Updated 2:40 pm, Sunday, March 18, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: AP Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 In this Saturday, March 17, 2018, photo released by the San Francisco Fire, firefighters work to contain a blaze on a building in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach district in San Francisco. San Francisco Fire authorities are investigating the cause of the massive building blaze that broke out during the thick of St. Patrick's Day celebrations. (San Francisco Fire via AP less In this Saturday, March 17, 2018, photo released by the San Francisco Fire, firefighters work to contain a blaze on a building in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach district in San … [Read more...] about Authorities investigate cause of San Francisco building fire
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Crews contain flames shooting from San Francisco building
Updated 10:07 pm, Saturday, March 17, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say they have contained a fire that shot up flames from a building in a San Francisco neighborhood and sent a massive plume of smoke into the sky. The Fire Department posted video of the flames tearing through the second story of a building on the corner of a block Saturday as firefighters shot water into its windows. The department said on Twitter that there are no injuries but that 15 people say they've been displaced. The Red Cross and city were helping them. Photos showed the fire burned above a liquor store and other businesses. Firetrucks with their lights flashing surrounded the site in the North Beach neighborhood. … [Read more...] about Crews contain flames shooting from San Francisco building
San Francisco filmmaker’s experience learning English inspires ‘Oh Lucy!’
By Jessica Zack Updated 12:10 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 Buy photo Atsuko Hirayanagi visits the Noe Valley branch of the S.F. library, where she wrote her script. Atsuko Hirayanagi visits the Noe Valley branch of the S.F. library, where she wrote her script. Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle Buy this photo Image 2 of 5 Josh Hartnett plays an English teacher in Tokyo in “Oh Lucy!” The film was written and directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi of San Francisco. Josh Hartnett plays an English teacher in … [Read more...] about San Francisco filmmaker’s experience learning English inspires ‘Oh Lucy!’
San Francisco is first city to bump minimum wage above $10 an hour
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced Tuesday that San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to raise the minimum wage above $10 an hour. Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, that city's minimum wage will jump 32 cents to $10.24 an hour. Eight states are also set to beef up their minimum wage rates come the first of the year. Sorry Minnesotans. Your state is not among them. In fact, at $6.15 an hour, Minnesota's minimum wage is paltry in comparison to some of its peers. The federal minimum wage rate is $7.25 an hour. (The federal minimum wage automatically applies to Minnesota workers at companies with more than $500,000 in annual revenues. Federal wages may also kick in for workers at companies conducting interstate commerce.) Wage disparities summon debate from staunch advocates for realistic or "livable" wages and critics who say that wages should be based on what the market will bear, not legislation that sometimes thwarts … [Read more...] about San Francisco is first city to bump minimum wage above $10 an hour
Could Minneapolis follow San Francisco’s lead to be ‘zero waste’?
Mayor Betsy Hodges advocated for Minneapolis to be a “zero waste” city during last year’s campaign, as she opposed expanding the trash-burning capacity at the county incinerator. Thursday night, she and other local leaders met at a south Minneapolis church to consider how to make that a reality, turning toward San Francisco as a model for diverting most garbage from landfills and burners. “We think of ourselves as being a pretty green town,” U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison told a crowd that included various council members and environmental advocates. But, he added, just 28 percent of the city’s waste is recycled and composted – lower than the national average. By contrast, San Francisco diverts 80 percent of its garbage from landfills, largely by requiring all residents to compost and recycle and doing extensive outreach to ensure people follow the rules. The city also bans plastic bags and restricts the sale of plastic water bottles, and requires … [Read more...] about Could Minneapolis follow San Francisco’s lead to be ‘zero waste’?