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Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SF Pride faces financial difficulties after losing 5 corporate sponsors
SAN FRANCISCO - SF Pride, the nonprofit that puts on the annual parade and two-day street fair, is facing financial difficulty after a handful of corporate sponsors have pulled their financial support. Suzanne Ford, its executive director, said she's looking for other companies and people to sponsor the annual pride celebration, concerned that more sponsors may pull out. Pride weekend is a highly anticipated annual celebration in San Francisco. "I like to watch the parade. Often do things with friends. Come here to the Castro and stroll around," said Ryan Jones, a San Francisco resident and co-owner of Hot Cookie, a popular shop in the Castro. But SF Pride said five corporate sponsors have pulled out after years of supporting the annual celebration. They include Comcast, Anheuser-Busch, Diageo, an alcoholic beverage company that makes many popular brands, including Johnny Walker and Guinness, and La Crema, a wine company owned by Jackson Family Wines. "I'm very concerned. Obviously, there's pressure from the federal government," Ford said all the companies that withdrew their support cited a lack of funds. Ford suspected the Trump Administration's policy against diversity, equity and inclusion programs played a role. "The tone has changed in this country. Businesses already hedge their bets, and I think people who, this isn't their hard core value of their corporation, maybe they're rethinking their investment," said Ford. She said the loss of five corporate sponsorships adds up to $300,000 out of the $1.2 million she still needs to raise. "We gays, we know how to survive. We'll figure out a way to maintain our community through all of this, including financial hardships for things like pride," Jones said. Ford said this year's Pride festivities will go on as planned, but moving forward, what the pride celebration will entail is uncertain. And small businesses that now benefit may be impacted. "We're going to have to be creative and adapt, and find new ways of doing things with less, and doing it just as well. That's going to be a challenge for sure," said Jones. Ford said the city is a magical place for the LGBTQ community, and that it's important to maintain that luster. "The whole world will be watching to see if San Francisco still has those values. That they can come here and live their authentic lives," said Ford. KTVU reached out to the companies that had withdrawn their financial support but had not heard back in time for this report. Amber Lee is a reporter with KTVU. Email Amber at or text/leave message at 510-599-3922. Follow her on Facebook @AmberKTVU, Instagram @AmberKTVU or Twitter @AmberKTVU
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
UFC books Johnny Walker vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Ranked light heavyweights will collide on May 17. At a UFC Fight Night event, Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov will square off in a three-round battle. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. The event has been publicly rumored by some fighters and their management groups to be slated for Qatar, though the promotion has yet to announce the card or its location. Walker (21-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) aims to snap a two-fight skid that consists of knockout losses to current UFC light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev and perennial contender Volkan Oezdemir. Murzakanov (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) returns from a six-month drug test suspension that knocked him out of a UFC 309 showdown vs. Nikita Krylov in November. UFC antidoping program CSAD determined the positive drug test was due to a dietary supplement that did not have the banned substance listed on the label. Murzakanov enters the bout with UFC wins over Tafon Nchukwi, Devin Clark, Dustin Jacoby, and Alonzo Menifield. With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for May 17 includes: Johnny Walker vs. Azamat Murzakanov Ismail Naurdiev vs. Jun Yong Park Shamil Gaziev vs. Serghei Spivac Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Mohammed Usman Roman Dolidze aims to control his anger vs. Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night 254 Beneil Dariush expects Paddy Pimblett to have lots of success grappling Michael Chandler Video: 'UFC Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2' media day interviews This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC books Johnny Walker vs. Azamat Murzakanov
USA Today
12-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC books Johnny Walker vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Ranked light heavyweights will collide on May 17. At a UFC Fight Night event, Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov will square off in a three-round battle. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. The event has been publicly rumored by some fighters and their management groups to be slated for Qatar, though the promotion has yet to announce the card or its location. Walker (21-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) aims to snap a two-fight skid that consists of knockout losses to current UFC light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev and perennial contender Volkan Oezdemir. Murzakanov (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) returns from a six-month drug test suspension that knocked him out of a UFC 309 showdown vs. Nikita Krylov in November. UFC antidoping program CSAD determined the positive drug test was due to a dietary supplement that did not have the banned substance listed on the label. Murzakanov enters the bout with UFC wins over Tafon Nchukwi, Devin Clark, Dustin Jacoby, and Alonzo Menifield. With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for May 17 includes:
The Independent
09-03-2025
- The Independent
‘Disgusting' flight photo provokes fierce debate about plane travel etiquette
A passenger's conduct on a flight has sparked a furious debate around travel etiquette on aeroplanes. Reddit user PepperLunchies shared a photograph of the offending passenger on the popular forum website, in a thread dedicated to the travel company Singapore Airlines. The photo shows the person sitting next to them with their shoes and socks removed, and their bare foot touching the seat in front. 'Just wondering, if a passenger is rude next to you, like this example here. Can I request to change seats or get him to put on his stupid shoes?' the Reddit user asked. 'He was like [that] throughout the flight except for meal times at which he kept asking for whiskey and only after confirming that it was a Johnny Walker red label….. for the life of me. Why did I have to put next to this heathen?' The question prompted a wave of responses, with many offering differing verdicts on how to handle the situation. 'Ask him nicely. Then ask the crew nicely. Nothing else you can do,' one prominent response read. 'Omg I swear there are so many disgusting people in this world that i feel like i have to pay 4x the price to sit business so that I can avoid this kind of situation,' wrote another commenter. 'Disgusting, if you want to take out your socks and air your feet I suggest booking a business class ticket instead,' someone else remarked. Others suggested escalating the situation with a more confrontational approach. 'Quite simple actually. Just use your feet and touch his feet, you're wearing shoes, he isn't,' one person said. 'I would accidentally tilt beverage all over and say sorry,' another wrote. After being asked what the original poster's response was to the etiquette infraction was, they explained: 'No, [I didn't ask him to cover his feet]. I was afraid cos he seemed partially drunk. I mean, I just wanted no drama if possible. Yah sadly I can be a pushover lol.'
