New report from Seattle-based Alliance for a Just Society says federal minimum wage should actually be $16.87 to match the high cost of living nationwide.
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West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum.
SF’s Mending Library began when Michael Swaine set up a cart and got to work repairing pants, tops, jackets, bags, or whatever else a needle and thread could save.
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Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim, a First-Person View
“It was going pretty well. I hadn’t died of hypothermia or lost my legs to a shark attack.” Alcatraz Sharkfest, a first-person view.
I wasn’t thinking about San Francisco That Was when I started watching So I Married an Axe Murderer, but I soon found myself on an unexpected nostalgia trip.
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Bike Polo Makes Its Way from Seattle to SF
Bike Polo started in Seattle in 1999 and is now a worldwide sport.
In cities like Oakland and Seattle, where the minimum wage is on the rise, restaurants are raising prices and rethinking tips as a way to level the playing field for workers.
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Taking Heart in SF’s Skating Scene
In the heart of Golden Gate Park is a smoothly paved oval where roller skaters do their thing.
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Cutting Edge: Tool Libraries
Up and down the Left Coast, cities and communities are creating lending libraries—for kitchen tools, construction, landscaping, and more.
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Day Job (Why I Paint)
The first thing that happens after youth is something called reality. In reality, you cannot make any money as a painter, at least in the United States of America. Let’s talk about how to live in reality and be a painter.