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San Francisco’s Fleet Week Should Have Been Cancelled

San Francisco’s Fleet Week Should Have Been Cancelled

Posted on November 7, 2025November 13, 2025 by Josalyn Huynh

The ongoing federal government shutdown threatened to cancel San Francisco’s annual celebration of the United States military. But with the aid of international allies, Fleet Week prevailed.  Over Italian Heritage Weekend, four military jet fleets and one commercial airline team roared across the Bay Area skies. Rather than the traditional parade of ships that grace […]

A Utopia for Billionaires, a Nightmare for Residents

A Utopia for Billionaires, a Nightmare for Residents

Posted on October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 by Madeleine Kashkooli

In 2017, a mysterious company began buying large plots of land in Solano County, California. The company has since spent $900 million purchasing around 70,000 acres of farmland in what is currently the most rural part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Then, in August 2023, after speculation began to mount around the project, the […]

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