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News Articles: San Francisco

Healthcare workers with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene help people register for the monkeypox vaccine at one of the City's vaccination sites, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York.

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  • Health

Under fire, US officials say monkeypox can still be stopped

The country's monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, U.S. health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so far limited vaccine supplies.

July 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a briefing outside City Hall on Dec. 1, 2021. Breed announced a legal state of emergency Thursday, July 28, 2022, over the growing number of monkeypox cases.

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  • National

San Francisco declares an emergency to help the city deal with monkeypox spread

The mayor's announcement allows officials to mobilize personnel and resources and cut through red tape to get ahead of a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that devastated the city.

July 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit on Jan. 16, 2019. California regulators on Thursday gave Cruise's robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco.

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  • Technology

Driverless taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco

Regulators gave the Cruise service approval to charge passengers for driverless rides, a first for the state. Initially, the service will be available at night in less congested parts of the city.

June 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Faris Ajluni (right) land Jose Nazario pose in their vests in downtown San Francisco.

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  • Technology

The Patagonia vest endures in San Francisco tech circles, despite ridicule

Flyers around San Francisco are urging tech workers to give up the quintessential Silicon Valley uniform: the fleece vest. It's just the latest flashpoint in the city's class battle.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A seemingly endless amount of drama, name-calling, lawsuits and outrage from parents and city officials, made the saga of San Francisco's school board a riveting pandemic sideshow. Voters recalled three members Tuesday.

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  • National

San Francisco voters recall 3 school board members

Voters in famously liberal San Francisco ousted three members of the board who, critics argued, focused more on renaming students than getting schools back into classrooms.

February 16, 2022
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  • Peter Granitz
San Francisco police are investigating a newly discovered practice of using rape victims' DNA to search for suspects in unrelated crimes.

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  • National

S.F. police face criticism for using rape victims' DNA to identify potential suspects

District Attorney Chesa Boudin said using rape kit DNA to search for suspects in separate investigations treats victims "like evidence, not human beings" and called for the practice to end.

February 15, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
This 2020 booking photo shows Steven Carrillo, a former U.S. Air Force sergeant with alleged ties to the "boogaloo" movement plead guilty in the 2020 fatal shooting of federal security officer David Patrick Underwood in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  • National

Alleged 'boogaloo' member pleads guilty to killing federal guard during 2020 protests

Steven Carrillo, 33, changed his plea to guilty after federal prosecutors last month agreed not to seek the death penalty.

February 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A sign is displayed at a COVID-19 vaccine site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco on Feb. 8, 2021. California is exempting San Francisco from a rule that takes effect requiring all people to wear masks indoors.

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  • Health

California allows San Francisco to maintain existing COVID-19 masking rules

Starting Wednesday, a statewide mask mandate was back in effect, but vaccinated San Francisco residents will be allowed to go without face coverings inside gyms and workplaces.

December 15, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A sign is displayed at a COVID-19 vaccine site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco on Feb. 8, 2021. California is exempting San Francisco from a rule that takes effect requiring all people to wear masks indoors.

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  • Health

California allows San Francisco to maintain existing COVID-19 masking rules

Starting Wednesday, a statewide mask mandate was back in effect, but vaccinated San Francisco residents will be allowed to go without face coverings inside gyms and workplaces.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Mirna Arana mops the floor after playing with her son in her home in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2021. Arana works as a housecleaner in San Francisco and is hopeful about a proposed law that would give domestic workers paid sick leave.

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  • National

San Francisco moves to require paid sick leave for nannies and gardeners

The measure would affect 10,000 people in the city who work in private homes cleaning, cooking and tending children, among other duties. The proposed law would be the first of its kind in the U.S.

December 15, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
A man gets care in an ambulance after overdosing in San Francisco, California.

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  • National

San Francisco's new rapid response teams race to save lives as ODs dramatically rise

The city's per capita overdose death rate is among the highest in the U.S. To help address the crisis, city officials launched Street Overdose Response Teams, part of a broader public health effort.

November 03, 2021
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  • Eric Westervelt
People in San Francisco cannot dine in at the city's only In-N-Out Burger, a popular California chain, after the restaurant did not follow COVID-19 protocols.

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  • National

San Francisco shut down its In-N-Out for not checking patrons' vaccination status

San Francisco's only In-N-Out location still hasn't reopened for indoor dining. The restaurant violated public health requirements by allowing customers to enter without showing proof of vaccination.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2019. Benioff is a proponent of stakeholder capitalism, the belief that companies must look out for the broader good.

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  • Business

Why the Salesforce CEO wants to redefine capitalism by pushing for social change

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is an evangelist for stakeholder capitalism — the belief that companies should be driven by more than profits: They should also take care of the broader social good.

October 16, 2021
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  • David Gura
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Self-driving Waymo cars gather in a San Francisco neighborhood, confusing residents

The cars have been converging at all hours of the day and night, mystifying neighbors. Invasion of the self-driving cars? Not quite.

October 16, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
A Lowrider rides on three-wheels on Sunset Blvd., in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in July.

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  • Pop Culture

40 years ago, San Francisco lowriders organized to fight police harassment — and won

"At one point it was bumper to bumper for 20 blocks. It was like a parade every Friday and Saturday night," Roberto Hernandez said. "It was something that the police just weren't able to manage."

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
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