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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 02/09/2026
sfstandard.com/2026/09/01/sfo-hidde… #SanFrancisco #sfnews #SFO
California state Sen. Scott Wiener speaks Tuesday afternoon at a press conference calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign SB 747, Wiener's "No Kings Act," into law. Standing to Wiener's left is George Retes, 26, of Ventura, Calif., a U.S. citizen and an Army veteran detained by masked ICE agents for three days while trying to get to his job as a security guard at a Camarillo farm last July.Reporters point cameras up at speakers during a press conference on the steps of a government building Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco's Civic Center neighborhood.Reporters, photographers and onlookers sweat slightly under mostly sunny skies during a press conference on the steps of a government building Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco's Civic Center neighborhood.Jordan Weiner, legal director of the removal defense program at La Raza Centro Legal, speaks to reporters beside California state Sen. Scott Wiener Tuesday afternoon at a press conference calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign SB 747, Wiener's "No Kings Act," into law.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 01/08/2026
Billboard says good morning earlier today #SanFrancisco #SoMa
A view of a Shell gas station along Eighth Street just south of Harrison Street leaving the westbound interstate 80 offramp in San Francisco, CA around 5:25 a.m. on Friday, July 31st, 2026 A closer crop of the same view zooming in on a Clear Channel billboard with a white field and black textThe billboard, advertising a company called Braintrust, says 'Trace everything.''"
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 30/07/2026
Good morning, just past full moon #SanFrancisco #FullMoon Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Empty roadway along Division Street at the foot of 10th Street beneath elevated Central Freeway lanes look up at a just past full moon with scattered clouds underneath it about forty fine minutes before sunrise.A tighter crop with the same view focuses on elevated Central Freeway, a lamppost and the moonAnd an even tighter crop focuses on the edge of the freeway, the lamppost and the moon and some low clouds
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 28/06/2026
The turkeys didn't seem very xingy today
A yellow sign with black bordering depicts a black cutout of a turkey with the letters xing underneath to show that turkeys cross a roadway next to a tree bearing the signThree large turkeys sit in tall grass not far from a roadway
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 07/06/2026
Earlier today: no smoking dogs at the farmers market #KensingtonCA #FarmersMarket
A sunlit white folding picket sign at the entrance to the Kensington Farmers market rests in the roadway outside, with three cartoon icons advising entrance that no dogs are allowed except for service dogs, no smoking is allowed, and no smoking dogs, citing California retail food code section 114321 A gray converted minivan from the Woodside Rotisserie Corp. of Alameda, California boasts a lift up roof and fold out signs with a booth in front of it, showing off racks of roasting rotisserie chickens, as well as a large fake rotisserie chicken attached to the roof at today's Kensington Farmers marketUnder a pale white folding tent, racks of celery, leeks, turnips, carrots and an array of green leafy vegetables sit atop folding tables at today's Kensington Farmers marketA close cropped view of a crowded sunlit walkway between folding tents at today's Kensington Farmers market reveals an array of people wearing sunglasses, hats and avid interested shopping faces
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 04/06/2026
A good man, kind when I met him, and dedicated to his readers and communities.
A partial view of a man wearing midwash blue jeans and a black T-shirt under a navy blue button up shirt and navy blue jacket as he holds a piece of paper in his hands that reads 'Proud sponsor of our neighborhood newspaper, the Richmond review' and asks to 'please join us in supporting local journalism by signing up on the newspapers Patreon account. More information at Richmondsunsetnews.com'Outside a market on Geary boulevard in San Francisco's inner Richmond in August 2023, a man in dark colored clothing holds a cell phone and carries a bright red tote bag with the words 'Break the mold' written on the side in white letting in a fancy font. Next to that man, the man from the previous picture is visible in full, wearing sunglasses, sporting a white haired mustache and goatee, and a dark colored baseball cap with 'Richmond Sunset News' in red Impact font lettering
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 04/06/2026
My wallet feels your pain
A Costco Wholesale receipt from the Richmond, California gas station showing 10.608 gallons purchased at pump number 20 at a price of $5.659 per gallon for a total of $60.03 at 5:08 p.m. today
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 10/07/2025
Good morning #SanFrancisco
Sunlight glints off exterior of buildings within the downtown San Francisco skyline underneath persistent marine layer clouds Thursday, July 10th, 2025. Weather service forecast cool conditions in the city even as a a larger heat wave is set to spike temperatures across the region.Sunlight glints off exterior of buildings within the downtown San Francisco skyline underneath persistent marine layer clouds Thursday, July 10th, 2025. Weather service forecast cool conditions in the city even as a a larger heat wave is set to spike temperatures across the region.Sunlight glints off exterior of buildings within the downtown San Francisco skyline underneath persistent marine layer clouds Thursday, July 10th, 2025. Weather service forecast cool conditions in the city even as a a larger heat wave is set to spike temperatures across the region.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 29/04/2025
Hopefully it wasn't prohibited or restricted 🤞🏾
A picture of the California Department of Motor Vehicles special interest license plate lookup for personalized plates showing the unavailability of the "OBLA DA" configuration, referencing the song by The Beatles
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 29/04/2025
Noted
A dark colored Honda Civic in slow eastbound Interstate 80 traffic during the afternoon sports a custom California license plate that reads OBLA DI in reference most likely to a song by The BeatlesA pulled back view of a dark colored Honda Civic in slow eastbound Interstate 80 traffic during the afternoon. The Honda sports a custom California license plate that reads OBLA DI in reference most likely to a song by The Beatles. In the background is a yellow traffic sign that reads "thru traffic merge lift," as well as a large billboard saying "AI runs better on us"
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 17/03/2025
Outside City Hall around noon #sfnews #SanFrancisco
Several people stand at an outdoor protest gathering in super of referral government workers, with some holding printed or handmade signs. One person holds a sign that says 'keep your DOGE off my CFPB'Several people stand at an outdoor protest gathering in support of federal government workers on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, with some holding printed or handmade signs reading 'Save Our VA' 'Let us work' and 'Fire Musk, save our services'Several people stand at an outdoor protest gathering in support of referral government workers, with some holding printed or handmade signsSeveral people stand at an outdoor protest gathering in super of referral government workers, with some holding printed or handmade signs
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 12/03/2025
If you're in #SanFrancisco and feel strongly about #sfnews, consider catching “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink" Thursday at the @roxietheater@bird.makeup thanks to the @sfpublicpress.bsky.social —Tickets: sfpr.es/filmeventMarch13 h/t @lilalahood.bsky.social
A poster tells a showing of the documentary film "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rick Goldsmith, presented by the San Francisco Public Press at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 13th, 2025 at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, in San Francisco, California with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 10/03/2025
Good morning #SanFrancisco #sfnews
A view of the San Francisco skyline from the south, partially blocked by Central Freeway lanes including an on-ramp to southbound Highway 101 A closer view of the previous image of the San Francisco skyline from the south, partially blocked by Central Freeway lanes including an on-ramp to southbound Highway 101, but zoomed in on a nearby Brannan Street buildingA view of the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Division Street in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood just before sunrise, with car traffic slowly building upA closer view of the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Division Street in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood just before sunrise, with car traffic slowly building up, including a Waymo robotaxi
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 16/02/2025
It's a good idea. Singing is as much a matter of taste as talent. If someone's willing to try, I'm willing to listen: curation and curiosity beats raw skill. I like Dana Morrigan, not least for her songbook's depths, and look forward to seeing her and hearing others tonight at 924 Gilman.
A screenshot of a PDF songbook for karaoke jockey Dana Morgan showing 21 songs by the singer-songwriter Neko Case: at the con, city swans, curse of the I-5 corridor, deep red bells. I'm an animal, Lion's Jaw, local girl, Look for me (i'll be around), man, night still comes, nothing to remember, people got a lot of nerve, the Pharaohs, pretty girls, prison girls, ragtime, running out of fools, teenage feeling, this tornado loves you, vengeance is sleeping, The Virginian
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 12/02/2025
Sunrise, etc. before today's expected #AtmosphericRiver storm #SanFrancisco
View of the Sutro Tower and the surrounding hills from San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Wednesday, February 12th 2025View of the Salesforce Tower and a slice of surrounding skyline from San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Wednesday, February 12th 2025View of the sunrise over the Central Freeway and the surrounding streetscape from San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Wednesday, February 12th 2025
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 12/02/2025
Good morning #FullMoon #SanFrancisco
A view of San Francisco's downtown skyline from a corner of 20th and Church streets near Dolores Park, as seen from a parked car looking at a nearby mobility scooter On Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 in San FranciscoA closer view of Dolores Street houses and a slice of San Francisco's downtown skyline from an elevated corner of Dolores Park in San Francisco's Mission District around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, February 12th 2025
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 07/02/2025
More recently, outside Oakland'sFox Theater and in between raindrops ... #Oakland #BrightEyes #DarkStarOrchestra #DavidGray #CAwx
A picture of wet streets and bright lights in the 1900 block of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California on Thursday, February 6th, 2025A zoomed in view of the previous shot with a tighter focus on the exterior of the Fox Theater, where business improvement district workers and streetside food vendors are standing on the sidewalk outside during a Bright Eyes concertAn even tighter view of the same shot with a focus on the long vertical blade outside the Fox TheaterAn even more zoomed in a few capturing the illuminated D at the bottom of the blade as well as people on the sidewalk outside
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 29/01/2025
Good morning and, while we're at it, happy new year. #SanFrancisco
Palm trees along Dolores Street next to 20th Street in predawn San Francisco lamplightThe sign outside Dog-Eared Books on Valencia Street at 20th StreetColorful streamers hang above the entrance to a 24-hour laundromat at 20th Street and South Van Ness AvenueA utility box painted with blue and white clouds boasts a bright yellow bird hand painted with text reading 'Please respect artwork thanks'
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 28/01/2025
Police tape remnants hang outside the Ninth Street sidewalk this morning after last night's shootings sfstandard.com/2025/01/27/soma-shoo… #SanFrancisco #sfnews #SoMa
A strip of yellow police caution tape hangs from an iron gate over a door near several storefronts The glass exterior window front of a the Vapor Room cannabis shopYellow police tape is still tied around a bright green track bin sitting on a sidewalk
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 15/01/2025
Hmm, pretty sure that's Venus, but not certain that's Saturn. #AstroSky #CAwx #planetspotting
A view through a west facing window into clear and dark skies around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from San Pablo, California shows the planet Venus and another heavenly body to be named later, possibly Saturn.Another view, this time using Google Camera's Night Sight mode, through a west facing window into clear and dark skies around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from San Pablo, California shows the planet Venus and another heavenly body to be named later, possibly Saturn.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 15/01/2025
Working to update this afternoon's story sfstandard.com/2025/01/14/uc-berkel… #Oakland
An American flag flies at half staff outside the Ron V. Dellums federal building in downtown Oakland, California Tuesday afternoonA sign reads United States courthouse outside the Ron V. Dellums federal building in downtown Oakland, California Tuesday afternoon
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 11/01/2025
Reading @kevinbtruong.bsky.social and thinking about card rooms and towns, as one does sfstandard.com/2025/01/10/indian-ca… #SanBruno #Colma #Emeryville #sfnews
A large American flag hangs limply at half staff in midday sunlight outside the Artichoke Joe's card room building as seen from its large parking lot in downtown San Bruno, CaliforniaA southbound view along several lamppost dotted blocks of San Mateo Avenue in San Bruno, California on a sunny skied early afternoon, with several cars visibly driving in northbound lanes
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 08/01/2025
Accompanying reporters and photographers on a walk through the tenderloin District with incoming San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie sfstandard.com/2025/01/08/daniel-lu…
San Francisco Mayor elect Daniel Lurie speaks with tenderloin District residents Wednesday morning during a walk to the cable car turnaround
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 05/01/2025
#SanFrancisco #sfnews
San Francisco Mayor London Breed smiles after receiving a bouquet of flowers on stage at Glide Memorial Church In the city's Tenderloin neighborhood after a special service Sunday, January 5th, 2025 meant to honor her public service. Next to her are Glide Foundation CEO Dr. Gina Fromer and Glide Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 02/01/2025
I went over to Bernal Heights late this morning to learn about the first of two shootings for @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/01/02/san-franc… #SanFrancisco #sfnews #BernalHeights
A low angle view of Tompkins, an avenue name, stamped into a cement sidewalk, with police cars visible about a half block downhill outside a building in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood late Thursday morning.A street sign stands at the intersection of Tompkins Avenue and Bronte Street near a double parked police patrol vehicle late Thursday morning in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 02/01/2025
I noticed it resting on the bench this afternoon next to my floor's elevator door; it was already gone when I passed back by an hour later. Someone's starting it off old-school organized.
An opened black Rolodex case with a gray see-through plastic lid holds dozens of unused cards inside and sits next to an unopened package of 100 cards atop a white painted wooden bench
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 01/01/2025
All quiet over at St. Joseph's cemetery, except for a man loudly singing along to banda music
A view of St. Joseph's cemetery in late afternoon sun through a chain link fenceA pulled back view of St. Joseph cemetery including a bit of cultivated grounds beyond the fence line and maybe a faint glimpse of Interstate 80 beyond thatA closer view of the cultivated grounds at the cemetery
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 01/01/2025
Took a lap earlier around the neighborhood
A close-up of the top of a palm tree trunk where it joins its crown outside a homePotted plants including various succulents glow greenly from a patch of grass next to a home's drivewayAn empty road partly bathed in late afternoon sunlight runs behind a fenced off cemetery on one side and homes on the other side
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 30/12/2024
A pause that refreshed on the way back along Portola Boulevard #SanFrancisco
A view in bright midday sunlight and clear skies of the San Francisco skyline from Portola Boulevard in the Twin Peaks neighborhoodA closer version of the same view of the San Francisco skyline, focusing on larger buildings toward downtownAn even closer view, centered on the Salesforce Tower
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 30/12/2024
Stopped earlier by the Upper Great Highway and by Sloat Boulevard #SanFrancisco
A close-up crop of some highway iceplant in the median of the upper Great Highway at Ulloa Street in San FranciscoA late morning view of the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco looking southbound from the median beside Ulloa Street A view of westbound Sloat Boulevard lanes from 44th Avenue in San Francisco, with a Doggie Dinner head atop a pole in the median A man's hand holds a large coffee cup, partly filled with coffee from nearby Java Beach Cafe, with a plastic lid on it
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 29/12/2024
Earlier today: sold out on arrival @roxietheater@bird.makeup #SanFrancisco #SoundtrackToACoupdEtat #music #documentary
A poster behind glass in a case at the Roxie Theatre on 16th Street in San Francisco's Mission DistrictThe exterior and sidewalk outside the Roxie Theatre on 16th Street in San Francisco's Mission DistrictA card explaining Johan Grimonperez's 2024 documentary "Soundtrack To A Coup D'État" behind glass outside the Roxie Theatre on 16th Street in San Francisco's Mission District
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 29/12/2024
Earlier today: stopping by Dandelion Chocolate #SanFrancisco
A man's hand holding a Dandelion Chocolate house hot chocolate in a paper cupThe exterior of Dandelion Chocolate's café at 740 Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District with a busy Saturday afternoon line forming outsideA man wearing a camouflage patterned knit cap, clear horn rimmed plastic glasses frames and a mustache and soul patch, as well as a black denim jean jacket over an olive green cable knit sweater and a large black scarf sitting within a wooden booth with Valencia Street traffic lanes stretching out behind him.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 18/12/2024
Good morning #SanFrancisco #CAwx
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 18/12/2024
It's that time of day #SanFrancisco
A zoomed in view of the San Francisco skyline, including the Salesforce Tower at sunset Tuesday eveningThe Sutro Tower is looking majestic against a roseate sunset horizon Tuesday evening Lace tinged clouds hang out, lit orange by sunset light against blue sky
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 17/12/2024
Dense fog greets commuters crossing the Bay Bridge: The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. Tuesday for the North Bay, San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay shoreline, Santa Cruz mountains, Santa Clara Valley and East Bay interior valleys #SanFrancisco #CAwx
Dense fog swirls above cars crossing the eastern span of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge early Tuesday morningDense fog swirls above cars entering the Yerba Buena tunnel while crossing the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge early Tuesday morningDense fog swirls above cars crossing the Willie L  Brown Jr. bridge section of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge early Tuesday morning
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 16/12/2024
Red skies in the morning over Highway 101 and the Central Freeway #SanFrancisco #CAwx
A view along southbound Highway 101 lanes in San Francisco while dramatic low red clouds steal the show at sunrise shortly before a rainy day begins Another view along southbound Highway 101 lanes in San Francisco with more dramatic low red clouds at sunrise shows a CHP cruiser pull to a stop blocking traffic behind itAnother view along southbound Highway 101 lanes in San Francisco with more dramatic low red clouds at sunrise shows a CHP cruiser pull to a stop blocking traffic behind it
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 11/12/2024
Good morning #SanFrancisco
A view from the 20th Street corner of Church Street looking over Mission. Dolores Park at Night timeA zoomed in view of the same skyline, with the skyline slipping closer towards you and yet further out of reach simultaneouslyAnd , this time with a bit more grain with the edge of a Salesforce Tower on the right side
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 08/12/2024
Here’s what a meteorologist told me this morning: “For the last few days, we’ve had a ridge of high pressure basically centered over us. We’ve had pretty light winds basically everywhere” #SanFrancisco #CAwx #AQI sfstandard.com/2024/12/08/when-will…
 A view of the San Francisco skyline from the city’s South of Market neighborhood, with the Sutro Tower in the distance and a slight haze along the horizon‘s edge, on a mostly sunny Sunday afternoon.
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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 05/12/2024
Good morning #SanFrancisco
A pre-sunrise San Francisco skyline with orange streaks lining gray clouds under light blue skies
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