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SUMMARY:Author Event: Jonathan Weber - City on the Edge
DESCRIPTION:Word on the Street Books invites you to a special evening with Jonathan Weber\, author of City on the Edge: Technology\, Politics and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout City on the Edge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe story of the San Francisco’s dramatic transformation from an eclectic post-industrial melting pot to the global capital of technology\, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. \n\n\n\nAt the dawn of the 1990s\, San Francisco was a beautiful if troubled mid-sized metropolis. The mythic\, fog-shrouded city at the edge of the continent was still reeling from the AIDS epidemic and the Loma Prieta earthquake\, its boom-and-bust economy stuck in a long decline. Once the undisputed capital of the American West\, and later the beating heart of the global counterculture\, San Francisco faced an uncertain future.But in that very moment\, a band of free-thinking technology enthusiasts was immersing itself in the unique creative zeitgeist of the city\, and inventing the contemporary internet. The companies they spawned would change the way we work\, play\, socialize and engage in politics. San Francisco would undergo a transformation unlike any in modern American history\, becoming an economic and cultural juggernaut that could fairly claim the title of tech capital of the world. Local politicians like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris advanced to the national stage\, while an unlikely union of underground culture and technological optimism gave rise to the annual reverie known as Burning Man.This should have been a happy story for San Francisco. But while the city’s tech economy roared\, a host of urban ills lurked in the shadows: homelessness\, drug addiction\, mental illness\, and a crippling lack of new housing. The city’s famously liberal political establishment struggled to get its arms around the mounting problems in the streets\, becoming a punching bag for President Trump and the new right. When the pandemic arrived in 2020\, it didn’t just create new crises but laid old ones bare\, and shattered a “City Family” that had ruled for thirty years. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jonathon Weber\n\n\n\n\n\nReporter and newsroom leader Jonathan Weber was an eyewitness to these events. He offers a sweeping history of a city that rose to dizzying heights\, only to be all but undone by the heedlessness of a tech industry it did so much to spawn\, and politicians who had lost the plot. Drawing on some two hundred interviews with elected officials\, CEOs\, activists\, investors\, artists\, and beyond\, City on the Edge is more than a simple chronicle of a city. It’s the story of a war waged for the heart of San Francisco—one that both anticipated and reflected the culture wars raging around the world. Its outcome would have an impact far beyond the city’s famed Golden Gates. \n\n\n\nJonathan Weber was named the Los Angeles Times’s first-ever Silicon Valley reporter in 1990. He was later editor in chief of The Industry Standard\, which chronicled—and lived—the first dot-com boom. He served as editor in chief of The Bay Citizen\, a local news non-profit\, and oversaw West Coast news and global technology coverage for Reuters. He was most recently the founding editor in chief of The San Francisco Standard. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Wesleyan University. \n\n\n\nPress\n\n\n\n“A well-informed\, granular account of San Francisco’s history since 1990\, and a portrait of how it has served as a microcosm of some of the fundamental changes occurring in U.S. society during that time… With all its triumphs and travails\, it is impossible to leave this account without a strong sense that what Weber calls the ‘boom-and-bust cycles’ of San Francisco life are destined to repeat yet again.”—Shelf Awareness \n\n\n\n\n“To understand the San Francisco of today\, you can’t do better than Jonathan Weber’s chronicle of its recent decades of euphoria and disillusion. In his fast-paced narrative\, Weber shrewdly navigates the city’s volatile juxtaposition of transformational innovation and intractable social ills. City on the Edge is a captivating story of iron-willed idealists\, inventors\, activists\, and power players who shaped San Francisco’s contentious character\, altered how we all live and work\, and inflamed the most fractious political debates of our time.”—Marty Baron\, author of Collision of Power and former executive editor of The Washington Post \n\n\n\n\n\n“Jonathan Weber tells the story of San Francisco’s internet era as someone who was there and who knows everyone. He digs deep into tech\, culture\, and politics\, revealing much that was never well known and much which has been forgotten. City on the Edge offers a story that affects the world and human history.”—Craig Newmark\, founder of Craigslist
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SUMMARY:Kidz Town Halloween Hay Day
DESCRIPTION:Halloween Fun is back in Downtown Livermore!Historic Downtown Livermore\n\n\n\nGet ready to make magic happen at one of Livermore’s most beloved family traditions\, created just for kids 5th grade and under—the 2026 Kidz Town Halloween Hay Day! This free\, family-friendly event draws hundreds of local families for a morning full of festive fun\, including a costume contest\, live music\, games\, and trick-or-treating at participating downtown businesses. The excitement continues at Stockmen’s Park and Bankhead Plaza\, where even more trick-or-treating awaits\, hosted by local vendors and organizations.It’s a lively\, family-friendly celebration you won’t want to miss!
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SUMMARY:Earlier Than the Bird
DESCRIPTION:Livermorium Plaza & Downtown Livermore\n\n\n\nThis pajama shopping tradition is back! Come flock and shop! Set that alarm clock and come down early to start your holiday shopping with your friends and family. Our boutique shops will be open at 7:00am with steals\, deals\, and giveaways to make you the best gift giver ever this holiday season. We also encourage participants to grab a coffee or breakfast from any of our amazing downtown eateries! Wear your pajamas (sweatpants and leggings do not count) and get the official giveaway sponsored by Uptown Girls Boutique & Salon! You won’t want to miss this year’s giveaway\, available while supplies last\, scroll down to learn more!
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