Cannabis cafes are coming to SF—and it's about damn time
Plus: Midsummer music jams, author Ayelet Waldman goes Victorian
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Today's headlines:
Cannabis cafes are coming to SF—and it’s about damn time
By Dan Karkoska
A bill finally passed by the city last month allows cannabis retailers to serve food and beverages. Will SF become a new Amsterdam?
Subversive spirit matches Victorian romantic intrigue in Ayelet Waldman’s latest
By Lou Fancher
Berkeley author knocked off from award-winning TV work to finish 'a failed novel I tried to write a decade ago.'
Under the Stars: Midsummer music notables, from gallant rock to Jilly from Philly
By John-Paul Shiver
Plus: Black Marble plucks college radio strings, Twin Bloom bronzes out, The Koreatown Oddity raps it all up, more great listens
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