This is where the 7,700-plus students were Thursday: scattered and sitting in front of computers for their virtual commencement ceremony, amid a global pandemic and nationwide protests against racial inequality. That was the context for Breed’s three-minute, seven-second speech to the Class of 2020. … [Read more...] about Mayor Breed delivers video speech to SF State graduates: ‘We need our young leaders now’
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‘This is HISTORIC’: How the Bay Area is responding to Kamala Harris as Biden’s VP pick
— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) August 11, 2020 Jessica Millan Patterson, chairwoman of the California Republican Party “@KamalaHarris epitomizes the extremist far left. She has compared law enforcement to the KKK, wants to eliminate the private health insurance millions of families rely on and failed to keep California streets safe when it was her job to do so. Biden has chosen to cater to... pic.twitter.com/JfIDsFd4YV … [Read more...] about ‘This is HISTORIC’: How the Bay Area is responding to Kamala Harris as Biden’s VP pick
Coronavirus live updates: UCSF creates molecules for nose spray to kill coronavirus
1:47 p.m. California, 7 other states will mail ballots to all voters: Thanks to concern about spread of the coronavirus, at least three-quarters of U.S. voters will be eligible to receive a ballot in the mail for the 2020 election — the most in U.S. history, according to a New York Times analysis. If recent election trends hold and turnout increases as experts predict, roughly 80 million mail ballots will flood election offices this fall, more than double the number returned in 2016. California is among eight states sending ballots to every registered voter, while other states will enable absentee applications. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: UCSF creates molecules for nose spray to kill coronavirus
How one of SF’s oldest independent Union Square businesses is pivoting to survive pandemic
It’s likely that the shop won’t receive any kind photos from clothiers who’ve crafted couture designs for nuptials or other events, at least for a while. The world is different now, and parties everywhere are on pause. But as for what’s to come next, Spector isn’t too worried. … [Read more...] about How one of SF’s oldest independent Union Square businesses is pivoting to survive pandemic
It cost $7 million to build Hakkasan. Now coronavirus has closed the SF restaurant for good
Bay Area shelter-in-place restrictions have made it challenging to survive, and fears about when people will be ready to return to dining rooms have caused a number of local restaurants to call it quits. On Thursday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced restaurants will be able to start serving diners outdoors on June 15, but dine-in options won’t resume until July at the earliest. … [Read more...] about It cost $7 million to build Hakkasan. Now coronavirus has closed the SF restaurant for good
