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Owner Bruce Hill says slinging pizza in an oversized downtown San Francisco space isn’t working anymoreIt’s the end of a leopard-spotted pizza era in San Francisco. Zero Zero, chef and owner Bruce Hill’s SoMa Neapolitan-style pizzeria, will serve its final pies on Saturday, November 12. Hill says the decision has been a long time coming, noting that coming out of the pandemic has been “just too tough” for the restaurant. There are a number of reasons behind the decision, but in a nutshell, Zero Zero’s large, bi-level downtown space has become untenable in a post-COVID landscape. “I would definitely categorize...

President Joe Biden complained that oil companies were not drilling enough for oil, despite his long history of trying to block oil and gas production in the United States. “We haven’t slowed them down at all, they should be drilling more than they’re doing now,” Biden said. “If they were drilling more we’d have more relief at the pump.”

The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to "unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs." Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology NBA commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the Nets said Irving is "currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets." "We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film. This was not...

“We are igniting a new industry and an ecosystem that attracts international and local investments and creates job opportunities for local talent,” the crown prince said Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday launched Ceer, the first Saudi electric vehicle brand. Ceer is the first Saudi automotive brand to produce electric vehicles in the Kingdom, and will design, manufacture, and sell a range of vehicles including sedans and sports utility vehicles for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and North Africa region, Saudi Press Agency reported. The brand will contribute to Saudi Arabia’s automotive manufacturing sector...

Denver Newsroom, Oct 21, 2022 / 15:00 pm On Friday, the police of the dictatorship in Cuba interrogated Adrián Martínez Cádiz, EWTN correspondent in Havana, and later fined him 3,000 Cuban pesos (about $125) for having criticized the regime on social media. The Territorial Control Office of the Cuban Ministry of Communications issued an official document in which it determined that the journalist violated Decree Law 370 by “disseminating, through public data transmission networks, information contrary to the interests of society, morals, good customs, and people’s safety.” Therefore, continues the Oct. 21 document, “the competent authority proceeded to impose a...

The operator of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Nord Stream AG, announced Wednesday that, after an initial inspection, it has found man-made craters in the seabed near a pipeline damaged by the September explosions. "Technogenic craters with a depth of 3 to 5 meters were found on the seabed at a distance of about 248 meters from each other. The section of the pipeline between the craters is destroyed and the dispersion radius of the pipeline fragments is at least 250 meters," the company detailed in a statement.

-Khan’s doctor says condition stable, bullet shrapnel in his leg, one leg bone chipped -Khan aide Faisal Javed, injured in attack, says party spirits high, protest march to go on ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party said on Thursday he had narrowly escaped a “well-planned assassination attempt” after the ex-premier was shot in the leg during a gun attack on his ‘long march’ convoy, unleashing protests around the country. The attack took place as Khan was leading a march to the capital in a bid to pressure the government to announce early elections. The movement began from the...

Twitter has notified employees that the company will be “reducing our global workforce” on Friday, November 4th…. …While the memo doesn't detail the scope of the cuts, they are expected to number roughly half of Twitter’s roughly 7,500 workforce. You can read the full Twitter memo to employees below: Team, In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the...

“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence” (Proverbs 4:16-17 KJV).

English, Spanish and Polish melded as a group of about 40 people braved the cold to protest the removal of the La Pieta sculpture from St. Adalbert Church in Pilsen. The removal, which was scheduled for Tuesday, was ultimately postponed due to a permit issue, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago. Protesters took breaks from chanting “Save our church!” and “Shame on you!” in order to pray in different languages, holding rosaries and American and Mexican flags up as they stood in an alley behind the church. About 30 police officers flanked the group. “It just isn’t right,” said Anina...

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California could be in danger of losing her House seat as the race has shifted in the GOP's direction, according to a nonpartisan political forecaster. The Cook Political Report on Tuesday released a new analysis that moved California's 47th congressional district from a "lean Democratic" rating to a "toss-up," showing signs that Porter might not cruise to reelection. Porter, a progressive Democrat seeking a third term, has become a breakout star within her party in recent years, attracting widespread support. She's often gone viral on social media for using a whiteboard during committee hearings to...

Schick’s accusation of right-wing extremism towards faithful Catholics follows similar smears against the Berlin March for Life participants.(LifeSiteNews) — German Archbishop Ludwig Schick has stated that rejecting other religions as a Catholic is a sign of “right-wing extremist tendencies” and that he sees these tendencies among “certain pro-life activists.” Schick, who is the archbishop for the diocese of Bamberg, talked about the danger of “right-wing ideas” among members of the Church in an interview with domradio.de. “Whoever is a Christian must stand up for freedom, for unity, for worldwide solidarity and worldwide charity, otherwise he does not deserve the name...

Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli appeared on Steve Bannon’s War Room today following yesterday’s bombshell presentation on voter fraud in the 2020 Election. Borrelli reviewed the findings from yesterday with Steve Bannon, and he said the 2020 election in Arizona was “uncertifiable.” The Gateway Pundit reported on the full presentation yesterday live from Maricopa County, Arizona. A team in Maricopa County reviewed voter registration forms and compared them with signatures on over 100,000 ballot envelopes, and they identified a staggering 20% error rate in signature verification. Below is a summary of their findings.

Mississippi Today Mississippi Today Donate CONTINUING COVERAGEJackson Water Crisis The Backchannel Health Welfare Scandal Abortion Law Culture Sports Noticias en español POSTED INSPORTS RIP Ray Guy, the best athlete I ever saw Avatar photo by Rick Cleveland November 3, 2022 Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Ray Guy, the best athlete these eyes have ever witnessed, died Thursday morning in Hattiesburg following a long illness. He was 72. Many times over the...

San Francisco’s top prosecutor confirmed Wednesday her office will not release police body camera footage or 911 calls from the alleged Paul Pelosi attack late last week. Authorities said that David DePape, 42, allegedly broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her husband Paul during the early morning hours of Oct. 28, according to court documents, before he allegedly struck Pelosi with a hammer. No security camera footage, police body camera footage, or 911 calls have been released. When pressed about releasing more evidence in the case, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told...

Republican Cassy Garcia said the campaign donation, which was made over 15 years ago, is “part of a troubling pattern.” Republican Cassy Garcia, the nominee challenging Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), said her opponent has “disgraced” his office after National Review published a report about a donation to Cuellar’s campaign over 15 years ago from someone connected to the Los Zetas drug cartel. At the time, Cuellar’s team indicated that it donated the cash to charity after becoming aware of the criminal activity surrounding the individual in question. Garcia blasted the congressman in a statement published this week, calling it “part...

It took a while, but I have now softened up to the concept of "house butter."Let me get this part out of the way: According to the Food and Drug Administration, it's safe to leave butter and margarine out at room temperature. The agency warns that leaving your butter in this temperate state for a few days may result in its flavor turning toward rancid, but I like to live my life on a knife's edge, and I take the risk. This isn't how I was raised. Did you grow up in a butter household? I didn't. It was...

Derek Brown's new company, Positive Damage Inc., leans into his punk rock past to help Americans think and drink more mindfully.Most of what Derek Brown needed to know about life, he learned from punk and hardcore music. That includes finding the courage to be publicly sober while also being one of the most respected bartenders in the business. In a phone interview a couple days after his 48th birthday, Brown was feeling a little rough. Not from overconsumption; rather, he'd celebrated by going out to see a couple D.C. bands he'd loved growing up (Soulside and Verbal Assault, if...

This is a very interesting interview. He's still a Democrat. He supports Tina Forte, Lee Zeldin, and....Donald Trump. And he refuses to leave the Democratic Party. The party left him. He wants to push the party past this current insanity to a new platform. Maybe he and others can.

The comments were made at a rally on 11/3/22