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Day Around The Bay: Fired Sexist Google Engineer Gets Job Offer From Julian Assange

Published Aug 8, 2017 · 11:00 AM PDT

  • This week, a literary magazine is putting out stories using Google AdWords, so you may see short stories that are not trying to sell you anything popping up in Google searches. [AdWeek]
  • There were a slew of more crimes on BART on Monday night. [NBC Bay Area]
  • 71-year-old man assaulted at the Montgomery BART station writes op-ed about the attack. [Chronicle]
  • Of course, Julian Assange has come out basically calling the recently fired Google engineer who penned that sexist manifesto a free-speech hero, and offers him a job. [Business Insider]
  • Scammy wedding videographer disappointed at least one couple who paid $4200 for a wedding video, and ABC 7 says he may now be driving for a ride-hailing company. [ABC 7]
  • UC Berkeley and Google are teaming up to coordinate an army of over 1,000 photographers whose images of the August 21 total solar eclipse are going to be stitched together to create a mini-movie of the event on a special Google site. [ABC 7]
  • Brisbane has postponed a vote on a massive development planned at the San Francisco border. [Chronicle]
  • A proposition that would repeal the ban on flavored tobacco makes it onto the ballot for the June 2018 election.
  • Owners seek justice after their dog was shot in the face by a Brinks security guard in SF. [NBC Bay Area]
  • After last week's shooting, daily SFPD foot patrols are coming to Dolores Park. [Examiner]
  • Mid-Market restaurants brace for life after Hamilton. [Chronicle]
  • USF buys Alice Waters' fave Star Route Farms. [Chronicle]
  • Ex-UC Berkeley chancellor to receive $434,000 while on leave. [Chronicle]

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