Tag: Google

Google executive Jack Halprin is dead. His former tenants are still facing eviction.

Jul 23, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Google executive’s heirs have re-evoked the dreaded Ellis Act Evan Wolkenstein has a lot on his...

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Strangers connect at The Laundry

Jun 1, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Last Friday, 60 people shared a meal, but no one could see what they were eating. All sat...

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SF Mission Tech Workers Skeptical Over Proposed “Tech Tax”

Jul 7, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Technology, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission tech workers reacted to a proposal for a tech tax to curb the city’s growing inequality...

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Former Google Exec Brings Mediterranean Food to Lower Valencia

Jun 8, 2016 | Business, Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

A seven-year itch led former Google executive Azhar Hashem to trade her corporate career for her...

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Mission Landlord and Google Employee Jack Halprin Dies at 46

Jul 2, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

To his friends and his colleagues at Google, Jack Halprin was an intelligent tech leader and...

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Halprin Appeals Ruling Against Tenants’ Evictions

May 20, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

Tenants at 812 Guerrero, who have been fighting their evictions by Google employee Jack Halprin...

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Halprin Tenants’ Evictions Halted, For Now

May 12, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Today's Mission

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has halted the evictions of the...

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Listen Local: Google’s PR Problem, 2015 Predictions

Dec 24, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, ListenLoc@l, Mobile, Today's Mission

Today’s discussion takes off with the memory of the latest Google bus protest, which turned...

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Homeless Googlers?

Sep 12, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

This sensationalist story (first spotted on SFist) was just too outrageous not to post: the BBC...

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In Silicon Valley, Conservatives Have Rough Time

Jul 21, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that conservatives are looking to woo the traditionally...

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Google VP Promises Action for Evicted Tenant

Jun 25, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

After interrupting Google I/O to protest her potential eviction from a building owned by Google...

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Live Blog: Google I/O Protest

Jun 25, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Google I/O, the tech titan’s largest conference for developers, is underway at the Moscone...

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Former Googlistas Now Sell Used Clothes

Mar 14, 2014 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Calvin Young and Noah Ready-Campbell left Google in 2011 shortly after being there less than a...

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Where New Tech Arrives, Old Tech Once Roared

Feb 28, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

Soon, Googlistas could roam a building that once served the Black Panthers, police officers,...

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As Muni Declines, Private Shuttles on the Rise

Jul 16, 2010 | Front Page, Topics, Transportation

As Muni has steadily cut back the number of private shuttles — always a part of the city — has grown.

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Bike to Work Day: In Pictures

May 14, 2010 | Bikes, Front Page, Mobile, Topics, Transportation

Bike repair, coffee, fashion shows… En Español

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