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13 September 2017 / SF News / Jay Barmann

Day Around The Bay: Apple Mocked For Calling New Stores 'Town Halls'

  • Everyone on social media is mocking Apple for saying their stores will now be called “town halls.” They are still stores. [Chronicle]
  • NTSB agrees that Tesla’s autopilot played significant role in a fatal crash in May 2016. [KQED]
  • Beloved fabric store Britex will be shuttering its 146 Geary Street store sometime after Thanksgiving, and moving to Post Street. [Socketsite]
  • Just in time for Ben Shapiro's scheduled appearance Thursday, the City of Berkeley approves pepper spray for police use against violent protesters. [Daily Cal]
  • A move to lower California's voting age to 17 dies in the Assembly. [Chronicle]
  • Alameda Point's tap water is so contaminated that residents can’t drink it. [CBS 5]
  • Concord joins the competition for Amazon's HQ2. [CBS 5]
  • SF schools might get yellow school bus system, meanwhile, walk to school program stalls. [Examiner]
  • A memorial mural is being proposed for Bubbles, Jane Kim says. [Examiner]
  • SF genetic testing firm botched 50,000 samples tested for colon cancer. [Chronicle]
  • Graffiti vandals tag newly restored statue in Golden Gate Park. [CBS 5]
  • Local dude Fredi Montanez staged an elaborate wedding proposal at the Giants game Tuesday night, and his bride-to-be, Bianca Vasquez, said yes, as you can see in the video below via ABC 7.


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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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