🌱 Patch AM: 1 Hospitalized In Hazardous Materials Incident At SF Gold Club: Fire Officials

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In today's newsletter:

• Hazmat crews rush to SF golf course after chemical discovery
• Meet SFPD's new K9 and a rescued SF wild parrot
• USGS raises odds for a major Bay Area quake within decades

Also on today's calendar: Bank of America Museums On Us offers FREE admission September 5 & 6 - San Francisco MoMA and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 67 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 69, low: 57.
• Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 75 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 1 Hospitalized In Hazardous Materials Incident At SF Gold Club: Fire Officials (patch.com) — Emergency crews rushed to the Presidio Golf & Concordia Golf Course in San Francisco after muriatic acid and chlorine were discovered, prompting a full hazmat response and sending one person to the hospital. Fire officials urged nearby residents and businesses to avoid the area while teams assessed chemical risks and worked to secure the scene for public safety.
   

2. Popular Mediterranean Chain Expands + Oktoberfests + New (Adorable) Police K9: Saturday Smiles (patch.com) — San Francisco readers can smile this weekend with the debut of Hazel, the San Francisco Police Department's newest K9, and a dramatic rescue of a wild parrot trapped in a building under construction. The roundup also highlights new restaurants, Oktoberfest celebrations, a Walnut Creek pet "paw-rade," and a major Napa schools wellness donation, offering a feel-good snapshot of life around the Bay Area.
   

3. Odds Of Major Bay Area Quake Tops 74%. Here's When The Big One Could Hit: Report (patch.com) — San Franciscans are being reminded to prepare as new USGS calculations show a 74 percent chance the Bay Area will experience a magnitude 6.7 or larger quake within 30 years, with rising risk on the San Andreas Fault. Experts, citing historic San Francisco quakes, stress that most injuries come from falling objects and urge residents to secure homes and practice drop-cover-hold on.
   

4. Crypto CEO Chris Larsen Donates $500,000 to Support Political Moderate in Supervisors Race (kqed.org) — A massive $500,000 donation from Ripple founder Chris Larsen is supercharging Theo Ellington's bid for San Francisco's District 10 supervisor seat, potentially reshaping the Board's balance of power. Local experts warn that such unprecedented outside spending in a low-information race could give big donors outsized influence over decisions affecting neighborhoods like Bayview, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and the Central Waterfront.
   

5. Mayor Lurie will indefinitely continue '90 day strategy' to clean up Mission BART plazas (missionlocal.org) — San Francisco is extending its '90-day strategy' indefinitely at the 16th and 24th Street Mission BART plazas, adding more police, enforcement and $1 million in fall "activations" to curb drug use and illegal vending. While officials tout drops in certain emergency calls, Mission business owners and residents say conditions still feel dangerous, especially at night, and worry about limited funding for around-the-clock outreach.
   

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Saturday September 5
• Bank of America Museums On Us offers FREE admission September 5 & 6 - San Francisco MoMA →
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 3rd St, SF
  9:00 am
• Bank of America Museums On Us offers FREE admission September 5 & 6 - Oakland Museum of California →
  Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland
  9:00 am
• Bank of America Museums On Us offers FREE admission September 5 & 6 - Legion of Honor →
  Legion of Honor, 100 34th Ave, SF
  9:00 am
• Sunset Boulevard Peace Park Cleanup →
  36th Avenue & Rivera Street, SF
  9:00 am
• Bank of America Museums On Us offers FREE admission September 5 & 6 - de Young Museum →
  de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF
  9:00 am
• Nob Hill Monthly Street Sweeps →
  Le Beau Market, 1263 Leavenworth St, SF
  9:45 am
• Baker Beach Cleanup →
  Baker Beach Parking, 1772 Gibson Rd, SF
  10:00 am
• Portola Cleanup →
  Burrows Pocket Park, 2 Burrows St, SF
  10:00 am
Sunday September 6
• Fall '26 - Add Period | Permission numbers ARE NOT required to add most classes - Ends
  San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
• Fall '26 - Coursematch Enrollment Ends
  San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
Monday September 7
• Fall '26 Labor Day No Classes Office Closed
  San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
• Labor Day holiday
  Las Americas Children Center San Francisco, CA 94110

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