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All of San Francisco bicyclists are eagerly awaiting the implementation of our Bike Network. Today San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee just announced that the city’s long-awaited Bike Plan will finally begin to be implemented this June. This is incredibly great news for the thousands of bicyclists who commute in our city every [...]
CQ Press’s annual Crime State Rankings are in and Michigan is number 10 on their list of most dangerous states to live in. The 2008 report put Michigan in 10th place thanks to Detroit and Flint both ranking in the top ten most dangerous cities in America with Detroit ranking at number 3 and Flint ranking [...]
World class adventurer, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and a descendant of the legendary Rothschild banking family, David de Rothschild, will attempt to do what no one has done before, sail half-way around the world from California to Australia on a catamaran made 90% of recycled plastic waste powered only by the wind and the sun. [...]
[Creative Commons photo by Ari] The city of San Francisco is considering a ban on flash mobs after this year’s massive Valentine’s Day pillow fight caused an estimated $20,000 in damage. This was San Francisco’s fourth annual pillow fight, but this year rainy weather caused feathers to clog up storm drains, leading to flooding in [...]
