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Top SF news: The wealthy's garbage is a trash picker's treasure

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Published on April 08, 2019
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Read on to catch up on the weekend's top news in and around San Francisco.

In San Francisco, Making a Living From Your Billionaire Neighbor’s Trash

In a city swollen by the wealth of the tech industry, the rich and poor live very separate lives. But sometimes they connect through the garbage.

Read the full story on The New York Times.

Offensive or important? Debate flares anew over SF school mural depicting slavery

For 84 years, San Francisco high school students have walked to class past the scenes of black slaves picking cotton and white settlers urged on by George Washington stepping over a dead American Indian.

Read the full story on the San Francisco Chronicle.

Bay Area Woman’s Brother Arrested, Allegedly Tortured In Saudi Prison

A San Francisco woman is pleading for help; she says witnesses have told her that her brother is being tortured so violently in a Saudi prison that it could end up killing him.

Read the full story on KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area.

Warriors will soon play in San Francisco, but they’re not abandoning Oakland

The Golden State Warriors are one playoff run from their move to San Francisco. Their move back, actually. The Warriors played the nine seasons in San Francisco, as the San Francisco Warriors, before relocating to Oakland. After 48 seasons in Oakland, are they planning to reclaim their San Francisco name ...

Read the full story on the LA Times.

San Francisco’s Emergency Plan For Poor Air, Extreme Heat Could Cancel Outdoor Events

San Francisco is creating an emergency plan for poor air quality and hot weather, and a report from the Department of Public Health lays out some actions the city could take to keep people from getting sick.

Read the full story on KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area.


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