The Bay Area LGBT youth program regularly posts homemade viral 'It Gets Better' videos aimed at showing LGBT t eens that suicide is not the best response to harassment or ridicule. Videos have been created by Chris Colfer, Elizabeth Warren and many other influencial people, and now the San Francisco Police Department has added its…
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San Francisco Clean Taxi Program Exceeds Expectations
San Franciscan officials have announced that the city’s taxis have surpassed the 2008 greenhouse gas emissions goal of a 20% reduction by 2012 amid numerous efforts to clean up the city's streets. In 1990, the average San Francisco taxi emitted 59 tons of GHG every year. Today, the average city taxi emits 30 tons; a…
San Francisco 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh Named NFL Coach of the Year
This NFL season saw quite a few turnarounds from previous years, but one of the most outstanding was definitely the San Francisco 49ers and their drive to the brink of the Super Bowl. So, it comes as no real surprise that 9er’s coach Jim Harbaugh was honored as NFL Coach of the Year in Indianapolis…
SFO Opens ‘Yoga Room’ for Traveler Relaxation
The San Francisco International Airport recently opened what might be the first airport yoga room in the world. Inspired by the wholesome tone of yoga studios, the room is filled with calming shades of blue, a floating wall and warm, low lights to create a relaxing atmosphere. Yoga mats are also available. The room is…
New ‘Clean Car’ Measures May Be Added in California
California’s “Advanced Clean Car” program proposes new laws that would force all car and truck makers to build vehicles that emit only a quarter of the current pollutant level by 2025. The legislation would also require that one of every seven cars sold in the state be a plug-in hybrid, electric or zero emission automobile….
Bay Area Teens Launch Sattelites at the International Space Station
A programming competition by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has two teams of Bay Area teens controlling robots on the International Space Station this coming Monday. The project comes as part of the finals of the Zero Robotics SPHERE Challenge, following months of trials and three qualifying stages for the high school students. Participants in…
49ers Victorious, Head to NFC Championships
Thirty years after ‘The Catch’, San Franciscans have another grab to celebrate. With mere seconds left in the game, Alex Smith made a name for himself and his team after nine playoff-less years. Now, the 49ers are preparing to face either their next opponent; either the New York Giants or the Green Bay Packers. This…
Stepping Out with Cerebral Palsy
A recent surgery on six year-old Lily Gordon has let the child take her first steps after living the first few years of her life crippled by cerebral palsy. The operation has even allowed her to dance a few steps with the support of a walking frame. Lily’s mother Joanne said: “She is doing so…
SF’s Annual Lunar Year Celebration
The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society recently invited city residents to join in the 13th Annual Lunar Year Celebration and Flower Market at the San Francisco County Fair Building. The event, which will take place on January 21st, celebrates the Year of the Dragon with flowers, food and festivities. The event is family-oriented, and admission…
Alpine Travel Works on Outer-Space Flights from Bay Area
Civilian flights to outer space sound like a science fiction novel, but for people living in the Bay Area, it may become a reality in the very near future. Saratoga, CA’s Alpine Travel is one of 58 travel agencies teamed up with Virgin Galactic in efforts to send passengers to the very border between earth’s…