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In San Francisco, ‘Legacy Business’ Proposition Passes
A proposal to use financial incentives to help preserve longtime San Francisco businesses passed on Tuesday. Proposition J will create the Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund. Under the proposition, legacy businesses will be granted $500 per full-time employee....Yoshimi Shibata: Jan. 25, 1916-Oct. 31, 2015
Yoshimi Shibata, a floral industry pioneer and beloved former president of Mt. Eden Floral Company in San Jose, California, died peacefully in his sleep over the weekend. “He was at home, with family present,” said Robert Shibata, one of “Shimi’s” sons and the current...
Floral Designer Turns Derelict House into Artwork
An abandoned house in Detroit that was once filled with broken glass, jammed toilets —even a dead animal — turned into a flower wonderland for one long weekend this month. Soon, it will become an urban farm. Lisa Waud, owner of Pot & Box, a floral design studio...Sick-Day Excuses: Grandma Poisoned Me, the Doctor Prescribed the Beach
Ever have an employee ask to take a sick day because her doctor said the beach would be good for her vitamin D deficiency? Or because she had no clean underwear? Those are among the excuses that workers gave their managers for taking sick time, according to a new...Why Join SAF?
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