After months of organizing efforts, employees at the California Academy of Sciences museum have voted to unionize. Get the details. ⬇️
The union says it aims to secure better wages and benefits for workers and having a say in how the museum is run.
You’ve heard this one before: Covid cases are on the rise in the Bay Area again.
Other Bay Area sewersheds reported a slight uptick in coronavirus levels in July, including plants in the South Bay.
San Francisco firefighters rescued a man from San Francisco Bay waters Tuesday morning near Oracle Park. The rescue effort briefly delayed Muni's N-Judah train, but service is now resuming after buses were deployed along the route.
San Francisco firefighters responded to a water rescue that briefly delayed a Muni route on Tuesday morning.
What happens to a neighborhood and its residents when the force driving its development—a booming tech sector—disappears overnight? Welcome to SoMa, an "up-and-coming" part of San Francisco hit hard by the pandemic and the so-called "doom loop." My latest for @sfstandard.bsky.social:
After Covid, SoMa struggles with business closures, drugs and homelessness.
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Happy birthday, Sutro Tower! Once considered an eyesore, this iconic San Francisco landmark is firmly enmeshed in the city’s pop culture landscape—and it's turning 50 on July 4th. https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/a-restaurant-on-sutro-tower-5-things-you-never-knew-about-the-citys-highest-icon/
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