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SAN FRANCISCO—An elementary school in San Francisco has become the first school in the city to implement gender-neutral bathrooms. Miraloma Elementary School removed the typical triangle and circle labels on the bathroom doors and substituted in signs reading "Inclusive Bathroom," accompanied with a male/female/transgender logo. Kindergarten and first-grade students at the school will now be able to use bathrooms without having to identify themselves simply as...

HOLLYWOOD—"Glee" star, Mark Salling, 33, was arrested at his home in Sunland, California on charges of child pornography on Tuesday, December 29, according to reports. Officer Aaron Jefferson, from the Los Angeles Police Department released a statement that Salling was arrested at 9 a.m. then booked at downtown L.A. where he posted $20,000 bail. According to the Internet Crimes Against Children...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in a meeting on Tuesday, January 12, that San Francisco will be launching its green energy program in May 2016. The program was initially slated to start on April 16, but it was delayed due to Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) annual rate change between the seasonal shifts, and the PUC's goal...

SAN FRANCISCO—Transgender San Francisco County prison inmates will soon have the option to be sent to a prison based on their gender preference. San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi made the announcement on Thursday, September 10. According to Mirkarimi, the change will begin to take place in a few weeks and is set to be completed by the end of the...

SAN FRANCISCO—On January 22, three men escaped from the Orange County Men’s Jail. According to police, the men cut a hole in a metal grate, crawled through plumbing tunnels, and scaled down the five-story jail building by propelling down linked bedsheets turned into rope.  The fugitives were identified as Hossein Nayeri, 37, Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Bac Duong, 43. Duong...

SAN FRANCISCO—UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood announced on Monday, July 27, the university's support of bringing the 2015 NBA Champions the Golden State Warriors back to San Francisco for their new arena. The new San Francisco arena would be located along Third Street in San Francisco's Mission Bay District, near the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. The 35,000 square foot project, which is...

SAN FRANCISCO—In an effort to accommodate the California drought, one brewery is creating an innovative way to conserve California water by using recycled water. Mavericks Brewing Company is creating a prototype of their award-winning Tunnel Vision IPA, using a specially brewed tactic made from recycled water. Co-owner and co-founder of Mavericks, Lenny Mendonca, stated that the beer is brewed using...

SAN FRANCISCO—Recology, Inc. may replace Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. as the city's official garbage collector, despite opposition. The director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment (DOE) signed a 9-year contract with Ecology, a San Francisco-based company. According to the contract, the city's garbage will now be dumped in Hay Road Landfill near Vacaville in Solano County, about 50 miles...

SAN FRANCISCO—The City of San Francisco is anticipating over one million visitors starting this week for its nine-days of activities and events leading up to Super Bowl 50. A considerable number of visitors are expected to be coming in from Denver, Colorado to support the Denver Broncos. Super Bowl City will be taking place at the Justin Herman Plaza, as...

CALIFORNIA—Governor Jerry Brown signed bill a on September 5 at the California Assembly to pass a new bill that would allow terminally ill, but competent patients to end their lives at will with the help of medical staff. Although met with some resistance by various religious organizations and advocates for people with disabilities, who have concern over caregivers potentially pressuring those that...