Day Around the Bay: National Guard Members Shot, Critically Wounded In DC

"SF service providers overseeing supportive housing for the formerly homeless are worried that cuts and changes in HUD funding to the city will soon impact their tenants. The Trump administration recently announced that funding priorities would shift away from supportive housing to temporary and transitional housing and shelters. [SF Public Press] Here's more local reaction to the Little Caesar's that got approved in error in downtown Sebastopol, where they have a ban on formula retail, and people are pretty mad. [Press Democrat]"

"Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot today in DC, where President Trump still has the Guard acting as military police overseeing the city's streets. The apparently targeted shooting happened outside a metro station, and the shooter was immediately subdued; the two Guard members are reportedly in critical condition. [CNN / Washington Post]"

"The Defense Department has responded to the shooting by saying it would deploy 500 more National Guard troops to DC. [New York Times] The death toll in a massive, multi-building highrise apartment fire earlier today in Hong Kong has risen to 44, and 270 people are reportedly missing. [New York Times] Here's a video from public television in 1978, in which Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear go behind the scenes at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. [h/t: Laughing Squid]"

San Francisco service providers believe proposed HUD funding cuts and a shift from supportive housing to temporary and transitional shelters will soon affect formerly homeless tenants. A Little Caesar's location was approved in error in downtown Sebastopol despite a local ban on formula retail, prompting community anger. The annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair reopened at the Cow Palace for its 41st year with published photos. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C.; the shooter was subdued and the victims are in critical condition. The Defense Department plans to deploy 500 additional Guard troops to D.C. A Hong Kong high‑rise fire has killed 44 and left 270 reported missing. A 1978 public television video shows Kermit and Fozzie behind the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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