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San Francisco’s top political leaders piled on Tuesday in opposition to a right-wing group’s planned rally next week at Crissy Field, with Mayor Ed Lee expressing outrage that the National Park Service granted a permit for the event and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi questioning whether it had been approved “under guidance from the White House.” [...] the local managers of Presidio National Park said the group’s politics made no difference because it had a constitutional right to a permit — as long as public safety isn’t endangered. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has signed a new executive order intended to make more efficient the federal permitting process for construction of transportation, water and other infrastructure projects without harming the environment. The Obama order was especially unwieldy because it didn't standardize across the government how sea level rise was to be taken into account, which left each federal agency to come up with its own standards, said Jimmy Christianson, an attorney with the Associated General Contractors. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A year after a bruising debate over how Mississippi's schools should be rated, education officials are revisiting their decisions. State Department of Education officials said Tuesday that technical flaws in the system approved last year must be fixed, or else results will falsely show that Mississippi has fewer high-performing school districts than last year. The state Commission on School Accreditation voted 9-1 for the change Tuesday, but recommended that schools and districts that would... Читать дальше...

Giants place Panik on 7-day concussion DL MIAMI — Joe Panik’s condition worsened by Tuesday afternoon, according to Giants manager Bruce Bochy, and the team placed the second baseman on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Panik took a blow to the head Sunday in Washington when he slid into the plate and was hit by a ball thrown from the outfield just as Nationals catcher Matt Wieters caught it and applied the tag. Panik, who did no baseball work for a second straight day and spent much of Tuesday’s pregame in the trainer’s room... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Louisiana's contested redesign of statewide public school policies, submitted by education officials over the objections of Gov. John Bel Edwards, received federal approval Tuesday. The plan crafted by Louisiana's education department changes the way student performance is measured in the state, toughening the method for calculating public school letter grades. Standardized testing requirements are being reworked to cut down on testing time, while teacher mentoring efforts will be boosted... Читать дальше...

Grocery stores face revamp as tech advances, The story about the future of grocery purchases gave an incorrect date for when the farmers’ market in the Ferry Building got its start. The regular market opened in 1993. The story that started on the Front Page about the anniversary of the evictions at the International Hotel misstated the history of the Ellis Act, which exempts single-room-occupancy buildings in San Francisco from forced eviction.

Pocket Listings May Short-Change Sellers
The fast pace of Bay Area real estate, where homes are snapped up as soon as they hit the market, is fueling an interesting trend: pocket listings, homes not listed on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS), are on the rise.

AMC Theatres announced in a statement on Tuesday that it will consult with its attorneys on possibly preventing MoviePass’ recently announced $9.95/month subscription plan from being accepted at their theaters, saying the plan is “not in the best interest of moviegoers, movie theatres and movie studios.” In AMC’s view, that price level is unsustainable and only sets up consumers for ultimate disappointment down the road if or when the product can no longer be fulfilled. [...] AMC will not be able to offer discounts to MoviePass in the future... Читать дальше...

DURHAM, N.C. — Protesters will face felony charges for toppling a nearly century-old Confederate statue in front of a North Carolina government building, the sheriff said Tuesday. In Gainesville, Fla., workers hired by the Daughters of the Confederacy chipped away at a Confederate soldier’s statue, loaded it quietly on a truck and drove away with little fanfare. The deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., is accelerating the removal of Confederate monuments in cities across the... Читать дальше...

"From hollow councils to bad policy and embracing bigotry, the actions of this administration have consistently failed working people," says Richard Trumka “We joined this council with the intent to be a voice for working people and real hope that it would result in positive economic policy, but it has become yet another broken promise on the President’s record,” the statement went on. Alliance for American Manufacturing’s president Scott Paul, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and Under Armour CEO Kevin... Читать дальше...

The Duffer brothers are identical twin brothers best known for writing and directing a number of science fiction and horror films and television shows before hitting critical mass with “Stranger Things” on Netflix. The filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz broke through with the blockbuster 1999 teen sex comedy “American Pie.” Last year, Amazon Studios signed a two-year first-look deal with the Weitz brothers production company Depth of Field. Bob runs profit center Dimension that has unveiled... Читать дальше...

Homegrown stars shine at Art & Soul Oakland R&B singer-songwriter Goapele, Grammy-nominated duo Los Rakas and up-and-coming rapper Adrian Marcel are all scheduled to perform at the downtown fete over the weekend. Other musical performers include singer-actress Angie Stone, Chanté Moore, Sydney Nycole, John Brothers Piano Company, Tony Toni Toné and more. The third annual Oaktown Throwdown barbecue competition will also feature 40 professional pit masters and backyard teams from all over the state.

Sanger took over as independent chairman late last year after John Stumpf, Wells Fargo’s then CEO and chairman, abruptly resigned in the aftermath of the bank’s sales practices scandal. While Sanger was applauded for the sales-scandal investigation, investors said he and the board shared some responsibility for how Wells Fargo operated in the years before the scandal broke. Germany’s second-largest carrier, Air Berlin, is filing for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad of Abu Dhabi... Читать дальше...

Something seems off about Angela (Atim Udoffia) from the opening moments of Kirsten Greenidge’s “Zenith,” now in a world premiere as part of San Francisco Playhouse’s Sandbox Series, which gives new plays stripped-down productions. Never has an aunt seemed so determined, so overeager, to take a bunch of kids off the hands of her sister-in-law, Hazel (Nia Fairweather). “Zenith” deals with the aftermath of tragedy, and Greenidge doles out information judiciously, beguilingly, teleporting in characters... Читать дальше...

Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Sunday’s episode of “Game of Thrones” Since before “Game of Thrones” was a show, fans have speculated that Gendry, the affable blacksmith from Flea Bottom and friend to Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), could be pretty important. After Ned Stark (Sean Bean) was executed for treason, Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) had his Valyrian steel greatsword, Ice, melted down into two new blades. Valyrian steel is extremely important in the war with the White Walkers... Читать дальше...

Consumer spending accounts for around 70 percent of economic activity, so the latest result is a good sign for overall economic growth. Michael Pearce, U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said the strong gain in July sales showed that consumer spending was off to a good start for the third quarter. “With the labor market still adding jobs at a rapid pace, consumption growth looks set to remain strong for at least the rest of this year,” Pearce said. The sporting goods chain said that athletic... Читать дальше...

The public information officer for the Alameda County sheriff’s office apologized Tuesday for mistakenly retweeting a video of a press conference held by a prominent white supremacist. Sgt. Ray Kelly said he was doing research Monday night on neo-Nazi groups ahead of their planned Aug. 27 gathering in Berkeley when he accidentally retweeted Richard Spencer’s “Unite the Right” news conference to the more than 10,000 followers of the sheriff’s office. “I hit buttons at the bottom of the video and somehow it went up on our feed,” Kelly said... Читать дальше...

Facebook will spend $750 million on a new data center in central Ohio, the company announced Tuesday — marking another boost for the state’s growing technology sector. The world’s biggest social media company joined Republican Gov. John Kasich and a host of other dignitaries to announce that its 10th data center will be in New Albany, just northeast of Columbus. The 22-acre data center will be powered exclusively by renewable energy. Rachel Peterson, the Menlo Park company’s director of data center strategy and development... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Combative and insistent, President Trump declared anew Tuesday “there is blame on both sides” for the deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Va., appearing to once again equate the actions of white supremacist groups and those protesting them. The president’s comments effectively wiped away the more conventional statement he delivered at the White House a day earlier when he branded members of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who take part in violence as “criminals... Читать дальше...

The San Francisco city attorney’s office has notched a major legal victory in a long-running legal dispute with a retail services company that it accused of extorting and falsely imprisoning shoplifting suspects. Correctional Education Co., or CEC, partners with retailers and security firms to offer a $500 “corrective education” diversion program to people accused of shoplifting that allows them to avoid criminal charges. According to the 2015 lawsuit, apprehended shoplifting suspects are escorted... Читать дальше...

Read original story ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Laverne Cox Exclusive EmmyQuickie Portraits (Photos) At TheWrap

WASHINGTON — President Trump shared on Twitter a cartoon on Tuesday morning of a train running over a person with a CNN logo covering the person’s head, three days after a fatal collision in Charlottesville, Va. On Monday, Trump bowed to pressure and condemned white supremacists protesting the removal of a Confederate statue, and the president called racism “evil.” The president has long appeared to sanction violence, going back to his campaign when, at a rally, he said he wanted to punch a Black Lives Matter protester in the face. Читать дальше...

Matthew Sweet is back with a little help from his friends The same year Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and R.E.M.’s “Out of Time” climbed the charts, Matthew Sweet scored an unlikely breakthrough with 1991’s “Girlfriend.” Sweet used a Kickstarter campaign to fund his most recent release, “Tomorrow Forever.” The album mines his familiar sound, with the help of artists like Rod Argent of the Zombies, Debbie Peterson of the Bangles, and Jayhawks frontman Gary Louris. “Because of the generosity of the people who contributed... Читать дальше...

When Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement from feature films with the release of “Side Effects,” it became an instant cliché to say that he picked a good way to go out. If he occasionally strays into zaniness, these departures add color and are usually welcome, because they don’t distort the drive and shape of the story. Here and there, “Logan Lucky” has pleasing moments, but they arise and disappear, and the story remains — and this is especially surprising in a Soderbergh film — a matter of complete indifference. Читать дальше...

“It was not a fun season for Sophia,” Cox said in an interview with TheWrap. Because the character is in solitary confinement, the character is suicidal. Cox was nominated for an Emmy for the fourth episode of the season, titled “Doctor Psycho,” in which Sophia lights her mattress on fire in the SHU and is transferred to Max. Cox further explained that inmates in solitary confinement experience hallucinations, paranoia and often become suicidal, so she hoped that people would begin to think more... Читать дальше...