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Bay Area stan. I like a lot of things.

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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a gut punch to the Oakland community in Chinatown. www.friendsoflincolnsquarepark.org/blog/mskathy
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hard agree, it’s gotten worse since mid-summer. And often there is no overlapping route to reach same destination. “These services are so bad that planning for them and accounting for them in your scheduling no longer works,” Fitzgerald told The Oaklandside”
oaklandside.org
AC Transit buses have become more unreliable this year, say riders and transit board
Canceled and delayed trips have become routine. A board member told the agency to “get a handle on this ASAP.”
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I won’t pretend, I worry about things like this sometimes. Given the situation the city has allowed in some neighborhoods without safety changes. “The attacks all appear to have been random, which has put local residents and business owners on edge, as the Chronicle reports.”
sfist.com
Suspect In Oakland Stabbing Spree Was Homeless, Police Say; Victim Often Fed Homeless In Park
Oakland police have so far declined to publicly identify the individual suspected of stabbing five people, one fatally, on Monday evening in East Oakland, but police say he is homeless and one or more of his victims was as well.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hmm
sfstandard.com
SF tenants in fire-damaged building told to pack up and leave. Their landlord never filed the permits
Residents of a fire-damaged downtown building say they were blindsided by a lawyer’s email demanding they clear out by Sunday — with no relocation payments offered.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oof “Mayor Barbara Lee met with Southwest’s CEO days after the lawsuit was dropped to discuss partnerships to promote Oakland’s airport. So far, it’s unclear whether the city’s actions have helped Southwest or the airport.”
oaklandside.org
What did Oakland get after dismissing lawsuit against Southwest? Fewer flights
Elected officials hoped to build a stronger partnership with Oakland’s biggest carrier after terminating a labor lawsuit last year. It’s unclear what the city has gained.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Very cool. Via OakDOT’s Bike Oakland newsletter: “The Bike Fix keeps rolling at 81st Ave & Martin Luther King Jr Branch Libraries! So far this year the Bike Fix has hosted 41 clinics, repaired 350 bikes, given away an additional 105 bikes, and served 805 neighbors.”
oaklandca.gov
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What?? “SF Fire told KRON4 the first window fell out at 11:30 a.m. At 1:30 p.m., a second window was identified as loose, and SF Fire was called to the scene.”
kron4.com
Glass falls from 17th floor of SF high-rise
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Crews in San Francisco are investigating falling glass from a high-rise in the city’s Financial District. According to the San Francisco Fire Department, around 1…
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“This claim is almost certainly false for reasons I’ll explain. I want to briefly summarize the multiple levels of journalistic negligence in Politico’s reporting.”
talkingpointsmemo.com
How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie
Voting rights, voter intimidation and the politics of voting have been central...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“The organization that used to own the land dissolved in 2013, and the site has racked up $1.7 million in back taxes and fines — far more than the $900,000 it has been appraised at. It failed to sell at auctions, according to the county.”
oaklandside.org
Black Cultural Zone buys vacant East Oakland lot for $10
The nonprofit will develop affordable housing on the property, thanks to a little-used but powerful tool in the county treasurer’s toolkit.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Face Matching software being used for security and safety.”
missionlocal.org
There's more than bargains at Grocery Outlet: There's also AI facial recognition.
At the Mission District and Bayview Grocery Outlet locations, bargain groceries now come with a side of surveillance.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“Saying that some art is better than other art started sounding too much like saying that some people are better than other people. And once you’re unwilling to judge art for its artistry, you’re stuck judging it by its popularity.”
experimental-history.com
Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos
OR: The Great Switcheroo
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“I looked at my friends and colleagues in the room and realized I was the senior person. So when I saw Nick Bilton’s email and then saw him reading to my brokenhearted people off his phone, I felt that somebody had to stand up not just for the broadcast but for the people.”
nytimes.com
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This was excellent: “Because the truth is, tech doesn’t have an image problem. It doesn’t have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What’s wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn’t successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative.“
theringer.com
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Well written. the city previously "provided in-kind services such as police, fire, and public works to support the event." But, given its ongoing structural deficit, "the City is no longer able to provide these services at no cost."
berkeleyscanner.com
Solano Stroll in peril in Berkeley without $300K from city
Organizers say security measures, including street barricades, have driven up costs and may threaten the event's survival.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
From a few weeks ago, before the surge continued but still very interesting position. “The real danger for the Democratic Party is not a fractured primary. The danger is a party so focused on getting candidates out of the race that it has forgotten to let voters in.”
sacbee.com
What’s behind Xavier Becerra’s sudden surge in California’s governor’s race | Opinion
The Democratic Party has become so data driven that it has lost connection with real people.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“No deficit this year. No deficit next year. The Governor’s proposal eliminates the structural deficit to $0 through July 2028 — while investing in healthcare, education, and essential services for Californians”
gov.ca.gov
Governor Newsom announces revised budget that eliminates California’s deficit, maintains investments for working families, healthcare, education, and businesses | Governor of California
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This sentence existing in the world is infuriating, but here we are. “The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to automatically receive citizenship.”
npr.org
As birthright citizenship goes to Supreme Court, here's how Americans feel about it
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to automatically receive citizenship.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“Berkeley's 58-year-old worker-owned cheese board bakery and cheese shop will open its handsome, newly expanded retail and kitchen space a bit earlier than expected, with a soft opening on april 10”
berkeley-eats.com
the cheese board to unveil new expanded space april 10
after a brief hiatus while the team readies for reopening, berkeley's 58-year-old worker-owned cheese board bakery and cheese shop will open its handsome, newly expanded retail and kitchen space a bit...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“What does that mean? In part, it means that most people are back to using Muni trains and buses, but a good chunk of them aren't paying their fares”
sfist.com
Muni Still Has Fare-Evasion Problem as Ridership Rebounds; Fare Revenue at 34% What It Was In 2015
As we've heard multiple times in recent years, Muni has a major fare-evasion problem even though ridership has rebounded somewhat since the pandemic. But the actual numbers are pretty startling.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
WTF is this Oath Keeper extremist doing in government “Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election and is investigating whether they were fraudulently counted.”
latimes.com
More than half a million ballots seized by top GOP candidate in California governor’s race
Bianco's unusual probe drew a sharp rebuke from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who said in a statement Friday that it is “unprecedented in both scope and scale” and appears “not to be based on facts...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“Without enough of it, animals suffer neurological disorders, reproductive failure, and eventually death. And for a range of suspected reasons, thiamine deficiency is an emerging problem in aquatic and marine ecosystems across much of the world.“
biographic.com
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More - bioGraphic
In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Confirmed by the NYT, the US was behind the strike on school
nytimes.com
U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“In March 2025, the Yountville Town Council approved conceptual planning for Yountville Commons, which would include 150 workforce housing units. The affordable housing project is expected to be constructed over the former Yountville Elementary School, which closed in 2020”
sfgate.com
French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project
"I have reached out to every one of you; none of you has reached out to me."
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This part was a really good point about why tools can make the difference “… made elders vulnerable to bilingual political operatives who have a lot to gain by using them as silent political props — and mistranslating speech in both directions.”
missionlocal.org
Chinese seniors are using AI translation to build political muscle in S.F.
"People keep talking about freedom of speech in America, but they can’t even understand what we are saying."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
congress sounds cool i wish it was real
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“All three branches of government are currently working in tandem to unravel voting protections and impose new restrictions, just months before a midterm cycle Republicans fear will go poorly for them.”
talkingpointsmemo.com
Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’
A set of Supreme Court decision days, beginning Friday, could feature a...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“Now major news publishers are actively blocking the Internet Archive—one of the most important cultural preservation projects on the internet—because they’re worried AI companies might use it as a sneaky “backdoor” to access their content.“
techdirt.com
News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It
Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate …
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A win and a relief
npr.org
The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly ma...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Currently on - the first debate for the upcoming California Governor race (primary in June). Interesting, but missing a few key candidates.
foxla.com
FOX 11 to host California gubernatorial debate on Feb. 3: What to know
Ahead of the 2026 election, FOX 11 and KTVU FOX 2 will host a gubernatorial debate with the candidates vying to become California's next governor.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“They show that since almost the beginning of the Trump administration, DHS has been desperate to pull together evidence—no matter how thin—of an epidemic of left-wing domestic terrorism.”
kenklippenstein.com
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
What now?!
wnyc.org
Maya Angelou Was San Francisco's First Black Streetcar Conductor | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
Maya Angelou, the poet, writer, and performer who passed away at the age of 86, also has a place in civil rights transportation history: at the age of 16, she says she became San Fr...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“History and public transit buffs can take a step back in time to see how people traveled on San Francisco’s transit system as part of a new free photo exhibition at City Hall.”
thevoicesf.org
City Hall photo exhibition puts San Francisco transit history on view - The Voice of San Francisco
History and public transit buffs can take a step back in time to see how people traveled on San Francisco’s transit system as part of a new free photo exhibition at City Hall.  The exhibition highligh...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing”
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This doesn’t sound like deescalation. “On Monday morning, Hegseth approved the request, according to correspondence obtained by the Chronicle.”
sfchronicle.com
Exclusive: Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base
In an email obtained by the Chronicle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked for use of Fort Snelling to house federal immigration agents, weapons, vehicles and aircraft.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"Due to unsustainable maintenance costs, Oakland’s City Council voted to close the auditorium in 2005 [...] Now that major renovations have been completed, the next chapter is set to begin with an “Opening Festival” lineup of events happening this weekend.
eastbayyesterday.substack.com
Who needs a Jumbotron when you’ve got history?
Oakland’s newly renovated Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts offers a deep connection to the past that’s lacking in sterilized modern venues
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Funny, I think of Pacifica as purposefully non-tourist friendly. “The proposed rules will make it more expensive for guests and families to visit Pacifica, impacting local businesses that rely on tourism and tax revenue for the city,”
sfchronicle.com
Airbnb rules have literally split this Bay Area beach town in two
Half of town has some of the strictest short-term vacation rental rules on the California coast. The other half is still waiting.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“They want temp employees, the ones that just come and go, that they can put in bunk housing with low pay,…”
sfgate.com
Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights
"It's basically like a big f—k you."
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NWS Bay Area Bot @nwsbayareabot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
California is now the only state without some level of drought or dryness. #CAwx x.com/NWSBayArea/status/20144943891…
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Wow, this is heartless and audacious. “Dozens of renters displaced by a monstrous blaze in their downtown building Monday quickly received a letter from their landlord announcing their leases had been “terminated.”
oaklandside.org
Landlord of fire-ravaged Oakland building attempts to evict displaced tenants
The city attorney demanded a prominent Oakland real estate owner withdraw "unlawful notices" of termination.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
With a whimper, I guess
sfchronicle.com
San Francisco’s largest mall set to close as BART seals Powell Street entrance
San Francisco Centre, once the city’s largest shopping mall, will close permanently on Jan. 26, according to an employee at its final remaining store.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
“San Francisco expanded an existing program this week launched by former mayor London Breed that now provides free or deeply discounted child care for two-thirds of SF families with children five and under, but due to lack of public awareness, most eligible families still don’t know it exists.”
sfist.com
Two-Thirds of SF Families Qualify for the City’s Free Subsidized Child Care, But Few Know About It
San Francisco expanded an existing program this week launched by former mayor London Breed that now provides free or deeply discounted child care for two-thirds of SF families with children five and u...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“This year, OUSD’s enrollment exceeded projections by more than 500 students, which means roughly $7 million more in state funding for the district. Eleven schools came in under projections, while 64 schools exceeded projections…”
oaklandside.org
Oakland Unified saw uptick in transitional kindergarten, drastic decline in newcomer enrollment this year
At Wednesday’s school board meeting, there were few updates on the $100 million in budget cuts for next year, but a special meeting is scheduled for next week.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“We are edging closer to the crossing that fateful line when the military is called to put down civil unrest that has not just been provoked but sought after by a president eager to use retributive violence against his political foes”
talkingpointsmemo.com
With Blood on His Hands, Trump Is Eager To Invoke Insurrection Act
Programming Note Join me for the first Morning Memo Live event on...
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“the last nonprofit art and design school in Northern California, announced on Tuesday that it will “wind down its current operations” and close by the end of the 2026–2027 academic year.”
kqed.org
California College of the Arts Will Close in 2027
Vanderbilt University will take over the campus of the Bay Area’s last remaining nonprofit art school.
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Annette @shoresofcal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“[…] failing to meet a deadline on a ballot measure to bring cars back to the Great Highway, after he made a big to-do over announcing the effort.” Some good news then. This has been decided, move on.
sfist.com
Supervisor Alan Wong Fails to Get His Ballot Measure to Bring Cars Back to the Great Highway
Newly appointed District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong just flunked his first big test, failing to meet a deadline on a ballot measure to bring cars back to the Great Highway, after he made a big to-do over ...
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There’s no way any ethical journalist could look at those videos and think the story is anything other than what is clearly in those videos. It’s right there. In multiple videos. And eye-witnesses accounts. There aren’t two sides. There’s one set of very clear videos.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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