First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news

Ashley Harrell: National parks employees say #SFGATE has been blacklisted by the Interior Department. The move follows critical coverage of new Park Service policies.

#Nationalparks #censorship #media
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/interior-blacklist-sfgate-national-parks-22082140.php

Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news

Screw #TurboTax, you need to hire a real human accountant. #SFGATE columnist Drew Magary explains why you should absolutely not do your own taxes.

#tax #HRBlock #DrewMagary
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/turbotax-human-accountant-21324583.php

Thanks to Batman Of San José, we got news coverage from #WashingtonPost and #SFGate on our demands to Santa Clara City Council to adopt a #sanctuary policy to combat #ICE on our streets. Let's use this momentum to turn more people out 7PM 2/3/2026 to ensure they pass the policy!
#Bat-man #Batman #SanJose #BatmanOfSanJose #SantaClara #California #ResistTrump #AbolishICE #GeneralStrike #USPol #minneapolis #minnesota #GeneralStrike #DualPower #CommunityCare #Pretti #Good #NFL #SuperBowl
9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news

#Earthquakes

Here's an article from the #SFGate regarding #EarthquakeMyths. I agree with all of them except for #DropCoverHoldOn . . . which is oversimplified.

If you know anything about guns, there is the concept of #concealment vs #cover. Concealment means you can't be seen by a possible attacker. Cover means that you are protected behind something that will stop a bullet.

In an earthquake, taking "cover" under a table or another "solid object" may or may not protect you from the roof falling down upon you.

If it's the best thing you can do, so be it but, in order to be fully protected, you need to get under something that withstand a complete collapse of the building you're in &, no matter what happens, DO NOT run outside where there is no protection whatsoever, especially if you are in a dense skyscraper dominated environment like downtown #SF . . .

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-earthquake-myths-21299654.php

California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-free-drought-conditions-21284480.php #sfgate #news