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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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…
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…
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…
Is San Francisco’s New Wage Rate Really a Blessing?
Workers in San Francisco have what to celebrate this New Year’s: a new raise! Starting January 1st, the city’s minimum wage will increase to $10.24 per hour. This is the highest rate in the entire country, and San Francisco is now the first place in the United States to issue double-digit wages for its lowest-paid…
Harbor Porpoises Return to San Francisco Bay
For the first time in over sixty years, to the delight of both researchers and onlookers, harbor porpoises are returning to the San Francisco Bay. Experts are now working to discover why the ‘puffing pigs’ as they are called due to their pig-like exhalations, are returning to the Golden Gate Bridge area. Until the 1930s,…
San Francisco Firefighters Replace Toys for Christmas
Firefighters in San Francisco were recently inspired to replace toys and Christmas gifts after the biggest blaze in seven years left over forty people homeless this holiday season. According to Chief Joanna Hayes-White, the project was initiated after firefighters saw ruined gifts lying amongst the wreckage near Alamo Square. “The main thing is no lives…
Hamilton Family Center Receives Twin Donations for the Holiday Season
Two large donations were recently pledged to the Hamilton Family Center, the major housing services provider for homeless families in San Francisco. The first is $850,000 from Marc and Lynne Benioff through the Salesforce.com Foundation, while the second, $483,167, will be given by the Mayor’s Homeless Fund. Marc Benioff is the founder of salesforce.com. When…
San Francisco’s McDonald’s Outsmarts New Happy Meal Health Law
This week, San Francisco residents were subjected to a new law forbidding chain restaurants to give free toys along with meals that fail to follow the city’s nutrition guidelines. Many other areas throughout the U.S. have been skeptical about SF’s attempts to lower childhood obesity rates, but some have implied that the new ban was…
San Francisco’s RobotSpeak Music School Opens Classes to the Public
San Francisco’s RobotSpeak, the music production school, will be hosting a free clinic, a live show and numerous classes in December, all of which are open to the public free of charge. The first event, which is planned for Saturday, December 3rd, will be a class on building customized Arduino-based MIDI controllers. “At the end…