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Kate Sommers-Dawes

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dme @sfexaminer Fmr: copy editor @axios, freelance @TIME, deputy digital ed @AFARmedia, dme @Mashable. @NorthwesternU. All the best words.

 San Francisco, Calif.
Joined August 2012
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Any health policy journos or regulators (👋 @cdinews @ricardolara4ca) on here interested in a (probably not unique!) Kafkaesque tale of six months (and counting!) trying to get @cigna to reimburse an allegedly covered medical expense? 🧵1/9
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Or perhaps I’m just in a weird little purgatory, since this process has taken so long that we’ve switched providers and I’m no longer a customer, so I just keep getting bumped to the bottom of the priority list? Either way seems … outside the bounds of the service paid for. 8/9
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TLDR? @cigna, call me. You have my number. Let’s wrap this up and move on with our lives. Fin.
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Cannot overstate how much I loved this food — far better than a Michelin-starred spot I tried the same week. Here’s hoping Ancora reincarnates elsewhere in SF 🤟🏼
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Co-owner Joe Conte said Ancora, which opened to lots of buzz at 557 Valencia St. last July, saw sales drop off during the winter storms in early January and never recovered. trib.al/U71XAtM
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Megan Cassidy@meganrcassidy11 Aug 2022
Another SFDA employee resigns; by my count this is 7 since DA Jenkins took office. This is in addition to the 15 who were fired
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When you volunteer to recall your boss then get your boss’ job then disclose a $100k payment is it still volunteering axios.com/local/san-francisc… via @meganrosedickey
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is under fire for six-figure disclosure

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is under fire for six-figure disclosure

An income disclosure revealed in the months leading up to her appointment, she got over $100K linked to the Chesa Boudin recall effort.

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Slow Streets 4eva axios.com/local/san-francisc…
Slow Streets' future could find clarity in September

Slow Streets' future could find clarity in September

Mayor London Breed wrote late last month the city should “evolve” its approach to Slow Streets.

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“If I'm experiencing postpartum depression, I'm detoxing and I have a mental health disability, how would solitary confinement be a good fit for me?” Important reporting via ⁦@sfchronicle⁩ apple.news/A02lD4Oy9RneRxM8T…
California puts some of its most vulnerable prisoners in solitary confinement. A state bill would...

California puts some of its most vulnerable prisoners in solitary confinement. A state bill would...

Vanessa Ramos was 19 years old when she was placed in solitary confinement. At the time, she was battling drug addiction and had just given birth to a daughter. Memories of her time in isolation,...

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Cherished San Francisco jazz bar in Haight-Ashbury is reportedly closing

Cherished San Francisco jazz bar in Haight-Ashbury is reportedly closing

Club Deluxe, a beloved jazz bar in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, is closing, said Supervisor Dean Preston, whose district includes the music venue.

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“It can feel lonely being one of the few Black people in the city, but San Francisco is my home.” A bit about how the city has changed over the decades, from the brand-spankin’ new @axios SF axios.com/local/san-francisc…
Dear San Francisco, you've changed but I still love you

Dear San Francisco, you've changed but I still love you

The city has undergone many transformations, but the decline of the Black population is the biggest shift I've felt.

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“San Francisco is a kinky city, and this fair is our dirty little secret.” Compliments to ⁦@SamWhitingSF⁩ for this A+ perfect SF story apple.news/AtLEWANoaSjWplZo3…
Want a whipping at S.F.’s kink and fetish fest? Get a monkeypox vaccination first

Want a whipping at S.F.’s kink and fetish fest? Get a monkeypox vaccination first

If you wanted to jump onstage to be bound in chains and whipped Sunday to the delight of the Up Your Alley street fair audience, you had to first be vetted — with proof you’d been vaccinated for...

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What happens when an S.F. restaurant adds fees to cover a livable wage for its employees apple.news/AQK3rzO41R86SlBSH…
Why this hit S.F. restaurant added a controversial fee on top of tips

Why this hit S.F. restaurant added a controversial fee on top of tips

When Che Fico opened in San Francisco in 2018, it was an immediate hit. People waited as long as four hours to eat wood-fired pizza and handmade pasta in the gorgeous, second-floor restaurant...

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These are the best places to cry in San Francisco

These are the best places to cry in San Francisco

Whether you're caught off guard in the city by your feelings or just need to release a calculated howl into the void, these are the best places in San Francisco to escape for a sob.

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