Bay Area

Point of Infinity by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto was installed on the top of Yerba Buena Island in 2023. It also acts as a sun dial! Pretty cool. Never spent much time on Yerba Buena or Treasure Island, but went on a clear day and the views were killer. Cool little restaurant called Mer-Sea was nice to have lunch at. Bizarre seeing all the new tall apartment complexes being built. Right on top of where I saw Justice at Treasure Island Music Fest...

Whatup Yay Areaaaa. Been fiddling around on Lemmy and trying to understand the Fediverse. Feeling very old in the process, ha. I'm enjoying it for the most part. Though modern life has gotten me used to the firehose of content that comes at you on Reddit et al.

Super glad to call this place home. Life ain't normal but it does feel like we have this shell of insulation from immediate danger here. I mean, I'm not naive, a lot of the power and wealth is literally here fucking shit up but we've got a lot of good folks who care, so that's nice.

This year, I want to check out a Ballers game. Maybe road trip through the coastal redwoods. Focus on local action and community. Do garbage walks around the neighborhood. Whatcha getting up to? I mean in addition to surviving and whatnot. I wish you tasty tacos in your future.

4.2 in Dublin

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1742265990/executive

The best part is that if you turn off amber alerts on your phone since you’re home all day, these ones still come through.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is ordering thousands of city employees back to the office at least four days a week, part of a move to strengthen city services while injecting life into the city’s struggling downtown.

In a memo obtained by SFGATE, Lurie set an April 28 deadline for full implementation, directing the Department of Human Resources to oversee the transition. The order primarily affects around 10,000 office-based employees who currently work hybrid schedules.

Oakland is making a lot of big cuts because of lost revenue. Most notably, transfer taxes cash stops flowing when the housing market cools down.

They were eyeing cutting fire stations to make ends meet. But given the 91 fire in the lower hills, and the recent LA fires, a lot of oaklanders pushed back super hard.

Archived version

Archived version, for posterity

San Mateo remains driving dependent city.

Related article: https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/bike-lanes-in-north-central-still-an-issue/article_f46e2466-b773-11ef-afd7-6371db19869b.html

This YT video chronicle's the whole route.

Next time I have a couple of days free, I would like to try this. Sightseeing is so much better when not done from inside a metal box.

A string of recent killings across the United States have been tied to a fringe online group described as a “death cult.” The complex web of violence includes a samurai sword attack in Vallejo, the stabbing of a landlord and a deadly shootout near the Canadian border.

Many of the people linked to the violence are connected to a fringe online community known as the “Zizians,” the investigation found. The group is a radical offshoot of the Rationalism movement, focusing on matters such as veganism and artificial intelligence destroying humanity. The group is apparently named after a person known as “Ziz,” whom Open Vallejo identified as a former tenant on Lind’s Vallejo property.

(archive version because the Chron doesn't have a gift link on this story)

Wow, even a radio host who was on the air for decades, like Owens, is financially brought to his knees by medical bills...

It sounds like he even has all of the right insurances: "Medicare, medical insurance and long-term care coverage." as the article says.

Not surprisingly, after taking damage, the wharf will remain closed until further notice.

It was undergoing repairs from a previous storm in 2023.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23478290

https://archive.ph/7IWlw

Heavy surf with 50 foot waves hit the Northern California coast today.

Part of the Santa Cruz Wharf that collapsed had the closed Dolphin Restaurant. 😢