"He didn't just love San Francisco, as many do. He understood it with a singular, unaffected point of view. Joe was a pioneer in the "Wild West" days of the early blogosphere, and began contributing to SFist not long after it launched in 2004 as San Francisco's answer to New York's burgeoning Gothamist, with a largely unpaid staff."
"Joe had continued working at SFist these last several months while undergoing treatment, and he praised the care he was receiving at UCSF Medical Center. His prognosis became dire only in the last several days as he was diagnosed with pneumonia, and he passed away early Friday at UCSF Parnassasus with family members at his side."
"His personal Blogspot blog, Exercising While Intoxicated, was inspired by his love for Bay to Breakers, and a map he created of all the liquor stores one could find along the race route was soon reprinted on SFist in 2008, creating a modest local sensation and leading to an annual tradition of updating this map that he continued through last year."
Joe Kukura, who began contributing to SFist in its earliest days and became associate editor, passed away at age 55 from complications of gastric cancer. Born in Cleveland in 1970, he relocated to San Francisco after college and became deeply embedded in the city's music and running communities. He was a pioneer in early blogging, creating the popular "Exercising While Intoxicated" blog and a widely-shared map of liquor stores along the Bay to Breakers race route. Kukura continued working at SFist while undergoing cancer treatment at UCSF Medical Center until pneumonia complications led to his death. Colleagues remembered him for his singular understanding and deep appreciation of San Francisco.
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