Just in time for Halloween, webs full of baby spiders are falling from the sky across the Bay Area. Biologists insist they are harmless, but this sounds like an awesome set-up for a horror movie.People are seeing them all over the Bay Area lately, from San Francisco, to East Bay communities and beyond to Modesto, and in the South Bay and beyond to Monterey. Webs of baby spiders are falling from the skies across northern California, and NBC Bay Area explains that it’s a normal spider process entomologists call “ballooning.” But it’s an occurrence people are seeing far more than usual this...…Just in time for Halloween, webs full of baby spiders are falling from the sky across the Bay Area. Biologists insist they are harmless, but this sounds like an awesome set-up for a horror movie.People are seeing them all over the Bay Area lately, from San Francisco, to East Bay communities and beyond to Modesto, and in the South Bay and beyond to Monterey. Webs of baby spiders are falling from the skies across northern California, and NBC Bay Area explains that it’s a normal spider process entomologists call “ballooning.” But it’s an occurrence people are seeing far more than usual this...WW…

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The disgraced former DPW head allegedly tossed millions of taxpayer dollars around like candy, and benefited from loopholes with names like “BFF Gift Exemption” and “Donation Shakedown.”The drip-drip of scandalous revelations in the of Mohammed Nuru has been slowed by the coronavirus pandemic, but this scandal will keep on giving. We know this because the City Controller’s office just released a report, the first of several, detailing reform recommendations based on policies which left long leashes for alleged gamers of the system like Nuru. We already know for lavish parties, that for SFO...…The disgraced former DPW head allegedly tossed millions of taxpayer dollars around like candy, and benefited from loopholes with names like “BFF Gift Exemption” and “Donation Shakedown.”The drip-drip of scandalous revelations in the of Mohammed Nuru has been slowed by the coronavirus pandemic, but this scandal will keep on giving. We know this because the City Controller’s office just released a report, the first of several, detailing reform recommendations based on policies which left long leashes for alleged gamers of the system like Nuru. We already know for lavish parties, that for SFO...WW…

It will surely interest the “Defund the Police” movement that San Francisco is paying out a combined $455,000 in settlements to a man SFPD shot in the back, and another they injured during the 2017 skateboard “hill bomb.” One of the nationwide arguments for is the astonishing dollar amount that cities pay in settlements for situations where police open fire too soon, or escalate situations by proceeding directly to excessive force. Bloomberg reports that in Chicago, for instance, the city coughs up for police misconduct settlements. San Francisco doesn’t pay that much on settlements, but in...…It will surely interest the “Defund the Police” movement that San Francisco is paying out a combined $455,000 in settlements to a man SFPD shot in the back, and another they injured during the 2017 skateboard “hill bomb.” One of the nationwide arguments for is the astonishing dollar amount that cities pay in settlements for situations where police open fire too soon, or escalate situations by proceeding directly to excessive force. Bloomberg reports that in Chicago, for instance, the city coughs up for police misconduct settlements. San Francisco doesn’t pay that much on settlements, but in...WW…

The Marin County prison is turning into “a catastrophic super spreader” according to a bombshell memo that explains how a bad situation is much worse than anyone realizes. We thought things were bad just a week ago when a hit San Quentin State Prison, some 15 miles north of San Francisco, after the facility had zero cases as recently as May. But that case number quickly exploded to as recently as Monday of this week. And with viral outbreaks working as insidiously as they do, the Chronicle informs us just a few days later that number has now COVID-19 cases at San Quentin (that’s only...…The Marin County prison is turning into “a catastrophic super spreader” according to a bombshell memo that explains how a bad situation is much worse than anyone realizes. We thought things were bad just a week ago when a hit San Quentin State Prison, some 15 miles north of San Francisco, after the facility had zero cases as recently as May. But that case number quickly exploded to as recently as Monday of this week. And with viral outbreaks working as insidiously as they do, the Chronicle informs us just a few days later that number has now COVID-19 cases at San Quentin (that’s only...WW…

Cannabis shop owners suspect organized crime has a hand in the ransacking of dispensaries sweeping the state under the George Floyd demonstrations.The standard that retailers in the U.S. have seen during the current unrest has had a different and suspiciously coordinated look and feel to it with the . The national pot publication Leafly counts 43 dispensaries across California robbed since this weekend, and reports that “professional burglars” used “safe-cracking equipment.” They also reviewed security footage showing that “Two professional-looking men in head-to-toe clean suits were caught...…Cannabis shop owners suspect organized crime has a hand in the ransacking of dispensaries sweeping the state under the George Floyd demonstrations.The standard that retailers in the U.S. have seen during the current unrest has had a different and suspiciously coordinated look and feel to it with the . The national pot publication Leafly counts 43 dispensaries across California robbed since this weekend, and reports that “professional burglars” used “safe-cracking equipment.” They also reviewed security footage showing that “Two professional-looking men in head-to-toe clean suits were caught...WW…

New allegations emerge in last week’s attack of a Muni driver, with claims that the deplorable teens punched and spit on the driver, and accused him of having COVID-19 because he’s Asian.Last week’s , allegedly by three male teenagers who refused to put on face coverings as required, was and has entered the national conversation. But clearer-eyed follow-up reporting closer to home reveals what may be even more depressing and enraging details, as KQED reported Sunday that the attack . A transit union representative now says the three attackers not only beat the driver with a half-size...…New allegations emerge in last week’s attack of a Muni driver, with claims that the deplorable teens punched and spit on the driver, and accused him of having COVID-19 because he’s Asian.Last week’s , allegedly by three male teenagers who refused to put on face coverings as required, was and has entered the national conversation. But clearer-eyed follow-up reporting closer to home reveals what may be even more depressing and enraging details, as KQED reported Sunday that the attack . A transit union representative now says the three attackers not only beat the driver with a half-size...WW…

By labeling blatant lies as “opinion,” fossil fuel industry pundits have found “a loophole that you can drive a Mack truck through.”Facebook is famously struggling with , namely those ads , problems exacerbated by the platform’s algorithm that generously rewards those posts that manage to create the most outrage or engagement from your racist former middle-school classmates. But while Facebook political ads are drawing the , the New York Times brings us an analysis today of how completely dishonest are able to sidestep Facebook’s content moderation “False” labels by labeling these as...…By labeling blatant lies as “opinion,” fossil fuel industry pundits have found “a loophole that you can drive a Mack truck through.”Facebook is famously struggling with , namely those ads , problems exacerbated by the platform’s algorithm that generously rewards those posts that manage to create the most outrage or engagement from your racist former middle-school classmates. But while Facebook political ads are drawing the , the New York Times brings us an analysis today of how completely dishonest are able to sidestep Facebook’s content moderation “False” labels by labeling these as...WW…

The widening Mohammed Nuru/DPW/City Hall corruption investigation is now looking into why the City Administrator and SFPUC General Manager directed $8 million in contracts to the woman who sold them their house.This week’s news that in the widening Justice Department also shined a light on a prominent romantic relationship at City Hall. Not , nor Nuru and , but instead city administrator Naomi Kelly and her husband SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) general manager Harlan Kelly. Their relationship has . But they are both now ensnared in the Nuru scandal, husband Harlan because he was...…The widening Mohammed Nuru/DPW/City Hall corruption investigation is now looking into why the City Administrator and SFPUC General Manager directed $8 million in contracts to the woman who sold them their house.This week’s news that in the widening Justice Department also shined a light on a prominent romantic relationship at City Hall. Not , nor Nuru and , but instead city administrator Naomi Kelly and her husband SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) general manager Harlan Kelly. Their relationship has . But they are both now ensnared in the Nuru scandal, husband Harlan because he was...WW…

As the Winchester Mystery House turns 100 years old, it brings a proper Halloween haunted house experience to the Bay Area’s favorite supposedly haunted house with Unhinged: Housewarming, a two-hour parade of installations and sight gags that are an absolute scream. The Bay Area is proudly home to the “creepiest mansion in the U.S.” San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House became the Winchester Mystery House 100 years ago this year, when firearms industry heiress Sarah Winchester passed away, and the place was turned into a tourist attraction for its famed stairs to nowhere, hidden rooms, and...…As the Winchester Mystery House turns 100 years old, it brings a proper Halloween haunted house experience to the Bay Area’s favorite supposedly haunted house with Unhinged: Housewarming, a two-hour parade of installations and sight gags that are an absolute scream. The Bay Area is proudly home to the “creepiest mansion in the U.S.” San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House became the Winchester Mystery House 100 years ago this year, when firearms industry heiress Sarah Winchester passed away, and the place was turned into a tourist attraction for its famed stairs to nowhere, hidden rooms, and...WW…