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The face of a bike thief

February 11, 2013 – 3:21 pm

Last Friday, @SFMCAS stopped a bike thief in front of Westfield San Francisco Centre at Union Square and snapped a photo of the alleged perp’s arrest.

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Happy Emancipation Day, everybody. For U.S. residents, that’s the reason tax returns are due on Tuesday instead of today. The IRS deferred the tax return deadline in deference to this holiday, which marks the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862. This law ended slavery in D.C., which read more »

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Hump Day

August 10, 2011 – 10:34 am

Parts of Texas is into day 40 with high temperatures above 100 degrees, and they’re well on track to beat their previous 42 day record set in 1980. When a strong high pressure like the one over Texas occurs, instability around the edges of the system can results in storms along that periperhy. That’s why read more »

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San Francisco Wiggle PSA

May 19, 2011 – 9:49 am

“San Francisco has too many hills and too much traffic to be enjoyable and safe for cyclists.” Or: “The Urban Myth that desperately needs to be exposed for what it really is: a myth.” San Francisco has long been a great place to ride, and broad-spectrum bicycle infrastructure upgrades have made it even better in read more »

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Fish in a barrel

April 8, 2011 – 1:23 pm

Happy Friday. A few days ago I watched as three or four Menlo Park police officers pulled drivers over left and right near El Camino Real. They weren’t secretive about it either — the black and whites were out in the open and very visible. As soon as an officer caught and then released a read more »

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Bicycle stuff

March 22, 2011 – 2:25 pm

You might remember the 83 year old woman who rode her bicycle to safety when a tsunami hit Hachinohe, Japan. Taylor Anderson, who was last seen riding her bike in Ishinomaki, wasn’t as lucky: She’s the first known American casualty from the disaster in Japan. The 24 year old school teacher from Virginia worked for read more »

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