Marc remembers cooking for Queen Elizabeth.

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Marc Vogel, (ChefMarc) a native San Franciscan, started cooking early, inspired by his mother who was a scratch baker. Having seven brothers and sisters, it was vital that he could fend for himself in the kitchen. Opening his first restaurant, Wolfmans in San Francisco, at the age of 21, he had an early immersion in the business. Seeking more challenges he started entering local, regional and national cooking contests with his recipes. He won the Napa cook-off five times in several categories and best of show, and the Lamb town contest in Dixon. His ‘Walnesto’ recipe took first in a national contest by the California Walnut Board and Colavita Olive oil. In addition, his lamb recipes are in several thousand markets, supermarkets and gourmet stores throughout the U.S.

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 Should a former president promote Q-Anon?

Donald Trump embraced QAnon’s “The storm is coming” meme as he went on a “retruthing” spree on his social media website Truth Social. The one-term president re-posted an image of himself wearing a Q pin on his suit jacket above the “storm” caption and “WWG1WGA.”

Trump has in the past promoted QAnon accounts, though the recent flurry of posts was Trump’s strongest embrace of the right-wing conspiracy theory movement yet.

Both phrases are commonplace in the QAnon-sphere.

The “storm” is a conspiracy theory that eventually Trump will release his secret plan to defeat the deep state and MAGA opponents and sweep back into power.

It is at this moment that the deep state’s leaders are arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay, according to research on QAnon. The second phrase stands for “Where we go one, we go all” and is a rallying cry that comes from the 1996 Jeff Bridges sailing adventure White Squall. Trump’s followers on Truth Social appeared to love the re-truths. “God is bringing the Storm, DJT is rallying the troops,” one wrote.

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In response to recent power outages for more than 30,000 households and two San Jose hospitals, San José Mayor Sam Liccardo proposed that if PG&E does not present a plan for immediate replacement or repair of the company’s failing infrastructure, the City seek a court injunction or Public Utility Commission (PUC) order mandating PG&E to do so. 

“I have deep concerns about the safety of our residents and the viability of San José small businesses struggling against ongoing failures of a power grid hampered by poor maintenance and outdated equipment,” said Liccardo. “The march of climate change will continue, but other California cities subjected to far worse heat do not suffer the rate of power outages as the City of San José.   Our residents’ health and safety depend on a reliable grid, and PG&E has an obligation to provide that to San José ratepayers.”  

In a frustrating and menacing replay of August 2020, fears of heat-induced rolling blackouts resulting from insufficient load capacity statewide did not materialize this week, but nearly 100,000 San José residents were left in the dark anyway.    That is, San José residents suffered from the failure of PG & E’s local distribution infrastructure—primarily blown transformers.   These failures shut down power to more than 30,000 households.   Three hospitals-- Valley Medical Center, Regional, and O’Connor--lacked without power for several hours, and failures of backup generators at Valley Med caused a loss of air conditioning, lighting equipment, and computer access.

In some East San José neighborhoods—such in the retail area around Tully and King—residents reported that the power outages also took down cellular networks operated by AT&T, rendering cellular customers helpless to make a phone call or send a text to seek assistance.

Liccardo continued,  “This is unacceptable.   We need to better understand why these failures disproportionately afflict PG&E’s operations in San José.  More importantly, and we need to get them fixed—whether PG&E does so voluntarily, or under judicial or regulatory mandate.  We can no longer merely hope that PG&E will live up to its obligation to San José ratepayers to do so. “

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Trump ensuring the QAnon conspiracy theory danger is still growing.

Trump ensuring the QAnon conspiracy theory danger is still growing (irishcentral.com)

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ShakeAlert early warning system worked during Santa Rosa quakes, officials and residents say. 

ShakeAlert early warning system worked during Santa Rosa quakes, officials and residents say (msn.com)

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Today's show includes a discussion of San Francisco's dirty streets, That's Rich!, News of the Bizarre, and our "Last Call" obituary segment.

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KGO Midday host Mark Thompson along with News anchor Kim McCallister and  executive producer John Daly discuss S.F. Giants pitcher Zack Littell being sent to the minors after a disrespectful incident with Gabe Kapler.

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A recent survey of San Francisco residents found only one-quarter think Mayor London Breed it doing a good or excellent job, but the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses how Breed has performed considering the pandemic and other economic forces out of her control. Also, SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins will be trying some juveniles as adults as she institutes a review team to consider the tougher charges on a case-by-case basis.

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