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Vote Now! Guardian Best of the Bay 2017

Guardian Best of the Bay 2017

It's Time to Vote for Guardian Best of the Bay 2017 Readers Poll! The original, biggest, and best Best of the Bay is back for its 42nd year and now hosted by 48 Hills. The official publication of the non-profit San Francisco Progressive Media Center.

Vote for your favorite local business, person, place or organization in the appropriate category. You only need your email address for verification. When you complete your ballot, you’ll receive an email asking to verify your vote to make sure voting is fair.

Total Solar Eclipse: Minus One Week

Total Solar Eclipse

Just a week before the "Great American Eclipse", so are you excited? Or confused? Everyone knows a solar eclipse occurs when our moon slips between the Earth and the Sun.

The Sun, Moon and Earth line up perfectly on Monday August 21! So perfectly that you can witness a total solar eclipse across the USA.

The eclipse lasts for over two hours but total darkness lasts for only a couple of minutes. The exact length depends on your location.

Why is this eclipse so special?? Didn't we just have a solar eclipse a few years ago? Actually the last total solar eclipse visible in the USA happened 38 years ago. You only get a few chances to see them in your entire lifetime.  So it's worth a trip to a spot where the total eclipse is visible, somewhere on this narrow path across the USA from coast to coast.

OMG! Your Website Needs HTTPS ASAP

HTTPs

Google wants to make the web more secure. So they have decided to warn website visitors when your site is not using the more secure HTTPS protocol instead of HTTP.

Anyone concerned with site security should upgrade their site to HTTPS now.

You probably know that your full website address starts with http://www....

If it's secure it will start with https://www...

August 21 Total Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse

The countdown for the Total Solar Eclipse is nearly over! Before the fun and excitement, here is some information about the Great American Eclipse, plus a few tips for the upcoming event.

The Great American Eclipse of 2017

A total solar eclipse is an astonishing sight where day turns to night with only the Sun's corona showing. This cosmic display occurs where the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up to reveal the Sun's corona. The entire eclipse lasts for almost three hours but you only get a few minutes of totality. The last total solar eclipse in the USA occurred in 1979.

Rules to strictly follow: