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SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, April 24, San Franciscans gathered at City Hall to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. During the remembrance, City Hall was illuminated with the colors of the Armenian flag. It is estimated that as a result of the Armenian genocide 1.5 million Armenians were killed. In his resent speech Pope Francis referred to the Armenian...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday, April 25, a man who requested a ride to his South Beach home using the Uber app was allegedly robbed by the driver of the black town car that he was paired with. The victim, 30, requested a driver at approximately 1 a.m. After he was driven to his drop-off location, near the crossing of Embarcadero and...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco sky may not be falling after all. Following a nightmarish 4-10 start, the defending champion San Francisco Giants may have just pulled through their springtime doldrums. A resounding sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a series split with the Rockies has the Giants entering tonight's contest with Los Angeles at 8-11. As the Giants slowly work to...

SAN FRANCISCO—After a driver pulled his sedan onto train tracks in Elko, Nevada, an Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to San Francisco collided with the parked vehicle, killing the driver inside. On Monday, April 27 at approximately 2:30 a.m., the California Zephyr was traveling westbound towards Elko when it plowed into the parked car. Preliminary reports from the Elko County Sheriff's...

SAN FRANCISCO—A female resident was tied-up and robbed at gunpoint by a male suspect in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood was broken-into on Saturday, April 25. The home invasion was reported at 2:52 a.m. on the 700 block of Holloway Avenue. After entering the home through a window, the suspect turned a handgun on the 26-year old victim, binding her by her...

UNITED STATES—As a landscape feature, lawn and turf are in a distinct category. Just as arborists specialize in arboriculture (horticulture of trees), there used to be horticulturists who specialized in turf. Even though it is just as interesting, and in most regards, much more demanding than other plant material, many horticulturists who are not specialists with turf do not...

HOLLYWOOD—The Daytime Emmy Awards returned to prime fashion on Sunday, April 26 in the city of Burbank. This time the ceremony was not televised online like last year. It aired live on the Pop network and was hosted by talk show host and model Tyra Banks. “General Hospital” led all nominees with 28 nominations, so did “GH” have a big...

SAN FRANCISCO—The city of San Francisco agreed on April 24, to pay a $725,000 settlement to a former police department lawyer, Kelly O 'Haire who filed a lawsuit against the city and her employer, the San Francisco Police Department, in 2013 for wrongful termination. O’Haire stated that she was fired for revealing an improperly handled case of domestic violence by...

BEVERLY HILLS—It’s 6:00 a.m. as I sit here in a cold, dark, lonely flat with my heart shattered into countless pieces. They tell me I’ve checked-out again. I’d have to agree that is the best phrase to use for my disconnection from the world. I think I’m back, at least temporarily, thanks to waking up to my fluffy-faced German Shepherd...

UNITED STATES—This weekend I did something that I rarely do, I went shopping for new athletic shoes. When I was a teenager and in my early 20s I would probably have 4-5 pairs of shoes a year, now that I’m older, I might be lucky if I have 1-2 pairs. It seems the style of athletic shoes nowadays have changed...