Archive for 'safety'
Friday Fireworks
Linking fourth . . . “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” — Benjamin Franklin San Francisco Mission district murals : Ay candela! Portuguese influence on San Leandro : Bem-vindo China tourism to the city could double : ?? Free San [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2008 under links, restaurants, safety.
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Make a reservation
Go ahead, make a reservation to eat out in Oakland. It’s probably a little safer today than it was yesterday. Oakland has been shaken by a series of takeover-style restaurant robberies. Now a suspect has been arrested, and warrants issued for two more. The arrested suspect is a 16-year-old boy from San Francisco, and one [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2008 under safety.
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San Francisco Crime Map
A programmer named Lawrence Kesteloot was considering buying a house in San Francisco. In the process of researching neighborhoods he created this interesting mashup showing crime rates in San Francisco by neighborhood. Kesteloot mentions the significant caveat that “The color represents the number of crimes, but really it should represent the number of crimes per [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2007 under safety.
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