#sf-gate — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sf-gate, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/people/134535/ Google CEO Humiliated by Graduating Stanford Students as They Walk Out of His Speech in Protest #CollegeStudents #CustomsEnforcement #Google #GoogleDeepMind #GraduationCeremonies #IsraeliDefenseForces #MarekAntoniIwanczuk #SFGate #StanfordUniversity #SundarPichai
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You know of my love for "Tales of the City" and its author Armistead Maupin.
SFGate has this lovely story about the real Barbary Lane (actually Macondray Lane, hidden but public if you know where to look.)
The story also features the neighbors who keep up all the hidden lanes of Russian Hill in San Francisco.
#TalesOfTheCity
#ArmisteadMaupin
#SFGatehttps://www.sfgate.com/local/article/barbary-lane-san-francisco-22315552.php
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You know of my love for "Tales of the City" and its author Armistead Maupin.
SFGate has this lovely story about the real Barbary Lane (actually Macondray Lane, hidden but public if you know where to look.)
The story also features the neighbors who keep up all the hidden lanes of Russian Hill in San Francisco.
#TalesOfTheCity
#ArmisteadMaupin
#SFGatehttps://www.sfgate.com/local/article/barbary-lane-san-francisco-22315552.php
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You know of my love for "Tales of the City" and its author Armistead Maupin.
SFGate has this lovely story about the real Barbary Lane (actually Macondray Lane, hidden but public if you know where to look.)
The story also features the neighbors who keep up all the hidden lanes of Russian Hill in San Francisco.
#TalesOfTheCity
#ArmisteadMaupin
#SFGatehttps://www.sfgate.com/local/article/barbary-lane-san-francisco-22315552.php
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You know of my love for "Tales of the City" and its author Armistead Maupin.
SFGate has this lovely story about the real Barbary Lane (actually Macondray Lane, hidden but public if you know where to look.)
The story also features the neighbors who keep up all the hidden lanes of Russian Hill in San Francisco.
#TalesOfTheCity
#ArmisteadMaupin
#SFGatehttps://www.sfgate.com/local/article/barbary-lane-san-francisco-22315552.php
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You know of my love for "Tales of the City" and its author Armistead Maupin.
SFGate has this lovely story about the real Barbary Lane (actually Macondray Lane, hidden but public if you know where to look.)
The story also features the neighbors who keep up all the hidden lanes of Russian Hill in San Francisco.
#TalesOfTheCity
#ArmisteadMaupin
#SFGatehttps://www.sfgate.com/local/article/barbary-lane-san-francisco-22315552.php
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Dozens of hikers suddenly fall sick on California section of iconic Pacific Crest Trail
Roughly a dozen hikers have reportedly fallen ill with a nasty stomach bug after traversing a section of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #California #CaliforniaPost #gastrointestinalillness #hikers #PacificCrestTrail #SFGate #symptomsofthenorovirus #Wrightwood
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Dozens of hikers suddenly fall sick on California section of iconic Pacific Crest Trail
Roughly a dozen hikers have reportedly fallen ill with a nasty stomach bug after traversing a section of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #California #CaliforniaPost #gastrointestinalillness #hikers #PacificCrestTrail #SFGate #symptomsofthenorovirus #Wrightwood
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SF Giants’ 9-beer, 9-hot dog challenge exposed as $55 fraud https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/648477/ #Baseball #ColoradoRockies #CoorsField #CoorsLight #Giants #HotDogs #HoustonAstros #LosAngelesDodgers #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #PhiladelphiaPhillies #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoGiants #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoGiants #SF #SFGiants #SFGATE #SFGiants #TheKansasCityRoyals #TheNewYorkMets
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SF Giants’ 9-beer, 9-hot dog challenge exposed as $55 fraud https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/648477/ #Baseball #ColoradoRockies #CoorsField #CoorsLight #Giants #HotDogs #HoustonAstros #LosAngelesDodgers #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #PhiladelphiaPhillies #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoGiants #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoGiants #SF #SFGiants #SFGATE #SFGiants #TheKansasCityRoyals #TheNewYorkMets
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First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news
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First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news
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First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news
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First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news
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First whale of the year found dead in San Francisco Bay https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/gray-whale-death-22085909.php #sfgate #news
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Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
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Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
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Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
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Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
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Drug store closures leave long stretch of Northern California coast in 'pharmacy desert' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mendocino-county-pharmacy-desert-gualala-21959733.php #sfgate #news
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French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news
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French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news
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French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news
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French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news
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French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/thomas-keller-yountville-housing-21957945.php #sfgate #news
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40,000 expected as Red Bull F1 takes over the Marina
A company well known for its flashy antics, the breadcrumbs leading up to Red Bull’s Showrun in San…
#NewsBeep #News #Formula1 #CA #Canada #F1 #MarinaBoulevard #MarinaGreen #RedBull #SanFrancisco #SFGATE #Sports #YukiTsunoda
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Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-parole-21355265.php #sfgate #news
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Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-parole-21355265.php #sfgate #news
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Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-parole-21355265.php #sfgate #news
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Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-parole-21355265.php #sfgate #news
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Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-parole-21355265.php #sfgate #news
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9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news
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9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news
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9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news
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9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news
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9 San Francisco stores are 'fronts' for illegal activity, city attorney says https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-stores-fronts-21327370.php #sfgate #news
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Coyote Spotted Swimming Over a Mile to Alcatraz in First Known Sighting of Animal on Iconic Calif. Island
NEED TO KNOW A man filmed a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island on Jan. …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #aidanmoore #AlcatrazCityCruises #AlcatrazFederalPenitentiary #alcatrazisland #GoldenGateNationalParks #GoldenGateNationalRecreationArea #JulianEspinoza #Parkrangers #SanFrancisco #Science #SFGate #strongcurrents
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Coyote Spotted Swimming Over a Mile to Alcatraz in First Known Sighting of Animal on Iconic Calif. Island
NEED TO KNOW A man filmed a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island on Jan. …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #aidanmoore #AlcatrazCityCruises #AlcatrazFederalPenitentiary #alcatrazisland #GoldenGateNationalParks #GoldenGateNationalRecreationArea #JulianEspinoza #Parkrangers #SanFrancisco #Science #SFGate #strongcurrents
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Coyote Spotted Swimming Over a Mile to Alcatraz in First Known Sighting of Animal on Iconic Calif. Island
NEED TO KNOW A man filmed a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island on Jan. 11, marking the first…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AidanMoore #AlcatrazCityCruises #AlcatrazFederalPenitentiary #AlcatrazIsland #GoldenGateNationalParks #GoldenGateNationalRecreationArea #JulianEspinoza #Parkrangers #sanfrancisco #Science #SFGate #strongcurrents #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/714532/ Coyote Spotted Swimming Over a Mile to Alcatraz in First Known Sighting of Animal on Iconic Calif. Island #AidanMoore #AlcatrazCityCruises #AlcatrazFederalPenitentiary #AlcatrazIsland #GoldenGateNationalParks #GoldenGateNationalRecreationArea #JulianEspinoza #ParkRangers #SanFrancisco #Science #SFGate #StrongCurrents #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife
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Here's an article from the #SFGate regarding #EarthquakeMyths. I agree with all of them except for #DropCoverHoldOn . . . which is oversimplified.
If you know anything about guns, there is the concept of #concealment vs #cover. Concealment means you can't be seen by a possible attacker. Cover means that you are protected behind something that will stop a bullet.
In an earthquake, taking "cover" under a table or another "solid object" may or may not protect you from the roof falling down upon you.
If it's the best thing you can do, so be it but, in order to be fully protected, you need to get under something that withstand a complete collapse of the building you're in &, no matter what happens, DO NOT run outside where there is no protection whatsoever, especially if you are in a dense skyscraper dominated environment like downtown #SF . . .
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-earthquake-myths-21299654.php
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Here's an article from the #SFGate regarding #EarthquakeMyths. I agree with all of them except for #DropCoverHoldOn . . . which is oversimplified.
If you know anything about guns, there is the concept of #concealment vs #cover. Concealment means you can't be seen by a possible attacker. Cover means that you are protected behind something that will stop a bullet.
In an earthquake, taking "cover" under a table or another "solid object" may or may not protect you from the roof falling down upon you.
If it's the best thing you can do, so be it but, in order to be fully protected, you need to get under something that withstand a complete collapse of the building you're in &, no matter what happens, DO NOT run outside where there is no protection whatsoever, especially if you are in a dense skyscraper dominated environment like downtown #SF . . .
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-earthquake-myths-21299654.php
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Here's an article from the #SFGate regarding #EarthquakeMyths. I agree with all of them except for #DropCoverHoldOn . . . which is oversimplified.
If you know anything about guns, there is the concept of #concealment vs #cover. Concealment means you can't be seen by a possible attacker. Cover means that you are protected behind something that will stop a bullet.
In an earthquake, taking "cover" under a table or another "solid object" may or may not protect you from the roof falling down upon you.
If it's the best thing you can do, so be it but, in order to be fully protected, you need to get under something that withstand a complete collapse of the building you're in &, no matter what happens, DO NOT run outside where there is no protection whatsoever, especially if you are in a dense skyscraper dominated environment like downtown #SF . . .
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-earthquake-myths-21299654.php
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Here are two articles on #reading that deserve to be re-tooted not just boosted:
Personally, I read a lot, just not #books.
I'm on the Net everyday reading articles like these (and others), as well as news published by the #NYT, the #SFChronical & #SFGate, as well as those published by other smaller independent news agencies in SF, like #MissionLocal, #SFist and #The Voice but, while I still buy them, I seldom take the time to read books lately.
Why? I'm not sure but spending time on the Net has a lot to do with it because when I read a book, it's usually while listing to #music out of my #vinyl or #CD collection, which I also haven't been doing much lately.
So, I think it's time to start listening to music & reading books again.
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Here are two articles on #reading that deserve to be re-tooted not just boosted:
Personally, I read a lot, just not #books.
I'm on the Net everyday reading articles like these (and others), as well as news published by the #NYT, the #SFChronical & #SFGate, as well as those published by other smaller independent news agencies in SF, like #MissionLocal, #SFist and #The Voice but, while I still buy them, I seldom take the time to read books lately.
Why? I'm not sure but spending time on the Net has a lot to do with it because when I read a book, it's usually while listing to #music out of my #vinyl or #CD collection, which I also haven't been doing much lately.
So, I think it's time to start listening to music & reading books again.
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Here are two articles on #reading that deserve to be re-tooted not just boosted:
Personally, I read a lot, just not #books.
I'm on the Net everyday reading articles like these (and others), as well as news published by the #NYT, the #SFChronical & #SFGate, as well as those published by other smaller independent news agencies in SF, like #MissionLocal, #SFist and #The Voice but, while I still buy them, I seldom take the time to read books lately.
Why? I'm not sure but spending time on the Net has a lot to do with it because when I read a book, it's usually while listing to #music out of my #vinyl or #CD collection, which I also haven't been doing much lately.
So, I think it's time to start listening to music & reading books again.
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Here are two articles on #reading that deserve to be re-tooted not just boosted:
Personally, I read a lot, just not #books.
I'm on the Net everyday reading articles like these (and others), as well as news published by the #NYT, the #SFChronical & #SFGate, as well as those published by other smaller independent news agencies in SF, like #MissionLocal, #SFist and #The Voice but, while I still buy them, I seldom take the time to read books lately.
Why? I'm not sure but spending time on the Net has a lot to do with it because when I read a book, it's usually while listing to #music out of my #vinyl or #CD collection, which I also haven't been doing much lately.
So, I think it's time to start listening to music & reading books again.
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Here are two articles on #reading that deserve to be re-tooted not just boosted:
Personally, I read a lot, just not #books.
I'm on the Net everyday reading articles like these (and others), as well as news published by the #NYT, the #SFChronical & #SFGate, as well as those published by other smaller independent news agencies in SF, like #MissionLocal, #SFist and #The Voice but, while I still buy them, I seldom take the time to read books lately.
Why? I'm not sure but spending time on the Net has a lot to do with it because when I read a book, it's usually while listing to #music out of my #vinyl or #CD collection, which I also haven't been doing much lately.
So, I think it's time to start listening to music & reading books again.
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King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/king-tides-bay-area-reveal-treasures-21268633.php #sfgate #news
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King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/king-tides-bay-area-reveal-treasures-21268633.php #sfgate #news
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King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/king-tides-bay-area-reveal-treasures-21268633.php #sfgate #news
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King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/king-tides-bay-area-reveal-treasures-21268633.php #sfgate #news
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King tides to return to the Bay Area, possibly exposing ocean treasures https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/king-tides-bay-area-reveal-treasures-21268633.php #sfgate #news
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The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal – SF Gate
FILE: An aerial view of Las Vegas, including the Paris and Ellis Island behind it. Carol M. Highsmith / Buyenlarge / Getty ImagesThe last great restaurant deal in Las Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
By Katie Dowd, Managing editorDec 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: There is an audio file at the main link at bottom. I could not embed for you. And more images on main link, sorry. –DrWeb
LAS VEGAS — I got a little lost on my way to finding Las Vegas’ off-menu $9.99 steak dinner. It was the week Formula 1 was in town, and the streets around the Strip were a maze of dead ends and closures. After walking over a rickety temporary pedestrian bridge, my friend and I wandered onto Koval Lane. I kept staring down at my phone, partly because Google Maps showed I was practically standing where Tupac Shakur had been fatally shot. I must have looked confused.
“You ladies headed to Ellis Island?” asked an event staffer watching the street corner. When we nodded, she waved us through with a cheery, “Have fun!”
I wasn’t sure how much fun one could have at Ellis Island, but I was ready to try.
Ellis Island has to be the least glamorous name of any hotel in Las Vegas. While Caesars Palace conjures up images of excess and opulence, Ellis Island evokes austerity and cholera. The threat of a one-way steamer passage back to Ireland lurks behind every slot machine.
The name makes slightly more sense when you learn a bit of its lore. A fellow named Frank Ellis opened the Village Pub restaurant in the 1960s; it’s off the Strip but just barely, tucked behind the Horseshoe and the Paris. Like many businesses in Las Vegas, the Village Pub eventually added a casino, changing its name to Ellis Island. It’s as budget as budget can be. Rooms tend to go for $50 or less a night, and if you’re wondering what the vibe is, much of the hotel used to be a Super 8.
After the well wishes for our voyage to a casino named after America’s most famous immigration station, we arrived at the restaurant. Village Pub’s ambience is nothing to write home about — beige walls, low ceilings, televisions playing sports — but no one’s here for the atmosphere. Within moments of being seated, I watched a security guard approach a nearby table to warn them about being too drunk. This, at least, felt like an authentic Ellis Island experience. Any moment now, I was going to be asked by an immigration official to anglicize my last name.
Although the steak isn’t on the menu, it’s hardly a secret. Ask a server for the $9.99 steak meal — $14.99 if you don’t have a player’s card — and they’ll know what you’re talking about. It’s impressively cheap, even for your hometown strip mall diner. It comes with a top sirloin, potatoes (mashed, baked or fries), a soup or salad, and green beans. Assuming I didn’t get food poisoning, just about any meal slopped down in front of me was going to be worth that price.
The salad came first, drowning in Wishbone-esque Italian dressing and accented by a few cherry tomatoes and croutons. Next time I’d ask for dressing on the side, but it was a perfectly serviceable starter. I was fully expecting a tiny steak and shriveled up baked potato, but when my plate arrived, I couldn’t believe how much food was on it. The sirloin was thick, the potato was huge, and the serving of beans generous.
The steak was cooked to a perfect pink medium, and the exterior was crusted with salt and a bit of something spicy. Was it the best steak of my life? Absolutely not. Was it the best $9.99 steak I’ve ever had? Without a doubt. The baked potato, dressed up with a little salt, pepper and butter, was hot and filling, and the green beans were soggy but garlicky.
With every bite, I marveled at what a bargain it was, especially just steps off the Vegas Strip, home of the $1,000 steak. Las Vegas used to be a cheap getaway, but with each passing year, it stretches further out of the reach of middle-class tourists. (My nearly $400-a-night room at Caesars came with a Keurig but no pods; a “coffee kit” cost $12 extra.) At some point, inflation will surely catch up to Village Pub steak too, but even at $20, it would feel like a steal — on the same trip, I paid $35 for an Evian and a sandwich at a walk-up counter in the Venetian. The Village Pub steak may be the last great restaurant deal in town.
When our ancestors came ashore at Ellis Island, tired, huddled, yearning to breathe free, could they have imagined a future like this? Stepping out into the cool desert night, stomach full of cheap meat, I wondered if this was the American dream after all.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
#999 #Audio #EllisIsland #Formula1 #HiddenGem #LasVegas #LastGreatRestaurantDeal #OldVegas #SFGate #SteakDeal #SteakMeal
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The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal – SF Gate
FILE: An aerial view of Las Vegas, including the Paris and Ellis Island behind it. Carol M. Highsmith / Buyenlarge / Getty ImagesThe last great restaurant deal in Las Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
By Katie Dowd, Managing editorDec 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: There is an audio file at the main link at bottom. I could not embed for you. And more images on main link, sorry. –DrWeb
LAS VEGAS — I got a little lost on my way to finding Las Vegas’ off-menu $9.99 steak dinner. It was the week Formula 1 was in town, and the streets around the Strip were a maze of dead ends and closures. After walking over a rickety temporary pedestrian bridge, my friend and I wandered onto Koval Lane. I kept staring down at my phone, partly because Google Maps showed I was practically standing where Tupac Shakur had been fatally shot. I must have looked confused.
“You ladies headed to Ellis Island?” asked an event staffer watching the street corner. When we nodded, she waved us through with a cheery, “Have fun!”
I wasn’t sure how much fun one could have at Ellis Island, but I was ready to try.
Ellis Island has to be the least glamorous name of any hotel in Las Vegas. While Caesars Palace conjures up images of excess and opulence, Ellis Island evokes austerity and cholera. The threat of a one-way steamer passage back to Ireland lurks behind every slot machine.
The name makes slightly more sense when you learn a bit of its lore. A fellow named Frank Ellis opened the Village Pub restaurant in the 1960s; it’s off the Strip but just barely, tucked behind the Horseshoe and the Paris. Like many businesses in Las Vegas, the Village Pub eventually added a casino, changing its name to Ellis Island. It’s as budget as budget can be. Rooms tend to go for $50 or less a night, and if you’re wondering what the vibe is, much of the hotel used to be a Super 8.
After the well wishes for our voyage to a casino named after America’s most famous immigration station, we arrived at the restaurant. Village Pub’s ambience is nothing to write home about — beige walls, low ceilings, televisions playing sports — but no one’s here for the atmosphere. Within moments of being seated, I watched a security guard approach a nearby table to warn them about being too drunk. This, at least, felt like an authentic Ellis Island experience. Any moment now, I was going to be asked by an immigration official to anglicize my last name.
Although the steak isn’t on the menu, it’s hardly a secret. Ask a server for the $9.99 steak meal — $14.99 if you don’t have a player’s card — and they’ll know what you’re talking about. It’s impressively cheap, even for your hometown strip mall diner. It comes with a top sirloin, potatoes (mashed, baked or fries), a soup or salad, and green beans. Assuming I didn’t get food poisoning, just about any meal slopped down in front of me was going to be worth that price.
The salad came first, drowning in Wishbone-esque Italian dressing and accented by a few cherry tomatoes and croutons. Next time I’d ask for dressing on the side, but it was a perfectly serviceable starter. I was fully expecting a tiny steak and shriveled up baked potato, but when my plate arrived, I couldn’t believe how much food was on it. The sirloin was thick, the potato was huge, and the serving of beans generous.
The steak was cooked to a perfect pink medium, and the exterior was crusted with salt and a bit of something spicy. Was it the best steak of my life? Absolutely not. Was it the best $9.99 steak I’ve ever had? Without a doubt. The baked potato, dressed up with a little salt, pepper and butter, was hot and filling, and the green beans were soggy but garlicky.
With every bite, I marveled at what a bargain it was, especially just steps off the Vegas Strip, home of the $1,000 steak. Las Vegas used to be a cheap getaway, but with each passing year, it stretches further out of the reach of middle-class tourists. (My nearly $400-a-night room at Caesars came with a Keurig but no pods; a “coffee kit” cost $12 extra.) At some point, inflation will surely catch up to Village Pub steak too, but even at $20, it would feel like a steal — on the same trip, I paid $35 for an Evian and a sandwich at a walk-up counter in the Venetian. The Village Pub steak may be the last great restaurant deal in town.
When our ancestors came ashore at Ellis Island, tired, huddled, yearning to breathe free, could they have imagined a future like this? Stepping out into the cool desert night, stomach full of cheap meat, I wondered if this was the American dream after all.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
#999 #Audio #EllisIsland #Formula1 #HiddenGem #LasVegas #LastGreatRestaurantDeal #OldVegas #SFGate #SteakDeal #SteakMeal
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Adam Schefter cooks up QB debate in SF with Brock Purdy report https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/516495/ #49ers #AdamSchefter #BrockPurdy #Football #MacJones #NFL #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SFGate
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Adam Schefter cooks up QB debate in SF with Brock Purdy report https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/516495/ #49ers #AdamSchefter #BrockPurdy #Football #MacJones #NFL #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SanFrancisco #SanFrancisco49ers #SFGate
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Since no frills air carrier #SpiritAirlines emerged from #Chapter11 in March, it has lost another $186 million and is failing to meet required fiscal terms and guarantees to investors.
Other #airtravel industry tibits rounded up in this #SFGate article include new #TSA security innovations intended to expeditde international travel through some major US #airports. #United bringing #AppleTV service into seat backs, and poor economic conditions bringing cut backs in #SFO routes from #Aeromexico and #Alaska airlines.
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/spirit-airlines-warns-substantial-doubt-flying-20817762.php
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Since no frills air carrier #SpiritAirlines emerged from #Chapter11 in March, it has lost another $186 million and is failing to meet required fiscal terms and guarantees to investors.
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Calif. cannabis farm breaks silence weeks after deadly ICE raid – SFGate
FILE: A protestor flees as Customs and Border Protection officers fire chemical agents into the crowd during a raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, Calif., July 10, 2025. BLAKE FAGAN / AFP via Getty ImagesCANNABIS
Calif. cannabis farm breaks silence weeks after deadly ICE raid
By Lester Black, Cannabis editor, Aug 4, 2025
Glass House Brands released its first public comment Monday since the California company faced a violent raid from federal authorities last month that left one man dead and hundreds arrested.
On July 10, federal agents searched two of the company’s Southern California cultivation facilities — one in Ventura County and one in Santa Barbara County — in an operation that quickly descended into chaos. Officers fired tear gas inside the facilities and searched for immigrants as hundreds of protesters gathered outside to protest the Donald Trump administration’s action. One worker fell from a green house and later died, marking the first known death in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Following the raid, the Department of Homeland Security announced it had arrested at least 361 people suspected of being in the country illegally, as well as 14 “migrant children,” although the agency hasn’t shared any court documentation behind those figures.
Glass House, one of California’s largest legal cannabis companies, had not issued any public comment in the weeks following the raid other than a post to X on July 11 confirming it was being raided.
On Monday, the company broke its silence with a news release that outlined details of the operation, including that nine company employees were detained or arrested. The company said any other people arrested would have been employed by farm labor companies that provide employees for the farm, which is a common practice at agricultural facilities.
AI image created for post…Glass House said that it has not been able to determine the identities of the alleged minors but said that if minors were at the facility “none of them were Glass House employees.”
There has been widespread fear in the cannabis industry that federal agents could have been conducting a much broader operation investigating the cultivation of marijuana itself, which is still federally illegal and could lead to federal criminal charges against the company and its staff. Video apparently taken during the raid and posted to social media showed a federal agent saying, “This is not an immigration raid.”
Monday’s news release countered that narrative, saying the raid was led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and that the search warrant was authorized specifically for “evidence of possible immigration violations.” Glass House said that “very few documents were seized pursuant to the search warrant.”
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