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CALIFORNIA—Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has restored electricity to most residents in St. Helena. According to the PG&E power outage map on their website, electricity is touch and go at times.  Originally, the utility officials thought they could turn the power on by Friday. In all, almost 400,000 customers have been affected by the latest power outages. But by Wednesday,...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, October 22, San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) retrieved a raccoon that had climbed a window inside city hall.  SFACC Officer Edith tweeted an image at 7:06 a.m. on Oct. 22 depicting the raccoon’s rescue with the caption, “I’m not stuck, I’m just enjoying the view." https://twitter.com/OfficerEdith/status/1319279056316030976?s=20 SFACC is an open-admission animal shelter funded by taxpayers that has...

SAN FRANCISCO—After 83 years of standing on 701 Bryant St., the Coca-Cola billboard has been permitted to be torn down. The San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection confirmed with KPIX 5 that a permit was issued on Monday, October 26. https://twitter.com/andriakpix/status/1320770341908561920?s=21 The dismantling will cost Coca-Cola $100,000 with no chance of the sign being replaced. Dora Wong, North America’s Coca-Cola spokeswoman, told KPIX...

SAN FRANCISCO—Ordinance No. 93-20 was passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to combat the rising unemployment rate on Tuesday, October 27. On the city of San Francisco website, a webpage was published to guide landlords and tenants through the changes being made because of COVID-19. For tenants not able to pay rent between September 1, 2020 - January...

SAN FRANCISCO—Thirty-one years ago, David Miles Jr. and a group of friends went skating from the top of Golden Gate Avenue to downtown Market Street. “We went down Market to Beal Street where there were barricades blocking off the Embarcadero Freeway onramp because of the Loma Prieta earthquake,” Miles Jr. told the San Francisco News. “Of course, we went through...

HELLO AMERICA!—After escaping a brutal attack by the KKK while attending Earlham Collage in Richmond, Indiana, I felt extremely lucky to find a new home base at USC; not only that, meeting Sheridon Stokes in my class who was touted as one of the most gifted flute players in California. 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Sheridon Stokes became the youngest contract musician...

HOLLYWOOD—Every so often Tyler Perry manages to surprise fans of his hit series “The Haves and the Have Nots” and I must say this season finale did not deliver to me what I wanted. ‘The Reaping,’ such a scary title was laying the groundwork to what seems like a possible series finale in the near future. The number of...

SAN FRANCISCO—The “Pirates of Emerson” haunted house will be drive-thru for 2020 to maintain social distancing guidelines issued by the state of California. A camera will go down the hall, and the visitors can watch from their vehicles like they are at a movie. The "movie” lasts for 20-25 minutes. Shi Tuck, a member of the crew told the Associate...

UNITED STATES—Forests lack gardeners. In the wild, there is no one to rake fallen leaves or blow them away. Foliage falls from trees and onto the ground, where it stays as it decomposes. It is the natural process. Raking and blowing leaf litter away is unnatural. It deprives the soil and organisms that inhabit it of significant organic matter...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced on Monday, October 26 that starting Tuesday, December 1, Golden Gate Park’s Peacock Meadow will be transformed into an enchanted wonderland installation named “Entwined.” The installation is designed by a local San Franciscan artist, Charles Gadeken, and will be up in time to celebrate Golden Gate Park’s 150th Anniversary. SF Recreation...