As we left SFO last night @karlthefog came out to say goodbye. https://t.co/ypznVe39p8 pic.twitter.com/9OMmLXOCyi
— Simon Le Gros Bisson (@sbisson) May 30, 2017
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- Mill Valley artist and activist Fabrice Florin amused and irritated the townsfolk of Mill Valley over the weekend with an anti-Trump puppet show float in the annual Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade. [ABC 7]
- The University of California's Board of Regents gets exposed for having lavish, expensive parties while crying poor and raising tuition. [Chronicle]
- In related news: An investigation reveals that Chancellor Dirks's $4,990 misuse of public funds cost the university $57,671. [Daily Cal]
- The prosecutor in the Sierra LeMar murder case gave closing arguments in the sentencing phase today. [CBS 5]
- One of the heroes who died in the racist attack aboard a Portland train on Friday went to Pebble Beach high school. [Chronicle]
- Ex-felon Dachaun Dupree, 26, was sentenced to 18 years Tuesday in a 2013 shooting at a teen's birthday party in East Oakland that claimed two men's lives. [ABC 7]
- A plan to bring retail (including Dunkin' Donuts) to BART stations throughout the system goes bust, sparking a lawsuit against the transit agency for being "an unreliable partner." (BART blames the developer for breach of contract and failing to deliver the first retail outlets last year.) [SF Business Times]
- Relatedly: A new report says that BART's escalators are out of order almost half of the time. [SF Chronicle]
- HBO's Silicon Valley under fire for perpetuating "toxic Asian stereotypes." [Wired]
- Berkeley’s historic two-screen, 16,000-square-foot Oaks Theatre is for sale. [SFGate]
- Yet another company, this one called Marble Robotics, posted a public notice about the use of delivery robots in the Mission this week. [MrEricSir]
- Well-known North Beach street artist Kevin Arnold (a.k.a. Elvis Christ) has died. [Street Art SF]
- The previously canceled Summer of Love commemorative concert in Golden Gate Park may go on after all, but in late August. [Examiner]
- The Examiner and the Chronicle each published think-pieces about the departure of "shadow mayor" Steve Kawa from SF City Hall.
- Pier 70's historic shipyard has officially closed. [Chronicle]