Downtown San Francisco's ghostly and 'depressing' mall clears out, shoppers find deals [2:21]

With the new mayor, SF has a fighting chance. "london breed' keyword, sorted, edited:

Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy [03/11/2025]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed loses reelection bid to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie [11/08/2024]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Nears Defeat to Levi's Heir Daniel Lurie [11/07/2024]
'You can only take so much': South Beach market to close after 35 years, citing crime, costs [09/09/2024]
San Francisco officials weigh in on departure of Elon Musk's X headquarters: 'Good riddance' [08/25/2024]
San Francisco Mayor Orders City to Offer Homeless People Bus Tickets Out of Town [08/02/2024]
San Francisco homeless nonprofit was 'irresponsible' with $240 million of taxpayer money, showering staff with pay bumps, in latest scandal to rock California's charity housing sector [04/29/2024]
San Francisco's Democratic mayor London Breed pushes for adults to be screened for drug addiction before they can get $700-a-month welfare payments amid city's spiraling fentanyl crisis [02/05/2024]
London Breed: 'Things Aren't as Bad' in San Francisco as Viral Videos Show [11/19/2023]
San Francisco Provides Welfare for 'Transgender' Black and Latino People [10/06/2023]
As predicted: San Francisco real estate tax collections nosedive [09/06/2023]
There was a massive fire in San Francisco, nearby residents had expressed concerns about homeless camps months earlier [08/02/2023]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Denies Retail Collapse in the City [05/30/2023]
San Francisco Office Values Collapse 75% [05/19/2023]
San Francisco drug deaths jump 41% to 200 in first quarter after officials shuttered the Tenderloin treatment center, putting homeless at mercy of fentanyl scourge [05/06/2023]
Miami mayor to Elon Musk: "It's time" for Twitter to relocate HQ to our city [12/09/2022]
'Stunning Reversal of Fortune': Ann Hsu Voted Off SF School Board Following Racist Comments [11/28/2022]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed offers jobs to fired Twitter employees [11/05/2022]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Apologizes for Comments About Hondurans [10/27/2022]
Increasing calls for recently-appointed San Francisco school board member to resign after racist comments [07/22/2022]
After making racist statement, S.F. school board member apologizes [07/20/2022]
Breed, SF Supe Spar Over Ballot Measure Mayor Calls Democratic Socialist Power Grab (SF Mayors Bashes Progressives) [07/12/2022]
Sex Harassment Allegations Upend Biden's Nominee to be India Ambassador. ( Garcetti ) [03/30/2022]
Man reportedly harasses teen's party at SF's Ocean Beach, breaks woman's nose with soda can [02/28/2022]
Bay Area calls on homeowners to help house homeless residents [02/08/2022]
San Francisco leaders approve mayor's emergency plan to combat crime, drugs in Tenderloin area (More Social Workers! YEAH!) [12/24/2021]
San Francisco DA, others denounce mayor's plan for police [12/20/2021]
High End Looting Brings Out the Hypocrisy of San Frans' Ruling Elites [12/18/2021]
Behind London Breed's Stunning 'Defund the Police' Turnaround in San Francisco [12/16/2021]
SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crime Crackdown; 'Less Tolerant Of All The Bulls -- That Has Destroyed Our City' [12/15/2021]
Pelosi slams 'attitude of lawlessness' in San Francisco, says 'I don't know' where it comes from [12/15/2021]
PHOTOS: San Francisco's Union Square Boards Up for Christmas After Mass Looting [12/01/2021]
News Crew's Bodyguard Killed by Armed Robbers While Covering Bay Area Robbery [11/28/2021]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Reaction to Crime Spree and Covid Surge: Clubbing [11/28/2021]
Retired Police Officer Killed During San Francisco Crime Spree [11/28/2021]
Wild Smash-and-Grabs in Democrat-run Cities Now Turn Deadly [11/27/2021]
Oakland security guard dies after the grandfather of three was shot while protecting a TV crew [11/27/2021]
KRON4 security guard dies from injuries after attempted armed robbery [11/27/2021]
2 more victims in Oakland shooting involving KRON4 security guard: police [11/25/2021]
Security guard shot during attempted robbery in Oakland while protecting news crew [11/24/2021]
San Francisco's Mayor Has a 'Genius' Idea to Stop Looting Over the Holiday: LIMIT PARKING [11/23/2021]
Top Florida Official Pleads With In-N-Out Burger to Move to the Sunshine State After Vaccine Mandate Closures [10/28/2021]
San Francisco mayor scolds 'fun police' after being criticized for flouting city's indoor mask mandate [09/20/2021]
San Fran Mayor DEFENDS Violating Her Own Mask Mandate at Club [09/20/2021]
Three Bay Area men charged in more than 70 robberies targeting Asian women, investigators say [09/20/2021]
You Are Not Going to Believe How the San Francisco Mayor Defended Her Going Maskless at Nightclub [09/18/2021]
Mayor Breed Defiant About Ditching Mask in San Francisco Nightclub [09/17/2021]
'Do any Democrats actually obey their own rules?': Outrage as maskless San Francisco Mayor London Breed defies her own laws and parties with BLM co-founder [09/17/2021]
Maskless San Francisco mayor breaks health order, seen partying with BLM co-founder at nightclub [09/17/2021]
VIDEO: Maskless San Francisco mayor seen partying at nightclub [09/17/2021]
SF Mayor Breed answers question about whether masking will be required again(Only one important paragraph in this article) [07/16/2021]
SF Mayor Announces $3.75 Million Redirected from Law Enforcement to Black Businesses [05/06/2021]
Trevor Noah: Democrats' Coronavirus 'Hypocrisy' Is 'Even Worse Than the Anti-Maskers' [12/04/2020]
Democrat hypocrites are undermining COVID with 'do as I say, not as I do' attitude [12/04/2020]
San Francisco bans tobacco smoking inside apartments, approves weed [12/02/2020]
San Francisco mayor London Breed - who imposed first city-wide lockdown - dined at the French Laundry restaurant the night after Gov. Gavin Newsom's infamous party [12/01/2020]
DOJ issues threat to London Breed over San Francisco church closures (only one person at a time allowed in church) [09/26/2020]
San Francisco mayor blasts Trump as a 'terrorist' and says it is 'time to move on' from Nancy Pelosi's salon visit where she flouted COVID rules by attending without a face mask [09/05/2020]
Mayor, Press Attack Faithful California Cleric [08/09/2020]
SF Mayor London Breed shreds white progressives for projecting beliefs onto city's Black residents [07/18/2020]
Statues Of Saint Junipero Serra, Ulysses S. Grant Toppled [06/21/2020]
San Francisco stay-at-home order extended 'indefinitely' mayor says [05/28/2020]
Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California. (Cat Fight!) [05/18/2020]
America's Havana - Thousands say ciao to San Francisco. [05/12/2020]
San Francisco's stay-at-home order likely to be extended, mayor says [04/26/2020]
San Francisco's mayor admits to affair and accepting gifts from the city's disgraced homelessness chief who is at the center of FBI corruption probe for accepting kickbacks [02/15/2020]
Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts marries longtime boyfriend: 'We made history' [01/17/2020]
Trump bashes San Francisco, saying it's in 'horrible shape' [10/26/2019]
BILLBOARD IN SF DEPICTS MAYOR BREED WITH FEET UP, SMOKING, HOLDING STACK OF BILLS [10/20/2019]
San Francisco Expands Travel Ban to Pro-Life States [10/17/2019]
Trump To Slap SF With Notice Of Environmental Violation [09/18/2019]
San Francisco to force treatment on mentally ill drug users [06/04/2019]
San Francisco area homeless count increases by double digits [05/16/2019]
FORMER SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR SAYS CITY 'TOO PERMISSIVE' WITH DRUG CULTURE [10/08/2018]
SF Mayor says her city is drowning in poop: 'there's more feces ... than I've ever seen' [07/15/2018]
This time around, London Breed becomes SF mayor and gets to keep the job [07/11/2018]
Pick for interim San Francisco mayor upsets black activists [01/24/2018]
San Francisco Feminism: Go Ahead, Abort Girls [09/14/2014]
Catherine Stefani, head of Cali Moms Demand Action, is just another professional gun grabber... [03/29/2014]

Shoppers finding final discounts as ghostly downtown SF mall clears out: ‘It’s depressing, it’s sad’
J.R. Stone
Thursday, April 3, 2025
https://abc7news.com/post/bloomingdales-sf-location-now-offering-70-discounts-nears-closure-san-francisco-centre/16121757/

No man in the world finds vocal fry appealing.

Historians 100 years from now will listen to recordings of middle-aged white women and wonder what strange vocal impediment caused them to speak this way.

The last time I visited there, many years ago, the place was bustling.

So sad to see what SF did to itself.

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