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UNITED STATES—I am pretty sure I’m not the only person who has heard the phrase, “Never judge a book by its cover.” However, as a society so many of us cast judgement so quickly before we think or even know what we’re talking about. The news of actor Chadwick Boseman passing last week was devastating; it was a shock...

UNITED STATES—This is the craziest thing in the world, but got damn I cannot wait till this COVID-19 pandemic ends. There are so many people acting like everything is back to normal because some businesses have reopened their doors, but hello things are not back to normal and they will never be back to normal. What do I mean...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, September 4, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that following an investigation, his office charged Heather Zalatimo, a former chief information security officer at San Francisco's Department of Public Health (DPH), for entering the Department of Public Health into a contact in which she had financial interest. According to court documents, back in 2016 while serving...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, September 4, the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture announced that San Francisco will have a drive-in theater located in Fort Mason. “FORT MASON FLIX” will begin screening movies on Friday, September 18. On Friday, the FMCAC tweeted: “FALL FUN @ FORT MASON: thrilled to announce #FORTMASONFLIX, our pop-up drive-in theater starting Friday September 18, 2020!...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday September 2, the San Francisco Pride’s Board Directors voted to ban the city’s police officers from attending the event. For years, officers from the San Francisco Police Department were a part of the parade, often participating in and supporting the Pride celebration by driving their patrol cars in the parade, or walking. The decision to ban officers in...

UNITED STATES—Yes, then and there, after I saw the Slavic blondie beat up the cheeky young Black kid, I vowed never to go back to the smoke shop with the green cross ever again. It actually turned out quite the contrary. The whole unexplained incident with the weight of a mystery. The isolated moments witnessed, taken together, surpassed my...

SAN FRANCISCO—Citywide substance use trends show that overdose deaths totaled 441 in 2019, an increase from 259 deaths in 2018, according to an annual report by the San Francisco Department of Public Health published on Monday, August 31. The increase is caused by the use of the opioid drug Fentanyl, sometimes  a methamphetamine or a combination of the two drugs...

CHICAGO, IL—The Chicago Police Department released new video footage which depicts the suspects wanted in connection to the deadly shooting at a Chicago pancake house from Monday, August 31. The incident occurred at Lumes Pancake House in Morgan Park, in Chicago’s South Side. Authorities indicated that the victims were eating in an outdoor tent outside the restaurant, when a gunman...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, September 3, the San Francisco Parks Alliance announced the launch of the “#HeartYourParks” campaign. The campaign aims to encourage social distancing amongst park-goers with painted outlines of hearts. The hearts are 10 feet in diameter and are spaced eight feet apart. On Thursday, the San Francisco Parks Alliance tweeted: “It’s been a loooong year for us all,...

SAN FRANCISCO—The owner of the San Francisco hair salon that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited on August 31 has said the viral video has lead to her receiving death threats. On September 2, the salon owner, Erica Kious, appeared on Fox News' “The Tucker Carlson Show” for an interview, and told Carlson that the aftermath of the viral...