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Could Marcus Mariota land in San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan?

Marcus Mariota to the 49ers? Don't rule it out.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 22, 2022

World news snapshot: New Zealand PM condemns actions of Covid protesters, balmy weather in San Francisco is set to end and Argentina counts the cost of major fires

European Union signals sanctions against Russia as Japan considers stricter rules governing sex offenders

Wales Online · Feb 22, 2022

5 Bay Area castles for romance, mystery and adventure

SAN JOSE, Calif. — If you can’t decide between getting your Old World castle fix in Scotland, France, Germany or Spain, why not try something much closer to home?

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Five governors—all in states with divided governments—have vetoed at least one redistricting map this cycle

Welcome to the Friday, February 18, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Feb 18, 2022

Commentary: San Francisco school board members ignored parents and students. So they were ousted

Like most people who leave the city they grew up in and build a life somewhere else, I did not pay much attention to my hometown school board — until the barrage of bad decisions out of San Francisco became so extreme that I couldn’t turn away.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 18, 2022

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's paternity leave sparks question of how much is enough

SAN FRANCISCO: When Twitter Inc head Parag Agrawal said this week that he'll take "a few weeks" off following the birth of his second child, he was praised for breaking a taboo surrounding top executives and paternity leave. Others said his plans don't go far enough.

The Times of India · Feb 18, 2022

Recall Effort Against San Francisco School Board Members Wins In A Landslide Vote

Voters in historically Democratic San Francisco ousted the board members by a margin of nearly 50 percent.

Zenger · Feb 17, 2022

San Francisco school board recall vote seen as warning sign for Democrats amid fury over Covid policies

Recall campaign targets officials rocked by scandal and misplaced priorities over Covid-19 frustrations

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Voters in California and Nebraska approve school board recall elections

The San Francisco Unified School District in California and the Giltner school district in Nebraska held recall elections against a total of four school board members on Feb. 15. Voters in both school districts approved the recalls, removing the board members from office.

Ballotpedia · Feb 17, 2022

San Francisco is usually seen as a lefty outlier. The school board recalls may make it a bellwether

LOS ANGELES — San Francisco is so famous for its liberalism that the city has become shorthand for eccentric political sensibilities far to the left of most Americans. But after Tuesday’s trio of school board recalls, Democrats and Republicans alike see the city not as an outlier, but as a…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022