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A pair of flight attendants working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers filed a lawsuit against United Airlines alleging racial and age discrimination, among other claims. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses members of United’s management and the traveling secretary of the Dodgers of selecting flight attendants based on race and appearance to work on charter flights for the team. The plaintiffs, Dawn Todd, 50, and Darby Quezada, 44, each have over 1…
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A small aircraft carrying two people landed on a dirt road outside a Marin County airport Thursday after experiencing engine trouble. The Novato Fire District received a call around 1 p.m. about an “experimental aircraft” that went down on a road just south of Gnoss Field in Novato, said Jeff Whittet, battalion chief for the fire district. Whittet told SFGATE that the pilot landed the aircraft after the engine troubles began soon after takeoff from the small airport. The pilot completed a contr…
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For a single morning in June 2022, downtown San Francisco was brought to a standstill as the Warriors championship parade rolled down Market Street. Now picture the same level of restrictions, closures and “carmageddon” occurring across downtown, but for six consecutive days. And instead of Steph Curry popping bottles of champagne, the celebrated guests are the presidents and prime ministers from 21 countries — including President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Asia-Pacific Eco…
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A waiter pauses outside an Italian restaurant on Main Street in Half Moon Bay on Oct. 9 with his head on a swivel. “Look at that,” he mutters as his eyes follow a caravan of pickups each loaded with a gargantuan gourd strapped to the truck bed. A few hours earlier, a Minnesota man beat out the competition to take first place at the 50th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in a nearby parking lot. The annual event marks the start of autumn, when travelers from the region and beyon…
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A remote county in the northeast corner of California — with such a small population that it had recorded zero cases of COVID-19 by July of 2020 — is bracing for a rare tourism explosion due to the annular solar eclipse. Modoc County (population 8,700 as of the 2020 census) is expected to see its community swell on the morning of Oct. 14 because it lies on the path of the upcoming cosmic ballet. It’s the only California county where the celestial phenomenon — when the moon passes between the…
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A United Airlines flight from San Francisco International Airport bound for Tel Aviv was diverted back to California on Oct. 6 just as Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. The flight departed SFO at 8:25 p.m. local time and was bound for Ben Gurion International Airport, according to data from the flight tracking site Flightradar24. The Tel Aviv hub is considered Israel’s main airport. According to Flightradar24, United Airlines flight 954 reversed direction back to SFO about seven hours…
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The California Highway Patrol has seen it all on state highways, including a Bay Area driver using a mannequin to allegedly cheat the carpool lane. To help inform the public about what is considered legal activity on the highway (or what could land you a ticket), CHP’s office in Stockton started a Q&A series it calls “Weird Wednesday.” Throughout the summer and into fall, CHP posed a question every Wednesday morning and revealed the answer that afternoon through its Facebook page. People have a…
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Nelly Furtado was halfway through her set at Portola 2023 when tears appeared in her eyes. The Canadian pop star with Portuguese heritage, who presided over global radio and singles charts throughout the first decade of the new millennium, had just finished the song that first sprung her into the spotlight, “I’m Like a Bird.” The uproarious reaction from the San Francisco audience moved her. She kneeled down as the band rattled off the final crescendo and wiped her eyes before professing a full…
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein has died at age 90 with years of influence behind her, and among her many legislative feats, the San Francisco-based politician notched a lesser-known achievement: championing airports across California. Earlier this year, Feinstein and Sen. Alex Padilla earmarked $139.5 million in federal funding for upgrades at eight airports across California, including San Francisco International Airport, which received $31,000,000 for extensive updates to a terminal roof. But a much sm…
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A soulless sedan arrives just before midnight near the corner of Judah Street and 20th Avenue in San Francisco’s Inner Sunset. Gayane Belonovich, visiting from Los Angeles, approaches the autonomous vehicle with a fluttering heart. Her husband films from behind as Belonovich advances towards the passenger door. She turns around to crack a pearly smile, eyebrows raised, then proceeds to articulate the step-by-step process for accessing the robotic taxi. In the video shared with SFGATE, Belonovi…
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This week in Get a Room, SFGATE’s roundup of news on hotels and accommodations around the San Francisco Bay Area, we check in on the status of downtown SF hotels. After the summer started with a huge loan default from the owner of the Hilton Union Square and Parc 55 hotels, how is the rest of the local industry doing? In West Marin, a new luxury hotel opens in a beautiful location with a terrifying past. And the only rooftop bar in San Rafael debuts to a “wild” demand. Setting a high rooftop bar…
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