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Two People Just Rode Bay Wheels Ebikes From San Francisco to San Jose for First Time Ever

Two People Just Rode Bay Wheels Ebikes From San Francisco to San Jose for First Time Ever

With 35 miles of estimated range, a pair of pro-transit enthusiasts tested the limits of Bay Wheels ebikes, taking two from SF to SJ ... with at least a 16-mile range discrepancy in tow. San Francisco is an epicenter for the nation’s micromobility movement — set inside a region ...

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Popularly Reported SF Nonprofit Is, in Fact, Not a Nonprofit at All

Popularly Reported SF Nonprofit Is, in Fact, Not a Nonprofit at All

Launched in 2023, Civic Joy Fund has been reported and labeled as a non-profit organization, but has yet to file the necessary tax forms required for its tax-deductible status. San Francisco’s boom loop is strong, [oscillating from] the proverbial chandelier. Downtown First Thur...

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San Francisco’s Speed Cameras Are, Indeed, Working

San Francisco’s Speed Cameras Are, Indeed, Working

Since speed cameras were first installed in San Francisco last February, an average of 40,000 speeding cars have been taken off the road each day. The survival odds between a 20mph car crash and a 40mph car crash are unnervingly stark. A pedestrian or cyclist struck by a vehicle...

Personal Essays

In Memoriam: A Love Letter to Wig Master Rosalie Jacques of Rosalie’s New Looks

In Memoriam: A Love Letter to Wig Master Rosalie Jacques of Rosalie’s New Looks

She was a true quintessential San Francisco character I first met Rosalie in 1993, when I visited her wig and hair salon, Rosalie’s New Look's, in North Beach. After moving to San Francisco from Stockton in 1957, fresh out of beauty school, Rosalie quickly found her place doi...

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Two People Just Rode Bay Wheels Ebikes From San Francisco to San Jose for First Time Ever

Two People Just Rode Bay Wheels Ebikes From San Francisco to San Jose for First Time Ever

With 35 miles of estimated range, a pair of pro-transit enthusiasts tested the limits of Bay Wheels ebikes, taking two from SF to SJ ... with at least a 16-mile range discrepancy in tow. San Francisco is an epicenter for the nation’s micromobility movement — set inside a region ...

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In Memoriam: A Love Letter to Wig Master Rosalie Jacques of Rosalie’s New Looks

In Memoriam: A Love Letter to Wig Master Rosalie Jacques of Rosalie’s New Looks

She was a true quintessential San Francisco character I first met Rosalie in 1993, when I visited her wig and hair salon, Rosalie’s New Look's, in North Beach. After moving to San Francisco from Stockton in 1957, fresh out of beauty school, Rosalie quickly found her place doi...