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Philz Coffee closes San Francisco headquarters, moves to Oakland

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Philz Coffee has closed its San Francisco Dogpatch headquarters and moved to Oakland, Calif. Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images Philz Coffee has closed its headquarters in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood and moved to Oakland, as first reported by the San Francisco Examiner.  Both the popular coffee chain’s corporate offices and cafe at the 1258 Minnesota St. … Read more

A noteworthy artist’s work not enough to save this Carmel hotel

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The exterior of Hofsas House Hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Craig Howell via Flickr CC 2.0 What happens when a building slated for demolition features noteworthy works of art on it? Should it all come down? Or is it up to the powers that be to protect it even if consensus is that the structure is no … Read more