SAN FRANCISCO — Where’s that darn figgy pudding?!
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For professional pastry chefs, people participating in bake-offs in the privacy of their own kitchens, and the vast majority of us who simply consume the sweet stuff, “Kings of Pastry” is mandatory viewing.A documentary with more life and suspense than many a swashbuckling saga, “Kings of Pastry” is an unusual, charming, funny, surprising and unexpectedly tense film about the competition for an award that’s the equivalent of the Medal of Honor for chefs.
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Golden Gate Park turned a whopping 140 years old this year, and to celebrate, the Conservatory of Flowers is revamping its third annual Garden Railway display into a miniature tour of the open space.In a special anniversary edition of the holiday Garden Railway, opening Friday, the conservatory is re-creating the gardens, lakes and architecture that have made the park famous since the 1870s.
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Desperate immigrants seeking legal help were allegedly preyed upon by a disgraced attorney who charged them illegal prices for shoddy representation that led to deportations, city officials said Monday.City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Wednesday calling Martin Guajardo a “notorious predator” who gave up his law license in 2008 after he was accused of charging high fees but not providing adequate counsel.
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It will mean a loss of revenue, but the cash-strapped Cow Palace in Daly City has banned ravelike shows after two people died and several others were hospitalized from apparent drug and alcohol overdoses this year.Two people died after the etd.POP 2010 show in May and at least 16 were hospitalized in October at Spookfest. The state-owned venue’s board decided the two events will not return in 2011.
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A 19-year-old man survived two stab wounds during an attack in a popular area of Golden Gate Park on Tuesday, police said.The assailant, described only as a white man between 30 and 50 years old, came up from behind the teen during the stabbing at Alvord Lake near Haight and Stanyan streets at 6:11 p.m., police said.Transients are known to hang out in the area.
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You could tell Mayor Gavin Newsom was stifling all the obvious jokes he could have made when asked about the recent effort to ban circumcisions in San Francisco. Instead of saying “it won’t cut it with voters” the mayor just went “whoa.”
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Shoppers could be finding the deal on Aisle 4 of a Target store in the Metreon as soon as early 2012 now that the project has gained approval.On Tuesday, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved the plans Target needed to build its 100,000-square-foot store on the first and second floors of the Metreon, which has been plagued by vacancies the past year.
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For anyone looking to memorialize the Giants’ world-championship run with a new tattoo, avoid this small town just south of San Francisco.The City Council made Brisbane an ink-free zone earlier this month by unanimously passing a 45-day moratorium on body-art establishments, and it could be extended to as long as two years.
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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a teen charged in the 2007 fatal shooting of another teen at San Francisco’s Metreon complex after the jury indicated they were hopelessly deadlocked on a first-degree murder charge.Christopher Canon, of San Francisco, was 15 when he shot 18-year-old Michael Price Jr., of Oakland, at the Metreon at Fourth and Mission streets on Nov. 11, 2007. He was arrested nearby after the shooting.
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