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Barack Obama arrives in San Francisco, heads to Facebook

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg – renowned for his casual approach to dressing as a CEO – cleaned up and donned a rarely seen jacket and tie for his Wednesday question and answer with President Barack Obama. Read More

WATCH: Live video of President Barack Obama at Facebook

President Barack Obama visits the Facebook campus in Palo Alto on Wednesday.   Read More

Protesters gather in Palo Alto, San Francisco in advance of Obama events

Several demonstrations are being held in Palo Alto and San Francisco on Wednesday in response to President Barack Obama’s scheduled visits to Facebook headquarters and a fundraiser at the Nob Hill Masonic Center.   Read More

Leash haters calling in to Ed Lee’s office

The phone’s been ringing in the Mayor’s Office on Tuesday, and it’s probably not going to stop any time soon now that off-leash dog walking advocates have organized a call-in day to Mayor Ed Lee. Read More

Obama invites the nation to a town-hall event at Facebook

President Barack Obama has asked Americans to take a break from “friending” and “defriending” on Facebook for a little while – at least during the town hall meeting he plans to hold at the Facebook headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday. Read More

Obama scheduled to visit Bay Area this month to fundraise, hold Facebook town hall

Barack Obama coming to Bay Area
President Barack Obama will be returning to the Bay Area this month to hold a virtual town hall at Facebook and kick off his fundraising campaign for the 2012 election. Read More

NYT: Facebook courting Robert Gibbs for spokesman position

Is Robert Gibbs about to leave Team Obama for Facebook? That's what the New York Time reports: Mr. Gibbs, who left the White House in February after two years on the job, had been planning to help establish President Obama’s re-election campaign before taking a private sector job, these people said. Read More

Armistead Maupin denied use of Australian restroom because he’s gay

Armistead Maupin
During a trip to Australia, well-known San Francisco author Armistead Maupin said he and his husband were denied use of a restroom because they are gay.Maupin, best known for his Tales of the City novel series, said the homophobic snub occurred at the Bojangles Saloon & Dining Room in Alice Springs, a town of about 27,000 residents in the Northern Territory of Australia. Read More

Girl's sweet 16 invitation goes viral on Facebook

An Australian schoolgirl had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her Facebook invitation went viral and close to 200,000 people said they would show up at her house. She was just trying to invite “a few schoolmates” via Facebook, but was initially unaware of the settings needed to stop strangers from seeing the invitation, which included her address. Police said the girl’s original post had gone viral after being reposted by an “unknown person.” Read More
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