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by max on March 4th, 2010
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As a former college student who did probably what every college student did, I can appreciate a good dance party. But what I cannot appreciate is students getting too messed up and starting a riot. Seriously, folks, don’t break retail store windows for no reason, there’s absolutely no ...
by max on March 4th, 2010
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Here’s an interesting news about a cyclist being hit by a muni bus and kept driving away: [5-Fulton passenger Mary] Chancey said around 10 bus riders implored the driver to stop following the 8:30 collision — but he instead left the scene. When SF Weekly arrived just before 8:40, the you ...
by max on March 3rd, 2010
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Mayor Gavin Newsom is going to try a new plan that will help city reduce its $522 million budget deficit by laying off 15,000 SF city workers and re-hired them for slightly shorter hours. This will cut their paycheck by 6.25 percent. I guess this is a deperate, last measures to collect some money f ...
by max on March 3rd, 2010
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Are you joking me? Has the city lawmakers gone nuts? They are proposing a new bill that will make sitting on sidewalks illegal. Of course, this is intended to solve the problems of drug addicts smoking crack on the sidewalks but come one, is this going to really solve those problems? San Francisco ...
by max on February 28th, 2010
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Bakers Beach is one of my favorite beaches in San Francisco on a sunny day.  Of course, it’s famous as a nudist hangout. I guess yesterday, when the tsunami warnings were in San Fran, some gun rights activists came out of nowhere to carry their guns visibly in Bakers Beach: The men – an ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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David Perry just alerted me on raffle the city’s 2nd Annual Yerba Buena Center for the Arts “Dream House Raffle”. Basically each raffle ticket is $150 and odds of winning something (even if not the house itself) is 100 to 1. Not bad odds at all when you consider you can have a chance of w ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Well, I got summoned for jury duty here in San Francisco.  Not surprisingly parking is NOT provided for jurors nor are they reimbursed.  I think the city should at least pay for parking, especially for people like me who don’t live near the City Hall.  Oh well, that’s one thing I wou ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Seriously, people who want to have pillow fights in San Francisco should be more aware about environmental issues, this isn’t acceptable: Honestly, I think they should ban the event or at least hold it inside a building, having this kind of flash mob isn’t going to help us hard-working ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Tsunami is about to hit Hawaii as a result of Chile’s recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake! My prayers that it’s not too devastating! As some of you well know, earthquake has hit Chile earlier today, an 8.8 magnitude, one of the largest earthquakes in history of mankind. My regards for peop ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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San Francisco gets its Tsunami warning due to Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake earlier today.  I can actually see ocean beach from my apartment here and starting to see some really huge waves. Forecasted waves are going to be 2.5 feet in height so it shouldn’t really affect San Francis ...