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Life is dotted with moments of clarity. Tiny forks in the long road of existence, if you will. For example: When you find yourself at prom with a real dipshit because the person you
really liked was
too cool for a
dance emphasizing your shitty taste in both crushes and revenge that’s a real moment of clarity. Losing your keys at Chicago’s finest dive bar because you let Julie talk you into doing Jaeger shots, so now you’re just sitting up with the KJ trying not to cry because you’re so tired that’s another. Well, Rick Rojas of the
A San Francisco fountain trickles to a halt, a victim of changing times
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The Rincon Center courtyard, between residential towers, hosts fewer events in the pandemic.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A fountain sprinkles water at the Rincon Center atrium in May 1989.Steve Ringman / The Chronicle 1989Show MoreShow Less
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Coco Chan (l to r), assistant and Liana Bravo, manager prepare orders at Yank Sing in the Rincon Center on Thursday, February 11, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Photos by Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Rincon Center lobby, a former post office, features 1940s murals depicting California’s origins by Russian emigre Anton Refregier.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The story behind the Star Trek IV punk on bus: Kirk Thatcher Q&A
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Kirk Thatcher and Leonard Nimoy star in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Paramount Studios 1986
The “punk on bus” is the real hero of the 1986 movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.”
The Muni-riding rebel gives William Shatner the middle finger did any actor in the “Trek” universe deserve it more? on the Golden Gate Bridge. He shares his art with his fellow passengers. (It turns out the punk wrote that “I Hate You” song playing on the boom box.) And he created, with apologies to the “Bullitt” car chase, the most purely crowd-pleasing moment in San Francisco movie history.
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The C from San Francisco s famous Coca-Cola sign was preserved. But finding a new home for it isn t so easy
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The Coca-Cola billboard on Interstate 80 near the Bay Bridge; it came down last year after 83 years.Loren Elliott / The Chronicle
Back in October, when Coca-Cola dismantled its iconic red-and-white sign that had greeted Bay Bridge commuters for 83 years, Supervisor Matt Haney asked the beverage company for a favor.
Could the sign a treasured part of the city skyline be preserved?
Well, what’s happened since proves the old adage that you should be careful what you wish for. The company kept the giant “C” the one starting the word Coca for Haney. And it’s absolutely enormous, measuring 28 feet wide, 20 feet high and six feet deep.
Yelp seeks to shrink S.F. headquarters after remote work shift, layoffs
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Pedestrians walk past Yelp headquarters in 2018. After 1,000 layoffs, Yelp is reportedly seeking to shrink its San Francisco headquarters.Amy Osborne / Special To The Chronicle 2018Show MoreShow Less
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Employees work at various spaces around 140 New Montgomery St., its headquarters since 2013.Amy Osborne / Special To The Chronicle 2018Show MoreShow Less
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Yelp employees work at its San Francisco headquarters in 2018. The company is also shrinking its offices in other cities.Amy Osborne / Special To The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Yelp is the latest tech company moving to downsize its headquarters in San Francisco, as the coronavirus pandemic and shift to remote work reshapes the local economy.