It s total NIMBYism : Feud erupts over the future of Golden Gate Park s Ferris wheel
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Ticket holders line up for a ride on the SkyStar Observation Wheel on the opening day to the public at the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse in San Francisco, California on October 21, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
It took a fleet of 14 loaded trailers from Cincinnati and two years to build.
Then the pandemic came, and the 150-foot Ferris wheel sat still in the middle of Golden Gate Park for six months.
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Mayor London Breed, the wheel finally started spinning in October, albeit for only five weeks before the second COVID-19 surge again stopped it in its tracks.
Tech retailer B8ta closes 2 S.F. stores after robbery at gunpoint
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Security camera footage on Feb. 3 shows a robbery at gunpoint at B8ta s Hayes Valley store in San Francisco.B8taShow MoreShow Less
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B8ta CEO Vibhu Norby in Palo Alto in 2016.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2016Show MoreShow Less
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B8ta’s Hayes Valley store in San Francisco as seen on Google Street View. The store is now closed.Google Street ViewShow MoreShow Less
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The community area in B8ta’s Hayes Valley store in 2017. The electronics retailer is known for highlighting new gadgets.Russell Yip / The Chronicle 2017Show MoreShow Less
Vandals hit San Francisco businesses already struggling to stay afloat during COVID
KTVU s Christien Kafton reports.
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - San Francisco police are searching for the suspects who targeted several businesses around the city, breaking windows and stealing what they could.
The businesses said it couldn t have come at a worse time.
Many restaurants are already struggling as the COVID shutdown looms on and now they re looking to repair broken windows and replace what the thieves took.
Underdogs Tres in the Inner Sunset managed to get up and running after someone broke in early Wednesday morning. They got a bunch of computer equipment, tablets, took our registers, and a lot of booze, said general manager Elpidio Sy.
Japantown leaders call for vandalized cherry blossom trees to be replaced
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SAN FRANCISCO - A week after cherry blossom trees in San Francisco s Japantown were found vandalized, Supervisor Dean Preston and leaders from the city s Japanese community on Tuesday called for the trees to be replaced.
On Jan. 5, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California took to Facebook to report that two trees outside their office, located in the 1800 block of Sutter Street, had been completely stripped of their branches, with just the trees trunks left standing.
Surveillance footage shows the vandals destroying the tree over a period of three days, starting on New Year s Day, when the JCCCNC was closed. Police have said they re investigating the vandalism.