San Francisco Localvision

San Francisco is one of the world’s most photographed and filmed cities.  Because of movies, television or advertising, many people all over the world feel they know what San Francisco looks like — in the same way many people “know” New York, London or Paris.  I myself live two blocks from the “must see” vista of Victorian houses in Alamo Square.  

It is hard for me to avoid the most ubiquitous San Francisco imagery. But how do we locals really see our city?  How should local artists portray San Francisco? You could not fault any artist for wanting to paint the Golden Gate Bridge or other iconic images, but some of us have a different lens.

Recology customers in King County could be facing a smelly and unpleasant problem after six office employees authorized a strike that would shut down garbage collection.

The vote by the small group office data specialists at Recology, who are Teamsters Local 174 members, came amid stalled contract negotiations.

Because the union is the same one that represents the drivers and dispatchers at Recology’s Seattle location, all members of Local 174 Recology Teamsters have the right to refuse to cross the picket line.

According to a news release from the union, when the small group of specialized workers first voted to join the Teamsters, they expected to get the same terms and conditions as the 230 other members of the union serving communities in Seattle, Shoreline, Bothell, Des Moines, Issaquah, Mercer Island and Maple Valley.