San Francisco’s progressive politicians could find a new haunt in which to hatch plans for world domination.
Termed out supervisor Chris Daly is taking over Buck Tavern...
California’s Republican candidates have taken some hits lately over their wobbly commitment to (or against?) Proposition 23, the controversial ballot measure that would...
Kevin Cashman, the former assistant chief demoted to captain in the wake of the crime lab scandal, is now in charge of Central Station, which covers North Beach, Chinatown and...
The winning bidder to operate the City Hall ground floor cafe and the North Light Court operates the popular ground floor cafe at the Superior Court at 400 McAllister St. That...
A stinky situation turned sticky fast for this San Franciscan.
A man was attacked with a knife after asking the assailant — who the victim said was lying on the sidewalk...
This druggie is not beginning to “see the light,” police said.
Officers served a search warrant in the 1600 block of Palou Avenue on Sept. 1, which netted a...
A violent and disturbed man armed with a razor blade terrorized Union Square pedestrians Friday morning, police said.
A Union Square security officer flagged down a cop...
A cold crook in his 20s knocked a 77-year-old woman to the ground and stole her purse in the Excelsior neighborhood Sunday, police said.
The elderly woman was robbed in the...
He finished speaking in Cleveland by urging his audience to “choose the future over the past.” A good thing — we should move on to 2011 instead of repeating...
When I blogged this morning about Tom Donilon, possibly the next White House chief of staff, I didn’t mean to imply that his resume as Goldman consultant and Fannie Mae...
Here’s what a major mid-term correction looks like:
On March 16, when confronted by members of the Jefferson Area Tea Party, Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Va., made a startling...
Republican Rand Paul leads by 15 points in yet another survey, this one from Rasmussen:
Paul is now supported by 54% of Likely Voters in Kentucky, when leaners are added,...
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Daily Outrage: More than 200 Chinese airline pilots applied with fake résumés
WHAT: The Chinese government is investigating the country’s airline personnel after finding that more than 200 commercial pilots lied about their qualifications and experience.
WHY... Full Editorial
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Windsurfing trip turns into waterlogged...
Andre Volant intended to celebrate Labor Day with a quick... more
Pace of traffic collisions slows
Fatalities and injuries from traffic collisions are down sharply this year in San Francisco, with both categories on pace for their lowest annual total in over a decade.
Through the first week of... Full story
- North Beach festival may relocate
- Gun shop remains after permit OK’d
- Temps remain below normal
- SFO, BART reach pact to lower worker fares
- Residents cash in on greening
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- More city public schools on tap to collect rainwater
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- Laura Bush to speak at 9/11 memorial fundraiser
- Report: officer who shot knife-wielding man involved in 2 previous on-duty shootings
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Building owners prepare for the worst
The scenario of a disturbed former employee returning to the workplace with a gun to settle a score is not just a distant nightmare. It happened last week in Maryland. It happened in San Francisco... Full story
Scoop: Halle Berry’s hot new romance with co-star
Halle Berry and her latest leading man appear to be practicing their love scenes off camera. While filming in Paris, the “Catwoman” star has been spotted canoodling with French actor... Full story
Ellington still means a thing at the SF Symphony’s gala
“Eclectic” was an understatement at Tuesday’s opening gala for the San Francisco Symphony’s 99th season, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Between... Full story
NJ judge fines MTV's `Snooki' $500 for drunkenly disturbing Seaside Heights beachgoers
Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to... Full story
`Balding Bandit' suspected in 3 bank heists
The FBI and Los Angeles sheriff's detectives are looking for a thief dubbed the "Balding Bandit" who robbed three Southern California banks since May.
The robber, who got his nickname because of... Full story
No mention of regret, apology, pollution in internal report by BP over massive Gulf spill
BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution.... Full story
Lakers guard Matt Barnes arrested in Sacramento
Sacramento County authorities say Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran says deputies arrested Barnes after... Full story
Spander: Giants thriving in September baseball
Is this splendid torture or what? Three and a half weeks to go, and Tim Lincecum has found it once more. Three and a half weeks to go, and the San Diego Padres no longer seem invincible. Three and... Full story
Iowa jury finds former NBA player Rumeal Robinson guilty on 11 federal fraud charges
Rumeal Robinson, who led Michigan to the NCAA men's basketball championship in 1989 and later played in the NBA, was convicted in federal court Wednesday of borrowing more than $700,000 for a sham... Full story
Fidel Castro tells journalist Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work
Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues... Full story
Cuba's communist system gets panned by unlikely source — revolutionary leader Fidel Castro
Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.
The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and a U.S.-Cuba policy expert that the... Full story
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