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San Francisco announces new site for nation's first LGBTQ history museum
The nation's first LGBTQ history museum has set its sights on a new home.Why it matters: The move is part of a $17.5 million project aimed at helping the GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archives — sometimes referred to as the "queer Smithsonian" — build on its collection at a permanent location.Driving the news: Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will introduce legislation next Tuesday that would allow the city to purchase 2280 Market St. with the goal of helping the museum become a full-scale research center.The new site, located next to the newly renovated Fisch & Flore restaurant,...
Los Angeles and San Francisco Named Among California's Rudest Cities
A recent study by Clever Real Estate has identified Los Angeles and San Francisco as two of the rudest cities in California, ranking 4th and 6th respectively on a national list. This revelation adds to the ongoing conversation about urban etiquette in the Golden State.
All Around Alameda – Fall is on the Way
History tours, dazzling performances, a candidate forum, and a fall market. It may still feel like summer, but fall technically began last weekend with the Autumnal Equinox. Evidence of that is finally on the horizon. The leaves are starting to change, pumpkin spice lattes are being served at our local coffee shops , and fall events are popping up. This week, send off summer in style by dancing to some rock n’ roll at the final West is Best summer concert , and welcome autumn with delicious food and beautiful artisan wares at Faction Brewing’s Fall Market .
PFAS Cleanup at Alameda Point Unnecessarily Delayed
A hazardous substance at Alameda Point would have been cleaned up by now if its manufacturer had not withheld negative health data, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had acted sooner. Instead, a whole new cleanup process has been launched by the Navy, which could take another five years.
City of Oakland coming to grips with departure of its baseball team
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball's most successful — and sad-sack — franchises. Under their belts: nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses. This, though,...
Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson rejected Meta’s bid to bar the deposition of Zuckerberg...
Today’s Alameda Treasure – 1031 San Antonio Avenue, the Tilden Mansion, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series on the Tilden Mansion, we learned that it was built by renowned local builder A. R. Denke in 1896 for Howard Havens, and then purchased just six years later by Major Charles L. Tilden, an attorney, businessman, park founder, and officer in the California National Guard. Such was Tilden’s standing in the community that a popular East Bay Regional Park still bears his name, along with a street in Alameda, and this grand home on San Antonio Avenue.
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