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Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Bay Area Convenience Store Sold Meth To Customers: Officials (patch.com) — San Franciscans are being told a Tenderloin convenience store allegedly doubled as a drug hub, prompting City Attorney David Chiu to sue to shut it down for at least a year. Officials say police seized meth, cannabis, a ghost gun, and illegal tobacco products there, and link the owner to a previously sued SF market, framing the case as a push to protect neighborhood safety and law-abiding businesses.
2. You Can Now Take Chonkers, SF's Massive 'Sea-lebrity,' Home (patch.com) — San Francisco’s viral sea lion star Chonkers, the 2,000‑pound Steller sea lion lounging at Pier 39, now has his own plush toy. The Marine Mammal Center is selling Chonkers plushies to help fund its marine animal rescue work, giving locals and visitors a way to support Bay Area wildlife while celebrating a beloved waterfront icon.
3. Award-Winning Actor To Be Honored At SF International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (patch.com) — San Franciscans will see acclaimed actor and former city resident Colman Domingo honored at the 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Frameline50, in June. He’ll receive the Variety Creative Conscience Award and join a live Q&A as the festival showcases films that celebrate the artists, activists, and queer communities who shaped the city’s culture.
4. 'We Must, Must, Must Keep City College': Pelosi Honored by Trustees (theguardsman.com) — Nancy Pelosi visited City College of San Francisco as trustees honored her long support for the school, while she stressed the need to “keep City College” and invest in education. Her appearance comes as San Francisco heads into its first open congressional race in decades, with several candidates vying to succeed her in the 11th District.
5. Why Allen Ginsberg still matters: Artists gather in San Francisco to celebrate the ‘Howl' poet (sfchronicle.com) — San Franciscans can celebrate Allen Ginsberg’s centennial Monday, May 11 at The Chapel on Valencia, where musicians and writers will reinterpret his work live. The city’s deep ties to “Howl,” City Lights, and local poets like former Poet Laureate Tongo-Eisen Martin anchor a broader national tribute to Ginsberg’s still-relevant, politically engaged poetry.
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