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| BeyondChron |
| Nebraska Senate Race Features Candidate of Change |
| 05/09/2008 04:05 AM |
| With the presidential primary fight now behind us, activists can focus their attention on Congressional races to expand the Democratic majority. On May 13th, Nebraska will hold a statewide primary for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by a Republican. And Democrat Scott Kleeb, a 32-year-old rancher, is running an Obama-like campaign for change. His opponent, Tony Raimondo, is a... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Ex-San Franciscan Leads Fight to Save Wrigley Field |
| 05/09/2008 04:04 AM |
| Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is perhaps the greatest historical monument in professional sports. It seems unimaginable that Wrigley could soon become renamed ?Burger King Park,? ?Toyota Field? or given a similar corporate moniker. But Sam Zell, whose Tribune Company owns the Cubs as well as such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, is attempting to sell the stadium in a deal that would potentially generate... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| For Philly Cops, a Trip Down Memory Lane |
| 05/09/2008 04:03 AM |
I?m no fan of the Philadelphia Police Department. I grew up in the working-class streets of South Philadelphia. As a kid, I got stopped by patrol cars on my way home late at night because I looked like someone who had done something wrong. Meaning that I looked Italian. We didn?t call it profiling in those days.
When I came out of the closet, police officers used to raid gay bars (if they didn?t fork over their payoffs on time) and... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Speed Racer, The Mach 5 and Chim Chim's Bad Ass Revenge |
| 05/09/2008 04:02 AM |
| As a child growing up in DC, I became a huge fan of the newly arriving Japanese anime series; Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Gigantor and of course, Speed Racer.The adventures of Speed, his gal Trixie, his pal Sparky, his constant stowaway little brother Spritle and his chimp, Chim Chim, were a must see TV event for me and my siblings. Speed's mysterious brother, "Racer X", his parents, the evil "Snake Oiler" and the equally dangerous "Car... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| A Midsummer Night Mare; Film Noir - 1948 Was a Great Year for Movies |
| 05/09/2008 04:01 AM |
MIDSUMMER NIGHT?S DREAM: IT?S GLOBAL, IT?S PHYSICAL AND MOSTLY IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGE
This North American Premier of Shakespeare?s singsong recitation comedy coupled with a foreign language makes it even daffier and confusing than the original. The Dash Arts production assumes that everyone knows the story. As I looked around ? I saw a lot of young people who were probably seeing this play for the first time. And you know... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| Thursday PM Linkage |
| 05/08/2008 11:10 PM |
| [Image courtesy Curbed SF Flickr pool photog DavidS.Bush] · (Sur)reality check: SF near-future cost of living. [Metblogs] · Biodegradable furniture: bunk? [NYT] · $$$$: Congestion price hike for Golden Gate Bridge. [CBS 5] · Move over, LEED — SEED... |
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| ValleyWag |
| Music, photos and Facebook apps, oh my [Valleywag Calendar] |
| 05/08/2008 11:00 PM |
The JavaOne developers conference continues at the Moscone center, but if Neil Young is still in town he'd probably ditch shilling for Sun to drop by the SanFran MusicTech Summit, running until 5pm at the Kabuki Hotel. Tonight, the San Francisco Flickr meetup will get together at their usual haunt, the Crossroads Cafe in South Beach. And down 101, two Stanford professors will present the findings from their class on creating Facebook... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| Snapped SF: South Bay From Above |
| 05/08/2008 10:48 PM |
| Snapped SF is a collaborative photo essay of sorts— y'all never fail to impress us with your shots of this here fine city . Join our ranks! New photogs have been joining our Curbed SF Flickr group every week. Love... |
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| CurbedSF |
| PriceChopper: Lyon Street Manse Returns to Market |
| 05/08/2008 09:15 PM |
| &set=72157604956766959">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click the image above to view the full photogallery. A CBS report on the San Francisco luxury market (which is "booming," natch) revealed quite the price chop at 2500 Lyon Street, a 5,000 square foot Pacific... |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Getting naked for the Culture Blog |
| 05/08/2008 08:00 PM |
| God Bless her, the fabulous publicist Liz has been dragging me around to swanky San Francisco International Film Festival soirees and I'm loving it! Last night I hopped in a cab and headed over to...
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| ValleyWag |
| San Francisco famous is not New York famous [Old Money] |
| 05/08/2008 07:13 PM |
 Vanity Fair PR reps hassled Billy Getty, the oil heir, and wife Vanessa, for tickets at the premiere of Gonzo, even though the two were on the publicity email. Billy is the partner of San Francisco god-mayor Gavin Newsom in the PlumpJack restaurant... [more]
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| CurbedSF |
| Greener Than Thou: Urban Living, The Michelle Kaufmann Way |
| 05/08/2008 06:25 PM |
| Greener Than Thou is our report on San Francisco’s obsession with all things green, giving credit where credit is due and calling bullshit when the need arises. Feeling morally superior on the green front? Testify! &set=72157604954167657">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click... |
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| CurbedSF |
| City Milks Owner for $50K Billboard Violation |
| 05/08/2008 06:10 PM |
| Hear the Planning Department rooooaaaar. A local resident was slapped with a $50,000 fine for refusing to remove a 48 foot-wide billboard from the side of his residence, one that has been painted and papered over since the 1950's.... |
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| CurbedSF |
| A Piece of Stanley on Mission Bay |
| 05/08/2008 05:10 PM |
| &set=72157604951289067">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Everyone wants a piece of recently anointed AIA Golden Boy Stanley Saitowitz. Here's your chance: 615 Tennessee Street is a top floor condo designed in 2000 by... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Bay Area News Briefs |
| 05/08/2008 05:00 PM |
By Maya Strausberg
May 8, 2008
Vallejo bankruptcy decision based on the numbers
In the end, the Vallejo City Council’s unanimous decision late Tuesday night to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection came down to the numbers.
Letters from Assemblywoman Noreen Evans and state Sen. Patricia Wiggins advising the council against bankruptcy didn’t hold sway.
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| CurbedSF |
| Who's Afraid of Foreclosure? |
| 05/08/2008 04:40 PM |
| Real estate powerhouse Trulia commissioned a good and proper Harris poll to find out just how frightened home buyers are at the prospect of purchasing a foreclosed property. The survey was conducted over a three day period in April; findings... |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| KGO Greenlights Talking On-Air About Bernie Ward |
| 05/08/2008 04:17 PM |
| One of the more conspicuous silences during the whole Bernie Ward saga has been coming from KGO-Radio (810 AM), his longtime employer. Long the Bay Area's ratings king, the news-talk station has --...
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| SF Metro Blogging |
| SF Cocktail Week |
| 05/08/2008 03:57 PM |
I’ll be posting a reminder on the 13th, but since you can never have too much prior notice…
The second annual San Francisco Cocktail Week is coming. Running from May 13th - 19th, SFCW celebrates, as the name suggests, cocktails and “the dynamic beverage culture of our community.”
From the Opening Gala at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room to the Closing Party... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| RED Menace Threatens Civic Center Farmers' Market |
| 05/08/2008 02:35 PM |
| While "Buying local" has always been a popular idea in this city, but now it seems that the city itself has turned to buying out the locals. The Heart of the City, the Civic Center farmers' market, is the poor... |
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| The Snitch |
| Internet Archive, EFF Smack Down FBI |
| 05/08/2008 10:54 AM |
| Back in November of 2007 the Internet Archive, a local tech non-profit responsible for, among other things, the Wayback Machine - was slapped with a spooky National Security Letter by the FBI requesting personal data of one of the Archive's... |
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| The Daly Blog |
| The Despicable Duo |
| 05/08/2008 05:16 AM |
So, I go back and forth on whether I should talk to Phil Matier and Andy Ross. If I don’t talk to them, they get away with writing specious things I otherwise could challenge. If I do talk to them, they twist my words against me. So, I’ve settled on only communicating with the despicable duo in writing. Here’s the full back and forth between Andy Ross and me. At least they got [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Editorial: The Case Against Proposition G |
| 05/08/2008 04:05 AM |
On June 3, San Francisco voters will decide the future of the largest remaining undeveloped acreage remaining in the City. Although its location at the Hunters Point shipyard and alongside Bayview?s low-income minority community has long kept it out of sight and mind, this land is our last opportunity to remake the City?s waterfront a striking community that continues to meet our city?s needs.
Remarkably, almost all the information... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| ?No on 98? Campaign Goes in Overdrive |
| 05/08/2008 04:04 AM |
| With Barack Obama having sealed the presidential nomination, California progressives can finally shift their focus to the June 3rd statewide primary. Yesterday, a broad coalition rallied in front of San Francisco City Hall ? calling on the state?s voters to defeat Proposition 98 that abolishes rent control, repeals inclusionary housing laws, guts environmental protections and... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| School Beat: Fighting For Funding |
| 05/08/2008 04:03 AM |
In the face of a Governor who refuses to act responsibly by fairly raising taxes and closing tax loopholes, public education advocates are mobilizing in numerous ways for numerous responses. Not only are we continuing our advocacy in opposition to Schwarzenegger?s outrageous attacks against public schools, but locally we are devising solutions that will help increase our financial stability and independence.
School communities are... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| Wednesday PM Linkage: Food Edition |
| 05/07/2008 11:42 PM |
| · AmmianoGate: health care surcharges were paid. Swear. [Eater SF] · HealtySF: WTF are we doing, anyway? [WSJ] · 16 things the resto industry is hiding from you. [Men's Health] · Eye on Yerba Buena Lane: Press Club, Amber... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Zito’s back |
| 05/07/2008 11:04 PM |
Giants pitcher Barry Zito returns to the starting lineup tonight against the Pirates.
Photo by Stephen Dorian Miner
By Stephen Dorian Miner
May 7, 2008
Barry Zito, the $126 million pitcher Giants fans love to hate lately, will... [more] |
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| SF Metro Blogging |
| Party Like it’s Friday! Noc Noc! |
| 05/07/2008 10:52 PM |
Noc Noc
When my friend told me he wanted to meet up at Noc Noc, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I didn’t think anything of it until I started asking around to see if anyone I knew had been there before. I started to get really excited.
I wanted to know what this cave-like [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| We Won't Quit You, Craig: Yesterday we asked our readers if... |
| 05/07/2008 10:38 PM |
| Yesterday we asked our readers if they would stop reading Craigslist (or have already, even) due to recent hysterical outbursts concerns over its handling of posts that have or might possibly facilitate illegal activity. "Should Craig be responsible for this... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Ask Curbed SF: More Chains in the Castro? |
| 05/07/2008 09:13 PM |
| Have a question? Need an answer? Consult the oracle that is the Ask Curbed SF inbox. "What a reasonable neighbor" we thought, sifting through today's offerings from the Curbed SF inbox. Let's allow allow democracy to do its magic, shall... |
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| SF Gate Culture Blog |
| Top Chef Recap: Season Four, Episode Eight |
| 05/07/2008 09:00 PM |
| Ah yes. The episode with kids. Fabulous.
We begin bright and early with Lisa and her filthy hair smoking a cigarette on the balcony. It ain't exactly flowers blooming and birds chirping,...
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| CurbedSF |
| S.O.S.: Bush Votes Down Mortgage Meltdown Measure |
| 05/07/2008 08:00 PM |
| Some Republicans have discreetly defected to the Democratic party recently, if only to support a bill that, if enacted, would (hopefully) stave off the mortgage meltdown by allowing the Federal Housing Administration to take on up to $300 billion in... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Jury Hands Down Murder Convictionfor 2007 Bayview Shooting |
| 05/07/2008 06:52 PM |
By Ari Burack
May 7, 2008
A San Francisco jury has convicted a 34-year-old man for a fatal shooting at a Bayview District public housing complex in 2007, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced.
The superior court jury found Jamal Butler, of San Francisco, guilty Tuesday of second degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Allen Broussard, in a shooting at the Alice Griffith Public... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| Pricespotter Reveal: Doubleplusgood 126 6th Avenue |
| 05/07/2008 06:00 PM |
| PriceSpotter is Curbed's price guessing game— We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Reveal on Wednesday. And hey— cheaters never win, and winners never... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Market Analysis: 18 Months 'till Rock Bottom |
| 05/07/2008 05:21 PM |
| Did you know that UC Berkeley has its own Center for Real Estate? Well, it does, and according to a recent prediction issued from its hallowed halls, California home foreclosure rates will continue to rise for the next 18 months.... |
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| Rincon Hill SF |
| Mayor’s Veto Leaves Residents in the Dark |
| 05/07/2008 04:54 PM |
In addition to sharing fun events happening in the Rincon Hill neighborhood or nearby that may allow us to meet and to get to know each other as neighbors, I also strongly promote civic engagement on this blog. As Howard Dean used to say, if all you do is vote, you get a C- grade for civic engagement.
One of the basic ways to get more involved is to attend public meetings. Unfortunately, most meetings are held during hours that most... [more] |
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| The N Judah Chronicles |
| Links of Interest for May 7, 2008 |
| 05/07/2008 04:41 PM |
| This week I'm highlighting links to a number of community websites you may or may not be aware of, all of which provide neighborhood information you might not find elsewhere. First off, I saw a flyer for the Duboce Triangle... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Race to Glass Update: 555 Mission Takes the Gold |
| 05/07/2008 04:40 PM |
| Although the race was really over a few weeks ago, today is the day that 555 Mission Street will take home the medal for 30-plus story glass sprint. In the background, The Millennium stands dejectedly on the lower podium... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Made in the Shade of the Transbay Plan |
| 05/07/2008 02:45 PM |
| Will increasingly the density of San Francisco really help the environment? Meh, maybe — but it makes a nice argument for building higher. Is the Transbay Terminal Tower a "blandly derivative dildo"? Sure, that one's hilariously arguable. But the real... |
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| Fog City Journal |
| Bay Area News Briefs |
| 05/07/2008 02:00 PM |
By Maya Strausberg
May 7, 2008
Vallejo City council votes unanimously to file bankruptcy
The Vallejo City Council voted unanimously late Tuesday night to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
The city faces a $16 million deficit in the 2008-2009 budget starting July 1 and unsuccessfully negotiated with its police, firefighter and electrical workers unions for contract concessions... [more] |
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| Matier & Ross |
| $10 theft cost a $250,000 spill cleanup |
| 05/07/2008 12:00 PM |
| The 3,500-gallon spill of a toxic chemical into San Pablo Bay over the weekend cost an estimated $250,000 to clean up - and it was all for a lousy $10 worth of brass. The thieves who caused the spill of the chemical toluene at Reaction Products in Richmond...
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| SF Crime |
| Suspect in 2007 Murder Convicted |
| 05/07/2008 11:06 AM |
SF: JURY HANDS DOWN MURDER CONVICTION FOR 2007 BAYVIEW SHOOTING
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)
A San Francisco jury has convicted a 34-year-old man for a fatal shooting at a Bayview District public housing complex in 2007, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced.
The superior court jury found Jamal Butler, of San Francisco, guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Allen Broussard, in... [more] |
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| SF Crime |
| Police Raid Excelsior Home |
| 05/07/2008 10:25 AM |
Police, SWAT raid alleged chop shop
Brent Begin, The Examiner
2008-05-07 10:00:00.0
SAN FRANCISCO -
Police descended on an Excelsior home Tuesday morning for a suspected operation that allegedly processed stolen cars.
Edward Munoz, 49, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle and operating a “chop shop,” according to police spokesman Sgt. Steve Mannina. SWAT teams entered 805 Vienna... [more] |
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| The SF K Files |
| Let's take a break for some fun |
| 05/07/2008 10:00 AM |
A friend offered up a nice idea:
"I think you should do a post one day on suggestions of fun silly things we do with our kids. Reminders that in the end it is these moments shared that we often remember.I think we get so caught up in getting from point a to point that we sometimes forget to stop and have a tickle fest or dance around the house in silly hats, paint with shaving cream on the deck doors, whatever . . . Might be fun to... [more] |
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| The Snitch |
| Chron Site Hijacked? |
| 05/07/2008 08:15 AM |
| This is the headline that greeted SFGate readers this morning. Someone who is no fan of columnist Mark Morford appears to have thrown up a string of spammish dribble in place of Morford's usual Wednesday offering (unless of course... |
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| SF Metro Blogging |
| SFIFF Documentaries: Dust |
| 05/07/2008 04:49 AM |
Dust is a part of our everyday lives, whether we like it or not. We mostly look at it as a nuisance and a symbol of uncleanliness. What we often forget is what important role dust has had in the creation of our universe and our planet, and the importance of it in everyday life.... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Obama Seals Nomination With Last Night?s Results |
| 05/07/2008 04:05 AM |
| When the polls closed in North Carolina and the networks immediately called the state for Barack Obama, I concluded that there must have been a huge black turnout. There was ? but despite talk of a ?polarized? Democratic electorate along racial or class lines, Obama made in-roads last night with Hillary Clinton?s base that will help him win the general election. With his 14-point victory in the last primary state that had over 100 delegates,... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Obama?s Strength, Traditional Media?s Weakness |
| 05/07/2008 04:04 AM |
| Prior to counting the votes in North Carolina and Indiana, the traditional media had its narrative all prepared: Obama had once again done poorly among white working class voters, Clinton had out-maneuvered him on the summer gas tax waiver, Reverend Wright was damaging Obama?s candidacy, rural voters rebelled against Obama?s calling them ?bitter,? and Clinton had all the momentum while Obama was hanging on to the ropes just waiting for the bell... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| "I Heard That" -- Michael Eric Dyson's Book on King |
| 05/07/2008 04:03 AM |
| Best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson was in San Francisco last Wednesday at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) on a book signing and lecture tour promoting his new book: ?April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.?s Death and How it Changed America.? Professor Dyson, named by Ebony Magazine as one of the hundred most influential Black Americans, is currently Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and reside in Washington, D.C. ... [more] |
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| BeyondChron |
| Festive Rally Fights for City's Downtrodden |
| 05/07/2008 04:02 AM |
| There was no shortage of sun and color in the rally to fight against budget cuts in front of City Hall today at noon. In a festive mood, many with colorful Union t-shirts, others with loud yellow and white hand clappers, and quite a few with signs loudly proclaiming "Stop balancing the budget with safety net cuts," "Care not Crash", "Don't wreck the system of care,"(one sign even had a Wanted sign with Bush's face); all together to protest the... [more] |
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| SF Metro Blogging |
| Doing Touristy Things: Westin St. Francis Glass Elevators |
| 05/07/2008 01:47 AM |
This is a series- the first one was on Coit Tower
I had another visitor in town- from Belgium, and we were walking around Post St. on a Thursday night. She didn’t drink- and wanted to see something odd/unexpected, so I navigate to the front of St. Francis on Powell at Post St. entered the lobby, walk past Michael Minna, past the first set... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| Tuesday PM Linkage |
| 05/06/2008 11:30 PM |
| [Transamerica building courtesy Curbed SF Flickr pool member rstovlljr .] · Builder guarantees buyers' home values. [abc local] · Adam Sandler camel toe presides over Dogpatch. [SFist] · Earth to California: stop wasting water. [Water Secrets Blog] · More... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Supes Actually Overturn Chain Ban for Paint Store |
| 05/06/2008 10:47 PM |
| Capitalist takeover! The Board of Supervisors have granted ICI Paints permission to take over the former Hollywood Video storefront at the corner of Cesar Chavez and South Van Ness Avenue, thus overturning its initial decision to ban the store's move... |
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| CurbedSF |
| Quitting Craigslist Over Crime? |
| 05/06/2008 10:10 PM |
| Do we spot a flash of yellow journalism from the corner of our eye? Or are we simply suspending our disbelief out of a longtime love for All Things Craig? Craigslist has long been accused of being a conduit for... |
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| The N Judah Chronicles |
| Nightlife on the N: Pacific Catch at 9th and Lincoln |
| 05/06/2008 10:04 PM |
| Pacific Catch Spicy Tuna Roll at Happy Hour There was no greater fan of the old Canvas Gallery than I - more than once when low-grade home Internet crapped out on me, the Canvas Gallery was a wifi safe... |
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| SF Metro Blogging |
| Answer to Prison Over-crowding? |
| 05/06/2008 09:49 PM |
Could it be good, old-fashioned … humiliation?
It’s a rite of passage, a fraction of the cost of items, it’s prevention is a billion-dollar industry… it’s SHOP-LIFTING.
One grocery store in West Portal has decided to offer two choices to folks who purloin their goods…
1) Talk to the police…
or
2) Be openly mocked
I had... [more] |
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| CurbedSF |
| On The Market: N Judah Bound to 415 Carl Street |
| 05/06/2008 09:08 PM |
| &set=72157604915720132">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Two more units have hit the market at 415 Carl Street. Unit E is a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo with an asking price of $659,000, while... |
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Giving every junketeer who might have over-imbibed a good excuse to blow off chores and work once they get home, conference organizers at Sun's JavaOne developer fest at the Moscone Center are now warning attendees that the City has released a public health warning about a virus on the... 
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Vanity Fair, which is a New York-based operation distributing expert-written content on biodegradable media — a "magazine" — via premium subscriptions and bricks-and-mortar partners known as "newsstands," is sponsoring the... 
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