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UNITED STATES—On Saturday, May 30, in Rochester, New York, a woman and her husband were attacked by a group of looters outside of their home. The incident was captured on video and shared on Twitter, by a user named Andy Swan. The woman who is being attacked in the video is 24-year-old Madison Mavity, whose home is located above...

UNITED STATES—A good pandemic is not being wasted: it is sending science racing for answers and fresh ideas are not only being heard, but being implemented. For instance, on busy thoroughfares like Sunset with heavy foot traffic, pedestrian crosswalk buttons were suddenly phased out. Something I'd been dreaming about, especially as in recent times, as you'd have groups of...

CALIFORNIA—A Federal Protective Service officer was shot and killed on Friday, May 29 at Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building which is located at 1301 Clay Street, Oakland. The victim was identified as 53-year-old Dave Patrick Underwood. According to the U.S. authorities, the suspect shot two Federal Protective Service contractors as they watched over the protest. Dave Patrick Underwood was killed...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, May 28, San Francisco officials announced that they would be enforcing stricter health orders for wearing face coverings starting at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 29. These health orders require people to wear face coverings “on most occasions,” said city officials. According to officials, these occasions include being within 30 feet off someone, exercising within 30 feet...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, May 28, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved a development agreement for the Balboa Reservoir project, a residential development project that will include the construction of up to 1,100 housing units to the west of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Ocean campus.  According to the Balboa Reservoir website, the development would include over 4 acres...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, May 29, the future of the Fort Mason campus of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) was decided by the school’s Board of Trustees. They decided to close the campus through a unanimous vote.  The campus is located at 2 Marina Blvd, building B. According to the CCSF website, the campus is primarily used for art...

SAN FRANCISCO—At approximately 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, a driver struck the rear of the San Francisco Westfield Centre Mall and injured a 35-year-old male pedestrian. The man was walking on a nearby sidewalk when the vehicle hit him. The pedestrian’s injuries were non-fatal, and he was treated at a local hospital. The driver of the vehicle was...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, May 29, San Francisco based company Brex announced that they had laid off 62 employees. With 449 employees total, this layoff will get rid of approximately 13.8% of Brex’s workforce. Brex is a financial technology company focused on building credit cards for growing startups. Brex was founded in 2017 by two Brazilian engineers named Henrique Dubugras and...

SAN FRANCISCO—104 new affordable housing units for veterans on Treasure Island will start getting built sometime this summer, as announced on Friday, May 29, after the city secured a $43.7 million loan for construction. Maceo May Apartments, the name of the project, is Treasure Island’s first 100 percent affordable housing project. It is to be built on a vacant site...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday night, May 29, one security officer was shot dead and another wounded when tensions began to mount from protests in Oakland.  The incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m., when a car pulled up outside the Ronald V. Dellums federal building on Clay Street, Oakland. A person inside the vehicle fired shots at the officers, killing one and...