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The San Francisco pro-yuppie prank that tricked the entire city

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FILE: Protesters, police, and journalists thought the Mission District’s Dolores Park was meant to be the site of a pro-yuppie rally on June 7, 1999. Nobody on the yuppies’ side showed up. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In June 1999, 200 protesters flocked to San Francisco’s Dolores Park to protest a “Stop the Hate” rally… … Read more

Why SF is covered with posters about pigeons and banning babies

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Jason Reichl and Laura Ogle put up flyers on a recent Friday evening in the Mission.  Jillian D’Onfro/SFGATE Donning matching white jumpsuits and armed with a stack of papers and rolls of tape, Laura Ogle and Jason Reichl marched through the Mission on a recent Friday evening, putting up flyers.  On this particular outing, their … Read more