Tag Archives: San Francisco history

Fire Season 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Loren Rhoads

Northern California is on fire right now. One of the fires is 10 times the size of Manhattan, with a burned area equal to the size of Rhode Island. At least 771,000 acres have burned so far. This satellite image … Continue reading →

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Behind “Something in the Water”

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Loren Rhoads

When my kid was a toddler, we spent hours and hours in the Academy of Sciences while it was exiled from Golden Gate Park. The museum was temporarily housed in a big warehouse south of Market Street, where I could … Continue reading →

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Memento Mori evening

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

Next Tuesday, April 17, I’ll be participating in the citywide Reimagine End of Life festival across San Francisco from April 16-22. The evening I’m part of is called Memento Mori. Memento Mori is an ancient Roman phrase meaning “Remember Your … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Ghost Hunt

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Loren Rhoads

I escaped the house Thursday evening to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: take the San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour! Borderlands Bookstore organized the outing for its sponsors and the weather couldn’t have been more … Continue reading →

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The Death Salon is coming to San Francisco

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Loren Rhoads

I am really honored to be speaking at the Death Salon in San Francisco in October. Added in 2020:  The links to the event are broken on the Death Salon site, but here’s the main page: https://deathsalon.org/meetings/  

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