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NYC Mayor Eric Adams, in a surprising move, has called for every US city to share the load in accommodating migrants. Facing an increasingly overwhelming influx of newcomers, Adams has proposed this radical plan as New York grapples with thousands of new arrivals each day. Ironically, his 'share the love' approach emerges while his city, a proclaimed sanctuary, struggles to maintain its...

In a world where shoplifting has become as commonplace as parking violations, major retailers are reeling. Target has now joined the unfortunate club of retailers resorting to desperate measures to curb losses, following in the footsteps of Walmart's mass store closure strategy. Last year alone, Target's losses, primarily due to organized retail crime, are estimated at a staggering $1.2...

Amidst an overwhelming retail exodus, San Francisco, once revered for its illustrious shopping scene, finds itself in the throes of a spiraling crisis. The city has been hemorrhaging retailers at an alarming rate, with over half of its downtown stores closing their doors since the outbreak of the pandemic. The recent announcement by Williams Sonoma, one of the few remaining major retailers, to not...

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A number of House Democrats led by Rep. Cori Bush introduced a resolution Thursday to reignite a push for federal reparations that would amount to over half the U.S. GDP.  The resolution states that the U.S. has a 'legal and moral' obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of black people and calls for $14 trillion to be paid - 'at least the amount of the black white wea...

Marc Dones, the CEO of the King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA), has decided to step down after leading the department for two years. “The KCRHA team and our city and county partners are grateful and appreciative of the visionary work of CEO Marc Dones in starting up the King County Regional Homelessness Authority as a new regional agency,” Anne Martens, the senior director of External...

Riding on the heels of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's new mayor, Brandon Johnson, has set his sights on big business and high earners for tax hikes to fund his Progressive agenda. Almost as if caught in a ghastly dream, major firms in the city are voicing their readiness to vacate rather than bear the brunt of the new financial strategy. In a telling illustration, CME Group Incorporat...

The Rose City, once heralded as a haven of independent spirit and resilience, is losing its charm, and its residents, amid a burgeoning fentanyl crisis. Thousands of Portland residents are opting for greener pastures, fleeing from the disconcerting wave of drug addiction and crime, a byproduct of public safety issues. Erica Hatfield, a third-generation Portland resident, drew a stark line between...

As the Pacific Northwest braces for the onset of summer, the city of Portland is girding for a surge in shootings, a grim reality that's all too familiar to the city's residents. The violent incidents, especially shootings, tend to rise in correlation with the warmer months. One would hope for a subsequent increase in arrests as well, but Portland's reality contrasts this expectatio...

In the heart of downtown San Francisco, a rather unpleasant trend is on the rise, with human waste increasingly found in the Westfield Mall elevators. As one scratches their head, wondering why this subject is worth discussing, it's important to note that it's not just about the unseemly waste; it's an indicator of societal changes signaling a potential downward spiral. The frequenc...

In the midst of soaring housing costs and a global pandemic, the city of San Francisco finds itself caught in a potentially damaging cycle - the "Doom Loop." As downtown high-rises empty out and businesses abandon the city core, a critical financial vacuum forms. City coffers run dry, public services suffer, and the urban exodus accelerates. Yet, there are those who are celebrating this...

With crime rates soaring in DC and other cities with similar leadership, the focus of the D.C Attorney General is, surprisingly, gas stoves. Amid an escalating crime wave, a crime-ridden capital city, and weekend shootings counted by the dozen, the AG's attention is directed towards the "danger" of gas stoves. An attempt to correlate the surge in crime rates to gas stoves might seem...

In a surprising twist, the City of Los Angeles, known for its glitter and glam, is shelling out hefty amounts of taxpayer dollars to house the city's homeless population in motels. These are not plush retreats, mind you, but often rundown establishments that seem to have seen better days. While some may argue it's an upgrade from the streets, the conditions, rife with mold and leaky pipe...

Update 12:40 p.m.: The United States Postal Service USPS) is now claiming mail delivery will start again Tuesday for residents in South Seattle. Service was suspended last week for some people in the “98118” zip code, residents told KIRO Newsradio they were told a master mailbox key was stolen. USPS said mail delivery was paused to fewer than 900 residents, and the total zip code covers around 49,...

Downtown Portland has developed something of a bad reputation. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it's been a slow rebound for the area, marked by reduced foot traffic, soaring office vacancies, rampant unsheltered homelessness and a perception, at least, that the area isn't safe. But is it really as bad as it's cracked up to be? The Story's Pat Dooris took a walk through downtown ea...

Workers in a San Francisco Target store say they are being shoplifted every ten minutes, as the city faces an exodus of retail stores due to theft. Employees say they have watched individuals actively 'shoveling' goods into bags before making off. Multiple products including shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes and some foods are now kept behind barriers that require staff to open them.  But...

In October 2022, after completing a multimillion-dollar renovation, Australian furniture and lifestyle retailer Coco Republic opened its flagship San Francisco location at 55 Stockton St. in Union Square. Seven months later, a Coco Republic spokesperson told SFGATE that its flagship San Francisco location is set to close in the next few months, citing a familiar reason: lack of customer foot traff...

Market dynamics are influencing adjustments in housing prices, suggested an officer at Northwest Multiple Listing Service, but with “very constricted” inventory, he said homes that are well priced continue to receive multiple offers. Commenting on the latest statistics from Northwest MLS, Frank Leach, vice chairperson of the MLS board of directors and the broker/owner at RE/MAX Platinum Services i...

T-Mobile joined a growing list of companies that have moved out of San Francisco’s downtown area in recent months.  T-Mobile’s two-story flagship location in San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood was permanently shuttered, with a note now directing customers to instead visit two other locations in the city, according to the San Francisco Business Times.  The building broke price records for th...

Its tech industries are still booming. It is the financial hub for the whole of California, with the state now the fifth largest economy in the world. And it is home to some of the world’s biggest companies. Add it all up, and San Francisco should be one of the best retail centres globally; an easy place to sell every kind of luxury good, fashion essentials and high end electronics. The money is t...

Saks Off 5th at 901 Market St. in downtown San Francisco is slated to permanently close later this fall, a spokesperson for the discount luxury clothing retailer confirmed to SFGATE on Monday afternoon.  “Through the regular course of business we continually evaluate store performance and other factors, and, from time to time, may determine it necessary to close a store,” the spokesperson said in...

More than a fifth of the office space in downtown Portland was vacant in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from commercial real estate firm CoStar. That’s double the vacancy rate in 2019, and the number of empty offices is continuing to rise. Vacancies are up sharply across the broader metro area, too, but the overall vacancy rate is just around 12%, according to CoStar....

The young widow watched as the helpers wended through the Zone at sunrise, offering what they could: water, a bus ticket or a shelter bed – if one was open. Standing beside her tent, Rayann Denny sized up the sprawling camp of 900 or so people improvised along sidewalks in downtown Phoenix: “It’s a whole nother world.” The soft-spoken 37-year-old ended up homeless last year after her husband died...

The downtown areas of San Francisco, St. Louis, Portland, Oregon, and other North American cities remain deserted months after the pandemic waned, despite many urban areas bouncing back to life, new data show. Researchers tracked smartphone use across 63 cities and found that San Francisco, which is battling waves of crime and homeless addicts on its streets, only has 32 percent of the activity th...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk decried downtown San Francisco as "post-apocalyptic" on Thursday as more businesses flee the crime-infested city. "So many stores shuttered in downtown SF," Musk tweeted. "Feels post-apocalyptic." Musk, who operates Twitter from the company's San Francisco headquarters, made the comment in response to a thread regarding the closure of Nordst...