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| BeyondChron |
| Burn the Koran Day |
| 07/29/2010 12:00 AM |
| The same creepy Gainesville, Florida folks who gave us the ?no homo mayor? campaign (to protest an openly gay candidate for mayor) and who claim that queers hate good ol? American free speech because they ?don?t want to hear the truth about their perverted lifestyles,? will now present ?International Burn a Koran Day.? To commemorate the ninth anniversary of the tragedy that befell the Twin Towers in New York, the Dove World Outreach Center, a … |
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| SFist |
| Day Around the Bay |
| 07/29/2010 12:00 AM |
Two Jack’s: The best restaurant you’ve probably never been to. Yet. [ Haighteration ] "[T]he distinction between the brand 'iPhone' and the object 'phone' is basically nil, and from here on out these words will be used interchangeably." [ SF Appeal ] What tech buzzwords make you confused and/or want to … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| SFPD Arrests Hannah Yau and Maria Dionisio for Epic $2.6 Million Dollar Embezzlement Scams |
| 07/29/2010 12:00 AM |
| This one, involving former employees of U.K and San Francisco-based Autonomy Corporation , speaks for itself. Let’s hear from the SFPD : “The San Francisco Police Department in conjunction with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced today the arrest and charging of Maria Lourdes B. Dionisio and Hannah Yau for their alleged involvement in a $2.6 million dollar embezzlement scam.” And now let’s hear from … |
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| The Snitch |
| Baylinks: Lice, Coffee, & Kanye West |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
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?Kanye West visits Twitter headquarters in "Silicone" Valley; will have best Twitter of all time [Wall Street Journal]Missed connection: To the prostitute peeing on Polk Street between Ellis &... |
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| Matier & Ross |
| San Jose likely to pull back on ballpark vote |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
After being waved off by Major League Baseball, San Jose officials are expected to announce today that they're pulling plans for a citywide ballpark vote in November, City Hall sources say. Word of the pullback comes just days after Mayor Chuck Reed's... 
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| City Insider |
| Police foot-patrols measure to go before voters |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Supervisors Chris Daly and Sean Elsbernd, among the Board of Supervisors' best parliamentarian tacticians, put on a great show at City Hall Tuesday over placement of a proposed measure on the November ballot. The proposal , sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi , calls for the Police...
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Wednesday's TV Picks |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
I made a resolution at the beginning of the summer that I would not watch any "summer series" that was on TV simply because it was summer, and a network had to fill in programming time. It worked out...
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| 911, what is your emergency? Police, Fire or Mental? |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
My house alarm is so loud, I thought the world was ending when it went off at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. My first hazy thought was that my roommate had tripped it, fumbling with the code on his way...
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| SFist |
| Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues More Furloughs |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
After laying off 200,000 state workers in June, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger revisited the policy, which will go into effect on Sunday. While the much-loathed Republican governor's order "requires employees take three … |
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| SFist |
| Kanye West Visits Twitter Headquarters |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
In Twitter's continuing series of famous people visiting their Folsom Street office, a shard-dressed Kanye West stopped by this afternoon. He even had a bite to eat at their famously tasty kitchen. Photog Troy Holden snapped these shots of the candid … |
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| Daily Kos |
| CA-Gov: Brown up six, Whitman damaged goods |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| Public Policy Polling (PDF File) . 7/23-25. Registered Voters. MoE 3.95%. The candidates for Governor are Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown. If the election was today, who would you vote for? Jerry Brown (D) 46 Meg Whitman (R) 40 Undecided 14 Anyone in California who has endured the endless television ads from the GOP nominee knows the extent to which Meg Whitman has tried to buy the California Governor's Mansion. Well, … |
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| SFist |
| How to Make In-N-Out's Double-Double Animal Style |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Animal-Style Double-Double (photo: Rachelle Bowden at rachelleb.com) Lindsay William-Ross at LAist brings our attention to a serious gastronomic matter: making you own In-N-Out Double-Double Animal Style burger . "Using a serious of mathematical formulas, a care package shipped overnight from California, … |
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| SFist |
| Mark Zuckerberg Stalked |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
With a a movie about the 26-year-old Facebook CEO's life due in theaters this year, it makes sense that Mark Zuckerberg, a billionaire-cum-celebrity who made millions off of your privacy, would have his invaded. And Gawker's Valleywag did just that, posting a slew of paparazzi-like photos of Zuckerberg and … |
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| SFist |
| Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Florence + The Machine |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| British pop outfit Florence + the Machine were one of the highlights of SFist's Coachella experience , and lead singer Florence Welch has some incredible stage presence. They'll be coming to the Fox in Oakland November 5, and tickets go on sale on Sunday. Above, see their network TV premiere on Letterman last fall. Also going on sale this Sunday (despite what these links say): three nights with Widespread Panic October 15-17, and a Broken … |
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| SFist |
| We're Honored... |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
SF Bay Guardian 's annual "Best of San Francisco" issue came out today. And? SFist won Best Local Blog in the Readers Poll category. (Aw shucks, San Francisco, thank you so very, very much! We totally deserve it.) Other winners that made the cut? Caliber SF (Best Eyes on the City), Crème Brulee … |
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| City Insider |
| Herrera will appeal Alioto-Pier decision |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has decided to appeal last week's court ruling that granted Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier the right to seek re-election in November, rebuffing his contention that voter-enacted term limits preclude her from seeking another term. ''I was elected to defend the will of...
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| CurbedSF |
| links: Wednesday: Rich White Men Return |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| · Rich white men back to camp it up in the Redwoods [NYTimes] · The glamour of greywater systems [Streetsblog] · On the Farallones, where anxiety dreams are for the birds [SFGate] · Cute, fuzzy and toxic: what a... |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Today’s Headlines |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| Eric Fischer Charts Muni Vehicle Movement for the Month of June (Via Pedestrianist ) Supes Muni Reform Measure Defeated as Deal is Reached with Mayor ( City Insider ) Meantime, Supes Send Real Estate Tax to Voters; Drop Business, Parking Tax ( SFBG , The Appeal ) Hunter's Point Redevelopment Plan Approved in 10-1 Vote by Supes ( SF Gate ) AC Transit Threatens to Stop Weekend Service as Labor Dispute Continues ( Pleasanton Weekly ) New Poll … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Sales Tax Hike Could Save Olympia’s Transit System |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
If
transit supporters don't turn out at the polls, service in Thurston County will plummet by about 25 percent compared to levels made possible
by a small sales tax hike. Image: Seattle Transit Blog It may be the middle of summer, but if you're paying attention, it's … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Grassroots Coalition Jumps Into the Fight to Protect AB32 |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
A protest earlier this year against efforts to rollback AB 32. Photo: Ella Baker Center A new coalition launching in the coming weeks is mobilizing groups with deep roots in their communities to take on Proposition 23, a measure on the November ballot that seeks to … |
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| SFist |
| Board of Supervisors Approves Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
As expected, the S.F. Board of Supervisors voted to approve the massive Hunters Point redevelopment project on Tuesday. "After years of debate," SF Appeal reports, "the Board of Supervisors gave first approval to a bevy of legislation that would allow Lennar Corporation -- in … |
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| SFist |
| Um, Earthquake Today? |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
We're not in the habit of following earthquake prediction websites and such, but we feel like the collective consciousness around town has been buzzing a bit about earthquakes since that little one last week , and this guy at QuakePrediction.com is now really freaking our shit out. He's calling that baby 3.5er … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| The Presidio’s Walt Disney Family Museum Celebrates the 55th Anniversary of Disneyland |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| Our Walt Disney Family Museum just celebrated the 55th Anniversary of the opening of Disneyland , from way back in July 1955. To mark the occasion they held a three-day star-studded extravaganza up in the Presidio. Yes, the Disney Family Museum is in the northern part of San Francisco. Check it: FaceBook / YouTube / Twitter / WDFM Blog Anyway, the place was awash with rabid Disney fans, with some of them talking about their memories … |
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| Rescue Muni |
| Muni Un-Reform Un-Proposed |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| The Board of Supervisors did the right thing yesterday and rejected a proposed charter amendment that would have changed the makeup of the SFMTA Board, and would have been in effect a takeover of the SFMTA by the Board of Supervisors. (Rescue Muni members spoke several times in opposition.)
Instead, a task force is being [...] |
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| SFist |
| Bohemian Grove Attracting Fewer Protesters These Days |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
An 'unseen' photo of the large owl statue and an apparent gondola from within the private, wooded enclave. [via JonesReport ] There was a time when tons of protesters would gather outside the Bohemian Grove enclave in Monte Rio, organized in part by Sonoma County resident Mary Moore, to call attention to the great big, … |
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| SFist |
| Photo du Jour 679 |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
"SFO" by bats . 
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
'Bartender' by Mark Menjivar PHOTOGRAPHY: (Por)trait Revealed , a juried exhibition of portrait photography, features Mark Menjivar 's You Are What You Eat, a series of interior shots of refrigerators taken "as is" in homes across the US and Fritz Liedtke's Skeleton in the Closet , a series of intimate … |
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| SFist |
| Farallones Scientists Report Having Same Dreams |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Biologists at the Farallones , a group of islands 27 west of the Golden Gate Bridge, have been documenting more than just endangered birds and sea life. According to a fascinating article in penned by Carolyn Jones at The Chronicle , the scientists have also been logging their dreams, "which tend to be … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Temporary Transbay Terminal Open House on August 3rd – Refreshments, Giveaways and More! |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| Oh, it’s on. Word comes from SF FYI Net about the big Transbay Temporary Terminal Open House that’s coming up at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd. And do you know what this joint at the TTT will feature? “Tours of the open air facility , refreshments, giveaways and more.” It’s going to be a blast! (Will AC Transit-loving Epic Beard Man Thomas Bruso show up? We Can Only Hope.) As it looked under construction, your … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Supes Muni Reform Measure Nixed as Chiu Strikes Deal with Mayor |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo by Myleen Hollero/ Orange Photography Fearing a potential defeat by voters on a crowded November ballot, and saying he wants to see faster reform at the SFMTA, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced a compromise with Mayor Gavin Newsom late Tuesday night before casting … |
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| SFist |
| Cellular Telephone Industry Association Suing S.F. |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Oh dear. Folks from the Cellular Telephone Industry Association , a wireless "nonprofit" group established in 1984, is in the process of suing San Francisco over our (alarmist?) Cell Phone Right-To-Know ordinance , according to SF Weekly . CTIA claims, among other … |
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| SFist |
| Man Murdered In Buena Vista Park |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
Buena Vista Park played host to a murder on Tuesday morning. According to SF Appeal , "a man was drinking at the top of Buena Vista Park when another man allegedly stabbed him to death." The victim, a homeless man, "was carried down to the street by other men but died at the scene." No word yet as to … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Latest Video Postcard to the City of San Francisco is Just 22 Minutes |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| Well, here it is , San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s lastest YouTube, taking it Direct to The People without any meddlesome media to fuzz up The Message. “Mayor Newsom discusses the 20thAnniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Improvements in MUNI ontime performance, success of the JobsNow! program, and answers questions received by Twitter.” See? [img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19779" title="gav" … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| Financial reform bill has FIOA loophole for SEC |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 PM |
| "The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is appalled at a little-noticed provision of the new financial reform legislation that allows the Securities and Exchange Commission to ignore legitimate requests for information made by the public or the press," the SABEW's president, Rob Reuteman, said in a statement Wednesday. "The Freedom of Information Act, which became law in 1967, has been of immeasurable aid to public understanding … |
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| The Snitch |
| Buena Vista Park Drinker Stabbed to Death |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
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?An man drinking in Buena Vista Park yesterday morning was set upon and stabbed by one of his fellow drinkers. He died on the scene at around 10 a.m. after being carried from the park to the stree... |
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| BeyondChron |
| Whitman Snubs African Americans and Black Media |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| Hope you were able to TiVo that campaign ad Meg Whitman ran during the primary with her endorsement from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Because if Whitman continues her strategy of avoiding African Americans, that may be probably the only time you'll see the former EBay CEO around many other African Americans between now and November election. African Americans are unhappy with Whitman's decision to skip this Saturday's … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Supes Pick Their Battles for November Ballot |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| Many progressive measures that raise revenue and/or reform City government have been talked about in recent months ? but voters won?t get to weigh in on them this November. Last night was the deadline for Charter Amendments and tax measures to qualify, and the Board of Supervisors faced a cold, harsh reality. Throwing everything on the ballot was asking for trouble. A measure to raise the real estate transfer tax for multimillionaires is on … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Lessons of the UNITE HERE-SEIU Deal |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| The July 26 settlement between UNITE HERE and SEIU ended a divisive conflict that badly hurt the labor movement. It hindered cooperation between SEIU and the AFL-CIO, and divided labor activists and unions. Millions of dollars were squandered over Bruce Raynor?s tantrum at being denied the right to be an international union president for life. While the agreement paves the way for closer cooperation around immigrant rights and November?s … |
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| SFGTV Video On Demand: Mayor's Office |
| Mayor Newsom's City Update: July 26, 2010 - Jul 28, 2010 |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| The agenda for Mayor Newsom's City Update: July 26, 2010 dated Wednesday, 28 July 2010 has been archived. Access it here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=10472 Download File |
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| SFGTV: Budget & Finance Committee |
| BOS Budget and Finance Committee - Jul 28, 2010 |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| The agenda for BOS Budget and Finance Committee dated Wednesday, 28 July 2010 has been archived. Access it here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=10471 Download File |
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| The Snitch |
| Republicans Following Porn on Twitter (NSFW) |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
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?If you're going to get hit with a sex scandal, you should at least make sure to enjoy the sex. Yet the California Republican Party has been monitoring the online offerings of dozens of porn purv... |
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| The Snitch |
| Hunters Point, Taxes Get Supes' Approval |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
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?San Francisco's Board of Supervisors didn't need to wait until the wee hours of the morning this time to give the greenlight the massive Hunters Point Naval Shipyard redevelopment, as was the cas... |
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| SFist |
| Day Around the Bay |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
Photo by Travis Jensen Larry Flynt's adult club sends "stripper mobile" barreling down Market Street. [ Caliber ] Anti-Obama/Pelosi scene on Third Street outside HRD Cafe. [ Meowmix ] Talking to Francis Ford Coppola about his new restaurant, Rustic. [ Inside Scoop ] Man stabbed on T-Third Muni platform this morning. [ … |
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| Daily Kos |
| CA-LtGov: Republicans hate taxes, so they don't pay them |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| There are few things worse for a politician than an unpaid tax lien, especially in a state like California where our perennial budget crisis makes it even more important for our politicians to demonstrate their commitment to paying their fair share. Enter Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, who was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the position after John Garamendi won the special election created by the appointment of Ellen Tauscher to … |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Carly Fiorina: A Global Warming Denier |
| 07/28/2010 12:00 AM |
| Fiorina even had the audacity to suggest the science of global warming needs to be examined. What's to examine when the overwhelming scientific consensus has concluded that global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity? |
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| The SF K Files |
| Hot topic: CDC program at Grattan |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| This from a reader: my son just got a spot at the CDC program at Grattan, where my daughter will enter K in august, and i cannot find anyone, or any listing, that reviews or shares an opinion on the program. do you have any suggestions for me? my son is currently in a private preschool but putting him in the cdc program at grattan who be a logistically dream and take a very heavy financial load of my shoulders. still, i want to know more about … |
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| City Insider |
| Supervisors kill Muni charter proposals; Chiu, Newsom craft alternative |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected a pair of proposed ballot measures that would give more money to the financially hamstrung Municipal Transportation Agency and bolster the supervisors' authority over the transit system while blunting the mayor's. Board of Supervisors President David...
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| SFist |
| What's Going On Here, Face of Anthony Souza, San Quentin Murderer? |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Source: San Quentin State Prison New San Quentin inmate Edward John Schaefer -- who was convicted of murder after a bout of drunken driving resulted in the death of a 9-year-old Novato girl -- was stabbed to death "in the chest and neck at about 10:35 a.m. Monday in the prison's reception center yard." Schaefer was … |
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| SFist |
| Visualization of Muni Movement |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Jeff Hunt of Muni Diaries brings our attention to this wonderful visualization of Muni movement. Using data provided by NextBus, Eric Fischer "posted an animated version of Muni vehicle movements for all of June 2010." The 108-Treasure Island, as Hunt points out, is particularly adorable with its squirreliness. Mesmerizing.
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Stow Lake Boat House Renderporn – OMG, Swan Paddle Boats Coming to Golden Gate Park! |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| Stow Lake Boat House Renderporn! Stow Lake Boat House Renderporn! It’s here, it’s finally here. Now I’ll tell you, there’s some law or something that says there needs to be a hearing before a new tenant comes in for the Boat House at Stow, so there’ll be a meeting on August 19th to let the full board of Rec and Park vote on the new tenant . Word on the street is that Ortega Family Enterprises will bring in … |
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| The Snitch |
| iPad Owners Sue Apple In Class Action Suit |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
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?If Steve Jobs has been slamming his head into the wall over the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" debacle, here comes another legal slap from unsatisfied customers: A trio of iPad owners are suing Apple in... |
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| SFist |
| SFist Commenter Drinks 13 Beers While Running S.F. Marathon |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
SFist commenter DJ Tennessee (a onetime SFist contributor) raises the bar on drunken marathon madness. After creating a liquor store map for Bay to Breakers, he decided to upstage his very own un-upstageable brilliance . During Sunday's San Francisco marathon, DJ Tennessee drank 13 beers in 13 miles . … |
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| City Insider |
| Newsom demands full wheelchair access to board chamber |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Two years after the Board of Supervisors narrowly rejected a plan to make the president's dais in City Hall's historic legislative chamber accessible to wheelchairs, Mayor Gavin Newsom said he will not leave office ''until they make the chamber accessible to people with disabilities.'' He made...
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| CurbedSF |
| on the move: Tuesday Morning Links |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| · New parking meters debut today in Hayes Valley [SFGate] · Thwart the Combustion Engine at the Bicycle Music Festival [via Streetsblog] · On the other hand, some people like to sleep late [BayCitizen] · SFMTA and private shuttles?... |
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| Greenerati |
| Great Plastic Adventure Completes Journey |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Plastiki arrival in Sydney It seemed like just a short while ago that David De Rothschild set sail from San Francisco aboard his boat made of 12,500 plastic PET bottles, the Plastiki touched base in the planned destination of Sydney the other day. … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Today’s Headlines |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| State Transit Measure "Pits Normally Allied Groups Against One Another" ( SF Gate ) Construction Projects on the GG Bridge Will Affect Bicyclists, Peds ( SF Examiner ) Still Searching For Truly Complete Streets, 20 Years After ADA ( LAB blog ) Local Press Conferences, Events Mark Anniversary of ADA ( Daily Journal , ABC7 ) SFBG : "Lennar's Plan Illustrates San Francisco's Revelopment Problem" SF Examiner … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Bike Tour Taps San Francisco’s Water Innovations |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Blair Randall shows off the rain barrels. Photo: Matt Baume When most San Franciscans turn on a faucet, they'll see water that's traveled as far as two hundred miles from Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. But that's not the case for some locally-minded gardeners, for whom careful water … |
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| SFist |
| Oakland Police Arrest Two In Connection With Virginia Man's Murder |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Oakland residents George Hugguins, 24, and Althea Housley, 33, were arrested on Monday and Saturday, respectively. Both are suspected of killing Jinghong Kang on July 18 after robbing the Virgina man of $17. Kang was in downtown Oakland to have his teeth cleaned before an interview at Google the next … |
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| SFist |
| Abusive TV Star Chef Looking for Bad Restaurants |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Gordon Ramsey -- a celebrity chef who, unlike other famous gastronomes, gained notoriety for his trademark abusive behavior, not his food -- is looking for a few bad restaurants. According to Justine Quart at SF Appeal , Ramsey's restaurant makeover show, Kitchen Nightmares , wants … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Michael Moore Lends His Name to Kent State Truth Tribunal, Coming to S.F. August 7-8 |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| All right, I think I have this one figured out now – San Francisco will host part of the 2010 Kent State Truth Tribunal on August 7th and 8th, 2010. It will occur at 150 Green Street near Sansome (down in Old Media Gulch , near the birthplace of television on the short 200 block of Green - not a bad place for a national broadcast.) Check it: “The west coast tribunal will take place over the weekend of August 7 & 8, 2010 at … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| TARGET Just Keeps on Giving to San Franciscans – Lucky “Eva E” Finds Golden Ticket in Colma |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| The next time some allegedly rich allegedly yuppie-types* say something like, “ …San Franciscans are supposedly ["supposedly?" what?] going elsewhere such as Colma and Serramonte for their department store fix….,” you can just point to the case of San Francisco resident Eve E . Why? Well, she just made a surprising discovery after making a run for the border to do a little shopping at one of the busiest tar-GHEY stores … |
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| CurbedSF |
| obsessions: All Over the Curbed Universe |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| Photo by Elizabeth Daniels via Racked LA Not content with obsessing over Target's political contributions or the impending demolition of San Francisco's Moderne rail terminus? Have a look at other obsessions from the Curbed Network… · Bar Agricole! [Eater... |
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| SFist |
| High-Tech Parking Meters Make S.F. Debut Today |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rolled out new parking meters, high-tech ones that will replace old meters with new "coin and card" ones in Hayes Valley. Part of a pilot program called SFPark , the new meters do more than just … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| The 2007 “Stanyan Street Commons,” a Community Garden near USF, is Now Lost to History |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| Remember back in the day, back in the late-oughts when Victory Gardens ‘n stuff were all over the place? Well, you can relive that era right now by clicking on all the links that describe that time in ought-seven when “ guerilla gardeners ” took over the land in front of some lady’s apartment complex at Fulton and Stanyan and just started gardening. Remember, man? It was beautiful vandalism , man. This joint had lots … |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Tuesday's TV Picks |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
If you're a fan of Gordon Ramsay, you need look no further than Fox tonight, as it's all Ramsay, all night on that network. (At this point, it seems like he should just get his own cable channel;...
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
BLOCK PARTY: This month's Bold Italic Microhood event will take place in a spot they've coined Mint Slope , "where Market Street runs through the shadow of the Federal Mint building." Enjoy all-night eats, artisanal cocktails, travel books, comic books, cutting-edge design, and collector … |
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| SFist |
| SFist Blotter: A Stabbing on Third, a Robbery on Bryant |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Third Street / Stabbing: Someone was stabbed around 10 a.m. this morning during a fight involving about 10 people in or around the Muni light rail stop at Third and Oakdale. [ Examiner ] Mission / Robbery-Assault : A 24-year-old man was robbed last night at 23rd and Bryant while walking home. Two … |
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| SFist |
| Raiders Great Jack Tatum Dies |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
Noted as " one of the most feared hitters in NFL history ," former Raiders great Jack Tatum died today. He was 61. Tatum, according to SFGate, was best known for paralyzing Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978. Tatum died of a heart attack in Oakland. [img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Big “San Francisco Congestion Pricing” Car Fee Meeting Tonight at the Ferry Building |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| I’ll tell you, if you are dead-set against the idea of paying money for the right to drive into the Financh at certain times of the day , you’re better off not attending the “outreach meeting” being held tonight tonight * at the Ferry Building. “ We will be conducting a fourth round of public workshops to present our findings in late spring or early summer. Join us in person or on the web to discuss our … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Awesome 57-Second Flickr Video Shows Where All MUNI Buses Go – Eric Fischer Strikes Again |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
| Via The Pedestrianist comes news of the latest from Eric Fischer . OMG, here it is . Doesn’t it look just like a beating heart, with the 108 Treasure Island representing the pulmonary aorta and veins ’n stuff? I rate this video and the other one as: Excellent. [img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19720" title="sf copy" src="http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sf-copy1-450x675.jpg" alt="" width="450" … |
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| The Snitch |
| Do Black Voters Want to Legalize Marijuana? |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
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?As the campaigns for and against California's marijuana-legalizing Proposition 19 heat up, a big question mark still hangs over a vital factor in the initiative's fate: How popular is it among mi... |
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| Matier & Ross |
| San Jose likely to pull back on ballpark vote |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 PM |
After being waved off by Major League Baseball, San Jose officials are expected to announce today that they're pulling plans for a citywide ballpark vote in November, City Hall sources say. Word of the pullback comes just days after Mayor Chuck Reed's...
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| Items for Monday, July 27 |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
WSJ: Tribune CEO says company will try a newscast with no anchors (scroll to bottom) Forbes: IRS demands $45M from Clear Channel founder, used same tax strategy as Anschutz E&P: Audit rules loosened to allow newspapers to count readers multiple times 
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| Guild leader 'insulted' by Chronicle's latest offer |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
"There is nothing just, fair or even close to decent in what Chronicle management has offered at the bargaining table," writes Chron reporter and union leader Michael Cabanatuan (right). "Frankly, the company's offer is an insult. And we should all feel insulted." He says the Guild wants: • More time off -- workers gave up two weeks … |
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| SFGTV: Board of Supervisors |
| BOS Full Board of Supervisors - Jul 27, 2010 |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| The agenda for BOS Full Board of Supervisors dated Tuesday, 27 July 2010 has been archived. Access it here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=10&clip_id=10462 Download File |
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| The Snitch |
| Was Dead Whale in Bay Struck by Boat? |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
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?A young humpback whale sighted off the Farallones Sunday may have been struck by a boat and left to die, scientists fear. The 25-foot whale was spotted by biologist Jaime Jahncke, a researcher ... |
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| The SF K Files |
| Rachel Norton: Update on the new student assignment system |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| An excerpt from SFUSD Board of Education member Rachel Norton's blog : I’ve been receiving a lot of questions from parents on the new assignment plan, mostly centered around the planned release of the new attendance area boundaries and middle -school feeder patterns next month. In a recent meeting with district staff developing the new plan, I received some further information about how the review process for the new boundaries and feeder … |
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| BeyondChron |
| 98% of Rome?s Priests Are Gay |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| The Pope must be having a lot of sleepless nights these days. Especially now that Panorama , a magazine owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has just published an expos? on the secret lives of Rome?s gay priests. They?re not sitting home saying the rosary. Nor are they molesting children, as one might think, given how the Vatican has tried its best to push its ongoing sex with kids scandal onto the backs of gay priests. |
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| BeyondChron |
| How Netroots Nation Will Get You Out of Your Underwear |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| As I settle into my airplane seat to type a retrospective of the faces I came to know this past weekend at Netroots Nation, these same faces distract me now -- 12 inches in front of my face. The TV in the headset in front of me was just flashing Lawrence O?Donell on Ketih Olberman, who two days ago stood next to me in an impromptu, close-up magic show at an after party. Now the Rachel Maddow Show is on, featuring Xeni Jardin ? just two days … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Why Bother Bidding? |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| How Fred Bekele won a parking garage contract in San Francisco, only to have it taken away In the summer of 2007, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) hired consultant Barbara Chance to address multiple issues concerning the city?s management and award of public contracts for city-owned parking facilities. The MTA was concerned that, among other things, the city was not maximizing the revenues it could derive from parking … |
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| BeyondChron |
| SEIU-UNITE HERE Settlement Reached |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
| After an 18-month battle that began with SEIU believing it could affect a hostile takeover of its once close union ally, the two unions reached a settlement yesterday almost entirely on UNITE HERE?s terms. SEIU?s raids on UNITE HERE split the labor movement just as Barack Obama took office, undermining labor?s key goals of securing the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and comprehensive immigration reform. The settlement represents a major … |
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| SFist |
| Day Around the Bay |
| 07/27/2010 12:00 AM |
Photo by You Might Find Yourself Target halts Timbuk2's recycled-plastic-bag messenger bag project. [ Mission Mission ] Yelp has a fashionably dressed sex bunny doll. [ Valleywag ] Clipper failure turns into a loads of free Muni rides this morning. [ Akit ] … |
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| SFist |
| The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 7/26 - 8/1 |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
The Night Marchers An absolutely packed week of shows with Twin Sister at Rickshaw Stop tonight, the previously profiled Ty Segall at Amnesia Friday and Los Angeles-based beat wizard Baths with chillers Memoryhouse at Rickshaw Stop Saturday. Our featured show this week, however, is The Night Marchers . If you … |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Tourist Trapped: Surviving GoCar |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
This week on Tourist Trapped, my oldest friend Kate and I decided to test out a GoCar . You've probably seen these things tearing around the city, bright yellow two-seater "cars" manned by...
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| SFist |
| The Uptown, a Prostitute Hangout? |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Well, this is exciting: The Uptown , a former watering hole of grit turned scenester sardine tin, might be a local hangout for the mobile sex worker community. That is to say, it's a place where street walkers convene in between dates. At least according to Stephen Torres at Broke-Ass Stuart this is the … |
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| BOMA San Francisco |
| Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Boiler Emission Regulations |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
BOMA San Francisco Members: Please note that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is the oversight agency for recently adopted boiler emission regulations. You can find more information on each regulation by clicking on the links below: Emission Limits for Natural Gas-Fired … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Levi’s Selects First-Ever “Levi’s Girl” – Paid Intern Meghan Smith Coming to Town |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| OMG, one of the interns here just found out that they’re all supposed to be getting paid, under da federal law. It’s a disaster, they’re having a meeting in the walk-in, electing a “shop steward” or whatever. They’re saying how they’re supposed to get at least $9.79 per, plus Healthy San Francisco. I thought we had a deal man, you know, where I get all the glory and they get the false praise. Oh well, … |
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| SFist |
| Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Craigslist" By Weird Al Yankovic |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Guess what everyone?! Weird Al Yankovic is not only still alive, he's still making music and touring! Yes, in fact, the musician most beloved by sixth graders in 80s will be coming to the Warfield on August 10th, and there are still seats available . Above, to cleanse your palate of less-than-palatable news this afternoon, please enjoy this video for his 2009 song "Craigslist," which is an homage to the Doors without actually being a direct … |
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| SFist |
| NIMBY Watch: The Marina Wants to Stop Foster Kid Housing Project |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Just when you thought the Marina could no longer surprise you with unyielding tastelessness, it ups the ante. Take, for example, the neighborhood's recent effort to stop a proposed plan for housing "aged out" foster care children. See, when foster kids reach 18, they are turned out on their own -- … |
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| SFist |
| Breaking: Arinell Pizza Open Until 3 a.m. |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Holy smokes! Arinell Pizza , one of the finest real pizza joints in San Francisco, is now open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays, reports Mission Mission . It almost makes us wished we lived in the Mission again. Almost. [img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' … |
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| SFist |
| AT&T Park Beats Dodgers Stadium, Food Health Inspector-wise |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo credit: Ben @ WWDC 2007 More aesthetically pleasing, housing a better team, and situated in a superior neighbor -- AT&T Park can now say it's better than Dodgers stadium when it comes to food sanitary conditions. According to a food vendor health inspection survey on ESPN , a scant 4% of AT&T Park vendors were in violation, … |
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| SFist |
| Never Fear, You CAN Recycle Mr. Potato Head |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Recycling technology sure has come a long way, and it looks like San Francisco's Recology might be leading the charge. After noticing the forlorn Mr. Potato Head pictured on the "Recyclable" label of our recycling cart the other day, we discovered that all plastic toys are in fact recyclable , as long as … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| PBS to Air “Presumed Guilty” July 27th – Two UC Berkeley Students Explore Mexican Justice System |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| This is what’s coming up on KQED-TV tomorrow at 10:30 PM: a documentary from UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy doctoral candidates Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete . Tune into Channel 9. All the deets, below [img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19685" title="News2009-3_Presumed_Guilty_cap_0" src="http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/News2009-3_Presumed_Guilty_cap_0.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="318" … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Sunday Streets Western Addition to Run From Fell-Masonic to JapanTown on Sept. 19th |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Word comes from the Pedestrianist about this draft map of the upcoming Sunday Streets in the Western Addition . But a new map could be coming soon. See? That would be a lot of territory to cover, and parts of it would be quite hilly indeed . The pass over Alamo Heights is at McAllister and Divisidero (which is why the Snickerdoodle bike path is there), but I guess they don’t want to shut down Divis. Anyway, at the very least, this is … |
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| CurbedSF |
| Mad Men!: In El Cerrito Hills, Henry Hill, Mad Architect |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Click the image above to view the full photogallery. About a month on the market, 1465 Vista Road, designed by Henry Hill and built in 1960. Hill was best described by architecture writer Dave Weinstein as a "flamboyant Modernist", and... |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| New Study Recommends Augmenting the Benefits of Private Shuttle Service |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo: Matt Baume With Bay Area public transit languishing, market forces have evolved a "shadow industry" solution: fleets of shuttle buses, operating outside of any agreement with public transit agencies, carrying employees between work and home with greater efficiency and comfort … |
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| SFist |
| SFPD Arrests Muni Mechanic in Illegal Transfer Sting |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
credit: Brett L. /Flickr SFPD's Twitter and Facebook feeds garner many fascinating reports , such as the previously mentioned unsolved armed robbery case . Another recent report boasts of a successful sting operation geared toward combating illegal Late Night Muni transfers . The investigation started in March with … |
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| City Insider |
| Golden Gate bridge looks forward to the past |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 in two years and, well, it needs some help remembering where it came from. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District has turned to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a non-profit group that supports parks on either side of the...
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| City Insider |
| Got info on the Golden Gate Park tree vandal? Call SFPD |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
If you know anything about the person (or people) destroying those young trees in Golden Gate Park , you should call the police department's tip line at 415-575-4444. You can remain anonymous. The Recreation and Park Department is offering a $2,000 reward for any information leading to a...
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| City Insider |
| Credit cards, casinos and the public piggybank |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
On Friday, the executive director of the California School Boards Association, Scott Plotkin, was forced into retirement after officials at the nonprofit realized (or were called on the fact) he had withdrawn thousands in cash at a casino on his business credit card. Such personal use of a...
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| City Insider |
| Supervisors get final crack at shipyard development plan |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday will get one final chance to weigh in on the long-awaited redevelopment plan for the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. While the board voted 8-3 two weeks back to approve the environmental impact report for the huge, 10,500-unit development, the supervisors still...
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| Clint Reilly |
| Underfunded Brown Bid a Case of Deja Vu |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| I am posting a column I wrote this past weekend for Cal Buzz, the website on California politics run by Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine. Jerry was Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and a former Political Editor of the Chron. Phil was the Political editor of the San Jose Mercury News. Like so many star journalists of the 80s and 90s, they have morphed into new roles as owner-operators of the State’s premier political site. Jerry … |
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| CurbedSF |
| Green Lane to be Dashed! Tree Slaughter! Honeybees! Cowboys! |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| · Fell Street green bike lane gets dashes [Bike Nopa] · Nation-wide, $77B in transit repairs? [StreetblogSF] · Trees felled? "Epitome of people behaving badly in parks". Murder rates a yawn. [SFGate] · Except when it's Honeybees [Treehugger] ·... |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Monday's TV Picks |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
We have to wait another week before we find out who Ali picks on the season finale of "The Bacherlorette," (oh, how can we ever bear the wait?), as tonight it's time for "The Men Tell All." There...
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| SF Streets Blog |
| This Week in Livable Streets Events |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Put on your planning hat this week and join SPUR for several discussions about affordability issues and promoting economic vitality in the city. Then, hop on your bike for the last Gas-Free Friday. Here are this week's highlights: Tuesday : SPUR Evening Symposium: Communities for Aging: Strategies for urban living for seniors . San Francisco often tops lists of best cities for retirees. But, cost of living, limited housing options and … |
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Mr. Lucky MUSIC: The Cat's Pajamas presents The Songbird Festival's Sin + Sass , featuring Mr Lucky , Ramshackle Romeos , Cabaret Nouveaux with Allison Lovejoy , Dusty Rose, and Linda Robertson, of The Trifles . 8 p.m. // Make-Out Room (3225 22nd. St) // $7-12 ART: It's another installment in the Make My Monday series, featuring live … |
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| SFist |
| Apple Can't Stop You From Jailbreaking Your iPhone |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
And again with the phone news, but this is kind of big: The Library of Congress ruled today that iPhone users should be allowed to "jailbreak" their phone and download unauthorized applications, revising an earlier rule from 1998 that permitted companies to impose such restrictions. The new rules are part … |
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| SFist |
| Five-Year-Old Found Safe After Car Thief Mistakenly Abducts Her |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
A Richmond car thief took off with a Cadillac sedan around 5:40 a.m. this morning from a gas station on Carlson Boulevard, only to discover there was a five-year-old girl in the backseat. The girl's father had left the keys and his daughter in the car while he went to pay for gas. The girl was found … |
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| SFist |
| Safe for Work Dore Alley Pics |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Local activist Michael Petrelis attended Sunday's Dory Alley (rechristened Up Your Alley) Street Fair. What is that, you ask? Well, it's like the Folsom Street Fair, but for adults. Did we go? Heck no. Are you kidding? We were wearing deodorant and Paul Smith shoes on Sunday. Petrelis, however, did … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Word from Spain: Most of Real Madrid’s Big Soccer Stars are Coming to Candlestick August 4th |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Here’s the latest about the big soccer match coming to town on August 4th . Word comes from Spain saying that the bulk of their famous roster is coming to town. Per Francisco Hernández , Director of Online strategy for Real Madrid C.F.: “It’s hard to say, but in principle most of the stars will be in the game . This game is not a ‘show game’ but a pre-season game . Do not miss it!” So we might not get to see all … |
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| CurbedSF |
| destructoporn: Empty? Or Not Empty. That is the Question |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Have a hankering to leave your mark on the built environment of San Francisco? An imprint on the quirky architectural legacy of the Bay Area? We thought so. Here's three lots... |
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| Matier & Ross |
| Maldonado faces tax lien over farm's truck use |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Republican Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado's multimillion-dollar family farming business has been hit with a $111,146 federal tax lien in a dispute over whether company higher-ups are using its fleet of trucks for business or personal purposes. Maldonado, named to...
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| David de Rothschild’s Somewhat Flaky Plastiki Expedition Finally Makes it to Australia |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Well, he and his Plastiki crew finally made it, all the way from Sausalito, California to Cindy, Australia. Let’s hear it for “heteronormative postmodern causeo-European hubris , ” or something like that. With some major repairs along the way and a friendly tow down the east coast of Oz, he eventually got the job done so you got to hand it to him . Check the site , check the blog , check the Flickr . As seen yesterday down under, … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Come See the “Presidio Habitats” Art Exhibition Plus the New Presidio Park Trail |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Have you seen “ Presidio Habitats ,” the Site-Based Art Exhibition Celebrating Presidio Nature and Wildlife? Well, then get up there, it’s ending May 15, 2011. Bring your walking shoes and then make the Triskelion ( srsly , that’s what they call it) pavilion at Fort Winfield Scott your starting point . Forty-foot shipping containers never looked so good: [img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19598" title="IMG_9294 … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Today’s Headlines |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
| Watch the full episode . See more Need To Know. PBS examines Compromise in Works That Would Keep Supes' Muni Reform Measure Off Ballot ( SF Examiner ) Muni Sees 90 Percent Success Rate in Federal Review ( SF Examiner ) Mayor Newsom Proclaims: "We Are the Biggest Green City in America" ( Bay Citizen ) Coco Times Columnist : Decision to Appoint Arbitrator in AC Transit Labor Dispute "Troubling" Car Dependence and … |
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| SFist |
| SFist Radar |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Sean Hayes, pictured at last year's Bicycle Music Festival , will play the fest again on Saturday. (credit: alxndr /Flickr) Let us know what we missed in the comments! This Weekend : Squeeze and the English Beat play the Fillmore , Macy Gray spins a DJ set at Yoshi's SF , Tracy Morgan will be at Cobb's Thursday through Sunday, and … |
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| SFist |
| Stanford Student Wins S.F. Marathon |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
Did you run in Sunday's S.F. Marathon? How did you do? If you were 25-year-old Keith Bechtol, a graduate student in astrophysics at Stanford and first-time marathon runner, you did great. Bechtol finished the race in a record 2 hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds, placing first . Yes, after entering his very first … |
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| SFist |
| Raquel's Hummus Recalled for Contamination |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 PM |
The California Department of Public Health, according to BCN (via SF Appeal ) has warned consumers about a possible health risk with Raquel's brand of hummus and hummus products. Possible listeria contamination might be found in their "prepackaged hummus salad, wraps and sandwiches." The … |
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| The Snitch |
| Car Stolen With Toddler Inside |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
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?A man suffered every father's nightmare this morning: After he stepped out of his car to fill up at a gas station, a thief leaped in and drove off -- with the man's 5-year-old daughter in the ba... |
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| The Snitch |
| The Loathsome Campaign Against Pension Reform |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
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?When Jeff Adachi enraged every last vestigial limb of the San Francisco political body by pushing his "Smart Reform" pension measure onto the ballot, your humble narrator made a prediction. Labo... |
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| CurbedSF |
| noirish: Ah, Transbay, We Hardly Knew You: 1939-2010 |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| [Photo Credit: Buses by Brandon Doran via Flickr Group Transbay Terminal] There's only two weeks left before demolition begins, and we think it amazingly considerate of the TJPA to offer tours of Timothy Pfluger and Arthur Brown's granite mausoleum... |
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| BOMA San Francisco |
| California Recovery Task Force Launches Interactive Feature on Website |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
BOMA San Francisco Members: The California Recovery Task Force announced on July 26, 2010 a new feature on its website, recovery.ca.gov , which allows Californians to map where money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being spent across California and identify the projects in their area. To view a map … |
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| BOMA San Francisco |
| UPDATE: San Francisco's JOBS NOW! Program |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
BOMA San Francisco Members: UPDATE - As of July 26, 2010 Recently , there have been reports that Congress may not extend funding past September 30, 2010 for the successful JOBS NOW! program. At present, Mayor Gavin Newsom is working aggressively with the City's federal partners on an extension and, in the … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Congrats to Advocates on 20th Anniversary of ADA |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, one of the most far-reaching civil rights laws of our time. President Obama is commemorating the event with a White House ceremony today, to which many of the nation?s leading disability rights advocates have been invited. Activists won passage of the ADA during the presidency of the first President Bush, an era before national Republicans automatically opposed any and … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Hogarth Wins Best State/Local Blogger Award |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| Editor's Note: Beyond Chron Managing Editor Paul Hogarth was selected as "Best State and Local Blogger" in a nationwide vote conducted by CREDO Mobile and Netroots Nation. The July 24 announcement, made in Las Vegas at the Netroots Nation Conference, comes as no surprise to those who have read Hogarth's breaking coverage of the Maine gay marriage election, the San Francisco budget fight, and other issues. We join our readers in congratulating … |
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| BeyondChron |
| UNITE HERE Local 2 Hilton Workers, NUHW in Struggles Against Kaiser |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| In the largest internal hotel protest in San Francisco history, nearly 300 UNITE HERE Local 2 workers walked off their jobs and marched through the Hilton lobby on July 13 after Kaiser President Gregory Adams violated the union?s hotel boycott. The hour-long lobby takeover shut down dining facilities including the hotel?s Starbucks, and left Hilton management scurrying to block workers from reaching Adams, who was speaking at a Health Care … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Harry Reid?s Senate: Where Progressive Legislation Goes to Die |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| Netroots Nation concluded this weekend in Las Vegas ? with appearances by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, dozens of panels and workshops and a rousing Keynote by Senator Al Franken that renewed hope for liberal bloggers. If there?s one major frustration leading into November, it?s the U.S. Senate ? where Republicans have obstructed practically everything that passed the House. Reid came to the Conference on … |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Attorneys Request Release of Fatal Night Club Shooting Police Reports |
| 07/26/2010 12:00 AM |
| In a letter dated July 23 to SFPD Chief George Gascón, Gonzalez and Leigh attorney Whitney Leigh requests the release of the reports to correct "serious and false allegations that have appeared in recent media reports." At issue is whether the incident began inside or outside Jelly's. |
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| Matier & Ross |
| Passengers pass on BART fare rollback |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
BART board President James Fang's call to roll back fares as a "thank you" to riders appears to have gone off the rails. Initially, Fang's idea of a four-month, 3 percent giveback had the support of five fellow directors on the nine-member board. And while...
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| Fog City Journal |
| Board Notes |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
| As has been customary for Mayor Gavin Newsom, he failed to attend the meeting, flouting the will of the electorate which passed a 2006 advisory measure requiring the mayor to held accountable for his policies. |
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| Matier & Ross |
| Maldonado faces tax lien over farm's truck use |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
Republican Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado's multimillion-dollar family farming business has been hit with a $111,146 federal tax lien in a dispute over whether company higher-ups are using its fleet of trucks for business or personal purposes. Maldonado, named to...
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Sunday's TV Picks |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
First off, season four of "Mad Men" premieres tonight at 10 P.M. on AMC. You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. And with the return of this show, Sundays are officially no longer the...
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| SFist |
| Photo du Jour 676 |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
San Francisco Giants' Eugenio Vélez lies on a stretcher in the dugout after being hit in the head with a foul ball from teammate Pat Burrell during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Velez was carried out of the dugout on a stretcher and taken … |
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| SFist |
| Week Around the Ists |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
Gothamist got a double dose of pop culture invading reality: A woman based her sex life on Sex and the City's Samantha Jones and Darth Vader robbed a Long Island bank . DCist covered the testy battle between a popular local cafe and the advisory neighborhood commission which coarsely opposed the … |
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
MUSIC: The dynamic trio made up of seasoned musicians, John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Scott Amendola (Nels Cline), and Thollem McDonas (soloist), will perform together alongside New York filmmaker Martha Colburn 's 16 mm stop motion animation shorts. Shudder , who employ the English horn, oboe, computer, … |
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| City Insider |
| Cable cars, Clipper collide |
| 07/25/2010 12:00 PM |
It's easy to forget that while San Francisco's rolling historical landmark -- the cable cars -- are a big tourist attraction, they're also a cog in the Muni network, and are used daily by commuters, including those heeding Muni's advice to use Clipper , the regional transit smart card. But...
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Cristiano Ronaldo on Roster to Play at Candlestick: Real Madrid vs. Club America, August 4th |
| 07/24/2010 12:00 PM |
| San Francisco can look forward to more famous soccer players coming to town for the big Real Madrid vs. Club America match coming to San Francisco on Wednesday night, August, 4, 2010 . Tickets start at $35. This could be a popular event, the way things are going… And look, they’ll have their new uniforms: [img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-19580" title="cr" … |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Saturday's TV Picks |
| 07/24/2010 12:00 PM |
Comic-Con is currently going on down in San Diego, and just like I have for the past few years, I start Comic-Con week with a bit of envy over those who are down there when I am not. But then I start...
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/24/2010 12:00 PM |
Odessa Chen (credit: Shoka Photography) ART: At tonight's installment of the Soundwave Festival (4), The Archives of the Natural World in the Illuminated Forest , singer-songwriter Odessa Chen will collaborate with sound artist [ruidobello] and visual artist Samuel Leshnick to investigate what we lose, and what we have already … |
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| The N Judah Chronicles |
| Fun Friday Links! |
| 07/24/2010 12:00 AM |
| Only in SF... There's quite a bit of fun going on out there this weekend and going forward. The SF Marathon is on Sunday, Inner Fog wine bar is finally open, and we may even get some warmer weather.... |
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| The N Judah Chronicles |
| Fun Friday Links! |
| 07/24/2010 12:00 AM |
| Only in SF... There's quite a bit of fun going on out there this weekend and going forward. The SF Marathon is on Sunday, Inner Fog wine bar is finally open, and we may even get some warmer weather.... |
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| City Insider |
| Planners let LGBT Center go into restaurant business |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
The city's cash-strapped Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is looking to the restaurant business to help keep the 8-year-old facility afloat. The Planning Commission Thursday approved a one-building-only special use district that will allow the center at Market and...
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| City Insider |
| It's planners vs neighbors on Ocean Avenue apartments |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
A plan to build 71 affordable apartments on Ocean Avenue near City College is way more popular with housing activists and city planners than with the neighbors. The Planning Commission gave rave reviews and unanimous support to the city-sponsored project, but not before hearing from a stream of...
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| City Insider |
| Trade group sues to stop SF from posting cell phone radiation emissions |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Mayor Gavin Newsom's idea to require stores to post how much radio frequency energy is emitted by cell phones hit a legal snag today. The industry trade group CTIA -- The Wireless Association filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The ordinance, "misleads consumers by...
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| City Insider |
| $2,000 Reward for Golden Gate Park tree vandal |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
The city's Recreation and Parks Department is offering a $2,000 reward for any information leading to arrest and conviction of the person(s)who have killed 44 trees in the 1,017-acre park. The vandalism started in May, but the last-straw came Wednesday when park staff discovered that 14 young...
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| CurbedSF |
| Approved!: LGBT Community Center Restaurant Gets Approval |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| [image via CTG/SF] Back in February, Curbed reported that the cash-strapped Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center was fixin' to open up a restaurant on the first or the fourth floor, or both. Yesterday the Planning Commission approved... |
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| SFist |
| What's Going On Here, PG&E Truck? |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Spotted outside AT&T Park this week, the folks at JustMarried.us sent us this quick phone shot of a PG&E truck's not-so surprising political sentiment. Find out what it professes below. [img alt="pgephoto2.jpg" src="http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_Brock/pgephoto2.jpg" width="640" height="517" … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake: San Francsico, 2:29 PM Friday, July 23rd, 2010 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
This must be a twin from the one we felt on June 28th . All the deets of Event nc71436076 : 
Magnitude 3.5 Date-Time Friday, July 23, 2010 at 21:29:10 UTC Friday, July 23, 2010 at 02:29:10 PM at epicenter Location 37.665°N, 122.516°W Depth 6.7 km (4.2 miles) Region OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Distances 5 km (3 … |
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| SFist |
| SFist Drinks: The Charlotte's Web at Eve Lounge |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Eve Lounge (575 Howard Street) down in SoMa has some surprisingly good drinks for a downtown after-work spot that has DJ nights and such. Bar consultants the Bon Vivants (Josh Harris and Scott Baird -- Scott's also one of the men behind 15 Romolo) have put some care into his craft cocktail … |
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| SFist |
| Day Around the Bay |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Your top 10 Bay Area movie spots are... [ Eye On Blogs ] Why are people so (delightfully!) flaky in San Francisco? [ Mission Mission ] 11-year-old Tajonae Cross details her S.F. street fundraising for St Andrew Church Private School in Oakland. [ CBS 5 ] Crime on the … |
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| The Snitch |
| Baylinks: Earthquake, Neon Pants, & Free Riders |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
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?Stop, drop, and roll! Wait, that's not it. [SFAppeal]The most overly broad "wanted" sign: neon clothes, happy, African American, a heavyset woman [Haighteration]Cell phone association says Gavin... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Linkage: Tree Killer; Muni Adventures; Nudies; More! |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| [we're not on kansas // anymore via Curbed Flickr Pool/natu®e //] · Gathering firewood taken to new level in Golden Gate Park [SF Gate] · Impress your friends with this Mission Arts Trail Guide [Southern Exposure] · Why go... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Gonzalez Endorses Tony Kelly for D10 Supervisor |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| In a statement released to Fog City Journal, Gonzalez said, "I am endorsing Tony Kelly because I believe he is an authentic neighborhood leader who has been working on substantive issues in District 10 for more than the last decade. Although his base is Potrero Hill where he's led the Potrero Boosters, Kelly has worked on environmental justice issues in Bayview Hunters Point and open space and neighborhood-services concerns in Visitacion … |
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| SFist |
| Target's Financial Backing of Anti-Gay Politician |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
by Matt Baume Here's something that may give fans of San Francisco's impending Target invasion some pause: the company's financial support for an anti-gay Republican politician whose friends include a "kill-the-gays" Christian rock singer. Aaaaaaaawkward. The story goes like this: Bradlee Dean, the frontman of … |
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| SFist |
| Man On Tracks Stops BART Service |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
BART service stopped between the Glen Park and Daly City station in San Francisco due to "a person on the tracks." According to SFGate , "BART spokesman Jim Allison said a community service officer saw a man on the tracks at Glen Park running toward the Balboa Station. BART shut down … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| The Great Stow Lake Boat House Brouhaha of 2009-2010 Finally Resolved |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| I’ve had my say about who runs the the boathouse at Stow Lake – here it is, scroll down . Anyway, news comes from Kamala Kelkar this morning about the resolution to all the fuss. Read all about it . So, what have we learned from all this? 1. Some people in town have too much time on their hands. 2. Grass roots groups should consider using a free WordPress.com blog , as opposed to paying for a blank website and then starting up … |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Friday's TV Picks |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
I grew up watching Shirley Temple movies every weekend. No, I wasn't born in 1925; local channel 44 used to run Shirley Temple films, (as well as Abbott and Costello flicks) all the time, which is...
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Today’s Headlines |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| BART Board Votes Again to Support Oakland Airport Connector ( Examiner , ABC , CoCo Times ) But Delays Vote on Fare Rollback ( CoCo Times , Examiner , SF Weekly) Commuters Struggle with AC Transit Slow Down ( CoCo Times , ABC , Assault on Muni Platform Charges as Hate Crime ( SF Weekly , Examiner ) More on the Possible New Target Store on Masonic ( Bike NOPA , Inexplicable Massacre of Bees at Hayes Valley Farm ( SF Gate , SF Weekly , CoCo … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Yet Another T(weak) to Fell Street Arco Bike Lane |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
The new arrows to instruct drivers to queue earlier. Photo: Michael Helquist. Michael Helquist at Bike NOPA has another update to the Fell Street Arco bike lane saga . The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has striped new arrows in the curbside … |
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| SFist |
| Photo du Jour 675 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo by Doug Loback Picture taken outside Hayes Valley Farms. Earlier this week, the farm lost over 200,000 bees after someone doused pesticide over several colonies.
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
ART: Gallery Hijinks is hosting their first event, which includes two opening receptions, Free Life Center , a mobile art center crafted from salvaged material by Portland artists Mark Warren Jacques and Seth Neefus, and Jerking off in Bunkbeds , featuring photographs by Taylor Brubaker and Jason Levins. … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Restriping Divisidero: A Modest Proposal to Improve Upon the Recent Stimulus Project |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| So, we’re looking at at three lanes of Divisidero in the Western A, see? The right lane is for parked cars. It’s too narrow. The middle lane is for buses and trucks and bikes and whatnot. It too, is too narrow. The upshot of this is a bunch frustrated drivers who honk honk honk, just the way the driver of the car you can see did while changing lanes to pass cyclists. Now, note the ”tree lines” that hem in all the … |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Weekend What's Up, July 23-25 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
I have to say, this has GOT to be one of my favoite WEWU's ever. The special effects in the second segment have pretty much made my year (at Hogwarts). We hope you enjoy the above, and...
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Arrest Made of Muni Mechanic in Late-Night Transfer Racket |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Late night transfer tickets. Photo cbcastro . The San Francisco Police Department has arrested two men involved in the theft and fraudulent selling of Muni late-night transfer tickets, a practice that deprives the San Francisco Municipal Transportation … |
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| SFist |
| Warriors Sign First Asian-American Player Since 1947 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Noted as the first Asian-American player signed by the Warriors since 1947, Harvard student Jeremy Lin landed a deal with the East Bay team. "I consider myself a basketball player more than an Asian-American," Lin explains to ESPN . "I'm ready to play at this level and I appreciate the support of the Asian … |
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| SFist |
| Free Opera Concert at Yerba Buena Gardens, Sunday |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Merola participant Janai Brugger-Orman The kids are alright. Every summer, about twenty under-thirty singers get selected after an arduous audition process to participate in the Merola opera program , a ten-week training camp with singing, diction and acting coaches from the SF Opera . This program has been … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Ethics Commission Announces Higher Spending Limits for Two Candidates in District 2 Supe Race |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| Well, as far as the District Two Supervisor race is concerned, the big news coming up is the big Sweet Melissa Griffin Debate on Wednesday, July 28th. You just don’t who all is going to come , that’s part of the drama. (Bonus: You might be able to search for that America’s Cup trophy up at the Golden Gate Yacht Club during the shebang.) Anyway, the San Francisco Ethics Commission has something to say today . The upshot is … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| The Empire Strikes Back: Cellular Telephone Industries Association Sues S.F. Over Cell Phone Law |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| San Francisco’s recently-passed “ Cell Phone Right-to-Know” ordinance is now officially under attack from Big Wireless. First the CITA convention boycott of the 415 and now this. Oh well. The friendly face of the Cellular Telephone Industries Association , aka CITA, The Wireless Association. This fellow has a big beef with our little town: [img title="JW" src="http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JW.jpg" … |
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| The Snitch |
| Illegal Pot Delivery Services Can't Be Stopped |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
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Lower Haight resident Aaron Chandler is a pot dealer. Or, the erstwhile employee of Project Homeless Connect is the operator of a legitimate medical marijuana delivery service. Which one is it? ... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Herrera Evaluating Alioto-Pier Appeal Options |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| Herrera is "evaluating the ruling and is considering his options," said City Attorney spokesperson Matt Dorsey. A decision to appeal or not is expected to be made within the "next several days," Dorsey added. |
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| SFist |
| 152 Arrested at Grand Hyatt Hotel Demonstration |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
( Whole Wheat Toast ) Cited for "disobeying a lawful order by a police officer and for jaywalking after they sat in the street in front of the hotel," 152 protesters were arrested at last night's Local 2 rally in front of the Grand Hyatt San Francisco hotel. BCN (via KTVU ) reports, "A spokeswoman for Unite … |
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| SFist |
| Thanks to This Week's Advertisers |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Virgin America . Grab a seat and learn to love flying again on the new route from SFO to Toronto. Nonstop service available everyday. Palladium Boots , ready to help you explore your street, your city, or the world. Impressionism at Twilight . See the Birth of Impressionism exhibit at reduced admission and stop by the cafe and enjoy a French prix fixe menu. At the de … |
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| SFist |
| LGBT Center Gets Restaurant Approval |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Proving that, yes, Castro boys do sometimes need to eat, the Planning Commission approved a plan to put a full-service restaurant and bar on the top floor of the LGBT Center on Market Street. Curbed reports: "Having a tenant operate the restaurant and bar could possibly bring the center as much as … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| OMG, Win Tickets to See the Big Impressionists Show at the de Young Museum! |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| I’ll tell you, the big Impressionists show over at our de Young Museum is the real deal. It’s a must-see , baby. But it’s leaving us on September 6th, 2010. So, you need to get over there while you have the chance. Now, if you want to win a free pair of V.I.P. tickets (the kind without a time stamp so you can just show up and walk right in, generally), make a comment to this post telling everyone the name of the de … |
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| SFGTV Video On Demand: Mayor's Office |
| Jobs Now Breakfast Reception - Jul 22, 2010 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
| The agenda for Jobs Now Breakfast Reception dated Thursday, 22 July 2010 has been archived. Access it here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=10448 Download File |
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| SFist |
| Oakland Airport Connector Wins BART Board Approval |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
The Oakland Airport tram line project, which recently lost out on $70M in federal stimulus money , is moving forward regardless via a new creative funding plan that makes up for the $70M in various ways. The BART Board voted 8 to 1 for … |
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| SFist |
| SFist This Weekend |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 PM |
Last year's packed to the gills Symphony at Dolores Park, which happens this Sunday (credit: Leanne Maxwell/SFist) All Weekend: The San Francisco Buddhist Church presents its annual Ginza Bazaar , which includes lots of food, dancing, and swords. The 30th Anniversary San Francisco Film Festival , which features Jewish … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| YouTube announces partnership with KGO-TV |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
Remember all the cell phone videos people made of the Oscar Grant shooting? KGO-TV ABC7 wants to make it even easier for people to submit video they've shot themselves. Yesterday, the station and YouTube announced a partnership designed to help people upload their videos. Channel 7 will now be promoting a version of YouTube … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| 'Evening Mag' duo reunite at Academy of Art |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
The Chron's Peter Hartlaub reports that the former co-hosts of Channel 5's "Evening Magazine," Jan Yanehiro and Richard Hart, have reunited to teach at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Their show aired on KPIX from 1976 until 1991. Hartlaub writes, "Yanehiro, 62, and Hart, 61, still finish each other's … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| Newsman Aaron Edwards remembered |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
Chronicle radio columnist Ben Fong-Torres ran a tribute this morning to newsman Aaron Edwards, who had been on the air in the Bay Area for 45 years. Edwards died June 30 at age 90. He was probably best known as the morning newscaster during the Don Sherwood show on KSFO in the 50s and 60s. Edwards later became a reporter for … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| Examiner owner loses $144 million tax ruling |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
San Francisco Examiner owner Philip Anschutz -- a billionaire with interests in oil, railroads, real estate, sports franchises and movie theaters -- has been ordered to pay $143.8 million after the U.S. Tax court ruled that he owes money on a complicated set of transactions designed to avoid taxes. … |
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| Peninsula Press Club |
| A new way for newspapers to make money |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| A Las Vegas firm named Righthaven has opened with the sole purpose of enforcing the copyrights of newspapers by suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission, Wired magazine reports . Righthaven CEO Steve Gibson’s vision is to scour the internet for infringing copies of his client’s articles, then suing and relying on the harsh penalties in the Copyright Act — up to $150,000 for a single infringement — to compel quick … |
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| The Snitch |
| San Francisco's Killer Frogs a Statewide Threat |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
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?A tiny pond near the mouth of Golden Gate Park is host to as many as 10,000 invasive African clawed frogs so voracious they're a threat to the entire state's rivers and bays. They've consumed th... |
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| The Snitch |
| Tree-Killer Loose in Golden Gate Park |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
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?The city's pickings for its forthcoming "landmark tree tour" has gotten a bit slimmer. An unknown vandal or vandals has systematically slaughtered 44 trees in Golden Gate Park -- for no ob... |
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| The Snitch |
| The Week in Gay: Heterosexual Bloodbath |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
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?The National Organization for Marriage is on a month-long, 23-city tour in the U.S. to promote heterosexual supremacy. During the tour, NOM is depicting itself as the victim of a campaign simila... |
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| The Snitch |
| Man on Tracks at Glen Park BART |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
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?BART is experiencing delays due to an apparently unstable man running onto the tracks at Glen Park Station. "The situation is, one of our community service officers observed someone getting onto ... |
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| SFGTV Video On Demand: Mayor's Office |
| Barcelona Sister City Signing Celebration - Jul 19, 2010 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| The agenda for Barcelona Sister City Signing Celebration dated Monday, 19 July 2010 has been archived. Access it here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=10444 Download File |
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| SFist |
| This Is Why People Hate San Francisco: Volume 2 |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
The Muni protest this past March. Photo: J. DeRuy And now it's time for another installment of this perhaps confusing feature, in which we ask those ensconced too cozily in your SF bubbles to take a step back, summon your inner C.W. Nevius, and try to understand why some in this great country of ours … |
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| Sweet Melissa |
| Final Budget Vote: This Looks Like Some Nonsense Right Here |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| ‘I congratulate the mayor of San Francisco,” Supervisor Chris Daly said at Tuesday’s final budget vote. And he was right. Two of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s pet projects — Kindergarten 2 College savings accounts and a home for Homeless Connect facilities — were restored to the budget, and the rest of the $44 million that the board managed to put back in the spending plan was for “mom and apple pie” items like violence prevention and children’s … |
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| Sweet Melissa |
| I watch boring things so you don't have to... |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
The Board of Supervisors met Tuesday and ended a two-month budget process by passing a final $6.5 billion San Francisco budget for fiscal year 2010-11. That seems like an accomplishment until you realize that God created the … |
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| BeyondChron |
| Agora Movie - Lush; ?Hold out your Hand Naughty Boy?; Noel Coward Revue; WBUZ Chat Line |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| COWARDLY THINGS ? SOPHISTICATED, WITTY How many revues can we count on our hands over the years that have mined the depths of Noel Coward? Well, I?ll tell you there are more than I can count. There is no doubt that Coward?s songs are urbane, biting and overflowing with subtle humor. Many of the numbers are campy. Coward did not write some songs in this show, but they have that Coward essence about them. |
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| BeyondChron |
| Netroots Focus on Better Democrats |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| Four years after the first netroots convention, the bloggers are back in Vegas ? with an eye on the November 2010 elections. Voters still want change like they did in 2006 and 2008, but now that Democrats control both Congress and the White House there?s a real fear that Republicans could benefits. And what?s infuriating the netroots, it would be because Blue Dog Democrats have obstructed the progressive agenda ? and the Obama White House has … |
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| BeyondChron |
| UNITE HERE Marches Against Hyatt in SF, 15 Cities |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
| Contracts expire in 2010 for 45,000 hotel workers in ten cities and, on July 22, several thousand supporters demonstrated across the U.S. and Canada. This time Hyatt Hotels were targeted because ?Hyatt wants to take more away and lock workers into recession contracts even as the economy rebounds,? according to the union, UNITE-HERE, AFL-CIO. Simultaneous protests occurred in Chicago, Honolulu, San Francisco, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Boston, … |
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| The Snitch |
| San Francisco Giants May Open 2011 in Taiwan |
| 07/23/2010 12:00 AM |
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?If the San Francisco Giants play a two-game set against Arizona in Taiwan -- well, which one is the home team? Major League Baseball has a while to work out who would wear gray and who dons the ... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Sidewalk Art; Mass Bee Murder; Crazy People; More! |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| [Stark Alley, Chinatown via Curbed Flickr Pool/bats...] · Hooray! Citizens no longer fear life while posting garage sale signs [SF Citizen] · SF marathon this Sunday, avoid driving [Richmond Blog] · Massive bee murder in Hayes Valley [Haighteration] ·... |
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| SFist |
| Oakland Homicide Suspects Seen In Grainy Surveillance Video |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Yesterday, the Oakland Police Department released video footage of a man and woman "believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old Virginia man on Sunday night." The suspects are accused of killing Virginia resident Jinghong Kang at about 11:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of Webster … |
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| SFist |
| Carsonist Comes to SFO |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo: NBC Bay Area Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year, but just on the off chance... Six cars were torched last night in the long-term parking lot at SFO, with a seventh damaged from the heat of the multiple blazes. SFO spokesman Mike McCarron tells NBC Bay … |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Prozan to Submit 3,100 Signatures for D8 Supe |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Prozan previously qualified for an entrance fee waiver after submitting 1,056 valid signatures, July 19. She is also the first candidate to reach a $100 thousand milestone in campaign contributions - from 600 donors - elevating her candidacy to frontrunner status in the contest. |
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| SFist |
| Target Community Meeting Held |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
"If they don't approve the Target , my wife might go on a killing spree," jokes @ laughinghyena13 . "Watch out SF!" This is the whimsical sentiment of many San Franciscans who, bombarded with tasty-yet-pricey artisan fare and DIY store-bought tsotchkes, wouldn't mind a little Goober Grape and 46-pack Tampex now and … |
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| CurbedSF |
| Does not compute: How difficult is it to photoshop... |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| How difficult is it to photoshop the realistic number of people into architectural renderings for presentation for public spaces like plazas and parks? And "are these people a true indication of how a public space will be used?" Brent Toderian,... |
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| CurbedSF |
| free the food!: What's Growing in Your Empty Lot? |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| In San Francisco, where people tend to like their politics radical and their architecture sentimental, they also tend to runner beans and chard. Two years ago we had the ridiculous ornamental vegetable garden in front City Hall, but fear... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Parks and rec: Dublin Gets a 520-acre Park |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Today in Dublin (that's in the East Bay, people) the East Bay Regional Parks District opened its newest park, Dublin Hills, which sports 520 acres of "grassy ridgetop that is breezy and cool nearly 365 days a year." The park... |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Hey, Watch It! - Thursday's TV Picks |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Burt Reynolds guest stars on tonight's episode of "Burn Notice" as a former CIA agent on the run from Russian spies. Michael could learn a lot from this guy. Like, how to maintain a killer smile;...
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| SFist |
| SFist Tonight |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Leslie Frierman Grunditz , SeanO, 2009; mixed media ART: The Long Now and the SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery present Wondrous Strange: A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities , an exploration of time through art, whimsy, music, and mechanics, which will feature work by more than a dozen Bay Area artists. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. // … |
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| SFist |
| 2-Year-Old Boy Killed In Dog Attack |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
A 2-year-old Concord boy died this morning after an attack by family pit bulls. BCN reports: "Investigators determined that the boy had been home with two adult family members when he walked into the garage and was attacked by the dogs, Concord police Lt. Jim Lardieri said." The boy was later pronounced … |
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| CurbedSF |
| Paging Dr. Jung: Let's hear it for the... |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Let's hear it for the collective consciousness Charles A. Fracchia gets all up and Jungian in his new book about San Francisco "When the Water Came Up to Montgomery Street". Well, at least in the beginning. [Spotsunknown] |
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| Greg Dewar |
| Sup. Alioto-Pier's (sort of) Pyrrhic Victory Today |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Breaking News! Sup. Michela Alioto-Pier, fresh off a failed bid for Insurance Commissioner, fought in court and "won" a victory today - her name can appear on the ballot after all, despite term limits, to run for re-election as Supervisor... |
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| SFist |
| Photo du Jour 674 |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
"End Bernice (no offense, Bernice)" by Darwin Bell .
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| SFist |
| Meet the Oldest Bike Messenger in S.F. |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Today Mission Mission has a delightful chat with Junior, who's been a bike messenger about town for 35 years. He's sticking with the biz, despite it not being such a growth industry . Here's him on the history of Critical Mass: "It all started when a bunch of drunk bike messengers got … |
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| SFist |
| Adoptable Pets of Week: Hattie & Boxcar |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Hattie 2 year old female shorthair Hattie is a social butterfly who enjoys the attention of people. Need someone to talk to? Keep you company while you fuss around the house? Bed buddy? Hattie will follow you around, happily chatting, purring, and generally being the best friend on earth. And hey! For the month of … |
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| CurbedSF |
| On the market: Wood and Marble Masterpiece in Bernal Heights |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Click the image above to view the full photogallery. This 4-bed, 3-bath, 2,828 square foot home is blowing our mind. Once inside you'll notice that each way you turn you're looking at ornate architectural detailing. The current owners spared no... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Starchitecture: SFMOMA Picks Snøhetta for $250M Expansion Design |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| [Clockwise from left: David Adjaye's MCA Denver, DS+R's ICA, Norman Foster's British Museum canopy, and Snøhetta's Oslo Opera House] The wait is over - Goodbye Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners. SFMOMA has selected Norwegian firm... |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Today’s Headlines |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Listen to this In-Depth Crosscurrents Report on High Speed Rail ( KALW ) Newsom Conducts 5th Doyle Drive/Presidio Parkway Groundbreaking ( SF Gate , Marin IJ , Examiner ) Target Could Come to Geary and Masonic and to Metreon ( Examiner , ABC ) CPMC Long-Range … |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| First Mission Community Market Today |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
The newest repurposing of street space in San Francisco, the Mission Community Market (MCM), will formally launch today with its first weekly market and street closure on Bartlett Street between 22nd and 21st Streets from 4-8 pm. After holding a successful fundraiser in June , the … |
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| Sweet Melissa |
| Quotes of the Meeting: Don't Make Me Choose! |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| “If there is a real estate transfer tax god that is out there, I want to thank you for helping us close this budget.” — Supervisor John Avalos, acknowledging that higher-than-expected transfer tax revenue helped balance the budget this year. Sadly, there’s no such deity, only real people and real companies who pay real money in transfer taxes. You can bet some of them are really praying to their own gods that Avalos’ proposed increase … |
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| SFist |
| Soccer Player Iker Casillas Comes to San Francisco |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Iker Casillas, a noted Spanish soccer player and World Cup winner, was in San Francisco this past week. And, to be frank, we have no idea who he is. Because, well, he's a soccer player. Your Critical Theories On Globalization 101 TA might know who … |
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| SFist |
| Alioto-Pier Allowed to Run for Re-Election, Says Judge |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Thought to be termed out this year, District 2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier could spend another four years on the Board of Supervisors after Superior Court Judge Peter Busch gave her the green light for re-election today. Supes are, typically, expected to serve two successive … |
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| SFist |
| In Conversation with Huey Lewis, 8/9 |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Are you still workin’ for living? Do you yearn for a new drug? Do you not require money? fame? a credit card to ride this train? Then, you'll want to make a special trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to hear Huey Lewis (iconic frontman of Marin County band, Huey Lewis and … |
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| The Snitch |
| Up to 250,000 Bees Killed at Hayes Valley Farm |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
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?Ace food writer Jonathan Kauffman caught up with grieving beekeeper Karen Peteros at our sister blog, SFoodie; she lost thousands of bees when an unknown assailant gassed three of her ... |
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| SFist |
| Meet the Bees (Some of Them Now Dead) of Hayes Valley Farm |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Yesterday, Haighteration broke news that someone had used pesticide to kill tens of thousands of bees at the Hayes Valley Farm sometime between Monday July 19 and Tuesday July 20. The culprit(s) sprayed two colonies and attempted to douse a third. Hayes Vally Farms wrote on its blog : The thousands of bees that died immediately or rushed to the entrance for fresh air fell onto the screened bottom board and clogged up the entrance to the hive, … |
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| The San Francisco Citizen |
| Just $375 Will Get You Into the Japanese Tea Garden Come September 15th: Party for the Parks |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| And I thought $7 was too much … Anyway, the coming Party for the Parks will be: “A civic celebration to raise funds and gather friends for San Francisco’s parks and recreation programs.” Sweet. And who might those friends be? How about them honorary co-chairs: “Gavin Newsom, Art Agnos, Willie Brown , Frank Jordan, Dianne Feinstein (yes, DiFi!) , Gina Moscone, and the Consul General of Japan, the Honorable Yasumasa … |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Janet Reilly to Withdraw Candidacy? |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
| Reilly held a campaign kickoff event Saturday, drawing attendances by Mayor Gavin Newsom, Senator Mark Leno, Assemblymember Fiona Ma and former Mayor Frank Jordon. Insiders are speculating Reilly will withdraw her candidacy in deference to Alito-Pier who was appointed to the Board by Newsom in 2004. Calls to the Reilly campaign have not been returned at the time of publishing. |
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| SF Streets Blog |
| Geary Neighbors Welcome Future Target Store, Voice Some Concerns |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Supervisor Mirkarimi addresses the crowd. At last night's community meeting, held by Target execs interested in opening a store at Geary and Masonic, there wasn't a NIMBY in sight. Instead, the prevailing sentiment was, "YIMBY: Yes! In my backyard! How soon can can you … |
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| SFist |
| Day Around the Bay |
| 07/22/2010 12:00 PM |
Photo by shaderlab City pushes to convert SOMA's "forgotten, seedy alleyways into vibrant, safe corridors for residents." [ BAR ] Dogs and restaurants, do they mix well? [ Bauer ] Sen. Roy Ashburn's post-outing conversion is too little, too late. [ Calitics ] St. Francis Wood, just like Los Feliz but with more fog. [ Curbed … |
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