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SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday, February 3, a neomasculine Texas-based organization known as Return of Kings announced they would be holding international tours to rally the principals behind the blog of founder and self-proclaimed pick-up artist, Daryush “Roosh” Valizadeh. Among their list included a meeting to Balboa Park BART station in San Francisco. The group has been heavily criticized for their...

UNITED STATES―Filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart who went missing during a dive off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, January 31 was found dead on Friday, February 3. Stewart, 37, vanished while diving near Islamorada in the Florida Keys, a chain of islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. He was retrieving an anchor when his dive partner collapsed...

SAN FRANCISCO—Musician Morrissey has laid claims that he was sexually assaulted at San Francisco International Airport on Monday, July 27. On Wednesday, July 29, the 56-year-old posted a letter to True To You, a fansite he regularly contributes to, which provided a first-hand account of the alleged incident. According to Morrissey, he was routinely passing through a body scanner to catch...

NEPAL—Documentary filmmaker Tom Taplin, of Santa Monica, was killed by an avalanche on Mount Everest following Saturday's gargantuan magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Taplin, an avid mountaineer, had traveled to the mountain to film a documentary chronicling the lives of the community of climbers at Everest's basecamp. Taplin, 61, had been living on the mountain for four weeks prior to Saturday's quake. He...

SAN FRANCISCO—Mayor Edward Lee will travel to the Vatican later this month to discuss climate change and human trafficking with United Nations leaders and Pope Francis. Governor Jerry Brown and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo will also be in attendance for the two-day event that begins on July 21. The Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, a scientific academy of...

SAN FRANCISCO—British Airways flight BA286 made an emergency landing in Vancouver enroute to London on Monday, October 24. Twenty-five crew members had to be taken to the hospital, including 3 pilots due to “feeling ill” according to British Airways. No passengers were admitted to hospitals for treatment. The British Airways Airbus A380 departed at 7 p.m. PST and landed in...

UNITED STATES—It’s the one time of year, where literally EVERYTHING stops: it’s Super Bowl Sunday. And this isn’t just any Super Bowl; it’s the 50th anniversary which is the one time of year that EVERYONE, all ethnicities, all genders join in celebrating all things sports, food, commercials and TV. For this epic battle, the Denver Broncos courtesy of Peyton Manning...

SAN FRANCISCO—Passengers of Etihad Airways Flight 183 from Abu Dhabi finally arrived in San Francisco following a nightmare ordeal that spanned 28 hours. Initially delayed by fog in Abu Dhabi, the passengers of Flight 183 spent 12 hours waiting to take-off from the Middle East, and were not allowed to leave the aircraft as it sat waiting on the tarmac. Passengers...

UNITED STATES—It was a race between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States of America. On Tuesday, November 8, Americans hit the polls to cast their vote for president, and in the wee hours news outlets announced that Donald J. Trump won enough electoral votes to become President. Pushing...

SAN FRANCISCO—The FBI arrested the wife of the Pulse nightclub shooter in San Francisco on Monday, January 16, according to reports. Noor Salman, 30, was taken into custody Monday morning and is due in court on Tuesday for her first appearance, Salman's lawyer told ABC. Salman’ s husband, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people and wounded dozens in a terrorist attack at Pulse,...