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OPINION

 The Best Prison Breaks 

Frenchman's joins infamous company with clever escape

Mar 31, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Frenchman’s daring escape from a London prison—Julien Chautard turned himself in yesterday after busting out by gripping the bottom of a prisoner transport van as it left the courtyard—gets Jon Henley, in the Guardian, thinking about the best such tries ever. His highlights: More »

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San Francisco • France • criminal • Jesuit • escape • Alcatraz • prisons

 In SF, a Center 
 for Female Orgasm 

Commune is devoted to female sexuality

Mar 15, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Every morning as the rest of us fight sleepiness and traffic, a group of women at the One Taste Urban Retreat Center lie back and let a fully clothed male "research partner" coax them to orgasm, reports the New York Times. The co-ed commune in San Francisco also offers... More »

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San Francisco • meditation • orgasmic meditation • female sexuality

(Newser) - Swiss drug giant Roche has succeeded in its quest to own biotech firm Genentech outright, and will purchase the 44% of shares it does not already own for $95 each, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today. The $46.8 billion deal comes after months of haggling, wherein Roche offered as... More »

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California • San Francisco • pharmaceutical companies • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • biotechnology • Genentech • Roche • biotech companies

Phelps Helps
SF Food Bank Tame Munchies

Swimmer's bong photo, ban lead to donation of 2 tons of cereal

Mar 11, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The amateur paparazzo who snapped Michael Phelps holding a bong helped indirectly bring a little good to the world: Kellogg's, which dumped the Olympian after the photo came to light, donated nearly 2 tons of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes in boxes bearing Phelps' winning smile to the San Francisco... More »

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San Francisco • Michael Phelps • hunger • Kellogg • marijuana • food banks • scandal

 Execs Aim to Tame Rowdy 
 SF Race 

Organizers move to make revelers straighten up in Party Town, USA

Mar 7, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - San Francisco, the “City That Knows How,” is notoriously adept at throwing hedonistic events—but it also knows how to fight to keep them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Protesters are fuming at the organizers of the annual Bay to Breakers footrace, who want to ban nudity and... More »

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California • San Francisco • alcohol • protesters • public nudity

(Newser) - Protesters around California are gearing up for tomorrow's state Supreme Court session on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter referendum that banned gay marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. The decision isn’t due for 3 months, but the opinion is already written, and the court's stand may... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • constitutional amendment • marriage • California Supreme Court • gays • Proposition 8 • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - More bleak news from the world of newspapers: Hearst is threatening to shut down the San Francisco Chronicle—the nation's 12th largest daily—unless it makes massive cuts. Otherwise, Hearst will seek a buyer for the 144-year-old paper, which lost $50 million last year and is doing worse in 2009,... More »

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California • newspaper • San Francisco • newspaper industry • recession depression

Bush Street Gets Overnight 'Update' in SF

Pranksters in notoriously liberal city rename thoroughfare, if only temporarily

Jan 20, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Partisan pranksters struck San Francisco overnight, covering four blocks of signs on the city’s Bush Street with “Obama Street” signs, NBC affiliate KNTV reports. The covers look professional, and chalk messages on the pavement encourage pedestrians to look up and notice the “change.” A rally is... More »

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Barack Obama • San Francisco • vandalism • prank • George W. Bush • street art • President Obama • Inauguration Day • street sign • NBC Local




 SF Cop Charged 
 in BART Slaying 

Ex-officer surrendered on suspicion of murder

Jan 14, 09 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on New Year's Day, sparking San Francisco-area riots, was arrested last night in Nevada on suspicion of murder, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Sources say Johannes Mehserle, 27, had fled California after receiving death threats in the wake of Oscar Grant's... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • video • race riot • Oakland • Ron Dellums • riots • suspect • Taser • police brutality • shooting • BART • Oscar Grant • Johannes Mehserle

 SF-Area Riots Erupt Over 
 Fatal Shooting By Cop 

Storefronts, cars destroyed as 200 protesters storm Oakland

Jan 8, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - An angry mob protesting a cop's fatal shooting of an unarmed man stormed Oakland last night, hurling rocks at cars and storefronts, and lighting garbage on fire. About 200 protesters—including a core group of self-proclaimed communists—began peacefully at the subway stop where an officer killed a 22-year-old passenger... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • race riot • Oakland • riots • police brutality

Video Shows SF Cop Fatally Shooting Prone Suspect

Shooting of unarmed man filmed by passengers sparks outrage

Jan 7, 09 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Video of a cop shooting an unarmed suspect has sparked outrage in San Francisco and calls for an investigation, report the San Francisco Chroncle. The videos, taken by passengers and obtained by local station KTVU, shows Oscar Grant, 22, seated against a subway wall apparently pleading with police. He is... More »

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San Francisco • police • video • suspect • shooting

SF Asks Tiger Victim to Reimburse City

City aims to recover costs of medical care from any settlement from victim's lawsuit

Jan 3, 09 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - City officials are seeking more than $75,000 in reimbursements from a man mauled by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo last year, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The man and his brother are suing the city over the Christmas Day 2007 attack. The motion from the city... More »

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San Francisco • lawsuit • medical bills • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • tiger • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack

(Newser) - New York may be America's cultural capital, but Seattle and Minneapolis top the list as the nation's most literate cities, reports LiveScience.  The rankings are based on newspaper, magazine, and online news readership, library usage, book purchases, and educational levels. The two cities also topped the list last year.... More »

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newspaper • Minneapolis • San Francisco • Atlanta • Boston • Washington DC • Denver • St. Louis • literacy • libraries • Seattle • Cincinnati • book • online newspapers • Portland, Oregon • readership • St Paul • Central Connecticut State University • Jack Miller

Frisco Debates Downtown Traffic Fee

Motorists balk at prospect of paying up to $5 to drive to city center

Dec 30, 08 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A plan to charge motorists for driving downtown in peak hours could be a step too far even for famously green San Francisco, the Los Angeles Times reports. City officials say the plan, which would be the first of its kind in the nation if it passes, would reduce traffic... More »

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California • San Francisco • congestion pricing • traffic • toll • congestion • public transit

Flush and Burn: Port-a-Potty Pyro Strikes Again in SF

Fire officials probe toilet-focused arsonist

Dec 24, 08 6:28 PM CST
(Newser) - For the seventh time in two months, port-a-potties at construction sites in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood have been set ablaze by unknown parties, the Chronicle reports. Fire officials won’t say how the late-night pyrotechnics started, but they’re asking construction workers to be sure their “comfort stations”... More »

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San Francisco • Arson • fire hazard • Russian Hill • port-a-potties

Fliers Ease Carbon Guilt
Via Donations

San Fran airport
to offer pollution
offsets at new kiosks

Dec 24, 08 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Guilty about the carbon footprint of your frequent flights? Have a few bucks to spare and time to kill at San Francisco's airport? The firm 3Degrees is banking on such a combination as it prepares to roll out the nation's first fleet of kiosks offering carbon offsets. No one is... More »

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San Francisco • carbon footprint • carbon offsets • green energy • air travel • sustainability

Suit Claims In-Flight Booze Led to Domestic Violence

Courts must decide if United jet constituted a bar

Dec 17, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A couple has sued United Airlines for deliberately serving the husband too much wine on a 2006 international flight, triggering a physical fight with his wife upon landing. The case rides on whether US courts find United beholden to the same liabilities as bars, and if they can preside over... More »

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San Francisco • United Airlines • domestic violence • civil lawsuits • negligence • Customs and Border Protection • Osaka, Japan

Aunt Arrested in Case of Tortured Calif. Teen

Woman had lived on and off with couple previously charged

Dec 3, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - California police have arrested the aunt of the teen who escaped from a house where he was apparently being held prisoner, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Caren Ramirez was found in Berkeley and handed over to police in Tracy, where the boy was found shackled and beaten. Ramirez faces... More »

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California • torture • San Francisco • police • kidnapping • child abuse • arrest • Berkeley • Caren Ramirez • Michael Schumacher • Kelly Lau

Mayor Channels Inner Wonk in 7½-Hour YouTube Speech

San Francisco's Newsom goes in-depth on subjects he'd otherwise trim from annual address

Dec 1, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is living up to his chatty reputation with a 7½-hour state-of-the-city speech—on YouTube. The mayor, who is averse to speaking with the city’s board of supervisors and enamored of policy, will release the detailed address in 45-minute chunks. Why watch, wonders the... More »

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Internet • YouTube • San Francisco • mayor • digital video • speech • Gavin Newsom • State of the City

OPINION

 Earlier Milk Release 
 Might've Killed Prop 8 

Calif. gay-marriage ban puts biopic in broader, cause-defining light

Nov 27, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - If Milk, the film on San Francisco’s first openly gay city supervisor, had opened earlier, might it have swung the Proposition 8 vote? Maybe, writes Dennis Lim in Slate—but in light of the passage of the California gay-marriage ban, Milk becomes both a poignant “look-how-far-we-haven’t-come” tale... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • film • San Francisco • Proposition 8 • Harvey Milk • Milk

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