San Francisco
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A major West Coast intellectual center.
Also, a center of gay culture.
Known for its history of major earthquakes.
Site of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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An effort in San Francisco to raise taxes on companies with highly paid executives has failed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Politics in San Francisco have swung toward the center in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Funding for the poll was provided to IGS by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a private foundation based in San Francisco that aims to increase civic participation and improve the state’s democratic processes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The remains ofPhineas, his mother, his brother-in-law, and 35,000 other San Francisco pioneers were dug up by the city and moved to a mass grave in a suburban cemetery.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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