City centers may have to be reimagined to solve the problem of vacant storefronts.
Category: San Francisco (Calif)
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Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance and Patient Later Died, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says
Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault.
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David LaFlamme, Whose ‘White Bird’ Captured a 1960s Dream, Dies at 82
As a founder of the San Francisco band It’s a Beautiful Day, he was at the center, if not in the forefront, of the Haight-Ashbury acid-rock explosion.
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What Driverless Waymo Taxi Rides Are Like in San Francisco
On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service.
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Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco
Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in the city, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.
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Anchor Brewery Workers Want to Save Their Company by Buying It
About 39 unionized workers, who represent two-thirds of the brewery’s employees, agreed to pursue a bid to run it as a co-op, a union official said.
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Living a ’60s-Style California Dream in 1998
It’s not easy to do your job when everyone around you is having a good time.
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San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital
Audiences could take in works by Strauss and Kaija Saariaho, as well as a new one by Gabriela Lena Frank about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
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Westfield Gives Up San Francisco Mall, Signaling More Pain Ahead
Retailers have been fleeing the city’s downtown, and some analysts say there may be more to come. It’s an issue facing various downtowns around the United States.
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The AI Boom Is Pulling Tech Entrepreneurs Back to San Francisco
Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy.