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San Francisco man's biotech detour led to pub crawl career
SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco man has found success in an unexpected field and he's helping local businesses survive.Matt Seliga once had his sights set on medical school."I graduated college then moved to Baltimore," he said. "I was working at Center for Disease Research which was at John Hopkins. Basically it's DNA testing."He sent resumes all over the world to explore life outside his home state of Pennsylvania and ended up moving to San Francisco for a biotech job.That was not the end of his journey.Now he's top dog in the world of pub crawls in San Francisco. He...
New play commemorates the history of SF's Fillmore District
Once known as the Harlem of the West, the Fillmore District has undergone numerous changes. A new immersive play is depicting that history, and local community members are sharing their experiences."It's a block full of memories," reflected Ericka Scott, a fourth-generation Fillmore native.As she revisits the home she grew up in, Scott explained that she and her family never wanted to leave the neighborhood, but her mother had to make a difficult decision. When prices spiked after city redevelopment efforts, her mother had no choice but to sell. "It's hard, just being the home we grew up in. The...
2 hospitalized, others evacuated after fire at senior housing complex in San Francisco
Two people were taken to a hospital and many others had to be evacuated from a senior housing complex in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood where a two-alarm fire was reported late Friday morning, a fire lieutenant said. The fire was reported at 10:47 a.m. at 1727 Fillmore St. and has...
Protesters demonstrate at UC Berkeley School of Law's commencement ceremony
The UC Berkeley School of Law had a disruptive graduation Friday, with some protesters opposing the Israel-Gaza War while another group demonstrated against what it termed antisemitism. The latter group drove a truck with a mobile billboard around campus, which read, “Berkeley Law’s Leading Antisemites” followed by a series of...
DA charges Mustang driver after pedestrian, 14-year-old girl struck
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's District Attorney on Thursday charged a 54-year-old man with two counts of reckless driving after a pedestrian in the Tenderloin and a 14-year-old girl were struck by his Mustang. Brooke Jenkins charged Rodney Jefferson after her office said he was allegedly doing donuts on Tuesday...
San Francisco man pleads guilty to stealing over $340,000 in low-income housing funds
A San Francisco man admitted earlier this week to stealing over $340,000 in funds that were intended to aid low-income families, federal prosecutors said. Gregory Finkelson, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property in connection with his fraudulent receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars in low-income housing benefits, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said in a statement Thursday. His guilty plea was accepted by a federal judge Monday. In his plea agreement, Finkelson admitted that between August 2006 and February 2020, he wrongfully claimed $341,455 in Section 8 program subsidies...
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