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SF coffee shop and famed tech meeting hub The Creamery to close permanently

SF coffee shop and famed tech meeting hub The Creamery to close permanently

ByImageCaptionCloseFacade of the Creamery, a restaurant and coffee shop popular with technology startup founders and venture capital investors in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California, October 13, 2017. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)Facade of the Creamery, a restaurant and coffee shop popular with technology startup founders and venture capital investors in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California, October 13,SF coffee shop and famed tech meeting hub The Creamery to close permanentlyBack to GalleryAfter 12 years...

August 14, 2020
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These SF teens built a school supplies pipeline for low-income families

These SF teens built a school supplies pipeline for low-income families

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateLana Nguyen sits in a closet in her parents’ studio apartment in the Tenderloin.She has a Zoom background of the Bay Bridge, but every time she adjusts her body, the background flickers to reveal the tight confines of the surrounding clothes on hangers.“It sounds sad, but I had to take my AP exams in my bathroom,” she says. “It was the only place with a large flat surface.”Nguyen, 17, is a low-income student at George Washington High School in San Francisco, and part of one of the groups hardest hit by Bay Area schools’ shift to...

July 29, 2020
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What happens if your bar doesn’t fit in CA’s reopening plan? Smuggler’s Cove doesn’t know

What happens if your bar doesn’t fit in CA’s reopening plan? Smuggler’s Cove doesn’t know

San Francisco’s Smuggler’s Cove has the largest rum selection in the country.It has multiple “Best Bars in America” nods from the likes of Esquire, Playboy and Food + Wine.And it has an unparalleled movie set-caliber interior filled with waterfalls, boat parts and mermaid carvings.What it doesn’t have, though, is any idea of whether it’ll ever be able to open again.“I like to think of myself as a reasonably responsible owner, but I certainly never thought I’d need 12 months of rent and to pay for the staff’s Kaiser policies for a year,” says owner Martin Cate. “I did save as much as I could...

July 30, 2020
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After losing 95% of his clients, San Francisco's 'Fruit Jesus' rises again

After losing 95% of his clients, San Francisco's 'Fruit Jesus' rises again

ByImageCaptionCloseA 29-year resident of SF (he grew up in the Sunset after immigrating with this family from Ukraine at five years old), Konstantin Kosov has been coming to the Civic Center farmer's market for 20 years.A 29-year resident of SF (he grew up in the Sunset after immigrating with this family from Ukraine at five years old), Konstantin Kosov has been coming to the Civic Center farmer's market for 20 years.After losing 95% of his clients, San Francisco's 'Fruit Jesus' rises againBack to Gallery“Hello?”I answer the phone to the faint sound of slurping in the...

July 22, 2020
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I tried pandemic camping in CA and only one thing went horribly wrong

I tried pandemic camping in CA and only one thing went horribly wrong

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMy fingers are bleeding. Everywhere.I’m holding my mangled hand above my heart (I read somewhere this is how you stop something from bleeding, even though it is very clearly not stopping any bleeding) with my 10-year-old daughter’s favorite sweatshirt being used as a temporary tourniquet.We’re at campsite 109 in newly reopened Big Basin Redwoods State Park, huddled together around a whimpering campfire — whimpering because I badly cut my hand while trying to split firewood that never made it into our fire ring. We peel off the...

July 15, 2020
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