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Burning Man Begins With Dust, Long Lines At The Gate

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada (CBS SF) — The Burning Man art festival officially began Sunday with long lines to get in, and lots of dust. The week long festival celebrating counterculture and art has been...

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Need Your Car Washed? Get In Line With Burners & Their Dusty ‘Playafied’ Cars

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Car wash businesses in San Francisco are gearing up to handle a barrage of Burning Man cars baked in Nevada dust. Although it justifies jacking up prices, not everyone is happy...

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FBI Agents Attended Burning Man To Collect Intelligence, Documents Show

(CBS SF) — As thousands of revelers start making the trek home from the Burning Man festival in Northern Nevada, newly released documents reveal the FBI spied on the event a few years ago. Documents...

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San Francisco Car Wash Charging $100 For Vehicles Returning From Burning Man

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco car washes are charging as much as $100 to clean vehicles covered in dust from the Burning Man playa. Cars lined up at Touchless Car Wash where more than 500...

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San Francisco Couple Reportedly Found House Sitter Renting Out Their...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A San Francisco couple who entrusted their apartment to a house sitter while they were at Burning Man reportedly found out the sitter rented out their unit. The Guardian...

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Burning Man Organizers Push Back Against Nevada Tax On Live Entertainment

RENO (CBS/AP) — Organizers of the Burning Man counter-culture celebration are challenging the enforcement of a Nevada state tax that they say could cost them nearly $3 million. The Reno Gazette-Journal...

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Burning Man Tickets Now Include Live Entertainment Tax

RENO (CBS/AP) — People buying Burning Man tickets later this month will also pay live entertainment tax for the first time. The Reno Gazette-Journal reported the Nevada Department of Taxation notified...

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Playa Site Of Burning Man Rattled By 2nd Magnitude 3.5 Quake In 3 Days

GERLACH, Nev. (CBS/AP) — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck in a remote part of the northern Nevada desert. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 1:53 a.m. Sunday about 14 miles northeast...

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Burning Man Pays $6.5 Million For Fly Ranch, Site Of Man-Made Geyser

RENO (CBS/AP) — Burning Man is the new owner of a hot property not far from the site of its annual counter-culture celebration. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that the Burning Man organization...

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55-Foot Statue Of Nude Woman Spurs Debate In San Leandro

SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) — A new 55-foot tall statue is taking shape on the brand new San Leandro tech campus, but some locals are raising questions about whether the giant nude woman is appropriate public...

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Burners Rush To Assemble Costumes Before Heading To Black Rock City

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — There are only two weeks until the Burning Man Festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, and the rush to get the perfect costume for the festival is on. “We say, ‘are you a...

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Tax Records Show Business Is Booming At Burning Man

The San Francisco-based arts nonprofit that holds the Burning Man festival in northern Nevada's Black Rock Desert is making more and spending more.

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Profitable Burning Man Festival Looks To Invest More In Future Success

The San Francisco-based arts nonprofit that holds the Burning Man counter-cultural festival attended by thousands in northern Nevada's Black Rock Desert is making more and spending more....

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Desert Hosts Traffic Jams, Makeshift Airport For Burning Man

VIDEO: Burning Man A Favorite Of Silicon CEO’s BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (AP) — Tens of thousands have braved massive traffic jams to get to a remote stretch of Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man...

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Man Rescued From Flames At Burning Man Festival Dies In Hospital

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (AP) — A man rushed past layers of security officers into a massive fire at the Burning Man festival’s signature ceremony, suffering burns that left him dead just hours later....

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Creative Housing Solution For Wildfire Victims Awaits Green Light

SANTA ROSA (KPIX 5) — Fire victims relying on shelters are facing an uncertain future. People say they need creative solutions for housing. One option is the Oasis Village, which is the brainchild of...

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Bizarre Items Found In Burning Man Lost And Found

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lindsay Weiss once lost her cellphone and got it back, so she and a friend knew what they had to do when they discovered a camera during the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert...

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Burning Man Ticket Prices Hold Steady for 2018

RENO (AP) — Burning Man organizers say there will be no increase in the price of tickets to this summer’s annual counter-culture event in the northern Nevada desert. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports...

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Death of Man Who Ran into Flames at Burning Man in 2017 Ruled Suicide

RENO (CBS/AP) — The death of a 41-year-old man who ran into the flames during the burning of a towering wooden effigy at the Burning Man counterculture festival in Nevada in September has been ruled a...

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Burning Man Founder Larry Harvey Suffers Stroke

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The founder of Burning Man, Larry Harvey, has been hospitalized after suffering a massive stroke, organizers of the arts festival said. Harvey, 70, was taken to a hospital on...

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Co-Founder of Burning Man, Larry Harvey, Dies at 70

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Larry Harvey, whose whimsical decision to erect a giant wooden figure and then burn it to the ground led to the popular, long-running counterculture celebration known as...

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Despite 2017 Fatality, No Fences Planned for Burns at Burning Man

RENO (AP) — The Burning Man countercultural festival says it won’t install fences around major burns at this year’s event in the northern Nevada desert, a year after the death of a man who ran into...

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Airport Tells Neighbors Charter Flights To Burning Man Won’t Be Noisy

SAN CARLOS (CBS SF) – Residents of San Mateo County may notice increased activity at the San Carlos Airport as charter flights are set to begin taking off next week to the annual Burning Man festival...

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#MeToo on the Playa: Burning Man Organizers Stress Consent

RENO (AP) — The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man. Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert is known for occasional nudity...

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Suspect Arrested In Armed Carjacking Near Burning Man

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect in an armed carjacking near the Burning Man festival. The sheriff’s office says 32-year-old Tiago Gomez of West Hollywood,...

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Burning Man? Bah, Humbug – Austrian Town Builds World’s Tallest Bonfire

BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian town has burned what organizers says is the world’s tallest bonfire, at 198.97 feet (60.646 meters). A bonfire burns in Lustenau, Austria, March 16, 2019. Lustenau achieved a...

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Burning Man Backers Blast BLM’s Proposed Restrictions

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Some supporters of the Burning Man counter-culture festival are complaining about new restrictions the federal government is proposing for the event. The U.S. Bureau of Land...

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Fed Agency Recommends No-Growth Attendance Cap at Burning Man

RENO (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is recommending attendance be capped at existing levels for the next 10 years at the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert 100 miles...

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Artist Marc Ippon de Ronda Creates ‘Fragments’ For Burning Man

French artist Marc Ippon de Ronda shares images and talks about the creation of his newest project ‘Fragments’ with Bay Area Focus host Michelle Griego, before he takes it to Burning Man. This enormous...

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Burning Man Elephant Art Installations Stolen From West Oakland

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) – Jack Champion, a well-known burning man artist, says a man broke into his pickup and took off with the trailer, which had his tools and prized installations inside. “It’s just...

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Authorities Say Death At Burning Man Festival ‘Suspicious’

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A man’s death at the Burning Man festival is being ruled as suspicious by authorities Friday. The Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday identified the man found dead in a...

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At Least 59 Arrests At This Year’s Burning Man Festival

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities arrested at least 58 people at this year’s Burning Man festival in the northern Nevada desert, 14 more than last year. One death was reported this year— a man who...

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Burning Man Organizers Sue U.S. Gov’t Agency Over Land-Use Fees

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man organizers sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to recover millions of dollars they say the government has overcharged them in fees over the past seven years at the...

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Coronavirus Update: Burning Man Canceled For 1st Time In 34 Years In Wake Of...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Organizers for the famed Burning Man celebration called off the annual Summer counter-culture gathering in the Nevada desert this year over concerns about the current...

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Burning Man 2020 Goes All-In On Virtual Reality With ‘Multiverse’

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — This same time last year, tens of thousands of Americans were determining what they wanted to bring to an unforgiving desert and set on fire. It could have been a piece of...

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‘Reckless And Selfish’– Breed Blasts Burning Man Celebration At Ocean Beach...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Parking lots at Ocean Beach in San Francisco are closed Sunday following a large gathering there on Saturday, Mayor London Breed announced on her Facebook and Twitter accounts,...

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Rogue Burning Man Gathering On San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Prompts Calls For...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — After more than 1,000 people crowded onto San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Saturday to celebrate Burning Man, city Supervisor Catherine Stefani on Tuesday urged the city attorney...

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COVID Reopening: Burning Man Mulling Proof Of Vaccination For August 2021...

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (CBS / AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move...

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COVID: Burning Man Organizers Cancel 2021 Festival Due to Pandemic

RENO, Nev. (AP/CBS SF) — Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are canceling this summer’s annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the...

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Second Straight Burning Man Cancellation Divides Locals, Health Officials

RENO (AP) — The cancellation of Burning Man for the second year is drawing mixed reaction in northern Nevada, where some businesses and tourism officials say they’ll miss the economic boost from...

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