On the road promoting his introductory, self-titled EP, 23-year-old Willy Moon has been meeting immature folks who puzzle him — “people who are supposedly adults, who still haven’t really allowed themselves to grow up and become responsible for themselves as individuals,” says the New Zealand-born, London-based techno-rockabilly cat whose song “Yeah Yeah” was snapped up by Apple for its new iPod commercial.
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A crooked cowboy dubbed the “Brown Holster Serial Robber” has been connected to several pistol-toting robberies in The City, riding off with stolen loot on his trusted steed: A bicycle.Huterra Gaston, 50, of San Francisco, was arrested last week following an armed robbery in the area of Sixth and Market streets, police Officer Albie Esparza said Wednesday.
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The somber mood outside the San Francisco Apple store on Stockton Street wasn’t helped by the gray skies and the rain Thursday afternoon. People huddled together, pushing their iPhones and iPads through the crowd to document and add to the Steve Jobs memorial outside the store.
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10/04/11 12:55 PM
Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPhone on Tuesday that is faster and more powerful but stops short of a more radical upgrade. It said Sprint customers will now be able to use one.
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It’s hot in The City, and that means there’s a Spare the Air Day in effect. But now there’s more to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s air monitoring notification system than a press release.
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A burglar snuck into an in-law apartment in the 1700 block of Waller Street on Monday and stole a woman’s laptop and iPod, cops said. Some time between 1 and 7 a.m., as the 23-year-old resident slept in her bed, an unknown creep entered the in-law and took the electronic devices that were sitting right next to her bed, police said. There is no description of the suspect and no arrest has been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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The latest allegations of SFPD police misconduct involving a man at a residential hotel are being taken seriously, Mayor Ed Lee said Thursday, although he was quick to point out that allegations of police stealing people’s property is very rare.
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Three punks threatened a teenage boy with a hammer and robbed him of $5 and his iPod Saturday, cops said. The boy was attacked at the intersection of Sunnydale Avenue and Rutland Street around 10:30 p.m., police said. One suspect pulled out a hammer and threatened the teen while demanding his goods, cops said. The boy complied and the three punks, described by police as being between 15 and 19 years old, fled on foot. No arrests have been made.
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So it’s an established fact that heavy metal and that old arcade favorite, pinball, are inextricably linked, right? Remember that “God Of Thunder”-tilting, classic Kiss machine, anyone?
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A 23-year-old man was tied up and held at gunpoint during a terrifying home invasion robbery in the Outer Richmond district Monday, San Francisco police said.The man had been sleeping and woke up to a handgun pointing at him in the 1000 block of 32nd Avenue, police said Tuesday.The gun-toting burglar, a man in his early-to-mid 20s, tied up the victim, selected a few items to steal, then fled in an unknown vehicle.
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