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Petaluma teen’s film on Polly Klaas’ legacy attracts nationwide interest
Thirteen-year-old India Mitchell only learned of Polly Klaas’ story a year or two ago through a social media course she took at Kenilworth Junior High School in Petaluma. With the marking of the 30th anniversary of Klaas’ kidnapping and killing this past October, India, who is an aspiring filmmaker, dove into the case for her entry into the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Student Film Festival on April 5.
SF Animal Care & Control at capacity for dogs, waiving adoption fees
(KRON) - San Francisco Animal Care and Control is currently at maximum capacity for dogs due to a lack of space. In hopes of incentivizing more adoptions, the shelter is waiving all adoption fees for dogs over 5 months old on the weekend of May 4 and 5. Due to the lack of space, SFCC […]
Photos: Rock stars’ former Marin beach house listed for $15 million
A Bolinas beach house that was once owned by rockers Grace Slick and Paul Kantner has been listed for $14.99 million. Slick and Kantner were original members of Jefferson Airplane, a rock group founded in 1965 that was later rebranded Jefferson Starship, and then Starship. Kantner bought the house in...
Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Abacá, Bombera, The Caprice
Check, Please! Bay Area, season 19, episode 3, airs Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 pm, on KQED 9. See other television airtimes. With contemporary takes on Filipino favorites, Abacá, located inside the Kimpton Alton Hotel on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, charms with its savory sisig fried rice and colorful ube coladas. Next up, in Oakland’s Diamond District, Bombera features farm fresh flavors and culinary methods that celebrate the chef’s Chicana heritage, offering dishes from spicy carrots to smoked trout tostadas. Finally, diners head to the North Bay at The Caprice, a hidden gem where romantic bay views are paired with thoughtfully-crafted dishes from land and sea in Tiburon — all since the 1950s.
San Francisco wants to turn a chunk of downtown into the city’s Bourbon Street
San Francisco doesn’t have an equivalent to Bourbon Street or the Las Vegas Strip, where throngs of drunken revelers clutch colorful frozen cocktails on public streets. But a new proposal by Mayor London Breed would create the city’s—and the state’s—first “entertainment zone,” allowing restaurants and bars to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption outdoors.
Sea lion surge at San Francisco’s Pier 39
SAN FRANCISCO — They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don't even think about stealing their anchovies. San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. First appearing at...
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