Billionaire gifts more millions to SF's growing surveillance state
Plus: Eating 42 dishes in one meal (!), Spacemoth alights again, what to do this weekend
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Today's headlines:
Billionaire Chris Larsen gifts more millions to SF’s growing surveillance state
By Ian Firstenberg
Police Commission approves another huge donation to SFPD's Real Time Investigation Center, whose operations have not been secure.
BIG WEEK: Japan Day, Bastille Day, World Cup Watch Party, Totally Tubular Fest…
By 48 Hills Arts Team
40th AIDS Walk, Margo Price, Kai Alce, sidewalk pastry sale, Little Big Mouth, A Flag With Teeth, Satoshi Tomiie, more to do!
Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’
By John-Paul Shiver
Plus: Nate Mercereau strums up 'Fantastic Thoughts,' Issa Rae and Kool Keith come to SF, Eric André gets his bag, more music
Good Taste: 42 dishes in one meal? Merchant Roots did that
By Tamara Palmer
...and we ate it. SoMa restaurant offers 'Around the Summer in 42 Plates'—and a 'pay what you can' night.
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