Cruise will reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco, the California Department of Motor Vehicles told CNBC. The move comes after Cruise autonomous vehicles were involved in multiple crashes in San Francisco this week where the self-driving cars appeared to stall in intersections, including one on Thursday night when it collided with a …
Driverless vehicles promise a future with less congestion and pollution, fewer accidents resulting from human error and better mobility for people with disabilities, supporters say. But every now and then, one of the cars runs into trouble in a way that casts a bit of doubt on that bold vision. So it was on Tuesday …
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was reportedly hospitalized after taking a fall Tuesday in San Francisco. Her condition is not known, but she subsequently returned home by Tuesday evening, TMZ reported. Feinstein, 90, was hospitalized earlier this year after a bout with the shingles and was absent from the Senate for about three months before returning …
It doesn’t have to be this way San Francisco pic.twitter.com/p9acK4zgPo — Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 7, 2023 https://www.tiktok.com/@hanayla/video/7264436509154168110 h/t dr0id
https://twitter.com/grindfacetv/status/1684362945495732224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw This is great police work but it’s San Francisco and he’s black so get ready for the riots https://t.co/nkoyGQNmRG — Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) July 27, 2023 h/t dr0id
Uff https://t.co/1sbTkmnLwa — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) July 25, 2023 h/t DOORBERT
Most everything is locked up but still 1 theft every 10 minutes. In San Francisco, we went to the Walgreens that is the #1 spot for theft in all the 9000 US stores, per Walgreens. This is where chains once shut the freezer section. And we saw 3 thefts right in front of us. But …
NEW: The Walgreens at 16th/Geary in San Francisco has chained up the freezer section ⛓️ Workers said normally shoplifters clean out all the pizza and ice cream every night. They’re usually hit 20x a day. The whole store is virtually locked up. @KPIXtv h/t @greenbergnation pic.twitter.com/lfFWmkLWdo — Betty Yu (@bett_yu) July 18, 2023 Theft has …
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The owner of a beloved San Francisco restaurant that opened more than 60 years ago has decided to close shop for good, blaming the city for not supporting business owners amid a homelessness crisis and the aftermath of the pandemic. HRD Coffee Shop opened its doors in 1953 as a modest establishment serving workers in …
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What I witnessed in San Francisco was shocking and saddening, yet unsurprising. The failures of states like California are the direct result of a failed progressive, and woke, agenda. I’m running for president because decline is a choice, success is attainable, and freedom is worth fighting for. We cannot allow our country to descend into …
‘WE SAW PEOPLE DEFECATING IN THE STREETS:’ Ron DeSantis takes his war with Gavin Newsom to San Francisco as he rips homelessness and influx of drug addicts. Newsom has continuously attacked DeSantis for his policies in Florida – even releasing an ad earlier this year urged Americans not to vote for the governor with the …
A California supermarket desperate to slow the constant shoplifting that has plagued parts of the state has installed giant metal barriers at exits to stop the thefts. A Safeway in Vallejo recently added metal emergency exit gates in front of one of the entrances that warn an ‘alarm will sound’ if thieves try to leave …
by DJDevine These are the consequences of decriminalizing drugs, apathy towards the homeless, sky high taxes, and ridiculous policies. In other words, this is the result of voting unchecked for what feels good instead of what IS good for your community. Thank to that and essentially outlawing conservatism of any kind, this is the result …
DECLINE IS A CHOICE: Emails show what was behind closure of San Francisco mall. People are still going to the mall, just not in downtown San Francisco. An hour south in more suburban San Jose the Westfield owned mall is booming: “Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose has begun to attract visitors and retail activity at …
I Filmed this video on 7th Market on June 12 2023 at 5:20am in San Francisco while searching for someone this morning in this area all I found was addiction addiction addiction and it was very disturbing because everybody down there is young pic.twitter.com/ePLZEoVHBI — jj smith (@war24182236) June 12, 2023 I Filmed this video …
This on the back of several other large property white flag wavers in past few weeks. seems companies can’t bail out of SF fast enough. With malls in Democrat-malgoverned cities overrun with feral packs of Youth for Biden stealing & preying on the last of the paying customers, it’s no wonder failing malls are being …
US cities where the tax rate jumps most between $100,000 and $250,000, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/gQ5DojPsLS — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) June 8, 2023 In New York and San Francisco, a $250,000 salary has the purchasing power of only about $83,000 after accounting for taxes and adjusting the remaining amount for the local cost of living, per Bloomberg. …
by scott_jr Welp .. another crack in the commercial real estate industry that’s only going to get worse in the near future. Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“Park” or the “Company”) (NYSE:PK) today announced that, starting in June, it ceased making payments toward the $725 million non-recourse CMBS loan which is scheduled to mature in …
San Francisco man crowdfunding to escape ‘zombie apocalypse’ neighborhood https://t.co/m17z8HSf5D pic.twitter.com/ZYIaItEgOE — New York Post (@nypost) June 3, 2023 A fed-up San Francisco resident has decided to leave his crime-ridden, drug-infested neighborhood that he says reminds him of a “zombie apocalypse” — and has launched a fund-raising campaign to pay for his move. Darren Mark …