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Legendary San Francisco preacher Dr. Amos Brown to retire from the pulpit — sort of
After nearly 50 years delivering fiery sermons bearing messages of empathy, equality and salvation from the pulpit of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church, Dr. Amos Brown is retiring as head pastor.
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Sunflower sea star project seeks to release purple urchin-eating machines
Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star.
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Glide pastor celebrates queerness with new Tenderloin gallery
As Marvin K. White strolled down a Tenderloin sidewalk toward his job at Glide Memorial Church where he serves as minister of celebration, everyone he encountered on the sidewalk received a morning greeting.
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Scenic forest trails near Santa Cruz to open to the public for the first time
The 6,000-acre Cotoni Coast Dairies, a swath of mountainous terrain with scenic woodlands, Pacific Ocean vistas and miles of newly-cut trails, will open to the public for the first time in August.
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Artifact of historic Doolittle Raid lands at USS Hornet Museum
Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a small piece of wreckage from the squadron that became known as the Doolittle Raiders has come home to the Bay Area.
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San Francisco scooter fanatic gets back in the saddle to open new cafe
If ever someone was destined to sit at the odd intersection of mod vintage scooter culture and coffee, it would have to be John Quintos.
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Vietnam refugee feels shadow of war 50 years later
Lien Le’s family fled Vietnam following the fall of Saigon. She now offers coaching for others dealing with inner trauma.
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San Francisco jeans purveyor found inspiration in Chinatown
Joe Rosato Jr. shares the story of a San Francisco clothing shop, where culture is woven into the fabric.
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SF's Poet Laureate Genny Lim: Finding inspiration in North Beach, jazz and humans
The clacking of cable cars, the whipping bay winds and the bray of the fog horn were all among the rhythms of Genny Lim’s childhood growing up on a sharp San Francisco hill overlooking the bay in North Beach. It’s a view that’s inspired many a poetic impulse, so it’s only appropriate Lim would also find a life path...
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Remembering the Bay Area citizens who saved the redwoods 125 years ago
A group of tree lovers 125 years ago gathered beneath the leafy canopies of a grove of giant redwood trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains and hatched a plan to protect them from the toothy threat of the saw.
