San Francisco Travel, the city’s convention bureau, expects Moscone Center conventions to account for over 670,000 hotel room nights this year, higher than 2018’s 660,868 room nights but far …

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/two-s-f-s-largest-hotels-given-owner-18136504.php

San Francisco’s recovery ranks last. The office-vacancy rate is nearing 30%, a record high. These woes could spread beyond the city centre. Downtown generated at least 75% of the city’s GDP in …

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/25/downtown-san-francisco-is-at-a-tipping-point

California’s founding involved the often violent acquisition and theft of land from Native people, including an 1851 order from the state’s first governor that “a war of extermination …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-californians-stolen-land-reparations-rcna84970

The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies …

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1179184256/news-facebook-california-journalism-preservation-act

Repeating an all too familiar story in downtown San Francisco, another major retailer has become the victim of rampant shoplifting with the Old Navy store getting hit up to a dozen times a day.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/worker-closing-downtown-old-navy-store-victim-of-out-of-control-shoplifting/

California School Calendar 2023. Please choose your school district in California from the list below to view a calendar of your 2022-2023 school holidays. 2023-2024 calendars are being added as they become available. Or search for your California school district by name or zip: A — L. M — Z. ABC Unified School District.

https://publicholidays.com/us/school-holidays/california/

California’s character emerges out of the seesawing between two impulses, one restrictive, the other rebellious. Although a majority of voters cast a ballot in favor of Prop 187, resistance to …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/magazine/california-future.html

For many, Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade is a must-see event, a celebration of 23 Latin American and Caribbean Countries. The Aguirre Family has saving a spot on 24th Street for years.

https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-carnaval-grand-parade-2023-sf-mission-district-latino/13312749/

T he operator of the gondola that services Salesforce Park, an oasis among the skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco, will tell you all about how the 5-acre (2-hectare) rooftop space you’re …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/28/san-francisco-vacant-buildings-housing-doom-loop

With 39 million residents, California is still by far the nation’s most populous state. That’s nine million more than Texas (the nation’s second most populous), so it will remain in that position…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/magazine/california-effect.html