Elias Shawel used to drive taxis in San Francisco, fielding one question over and over: Where's the best Ethiopian food in the city? Back then, he couldn’t find anything as spicy as he liked.

A nearly 15-hour hostage standoff inside a downtown Bakersfield bank building ended early Wednesday when FBI personnel shot and killed the man who had barricaded himself inside, police said. All 10 hostages were freed unharmed and reunited with their families.

The Bay Lights are back. After going dark in March 2023 at the end of a 10-year run, the massive installation flickered on again Friday night, marking its third iteration on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

In a city that’s famously just seven by seven miles, San Francisco now has more than a dozen Burmese restaurants. Since opening in the Mission in 2014 as an offshoot of the beloved Burma Superstar in the Richmond, Burma Love has grown to five Bay Area locations.

Federal authorities recently warned law enforcement agencies across California that Iran could potentially retaliate against U.S. military action by launching drones toward targets along the West Coast, according to ABC News. Read more below.

Thousands packed Dolores Park on April 5 for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 47th annual Hunky Jesus celebration — a decades-old gathering of creatively reimagined Jesuses and Foxy Marys.

Green Day band members covered Nirvana, David Bowie and Ozzy Osbourne at a pop-up show in Berkeley on Wednesday night. Fans learned about the show that afternoon, when the band’s official Instagram account posted a Story announcing the impromptu concert. Tickets, listed at $34, quickly sold out.

A drag queen and climate activist from Oregon is taking on Patagonia — and drawing millions of views in the process. This week, Wyn Wiley, who performs as Pattie Gonia, posted a video urging the outdoor apparel giant to drop a trademark infringement lawsuit it filed in January. Read more below.

Delta Queen, the Campbell auto spa about 50 miles south of San Francisco, is designed as a replica of the 20th-century Mississippi riverboat of the same name.

California’s largest wildfire of the year has scorched more than 16,000 acres on Santa Rosa Island as of Tuesday morning. The fire spread farther north overnight on the island, part of Channel Islands National Park, as crews continued working to contain the blaze.

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The VANTA LR is the definitive aerial instrument for the Physical AI era. By synthesizing advanced HFRP material science with a modular, identity-bound architecture, Straw Technologies has created an air support platform that is inseparable from the ground-based workforce.

Pound hounds wants to pull Casserole - but they need a foster on the East Coast! Www.poundhoundsresq.org to foster this sweet boy! He’s URGENT 🚨 abandoned- brought in by the police- this boy deserves a good home! #dogsofbluesky #resisters #resistance REPOST

Marina Sirtis shares how disappointed she was when filming Star Trek: Picard 🎧The Show People Podcast With Andrew Keates on all podcast platforms. 📺 YouTube, Spotify​⁠ & the ​⁠Queer Theatre website. ✨ Sponsors: Theataccounts & The Two Brewers 🎥 Boyan Georgiev #startrek #startrektng #startrekpicard

Al is going crazy. Thaank you @BearFiorda & @Lady Summer Helene #behindthescenes #tipsandtricks #hollywood #worldcup #iceman

On the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly, Fadekemi Akinfaderin outlines how @fosfeminista.bsky.social is helping nonprofit organizations use market principles to continue to support their mission. #deveximpacthouse #WHA79

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Who says old isn’t gold; it really is. This clip from ‘spitting image’ is gold and was aired in 1989.

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"The Knicks swept!" Congratulations to the New York Knicks on an incredible run to their first NBA Finals since 1999! 🏀🧹 Original post

The Democratic Party is playing with fire, seeking to alienate its 2 strongest dependable voting bloc’s with Jewish people counting fo nearly half the party’s donations. Google it if you need to. @kenmartin.bsky.social needs to correct course now.

For years, NYC & by extension @nychealthy.bsky.social has suffered a 2019 Cuomo cut to our city public health $. NYC was the only one who got cut. Article 6 $ supports critical programs NYC needs to combat health crises. This is unjust and dangerous. It must be restored.

💔Another Sunrise in Ukraine, where people wake to the sound of explosions & the sky covered in thick, black smoke. Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa… The headlines might be gone, but the russians keeps murdering Ukrainians in their own homes, while they sleep, every single day. Don’t look away 😔

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Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as DNI — The Official Reason vs. What People Are Actually Saying - Visit https://oldhippiemedia.com/ for the rest of my content and much more.

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Waterfront for All invited me to address their speaker series where I discussed why we must fight back hard, and fight for a beautiful, livable and vibrant Toronto waterfront that is so much more than just a runway for jets.

Rory Johnston shares a "billion-barrel" warning via Breaking Points. ⛽ He points out that 13M barrels/day are trapped in the Gulf, revealing that if the blockade lasts, prices must skyrocket to "forcibly destroy demand" because global supply can't fill the hole. 📉🛢️ #Oil #Economy

Ana Kasparian reveals "fantastic news" on TYT: AOC has pledged to vote against all military aid to Israel. 🏛️⚖️ She explains how a week of heated public accountability led to this shift. Advocacy isn't a "Mickey Mouse Club"—it’s how we get results. 🛡️📉 #TYT #AOC #Politics

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If there's one thing Bill 101 does achieve, its taking away any accountability from the Minister of EDU for his own actions. Liability appears more than 40 times in the bill, a stark change from its predecessor. We deserve to know why accountability is literally being written out with this law.

Our TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard employees have now gone 38 days without a paycheck because Republicans refuse to hold ICE to the same standards that our other law enforcement officials already practice.

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Everyone sees the episode. Very few see the work that makes it inevitable. The thinking. The outreach. The quiet yes before the recording ever happens. #WhyScripted #PodcastJourney #MediaThinking #CreatorProcess #Comingsoon

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The Monte Solaro chairlift. This scenic, open-air ride to see the beauty of Capri Italy 🇮🇹 🎥 georgeandcris | IG

#birds The robin steps up to the bath and then braces itself for a few splashes. (It's been cold - so it is less enthusiastic than on warmer days.)

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We're old fashioned! WE'RE CLASSIC ACTION! That may be a different song, but we've unearthed thirty-four whole entire minutes of the Ignorance and Bacon CD Release Party from many many moons ago. One like and maybe we'll consider uploading the entire thing soon?

Representative Rudy Yakym authored the "Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act," hear what he had to say about the program. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tJ98Kb

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The Innovation Pitch Competition debuts at #ASBMR2026, highlighting emerging companies and solutions shaping the field's future. Finalists will pitch live, followed by Q&A with judges from clinical, academic, and industry backgrounds. Applications open this month. meeting.asbmr.org/Program/Inno...

What is happening in our country is not about deportation. #minnesota #minneapolis #deportation #ice #unitedstatesofamerica

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Wrap of the 2nd Annual Humpback Day! Over 6k people watched along! Thank you everyone! Thank you to the pod: 🐳Australian National Maritime Museum 🫍CSIRO 🐋The Gamay Rangers 🐬NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service #annualhumpbackday #pov #fyp @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

Meet Bertha, the coordinator at a WCK meal site in Haiti.📍 Her community has been hit hard—homes destroyed, families left with nothing, security concerns making daily life even harder. But she shows up every day, making sure no one goes without a meal. #ChefsForHaiti

This one is Funny as Hell, but its going in for sure. For some reason I instructed my #AIModel to have the Astronaut "Drain" the water from the Canister holding the Alien Being. Instead, my Astronaut Killed the Alien & walked off. Maybe he got tired of them attacking him when he got close. #AIart

#Bears announce that Rome Odunze and Nick McCloud will both be out for Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Luther Burden has no designation. OUT: Odunze, McCloud Questionable: Blackwell, Nahshon Wright, Edwards, Gardner-Johnson, Newman.

COLLEGE TOURS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE IMPORTANT Hard to believe the eighth graders in this video are now graduates and the seventh graders are now seniors. Some of the graduates will be attending Lander this fall! #FLASHBACK #RIANNJENKINS #TEACHER #STUDENTS #FYP

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Two ways to say the same basic joke . jokes about ghosting people

This might have been the weird sound I heard earlier: In video, alleged interception of an Iskander-M ballistic missile armed with a cluster warhead over Kyiv.

Charles Saves Arthur Morgan from bounty Hunter in RDR2 #reddeadredemption2 #gaming #gamer You can check out the game here: www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredem...

I’ve lived in California my entire life and it was my honor to vote for Xavier Becerra within days of receiving my ballot in May.

The UAE has officially announced the Hijri New Year holiday for both public and private sectors, giving residents a chance to mark the beginning of Muharram with reflection, family time, and celebration. #UAE #HijriNewYear #UAEHoliday #Muharram #DubaiNews

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