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APRIL 29, 1992: After four police officers who were caught on tape beating Rodney King were acquitted in Los Angeles, protests erupted in San Francisco, escalating to rioting and a subsequent curfew.

APRIL 29, 1992: After four police officers who were caught on tape beating Rodney King were acquitted in Los Angeles, protests erupted in San Francisco, escalating to rioting and a subsequent curfew.

REPOST Rioting is not new to San Francisco. Growing up, my mother Anne heard about labor strikes that became violent[1]. She was alive when people…

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OCTOBER 7, 2020: @fog_karla made her debut on Twitter to replace @KarltheFog, San Francisco’s gentle giant.

OCTOBER 7, 2020: @fog_karla made her debut on Twitter to replace @KarltheFog, San Francisco’s gentle giant.

When I asked my aunt, Jennifer Gasparich Wreden, the first thing that popped into her head when she thought about growing up in San Francisco,…

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