Ryan Atkins

[gilare zada @gilarezada]

This case was something I pursued fervently at Mission Local - and it all started with some questionable tows - tows that only skimmed the surface. Big thank you to @EskSF and @MLNow for seeing this to fruition, and keeping me in the loop.

https://t.co/OCv5O3CyUy

[Mission Local @MLNow]

NEW: SF teachers & other school staff are gearing up for strikes, following months of failed negotiations w/the district.

Unions are advancing strike votes in coming weeks, meaning thousands could walk off the job.

via @gilare_zada @jrivanob

https://t.co/sbfkMAZUwQ

[gilare zada @gilarezada]

“When educators from public schools go on strike, it's a teaching opportunity. Showing students how to stand up for themselves. It’s a vision of justice.”

@MLNow

https://t.co/ENfCeKSYFu

[gilare zada @gilarezada]

Last call for katsu sando cravings or a matcha cream pie fix 🍵

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This is a dangerous suggestion that journalists can’t exercise their political opinions. IRS law forbids non-profits from endorsements or oppositions relevant to ongoing campaigns … not from expressing their opinions on the government. Best to read up.

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“That’s why I don’t like body cams” - a 29 page indictment presented by the DOJ revealed the morbid underbelly of Antioch PD’s disgraced officers’ misconduct.

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Classes are back in session - and SFUSD is still looking for teachers.

via @gilare_zada

https://t.co/nrdjYUwilI

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“Death is in my blood:” I had a fascinating conversation with Winegarner, whose new book peers into the city from a new lens - from underground and upward…

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I came, I saw, I chowed down. Gyros and Tzatziki serves up classic dishes and elemental surprises - Choclava is just too good.

[Mission Local @MLNow]

This is what a day in the life of a Mission Local reporter looks like!

Bringing you high-quality journalism takes a lot of work; we have been doing it for 15 years. Will you help us keep serving you?

Donate here: https://t.co/XuhWCHR3o2

#15yearsofML

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Hold onto your cars folks - Auto Towing LLC is giving vehicles a wild (and allegedly extremely illegal) ride.

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Families & friends of Ryant "Peanut" Bluford, the man slain by SFPD yesterday, described a man w/mental health issues, the result of a decade-plus behind bars.

They said Bluford disdained police. He seems to have aimed at officers before they opened fire.
https://t.co/hkewJIfCRV

[gilare zada @gilarezada]

This story was a pleasure to write! Check it out to see all that the amazing Bay Sox have accomplished. @MLNow

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Girls just want ... to home run.

An all-girls San Francisco baseball team is now the nation's No. 1

from @gilare_zada

https://t.co/wOjPO7bNKW

[gilare zada @gilarezada]

If you’re a spirit seeker or a dosa devotee, these new restaurants are calling your name. Foodie news and more from @MLNow

[Mission Local @MLNow]

We used witness statements, police records, social media posts, video, and photographs to put together an interactive timeline of the Dolores Park Hill Bomb.
https://t.co/CxtoE6BZQ1

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Emotions ran high but Curran’s restitution runs highest. If approved by judges on September 8th, Curran will find himself saddled with $1M in fees owed to DBI for his audit.

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Disgraced former building inspector Bernie Curran sentenced to a year and a day in prison.

via @gilare_zada

https://t.co/Rem82Lg9YV

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So grateful that I got to profile the amazing @joanryan for this piece. She’s a force ✨ https://t.co/jbd3lgzlCi

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

Keeanu Reeves

He was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident.

His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.

And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need.

When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $ 20,000 and on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account;

He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.

In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.

After winning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated more than $ 50 million to the staff who handled the costumes and special effects - the true heroes of the trilogy, as he called them.

He also gave a Harley-Davidson to each of the stunt doubles. A total expense of several million dollars. And for many successful films, he has even given up 90% of his salary to allow the production to hire other stars.

In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

Most stars when they make a charitable gesture they declare it to all the media. He has never claimed to be doing charity, he simply does it as a matter of moral principles and not to look better in the eyes of others.

This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: Be a good person.