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7 Ways California’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Great News for Planet Earth

In California, the days of ocean-polluting, wildlife-killing plastic bags are over.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed into law a bill that makes the Golden State the first in the nation to enact a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. (Citywide bans are already in effect in San Francisco; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Portland, Ore.; and other municipalities.)

Beginning July 1, 2015, the bill will require retailers to provide alternatives such as recycled paper bags for at least a dime a pop.

How ban affects California and environment:

Savings

Climate Change

Cutting Back

Toxic Diet

Pollution

Sea Turtles

Costs

Read full article and view full gallery HERE.

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The wildly popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge hasn’t just revolutionized fundraising campaigns, it’s practically reinvented them. As of Thursday, the ALS Foundation has about 41.8 million reasons to thank the slightly masochistic challenge. But California isn’t feeling the love. In fact, the ALS Ice Bucket challenge may be contributing to California’s drought, and some residents are less than pleased.

Of course, the challenge’s cause is a worthy one, and regardless of its faults, the Ice Bucket Challenge has helped the ALS Foundation raise 20 times more this yearthan it did last year. But it comes at a cost — our most precious natural resource, and one that some areas of the country (and many parts of the world) are in desperate need of. 

Read rest: http://www.bustle.com/articles/36821-the-ice-bucket-challenge-the-california-drought-arent-mixing-well

Contributing to a great cause, but I believe the right thing to do with California’s circumstances is to just donate and skip the ice bucket challenge part all together.

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San Francisco, California via Danilo Fermata

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Finally a place to share our best Muni experiences :)

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CNBC’s list of the top ten most diverse cities in the United States. Proud to say four out of ten of them are ours :) Number 1 is Los Angeles, Number 5 is San Diego, Number 3 is Oakland, and Number 9 is San Francisco. Love all the culture we have to offer!

Read the rest: http://www.cnbc.com/id/43066296/page/1

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Financial District Glow (Vertical) by Chris Camargo on Flickr.

San Francisco, California

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Blue Hour in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, CA by Craig Hudson Photography on Flickr.

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I stumbled upon Starbuck’s “We Are Here” Mug collection on Amazon and I had to share the Californian ones with you guys! It’s the perfect season to give someone a mug for tea, coffee, hot cocoa, etc. especially one with their favorite Californian cities on it! They also have other cities around the rest of the US too! Just search “we are here starbucks mug” on amazon or any other website. Below are the links if you guys want to purchase these mugs!

California state mug

San Diego mug

San Francisco mug

Los Angeles mug

Orange County mug

Lake Tahoe mug

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Calhoun Terrace View - May 31, 2011 by glassjudah on Flickr.

Via Flickr: A Rainy Day View from Calhoun Terrace Calhoun Terrace & Union Street Telegraph Hill San Francisco, California

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Book Stores in Bay Area

Click here to see authors: http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/books/item/Bay-Area-Literary-Map-23355.php

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‎"Celestial Crossing" by j-dub1980(THANK YOU FOR 100k+ Views) on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Constellations are seldom visible in urban areas due to light pollution however, there are some nights its possible to view the faint star light glimmer in the night sky. On this particular night i sat along the shoreline at Treasure Island watching Canis Major and Orion in transit above the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. I knew the constellations were too high in the sky to fit with the landscape into a single frame so i decided to compose a vertical panorama. This is the result of 3 images blended in post production.

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Christmas Time in San Francisco, CA Part 1

Photo sources:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10191087@N07/6774674059/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nxtrfoto/5265740836/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markarlilly/5275817115/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighton3210/6529922041/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryleeusa/4259836340/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rushkie/2261566555/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidyuweb/2097134129/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocturnalbob/6458462255/

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Map of S.F.

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Sutro Stage in Lindley Meadow full on Saturday for Outside Lands

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Jack White performed “Hotel Yorba” at a surprise set at Outside Lands 2012 (Official Video) (by bonnaroo365)

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Bi-Rite Creamery and Bakeshop located on 18th Street of San Francisco, another location coming soon on Divisadero Street!

http://biritecreamery.com/

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This is off McAllister between the Civic Center area and Alamo Square.

Someone’s either got a weird sense of humor…or is seriously bitter. #sanfrancisco (Taken with Instagram)