Hurray!
Is this the way its going to be in the near future, with everybody supporting everybody for Mayor of San Francisco?
There’s still room for seven more signs on these windows…
Posts Tagged ‘clement’
Clement Street Dollar Store Covers All Its Bases: Supports Ed Lee, Dennis Herrera AND Joanna Rees for Mayor
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011“80′s Barbie” and Her Blue BMW Convertible Teleport from a Quarter-Century Ago to Clement Street
Monday, June 27th, 2011You kids are too young to remember the 1980′s, but this is exactly what it looked like.
Exactly…
Note TSV (triangular side vent) windows and tiny, tiny (by today’s standards) stock wheels:
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Don’t ever change, BMW 3-series E30.
As seen in the West Bay on a dread sunny day.
(You certainly couldn’t call it Inclement Street yesterday, that’s for sure…)
You Know What You Need? Regular Exercise! Now You Can Buy It in the Richmond District – Hurray!
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Five stars on the Yelp can’t be wrong.
Get yourself over to REGULAR EXERCISE at 1401 Clement Street to get in touch with a Personal Trainer to Start Your New Life:
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Or something.
ZOMG, the Fresh & Easy Grocery Stores are Coming to San Francisco! And They’re Hiring at Min. Wage + Benefits
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011San Francisco will soon get two Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Markets. Hurray!
Realize that minimum wage in San Francisco is $9.92, so starting salaries will be at $10 per hour but there’ll be medical benefits for those working 20 or more hours per week.
The Richmond District store will open on June 22, 2011 (deets here at the Richmond District Blog) and the Bayview outlet will come along a little later on August 24 – (I’m sure we’ll hear from Supervisor Malia Cohen when the time comes…)
In the meantime, consider yourselves pwned, NIMBYs of the Richmond District. PWNED, you hear me?
Fresh & Easy Announces San Francisco Opening Dates - Hiring Underway at Both Locations
SAN FRANCISCO May 23, 2011 — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market today announced the opening dates for its first two stores in San Francisco. These store openings will create more than 50 good jobs and the company is currently accepting applications for positions on its website at www.freshandeasy.com/joinus.
Fresh & Easy will open two stores in San Francisco this summer:
— 32nd Ave. & Clement St. June 22 – (3132 Clement)
— 3rd St. & Carroll Ave. August 24
“I look forward to the Fresh & Easy store opening and welcoming a new business that is partnering with the community and giving back to schools and community organizations in the Richmond District,” said San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar.
“We could not be more thrilled with the strong performance of our first 11 stores in Northern California and we’re excited to get our doors open in San Francisco,” said Tim Mason, Fresh & Easy CEO. “Judging by the fantastic reception we’ve seen from customers throughout the Bay Area, we are certain these stores will also be a hit.”
Entry-level positions start at $10 an hour in California and offer quarterly bonuses of up to 10% as well as a 401(k) with company match. The company believes everyone deserves access to affordable and comprehensive healthcare and provides all employees the opportunity to work at least 20 hours per week, which entitles everyone to vision, prescription drug, dental and medical coverage with Fresh & Easy paying at least 75%.
For each new store opening, Fresh & Easy invites neighbors to nominate a local, non-profit organization to receive a $1,000 donation. Based off the nominations from the neighborhood, store employees will select the winning charity. Charity nominations are currently being accepted for 32nd & Clement at www.freshandeasy.com/goodneighbor, nominations for 3rd & Carroll will be accepted in July.
To learn more about Fresh & Easy, neighbors and customers are invited to join Friends of Fresh & Easy at www.freshandeasy.com/friends. By joining, customers will have access to exclusive offers, the latest news on their favorite products and a free canvas bag.
About Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Fresh & Easy operates 175 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada. In addition to fresh prepared meals, meats and produce, Fresh & Easy offers everyone’s favorite national brand products and household items, all at unbelievably low prices. The grocer’s popular fresh&easy brand products have no artificial colors or flavors, no added trans fats, no high-fructose corn syrup, and only use preservatives when absolutely necessary.
On average, Fresh & Easy stores use 30% less energy than a typical supermarket, which helps customers save money – and also helps the environment. Fresh & Easy uses LED lighting in external signs and freezer cases, offers customer recycling in every store and uses advanced refrigeration and freezer units to cut back on energy usage. The company also recycles or reuses all of its display packaging, sending the majority back through its distribution center.
For more information about Fresh & Easy, visit www.freshandeasy.com. Also follow the company on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/fresh_and_easy and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/freshandeasy.
The Daily Bus Showdown Between MUNI and Coach USA – Conflict on 34th Avenue in the Richmond District
Friday, February 4th, 2011The road to our Legion of the Museum of Honor from Clement, well, it’s narrow. That means that there’s not much room for traffic when cars are parked on both sides of the street
Coach USA had the size but MUNI wanted it more:
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In this particular case, after minutes of humming and hawing and the use of extended hands as makeshift yardsticks, the drivers agreed to pass each other simultaneously, slowly but surely.
Another win-win in the world-class natural amphitheatre that is San Francisco! Hurray!
In related news, Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave is almost upon us.
“Nuisance Alcohol,” What’s That? Whatever, CVS Won’t Sell It in the Outer Richmond – No 40′s, No 4Loko, No Malts, No Nothing
Monday, November 15th, 2010I don’t know, CVS Pharmacy. I think you all have been talking to NIMBYs too much when your PR people start bandying about recently-invented terms like “nuisance alcohol.”
Here’s what I mean – let’s review the plans for the former Fog Belt North Albertsons, that brokedown palace out there at 32nd and Clement, the place that will soon be a combo CVS / Fresh & Easy gro sto, per the always-reliable Richmond District Blog:
“CVS will not pursue permission to sell hard liquor at this location. CVS will pursue permission to sell beer and wine only. Per CVS company-wide policy, CVS does not sell malt liquor, singles or other nuisance alcohol.“
“Nuisance alcohol?” Is this your phrase now?
Click to be smooth, baby
Hey, you know what kind of people are maybe more than a nuisance? How about white people who live out in the Avenues but go downtown to drop $400 on wine and dinner and then head home via the Western Addition?
Can wine be a “nuisance alcohol” too, CVS?
P.S. The NIMBY groups you’ve been talking to only represent themselves. What about the 99% of Richmond District people who don’t belong to any NIMBYhood association? What do they think?
OMG, New Fresh & Easy Grocery Store in The Richmond is Hiring! – 25 Positions! – But the Pay is Just $10 Per Hour?
Friday, November 12th, 2010Hey, can you see yourself out there in the Middle / Outer Richmond District area working for the coming Fresh & Easy gro sto at 32nd and Clement, you know, where the Albertson’s used to be?
Well, if you do, then look forward to making just $10 per hour - that’s well south of what the In & Out Burger pays and just 8 cents per hour north of our minimum wage.
Oh well.
“Fresh & Easy Now Hiring in Northern California
Hiring Underway for More Than 275 Positions
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,Nov. 10, 2010 –Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is currently hiring for 12 stores that are set to open early next year in Northern California. These stores are among the first Fresh & Easy plans to open in the Bay Area and Modesto. The company expects to hire more than 275 employees for these stores and is currently accepting applications for positions on its website at www.freshandeasy.com/joinus.
Northern California Fresh & Easy stores currently hiring include:
– Clayton Rd. & Ygnacio Valley Rd. Concord
– Diablo Blvd. & Hwy 680 Danville
– Mission Blvd. & Rousseau St. Hayward
– Oakdale Rd. & Lancey Dr. Modesto
– Imola Ave. & Jefferson St. Napa
– Cabrillo Hwy. & Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica
– Rosewood Dr. & Santa Rita Rd. Pleasanton
– 32nd Ave. & Clement St. San Francisco
– Bird Ave. & Minnesota Ave. San Jose
– Saratoga Ave. & Payne Ave. San Jose
– Elmira Rd. & Nut Tree Vacaville Rd.
– Ygnacio Valley Rd. & San Carlos Rd. Walnut Creek
“With every store we open we bring more good paying jobs with comprehensive benefits to the neighborhood,” said Fresh & Easy CEO Tim Mason. “We’re thrilled to hire our first employees in Northern California and to bring fresh, wholesome food at affordable prices to new neighborhoods in the area next year.”
Each store will employ 20 to 25 people, with entry-level positions starting at $10 an hour in California. The company also offers quarterly bonuses of up to 10%, a 401(k) with company match, a generous paid time off (PTO) program and life skills training.
Fresh & Easy believes everyone deserves access to affordable and comprehensive healthcare and provides all employees the opportunity to work at least 20 hours per week, which entitles everyone to vision, prescription drug, dental and medical coverage with Fresh & Easy paying at least 75%. Fresh & Easy has created more than 700 jobs this year and currently has more than 4,300 employees in California, Nevada and Arizona.
About Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Fresh & Easy operates more than 150 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada. In addition to fresh prepared meals, meats and produce, Fresh & Easy offers everyone’s favorite national brand products and household items, all at unbelievably low prices. The grocer’s popular fresh&easy brand products have no artificial colors or flavors, no added trans fats, no high-fructose corn syrup, and only use preservatives when absolutely necessary.
On average, Fresh & Easy stores use 30% less energy than a typical supermarket, which helps customers save money – and also helps the environment. Fresh & Easy uses LED lighting in external signs and freezer cases, offers customer recycling in every store and uses advanced refrigeration and freezer units to cut back on energy usage. The company also recycles or reuses all of its display packaging, sending the majority back through its distribution center.
For more information about Fresh & Easy, visit www.freshandeasy.com. Also follow the company on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/fresh_and_easy and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/freshandeasy.
Hot Geek-on-Geek Boxing Action in The Richmond – Employees of Yelp, Apple, Google, Saleforce, IBM Fight Nov. 11
Monday, November 8th, 2010OMG, it’s the Tech Beat Up, brought to you by White Collar Brawler. It’s a charity deal at the Rock It Room on Clement this Thursday, November 11, 2010. (What better way can you think of to honor our military veterans?)
A few of the contenders:
Now, even though they’ll be using inflatable gloves, the techster with the most actual boxing skillz is sure to win.
All the deets:
“Ashkon and White Collar Brawler Team Up For Newest Web Sensation: “The Tech Beat Up”
Local Web Series Hosts Inflatable-Ring Boxing Tournament Between the Most Influential Tech Companies in the Bay Area
The boxing tournament portion of the night will consist of tournament-style competitions between employees from Apple, Google, IBM, Zynga, Yelp, and many more. For each contest, the boxers will duke it out in a bouncy castle with safe, inflatable gloves for two 45-second rounds. Winners will be determined by audience applause.
Meet the fighters and the companies participating in the Tech Beat Up: http://whitecollarbrawler.com/techbeatup/thefighters/
Nate Houghteling, one of the event organizers and also a star of White Collar Brawler, said the following about the Tech Beat Up: “White Collar Brawler is a show about two friends who escape the cubicle life to pursue our dreams. With the Tech Beat Up, we’re helping people join in on that liberating experience. Plus, who doesn’t want to see a software engineer from Apple and a product manager from Google go at it (safely) for lifelong Internet glory and bragging rights?”
All proceeds from the event benefit ZeroDivide, a nonprofit organization that leverages technology to benefit disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area and beyond.
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White Collar Brawler is a documentary web series set in San Francisco that follows two lifelong friends, ivy league grads, and former white collar workers as they leave the office life behind and train to become boxers. The two will fight each other in December. New episodes of White Collar Brawler are released, in real-time, on Tuesdays and Fridays of every week at www.WhiteCollarBrawler.com.
Tech Beat Up Event Details:
When: Thursday, November 11
Where: Rock-It Room, 406 Clement St. (between 5th and 6th)
A Little Pink and Green Can Make Your Building Look Just Like 2011 Clement – Why Plant Shrubbery When Painting Will Do?
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010This formerly-plain building certainly looks more lively after the paint job, non?
And this way there’s no worry about passers by stealing your potted flora
See?
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Blue Bird Cleaners in The Richmond Thinks It Owns the Streets of San Francisco – An Usurpation on Clement
Sunday, October 17th, 2010Uh, just because The City, in its Wisdom, was kind enough to grant you a couple 15 minute green zones in front of your bidness doesn’t mean that you can start towing aways cars of the people who don’t put cash in your pockets.
V. C. Section 22658 covers “Removal From Private Property,” right?
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Never before have I seen such an usurpation of authoritah by a private bidness.
This is not/
America
I cry foul.
Oh, and since we be into citing that California Code, what of the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995, aka California Civil Code Section 51.6. That’s the one that says you charge the same price for cleaning a shirt whether it’s worn by a boy or a girl.
Now, why are the Yelpers so upset at the Blue Bird Cleaners? Is Alona B alone?
“I feel terrible writing a scathing review for anything, but I feel like people should be deterred from this place. Particularly, women who get their button-up shirts laundered!
I dropped off a few mens and womens shirts to be laundered (not dry-cleaned). $2.50 each, ok fine. Thewomen’s shirts are the same cotton fabric as the mens shirts, except they are 3/4 length sleeve and have a little fold on the breast pockets (mini cargo pockets).
Anyway, when I pick them up I am told that they are BLOUSES and therefore $5.50! Despite the fact that they are the same as a man’s shirt, just smaller. This is a pinstripe, cotton, collared, button-up shirt.Nothing blousey about it.
I got pretty upset and tried to debate it, “um, no this is a shirt, no different from the men’s right here. there is no way this is a blouse!” and I didn’t even get the “Ok, well sorry for this time, but next time that’s our price.”
The service was a stubborn assertion that my button up is a blouse. $5.50 to have one of my work shirts cleaned.
Never again, forever.”
I, once again, cry foul.
What you need to do, BBC, is follow the law, not lecture The World Outside about the law.
(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995.
(b) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever may
discriminate, with respect to the price charged for services of
similar or like kind, against a person because of the person’s
gender.
(c) Nothing in subdivision (b) prohibits price differences based
specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of
providing the services.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the remedies for a
violation of this section are the remedies provided in subdivision
(a) of Section 52. However, an action under this section is
independent of any other remedy or procedure that may be available to
an aggrieved party.
(e) This act does not alter or affect the provisions of the Health
and Safety Code, the Insurance Code, or other laws that govern
health care service plan or insurer underwriting or rating practices.
(f) (1) The following business establishments shall clearly and
conspicuously disclose to the customer in writing the pricing for
each standard service provided:
(A) Tailors or businesses providing aftermarket clothing
alterations.
(B) Barbers or hair salons.
(C) Dry cleaners and laundries providing services to individuals.
(2) The price list shall be posted in an area conspicuous to
customers. Posted price lists shall be in no less than 14-point
boldface type and clearly and completely display pricing for every
standard service offered by the business under paragraph (1).
(3) The business establishment shall provide the customer with a
complete written price list upon request.
(4) The business establishment shall display in a conspicuous
place at least one clearly visible sign, printed in no less than
24-point boldface type, which reads: “CALIFORNIA LAW PROHIBITS ANY
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT FROM DISCRIMINATING, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRICE
CHARGED FOR SERVICES OF SIMILAR OR LIKE KIND, AGAINST A PERSON
BECAUSE OF THE PERSON’S GENDER. A COMPLETE PRICE LIST IS AVAILABLE
UPON REQUEST.”
(5) A business establishment that fails to correct a violation of
this subdivision within 30 days of receiving written notice of the
violation is liable for a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
($1,000).
(6) For the purposes of this subdivision, “standard service” means
the 15 most frequently requested services provided by the business.
