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With multiple straw bans soon to go into effect, bubble-tea vendors will be forced to become environmental pioneers. Photo: Kimberlee Reimer/Getty Images With its hot, humid climate and venerable ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- A proposed plastic straw ban in San Francisco is likely going to mean trouble for bubble tea shops. The popular beverage sold at shops and cafes comes with its signature big ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Boba tea shop owners and their customers may become the latest unintentional casualties of the plastic straw bans sweeping the nation. The city of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors ...

San Francisco may become the next U.S. city to ban plastic straws. The city's board of supervisors approved the ban on a preliminary basis last week and the final decision is on its agenda Tuesday.