- During Super Bowl week, 911 dispatchers are working mandatory overtime on an unreliable emergency system that might just have a major crash or glitch. [Examiner, Earlier]
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The NFL requires that every state and city hosting the Super Bowl exempt tickets, parking, and entry to related events from sales taxes. [Christian Science Monitor]
- The Super Bowl’s whole “volunteer” thing might be violating California’s labor laws. [ABC 7]
- In better news, Metallica will livestream their Super Bowl show Saturday from AT&T Park. [Chron]
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Run DMC is opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at that Super Bowl show that you can't go to. [KRON 4]
- And AAA is doing their Tipsy Tow thing again for the Super Bowl. [KRON 4]
- The white wrap happening on Alcatraz is renovation-related, not advertising. [Chron]
- Want to adopt a large Argentinian lizard that's possibly housebroken? It needs home, and you'll find it at the Peninsula Humane Society. [CBS 5]
- TV cameraman here to cover Super Bowl mugged at Lombard and Hyde. [Chron]