Grant Marek

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SFGATE Editor in Chief. 
Before: Thrillist, Sports Illustrated, San Francisco Examiner, The Bold Italic, The Desert Sun. 
Golden Bear. Daily Cal Board Member, Alumni Newsletter writer. Email: [email protected] #journalist #journalism
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Grant MarekDec 18, 2022
Fascinating story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/14/hook-charlottesville-vanished-archive/
A newspaper vanished from the internet. Did someone pay to kill it?

The Hook, a Charlottesville weekly, closed in 2013 but web archives survived until 22,000 stories vanished in June. Speculation swirls around a mystery buyer.

The Washington Post
Grant MarekDec 17, 2022
yet another weird #Disneyland thing I didn’t even know existed, great Saturday morning adventure read: https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disneyland-candy-cane-quest-17659319.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
I spent five hours trying to get Disneyland's $20 candy cane

It’s only available 14 days a year.

SFGATE
Grant MarekDec 4, 2022
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Grant MarekDec 2, 2022
Courtney Heard 🇨🇦Dec 2, 2022
Unfollowing people sharing Twitter links from now on. Happy Friday!
Show threadGrant MarekNov 30, 2022
remember when this was a thing?
Grant MarekNov 30, 2022
real talk, who knows what company threw this crazy holiday party?
Grant MarekNov 29, 2022

this story from @mcleantessa is so cool, it’s about the guy responsible for maintaining pressed penny machines all over sf, and how the coin shortage has led to him providing the city’s quarter supply.

such a fun read about an sf character i’d never heard of: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/pressed-penny-machines-san-francisco-17616196.php

San Franciso's pressed penny machines help keep the city supplied with quarters

"People don’t understand where the quarters come from."

SFGATE
Grant MarekNov 28, 2022
League of Women Voters of SFNov 27, 2022

44 years ago today, #SanFrancisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated at City Hall.

Our elected officials and public employees are still threatened and attacked because of their leadership and commitment to an inclusive future. There is no place for violence in our democracy.

#SFBA #SFBay #Democracy

Grant MarekNov 28, 2022
Cal Bears HistoryNov 27, 2022
Jim Jurkovich, Cal Class of 1943, was born Nov. 27, 1922. A great 3-sport athlete, his football career was limited by multiple concussions, but his 100-yard interception return at USC remains a Cal record (since tied). He was my dad's cousin and the whole family drove from Fresno for his games.
Show threadGrant MarekNov 26, 2022
@gamrican already proposed this to Hearst weeks ago, just waiting for them to make it happen.