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13 January 2017 / SF News / Jay Barmann

Day Around The Bay: Soup Kitchen Nuns Get Green Light For Mission Spot

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  • It's been ten months since Tony Robbins bought those nuns a new soup kitchen space in the Mission, in an inspirational story befitting of an inspirational speaker. He came out in support of them at Thursday's Planning Commission meeting along with pal Marc Benioff, and the nuns prevailed in their effort to move from a building on Turk Street where they can't afford to stay, despite a bunch of pushback from neighbors and a developer next door, who don't want riff-raff so close. [Examiner]
  • Hold the iPhone: As rumored many times before, Apple is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies. [Wall Street Journal]
  • Lily Robotics, creators of a much-hyped flying camera drone, is going out of business amid legal pressure to refund some $34 million in sales back to its customers — and they face a suit from the San Francisco District Attorney. [CNet]
  • Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt and a pair of San Francisco tech investors visited Trump Tower in New York this week. [Business Times]
  • The El Rey on Ocean Avenue, foreclosed upon last year and under threat of demolition, could soon be landmarked. [Socketsite]
  • Basically no Supervisors want Homeless Navigation Centers in their districts, including new District 8 Supe Jeff Sheehy. [Chronicle]
  • An RV burst into flames this afternoon on 101 near SFO. [CBS 5]
  • The Vallejo PD is still seeking suspects in a deadly pawn shop shooting that happened in December. [ABC 7]


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Police Release Photos Of Suspect In Machete Slashing Case At Civic Center BART

The San Francisco Police Department is still seeking their suspect in a machete attack last week inside the Civic Center BART station. The attack occurred on Friday evening, January 6, and was witnessed

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This Day In History: Johnny Cash Performs At Folsom Prison

Today marks the 49th anniversary of the recording of the live album intended to revive the then flagging career of Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, which took place on January 13, 1968. As

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Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years.

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