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- I had no clue what to make of the fandom surrounding BTS. So I dove in to find out.
- Being protected from COVID-19 is the most obvious benefit of getting vaccinated, but here's another one: free doughnuts. Starting Monday, anyone who shows proof of vaccination at Krispy Kreme will receive a free glazed doughnut.
- Replying to @SFGateA titan arum — otherwise known as the "corpse flower" — has a distinctive look with a stalk that can grow up to 15 feet tall. What it’s most known for, though, is its funky smell, which can be smelled from up to half a mile away.
- At Vanessa’s Bistro in Berkeley, owner Vi Nguyen recently encountered a customer who stood in her kitchen doorway to yell at her after a server made a simple mistake. “Not talk, yell,” Nguyen emphasized.
- Storm-producing fire clouds threw out hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes over wildfire-stricken British Columbia and northwestern Alberta provinces in Canada Wednesday and Thursday, bewildering meteorologists.
- DoorDash, the food delivery app based out of San Francisco, is requiring all its nondelivery employees, including CEO Tony Xu, to do a “dash” once a month — and some employees are seemingly furious.
- Drone footage from the "No Kings" protest at Ocean Beach 🎥 @adampardee
00:00 - Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San Francisco dlvr.it/RnzXMF
