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☆ What it’s really like to live in Macao
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Macao, the Chinese special administrative region (SAR) often twinned with Hong Kong, is known as the Las Vegas of Asia. But travelers who are willing to dig in a little deeper can explore Macanese culture, which mixes Portuguese, Chinese and Southeast Asian heritages. Macao is comprised of two islands – the north one, Macao itself, and its southern neighbor Taipa. “In Asia, [people] think that Macao is full of casinos, and I think they do not understand the other parts of Macao,” says Lai. That means that they can live in Macao without a work visa and do not need a company sponsoring them.

Persons: CNN — “, ”, Vivian Lai, Taipa, Lai, ” Marina Fernandes, Michael Maslan, “, it’s, Uber, Fernandes, Eduardo Leal, Ricardo Balocas, Balocas, Don’t Organizations: CNN, Las, Macanese Association, Bloomberg, Macao International Airport, Joseph’s University, Macao, Henley Locations: Macao, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Asia, China, Taipa, “, ”, Europe, Portuguese, Zhuhai, Macao’s, Singapore, Jakarta, Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing, North America, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Bay Area, Portugal, Macao's, Lisbon, St, Philippines, ‘ Little Lisbon, it’s

☆ Biden slows his timeline for the shift to EVs in a compromise with unions concerned about jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden is giving automakers more time to ramp up sales of electric vehicles, following pressure from the industry and labor unions concerned about a rapid transition to EVs. Cars are the single-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the United Auto Workers worries that a rapid shift to EVs will cost jobs because EV manufacturing requires fewer assembly parts. Pacing EV adoptionThe tailpipe rules land as the EV market hits some bumps in the road. AdvertisementStill, analysts predict that EV sales will continue to push higher, thanks to newer models at more affordable prices and the continued build-out of charging stations.

Persons: Joe Biden, —, John Bozzella, Kelley, Power, Albert Gore, Tesla Organizations: Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, Business, United Auto Workers, UAW, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Ford, General Motors, Zero Emissions Transportation Association, EV, EPA, Research Locations: United States

☆ Deliberate toxic burn following Norfolk Southern derailment was not necessary, safety regulator testifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The officials on the ground who authorized the controlled burn were told they had only minutes to make the decision before an explosion. Aerial view of a train cars that had carried vinyl chloride taken two days after a controlled burn of the toxic chemicals in the tanks. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy testified at a Senate committee Wednesday that the controlled burn was not scientifically necessary. “The people of East Palestine are still living with the consequences of this toxic burn. So they were provided incomplete information to make a decision [to have a controlled burn].”

Persons: Sen, J.D, Vance, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, ”, ” Vance, Sherrod Brown, Brown, “, Oxy, ” Homendy, didn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, National Transportation Safety, Ohio Republican, Norfolk, Wednesday, “, Norfolk Southern, US, Ohio EPA Locations: New York, East Palestine , Ohio, Ohio, Norfolk Southern, Pennsylvania, Palestine, East Palestine, Norfolk

☆ More than 1 billion people in the world now live with obesity, analysis finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Mira Cheng | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Previous estimates by the World Obesity Federation suggested that there would be 1 billion people living with obesity by 2030, but that number was already surpassed in 2022, Ezzati said. The analysis focused on rates of underweight and obesity, both forms of malnutrition that are detrimental to people’s health. Obesity rates among children and adolescents worldwide increased fourfold from 1990 to 2022, while obesity rates among adults more than doubled. Obesity rates are now higher than rates of underweight in two-thirds of the world’s countries, according to the analysis. These countries now have higher obesity rates than those of many wealthy industrialized countries, according to the analysis.

Persons: Majid Ezzati, Ezzati, “ We’ve, ”, “, Dr, Francesco Branca, ” Ezzati, we’ve, ” Branca, Branca, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Imperial College London, World Obesity Federation, World Health Organization, WHO Department of Nutrition and Food, WHO, Get CNN, CNN Health, United Nations, Fund, Nutrition Locations: Polynesia, Micronesia, Caribbean, East, North Africa, Tonga, American Samoa, Nauru, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, South America, Mexico, Chile

☆ I moved from San Francisco to Singapore. It's so much cleaner and safer, and I can't imagine returning home.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I fell in love with Singapore the first time I visited. Right after my contract with the Navy ended in 2017, I moved to San Francisco to work at Tesla, and then I took a job at my current company, KLA. I took the job knowing it was based in San Francisco, but I kept telling my boss that I would be interested in moving to Singapore if the opportunity arose. Singapore is so safe that it's difficult to explain to AmericansI lived in the Tenderloin in San Francisco. I'll happily return to America to visit but not to liveSingapore is one of the most expensive cities in the world, but when I lived in San Francisco, the rent was even more expensive.

Persons: —, Nick Burns, There's, 大, it's, It's Organizations: Service, Navy, Business, KLA, Bay, Rapid Transit, hawker Locations: Singapore, Connecticut, South Carolina , New York, Hawaii, San Francisco, Malaysia, India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Bali, Asia, America, California, Bay

☆ Nuclear fusion: Scientists just set a new energy record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have set a nuclear fusion energy record, they announced Thursday, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality. To generate fusion energy, the team raised temperatures in the machine to 150 million degrees Celsius — around 10 times hotter than the core of the sun. An animation showing how tokamaks generate nuclear fusion energy. “Our successful demonstration of operational scenarios for future fusion machines like ITER and DEMO, validated by the new energy record, instil greater confidence in the development of fusion energy,” Fasoli said in a statement. A view of Torus Hall, where the JET tokamak machine lies.

Persons: Ambrogio Fasoli, ” Fasoli, Aneeqa Khan, Khan, ”, Copernicus Organizations: London CNN —, CNN, JET, EUROfusion, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, University of Manchester Locations: Oxford, France

The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed suit on Wednesday against the N.C.A.A., saying the body that regulates college athletics has no right to block the increasingly common practice of wealthy boosters paying to attract top recruits. The suit was filed a day after the disclosure that the N.C.A.A. was investigating the University of Tennessee’s football program for recruiting violations involving a donor group that arranges to pay athletes. The driving force behind that change has been donor collectives, which are groups of alumni and other boosters who donate money that is used to compensate top athletes, sometimes in amounts approaching professional levels. In effect, the collectives pay salaries disguised as endorsements, and they now play a central role in the process of wooing players in football, basketball and other sports.

Organizations: University of Tennessee’s Locations: Tennessee, Virginia

☆ China comes just shy of Japan as the world's largest car exporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"In the first eleven months of 2023, auto shipments to Russia rose about six times that of 2022 in value terms." While he said it's still unclear exactly why Chinese cars are growing so quickly in Mexico, part of the reason is international automakers. Germany's Volkswagen was among the foreign car companies on track for their worst China market sales in years. Local vs. overseas marketsChinese car makers will likely increase their share of the domestic auto market to 75% by 2030, said Francoise Huang, senior economist at Allianz Trade. That would result in a nearly 40% drop in European car sales in China, she said.

Persons: Sarah Tan, Tan, Jorge Guajardo, Guajardo, it's, they've, BYD, Francoise Huang Organizations: Publishing, Getty, Ministry of Commerce, Moody's, D.C, Dentons Global Advisors, CNBC, Volkswagen, China, Allianz Trade, European Union Locations: LIANYUNGANG, CHINA, Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, BEIJING, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Belgium, Washington, U.S, Europe

☆ America's Zoomtowns Face a Growing Housing, Traffic, Culture Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Emily Cataneo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

We're transitioning from a sleepy capital city into a midsize-to-major city," Jonathan Melton, a member of Raleigh's City Council, told me. The first wants to solve the problem of too little housing by, well, building more housing. But Melton and the YIMBYs' vision rankled some Raleigh residents who eventually started to push back on what they considered extreme pro-development policies. The new buses seem like a great idea, but as with all these changes, residents are worried that the route will have unintended consequences. It's worth noting, too, that most Raleigh residents, even those who oppose the current pace of development, point to some positives.

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☆ A Tense Climate Summit Begins Against a Backdrop of War and Record Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( David Gelles | More About David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With dire warnings of planetary catastrophe and urgent pleas to protect vulnerable populations, world leaders on Friday implored one another to stop burning fossil fuels and swiftly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are `dangerously heating the planet. “We cannot save a burning planet with a fire hose of fossil fuels,” António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, said. “We must accelerate the just, equitable transition to renewables.”The annual meeting, known as COP28, comes near the end of what scientists forecast will be the hottest year in recorded history. Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly driven by the burning of fossil fuels, have now warmed the planet by about 1.2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. Floods, fires, droughts and storms made worse by climate change are unleashing destruction around the world.

Persons: António Guterres, “ Organizations: United Nations Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

☆ Scientists create tiny living robots from human cells
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Scientists have created tiny living robots from human cells that can move around in a lab dish and may one day be able to help heal wounds or damaged tissue, according to a new study. The scientists used adult human cells from the trachea, or windpipe, from anonymous donors of different ages and sexes. Earlier studies had also shown that the cells can form organoids — clumps of cells widely used for research. “Nothing happened on day one, day two, day four or five, but as biology usually does, around day seven, there was a rapid transition,” she said. They are not made from human embryos, research that is tightly restricted, or genetically modified in any way, he said.

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☆ Coal use needs to be slashed seven times faster to meet emissions target, analysis finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Published Tuesday, the "State of Climate Action 2023" paints a sobering picture of the challenges that policymakers face as they gear up for the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at the end of November. Tuesday's report takes that 1.5 degrees goal and develops targets for 2030 and 2050 that align with it. The U.N. has previously noted that 1.5 degrees Celsius is viewed as being "the upper limit" when it comes to avoiding the worst consequences of climate change. "Despite decades of dire warnings and wake-up calls, our leaders have largely failed to mobilize climate action anywhere near the pace and scale needed," Boehm added. Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, refer to individual countries' targets for cutting emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change.

Persons: Aditya Aji, Sophie Boehm, Boehm, tinker, Ani Dasgupta Organizations: AFP, Getty, United Arab Emirates, CNBC, World Resources Institute, UN, ClimateWorks, United Nations Locations: Indonesia, Dubai, United Arab, Paris

☆ A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A rapid transition to green energy sources would prevent a lot of disability and early death, researchers say. In the year 2050 alone, the transition's impact amounts to 181 million future years of healthy human life, a new report found. Add to that list 181 million years of healthy human life — annually. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersDisability-adjusted life years, or DALYs, capture years of life affected by disability and years lost to premature death. If the world rapidly transitions to renewables, they found, the energy system will still hurt human health enough in 2050 to lead to early death and disability that affects 30 million years of human life.

Persons: Martin Meissner, it's, Stephanie Roe, WWF's, Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Nick Oxford, Dylan Martinez, Jonathan Buonocore, Buonocore, Lyu, Roe Organizations: Service, Wildlife Fund, Boston Consulting, Reuters, American Lung Association . Mines, Harvard, Boston University School of Public Health, WWF, China News Service, Getty, International Energy Agency, Stanford Locations: Haltern, Germany, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Texas, Fujian Province, China

☆ Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Criminal groups set at least 35 buses on fire in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Monday, according to the industry group that represents bus companies, after police killed a crime boss in an operation. The attacks on buses were concentrated in the west of the city, where rival criminal groups are fighting for territorial control. Industry group Rio Onibus said 20 of the vehicles were city buses, five were part of the city's rapid transit fleet and the remainder were chartered or tourism buses. An aerial views shows buses in fire in the middle of roads, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 23, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a video. The attacks disrupted the city's bus rapid transit system, hindering the commute home for residents and workers in the region.

Persons: Rio Onibus, Claudio Castro, Castro, Rodrigo Viga Gaier, Peter Frontini, Josie Kao Organizations: RIO DE, Industry, Rio, GLOBO, REUTERS Acquire, Military Police, Thomson Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazilian, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, de Janeiro, Rio

☆ Fact Check: Video shows bus station attack in Brazil, not Sunderland
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely-shared video of a man being robbed and stabbed at a bus station was filmed in Brazil last year not, as is being falsely reported online, in England. The graphic clip, uploaded to Facebook, shows a man at a ticket machine being grabbed from behind and his bag being stolen by two men. The attackers then run away and the man falls over a ticket barrier onto the floor. The man wounded in the attack was named in reports as Pablo Felipe Lima Bernardo. The video shows an attack in Brazil, not the UK.

Persons: Pablo Felipe Lima Bernardo, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Brazil, England, English, Sunderland, Taquara, Rio de Janeiro

☆ AI sensors and WiFi networks that provide workplace insights are antidotes for some companies combating 'zombie offices'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sabina Wex | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"Zombie offices" have proliferated in the US as employees opt for fully remote or hybrid work. But he had no idea that "hybrid work" would become ubiquitous nearly 10 years later and make InnerSpace a helpful tool for understanding new trends in shared workspaces. Zombie offices have popped up around the country because there aren't offices filled with people five days a week anymore. Zombie offices and the shift to hybrid work have pushed companies to figure out the next best move to maximize office space using real-time data, not guesswork. VergeSense's optical sensors are attached to the ceiling in a work space.

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☆ Singapore is the world's 6th Blue Zone — and a look at its urban planning helps explain why
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Singapore is the world's sixth Blue Zone, according to Dan Buettner, a journalist who popularized the term. In the Netflix series "Live to 100," Buettner shows how the country is designed to encourage its residents to live healthier. Policies on housing, transportation, and hawker centers come together to create what he calls a "Blue Zone 2.0." The original five Blue Zone regions include Okinawa in Japan, Ikaria in Greece, Sardinia in Italy, Nicoya in Costa Rica, as well as Loma Linda in California. "You share tables and you're interacting with the stall user, interacting with the person next to you," Buettner told Fortune.

Persons: Dan Buettner, Buettner, Amanda Goh, Chan Heng Chee, Chan Organizations: Netflix, Service, World Bank, Housing Development Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Transportation, Singapore, Hawker Locations: Singapore, Wall, Silicon, Okinawa, Japan, Ikaria, Greece, Sardinia, Italy, Nicoya, Costa Rica, California

☆ Here's how a union strike could impact Ford — and what Jim Cramer thinks about the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Jim Cramer's advice: He would not look to buy more Ford on weakness nor would he look to sell Ford stock at this point. Club name Ford, which employs the most UAW members at 57,000, has seen its stock drop more than 6% in the past month. The cost of the union demands for Ford could be a "meaningful chunk of their profits," Jim added but maintained that a UAW strike is "definitely not a reason to sell" Ford stock. "Production and the EV roadmap could be pushed out into 2024 and delays would be on the horizon at this crucial period for GM, Ford, and Stellantis," Wedbush analysts wrote. Jim Cramer has said the tensions between the UAW and Ford are in part keeping Ford stock from achieving the Club's price target of $16.

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☆ Taylor Swift is an unlikely public transit icon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Taylor Swift, public transit savior? Public transit systems across the United States are getting a much-needed, if temporary, boost from Taylor Swift fans flooding trains, buses and subways to her sold-out Eras Tour. As transit agencies scramble to recover from the pandemic, transit experts say all those Swifies taking mass transit offer lessons for policymakers on how to adapt to the post-pandemic world. Philadelphia’s SEPTA system and New Jersey Transit also got a boost from concertgoers taking mass transit to Swift shows. But public transit agencies still have yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic.

Persons: New York CNN — Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift’s, Swift, Raymond James, Matthew Dickens, Taylor, ”, Jim Aloisi, Aloisi, Yanfeng Ouyang Organizations: New, New York CNN, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, Soldier, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Mercedes, Benz, SEPTA, New Jersey Transit, Swift, American Public Transportation Association, Public, MIT, Transportation, University of Illinois Locations: New York, United States, New Jersey, Pittsburgh , Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

☆ Tesla urges EPA to finalize tougher US heavy-duty emissions cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Companies Tesla Inc FollowWASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter heavy-duty emissions limits than proposed in April, arguing larger vehicles were being electrified much faster than envisioned and would lead to bigger pollution cuts. EPA should "actively embrace a more rapid transition to (battery electric vehicles)" adding "the time for doing so is now," Tesla said. Tesla cited its Tesla Semi production in making the case for tougher emissions rules, noting it anticipates production levels of a Class 8 Day Cab tractor at 50,000 per year with significant production volumes beginning in late 2024. Tesla submitted its Semi heavy-duty production plans through 2030 to EPA but did not make them public. This means Tesla’s production goal alone would far exceed the 5% EV sales deployment EPA anticipates in 2027," Tesla wrote, noting other companies are planning to build heavy-duty EVs.

Persons: Biden, Tesla, Elon Musk, David Shepardson, Chris Reese, Matthew Lewis, Sonali Paul Organizations: Tesla, WASHINGTON, EPA, Act, Analysts, American Trucking Associations, Thomson Locations: Washington

☆ With Commuters Staying Home, Transit Agencies Try to Reinvent Themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Soumya Karlamangla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rush hour is now anything but at the Montgomery Street station in the heart of San Francisco. Three years after the pandemic began, remote work endures as a way of life for many office workers, and few major transit systems in the United States have suffered worse than Bay Area Rapid Transit. The 131-mile network depends heavily on suburban residents who commute daily into San Francisco and less than other transit systems on local passengers trying to get across town. Weekday ridership on BART is down to 32 percent of what it was before the pandemic began, punctuating a desperate moment for San Francisco. Without daily foot traffic, major retailers are abandoning downtown, and analysts believe the city core has yet to bottom out.

Persons: punctuating Organizations: Rapid Transit, BART Locations: Montgomery, San Francisco, United States, Francisco

☆ World Bank's new chief wants 'better bank' before pushing for bigger bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"I think a better bank is an important thing" to achieve. "And then I earn the right to come back ask for a bigger bank," he said. The bank's current mission statement refers to ending extreme poverty within a generation and promoting shared prosperity. This includes promoting more inclusion of women and youth in the bank's development work, with a strong emphasis on job creation. On several occasions during visits in Peru and Jamaica, Banga said the various divisions of the World Bank Group needed to work together better as "one bank," saving countries the difficulties of dealing with them separately, and speeding its approval processes.

Persons: Ajay Banga, Banga, Janet Yellen, David Lawder, Sonali Paul Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Treasury, World Bank, Bank, Thomson Locations: MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, Peru

☆ Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Hilarie M. Sheets | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rising at the edge of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal — a rezoned superfund site with developers racing to build — the colossal industrial relic known locally as the Batcave has found its own Bruce Wayne. Consider it his gift to Gotham. On May 19, the nonprofit organization celebrates its grand opening, inviting a broad swath of the art world, city government and local residents to tour its state-of-the-art facilities designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in partnership with PBDW Architects. The conceptual artist Lorna Simpson, who’s collaborated with Powerhouse’s print shop, sees all kinds of opportunities for cross-pollination between media in the new building. “I really had ceramic envy walking through Powerhouse,” Simpson said, imagining that artists will have ideas that “can branch into something else that happens within the building because you can easily look at samples or have a conversation about technique.”

☆ US House Republicans blast EPA refusal to appear at EV hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A spokesperson for the House Oversight Republican majority said "the EPA’s excuse for not appearing before this week’s subcommittee hearing is devoid of logic" noting EPA Administrator Michael Regan's recent testimony. Last month, the EPA proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by 2032. EPA said the requested witnesses had previously scheduled meetings with lawmakers and others Wednesday preventing their participation and because the proposed rules "are currently open for public comment." The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has not yet new proposed fuel economy standards. Last week, an auto trade group warned the EPA proposal may rely on a too rapid transition to EVs and poses significant challenges.

☆ A mother was raising her son in a city she loved. Then San Francisco changed and stole her boy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Sara Sidner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And her son got caught up in a scene you can almost not avoid in the city: the drug scene. “When I got out of the BART station, the first thing that I was asked is if I wanted to buy drugs,” Tilghman said. “All the tents started going up in the city,” Tilghman said. “What makes me sad is that I see my son’s face in everybody’s faces … out on the streets,” Tilghman said. The Tenderloin Linkage Center, which was later renamed to just the Tenderloin Center, closed last December.

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