| Levi Strauss & Co. intends to announce today that it will stay in San Francisco, extending a 156-year-old legacy that began when a Bavarian immigrant of the same name opened a dry goods business here to supply miners during the Gold Rush. Long-term lease promises to keep the company's roughly 1,200 workers at 1155 Battery St. through at least 2021. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
