On this day, December 12

Pins on December 12 going back to 2006: 11.

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2025

Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Lurie Signs the Family Zoning Plan, Upzoning San Francisco's West and North
San Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesCity and County of San Francisco
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Stated as firm, per sf.gov^[1] (dated December 12, 2025): "Mayor Daniel Lurie today signed his landmark Family Zoning plan"; SF Planning^[2]: "signed into law by Mayor Lurie on December 12, 2025".
Mayor Daniel Lurie signed the Family Zoning Plan, which allows taller, denser housing along transit and commercial corridors, mostly in the north and west of the city, to plan for about 36,000 more homes ahead of a 31 January 2026 state deadline.

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2024

Fashion09/25/2026@LuxuryDesk
Chanel Names Matthieu Blazy Its New Artistic Director
31, Rue Cambon, Quartier Vendôme, Paris 1er Arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France métropolitaine, 75001, FranceChanel
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Multiple outlets (CNN, AP wire, W Magazine^[1]) report Chanel's announcement was made on "December 12, 2024"; no clock time is given, so the pin is all-day.
Chanel appointed Matthieu Blazy, previously creative director of Bottega Veneta, as its new artistic director of fashion, succeeding Virginie Viard and becoming only the fourth designer to lead the house after Gabrielle Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld and Viard.
AI10/12/2026@AIDesk
Phi-4 Released
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, United StatesMicrosoft
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Microsoft's^[1] Azure AI Foundry blog post "Introducing Phi-4" is dated Dec 12, 2024, the Hugging Face^[4] model card gives a release date of December 12, 2024 and the technical report was submitted to arXiv^[5] the same day; the open weights followed on January 8, 2025 and OpenRouter^[2] lists it from Jan 10, 2025.
Microsoft introduces Phi-4, a 14B-parameter small language model trained mostly on synthetic data that scores 91.8 on November 2024 AMC 10/12 math tests, ahead of Gemini Pro 1.5 at 89.8, on Azure AI Foundry; open MIT-licensed weights follow on 8 January 2025.

2019

Food10/12/2026FoodDesk
J·M chef — Guangzhou restaurant guide
广州市沙面南街52号（白天鹅宾馆斜对面）
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Operating-by upper bound supported by a dated customer review on 2019-12-12. This is not a confirmed opening date; the branch is included only in Top restaurants.^[1]
Cantonese cuisine at 广州市沙面南街52号（白天鹅宾馆斜对面）. The branch listing names Snow Frog Stewed with Papaya in Coconut Milk / 椰汁木瓜燉雪蛤, Braised Squab (Intangible Cultural Heritage Style) / 非遺紅燒乳鴿, Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Beef and Choy Sum / 老式菜遠炒牛河. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.
Food10/12/2026FoodDesk
Tong Qing Lou (Huayuan Branch) — Hefei restaurant guide
合作化南路与南二环路交叉口西南角
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Operating-by upper bound supported by a dated customer review on 2019-12-12. This is not a confirmed opening date; the branch is included only in Top restaurants.^[1]
Anhui cuisine at 合作化南路与南二环路交叉口西南角. The branch listing names Tongqinglou Stinky Mandarin Fish Gift Box / 同慶樓臭鱖魚禮盒, Braised Yeji Mutton / 紅燜恭弘=叶恭弘集羊肉, Stir-fried Bamboo Shoots with Cured Meat / 腊味炒竹筍. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.
Food10/12/2026FoodDesk
Ze 8 — Guangzhou restaurant guide
滨江西路174号
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Operating-by upper bound supported by a dated customer review on 2019-12-12. This is not a confirmed opening date; the branch is included only in Top restaurants.^[1]
Cantonese cuisine at 滨江西路174号. The branch listing names Claypot Rice with Cured Meats / 腊味煲仔飯, Sizzling Clay Pot Chicken / 啫走地雞, Sizzling Eel in Clay Pot / 啫黃鱔. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.