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SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Mayor London Breed tweeted information regarding $5,000 in grants for small businesses. The city of San Francisco has two grants available for small business owners. One is for individual businesses, the SF Shines for Reopening. The other is Shared Spaces equity grant for those with a Shared Space permit. "You can apply for both, but individual businesses will...

HOLLYWOOD—So the news is finally coming to the surface that that Ava Vitali is very much alive and well on the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives.” Ava has been hiding in the shadows pulling the strings to get Philip Kiriakis to do her family’s laundering of their mob money. Philip has felt the stress of this ruse, so...

HOLLYWOOD—I will admit at first I was not a fan of the mob villain/drug dealer Cyrus Renault when he first arrived on the canvas of the ABC soap “General Hospital.” With that said, Cyrus has become of the greatest villains the soap has seen since Helena Cassadine. This man is vicious, calculating and worst of all not afraid to...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Fire Department indicated they located a missing surfer at Ocean Beach on Tuesday, December 8.  The incident was reported at 1085 Great Highway at 4:55 p.m. The victim was able to self-rescue and there was no need for an intervention, the San Francisco Fire Department noted.  Over the course of the week, the SFPD was involved in...

UNITED STATES—I know we are ALL tired hearing about the words, ‘coronavirus,’ ‘COVID-19,’ ‘pandemic,’ ‘social distancing’ and ‘quarantine.’ These are all the terms of 2020 that have been part of the lexicon all over the place. With that said, there are some states that have partial shutdowns, some going to near full shutdowns and others, where things are still...

HOLLYWOOD—I have been a fan of the MTV reality competition “The Challenge” for years and when I say years, I talking about the ‘golden days’ when it was a battle between contestants who appeared on the reality series “The Real World” and “Campus Rules.” Since those shows have ended, “The Challenge” has become a bit of a global phenomenon...

HOLLYWOOD—In a year where cinema has been turned on its head, it is rare to see an actual film that is exciting, a thrill-a-minute, full of suspense and a fantastic movie in the process. That is where things land for the drama “Let Him Go” starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. These are two phenomenal actors, who have serious...

SAN FRANCISCO—On December 1, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced that two suspects and two juveniles were arrested after a robbery occurred in the Financial District on November 20. The SFPD stated that the incident occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m., officers observed a 55-year-old female victim robbed in the area of Washington and Montgomery Streets by 18-year-old Reginald Soriano...

SAN FRANCISCO—Fifty-nine California lawmakers wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, demanding answers about the frozen credit cards issued from the company. "Most beneficiaries receive their weekly Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) funds on a debit card issued and managed by Bank of America under contract with...

UNITED STATES—Good Morning, Toni: I read your Medicare column regularly and have never seen you address the issue of paying for Alzheimer facility care.  I am concerned that I may wipeout my 401K or savings if need arises due to a long-term care or Alzheimer’s need arises for me or my wife. Currently, my 88-year-old mother has been living in...