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Six months ago, I hopped on a plane and said goodbye to winter. After spending 92 percent of my life on the East Coast — and the last nine years in New York City — I was moving to San Francisco, along with thousands of other migrants. When I landed, I was struck by the mild weather and the…
You’ll no longer need to leave the city for a box of Munchkins and a cup of what some say is the best cheap coffee in the country. Dunkin’ Donuts announced today its bringing the beverage and pastry chain to the San Francisco Bay Area. Parent company Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., based in Canton, Mass.,…
Media This Man Took On Fox News And Became A Hero To His City by Judd Legum Jul 15, 2015 6:35pm Scott Wiener, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, knew Fox News was lurking. “They’ve been stalking various members of the board of supervisors for the last week. They went to someone’s…
Chinese born, California based photographer Wenxin Zhang created Goodnight Stories during a time in 2011 when she was a new comer to San Francisco. Feeling anxiety about this new environment and the pressure to be a young adult, she sought after strangers with whom to connect. Taking to the internet, she found a community of…
NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 27 2014: several protesters gathered at the Pink Houses for a march to Police Services Area #2 station demanding justice for Akai Gurley, who was killed by Peter Liang. Photo Credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com BODY According to a new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice African-American women in San…
SACRAMENTO — California would increase the minimum smoking age to 21 years old under a bill approved by the state Senate on Tuesday. Raising the age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21 would go a long way in helping discourage youth from smoking, said Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina (Los Angeles County), who authored…
[if lte IE 9]>< ![endif] Google Publisher Tags Google Analytics End Google Analytics /.off-canvas TEMPLATE T1 BODY The Blackstone Group LP, the biggest landlord in the country with tens of thousands of residential units, is investing in Oakland, becoming the largest real estate player yet to arrive in the burgeoning city. New York-based Blackstone (NYSE:BX)…
APWant to write about the Hyperloop? Business Insider is hiring a reporter to write about the technology influencing the future of transportation. If you’re interested in covering the world of driverless cars, innovation in flight, Apple’s CarPlay, Android Auto, the Hyperloop, and everything else changing the way we get around, then this is the job for you….
Consider this newest and perhaps hairiest of trends in Silicon Valley these days: The hipster lumbersexual has merged with the tech elite, creating the world’s wealthiest cavemen. Jack Dorsey, of Twitter and Square fame, was the first to be spotted sporting heavy chin whiskers, in a picture Kara Swisher tweeted after visiting him. She described…
I was painfully shy growing up. I’d flush when I had to get up in front of the class, and shook in fear of getting called on by the teacher. As I grew up, the anxiety subsided, somewhat. Echosmith’s glamorous frontwoman Sydney Sierota seems like the last person who would deal with isolation. But at…