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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Brown Joins SFPD Into Drug Lab Evidence Tampering Case
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) After allegations popped up that Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old lab technician for the SFPD, stole and used cocaine evidence she was supposed to analyze, Attorney General (and, most likely, the future Governor of California) Jerry Brown "announced that his office will…
SFist Tonight Addendum
Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, and SFist's music editor, is launching a free/cheap semi-weekly live music party tonight at Milk, former home of legendary Upper Haight live music venue, Club Boomerang. Three of Kevin's favorite local bands are playing tonight's show, and here's what he has to say…
Tried in Boston, Tried in New York [Team Coco]
Here are the dates for Conan O'Brien's live tour. It's pretty much sold out already. More »
Don't Forget to File a Schedule M With Your Taxes!
Credit: alancleaver_2000/Flickr Heard about that new Schedule M form that will give you a $400 break on your taxes if you qualify? Neither had we, but luckily CBS Money Watch posted a reminder today. Single-payers making less than $75k per year (and married couples filing jointly making less…
How Jersey Shore Ruined One Girl's Life [Shore Thing]
Angelina "Trash Bags" left Jersey Shore after three episodes. Even that short stint in the house has ruined her life, though: Three of her former cast mates have threatened her life and DJ Paulie D blew her off. Tragedy! More » …
Adoptable Pets Of the Week: Parker & Marjorie
Parker 3-year -old Cattle Dog mix I'm a really good cuddler! I've been an independent spirit but now I’m ready to settle down with a true love. If you wanna be my tour-guide to city life and help me learn some urban manners, then I’ll reward you with all my love and devotion. It…
Photo du Jour 591
Tagger caught in the act on the 33-Stanyan, shot by The Perpetual Cold (via Mission Mission). Read all about it here.
SFist Tonight
Credit: Earl Newman, ca. 1964-1966 ART: Happy Feet presents Defiant Proclamations: Radical Posters from the 1960s to the Present, an exhibit featuring old and new posters, handbills, and artifacts, "giving a glimpse of the broad range of opinions and styles that have papered walls" across the…
Hey, Watch It! - Thursday's TV Picks
Last week, another season of "Celebrity Rehab" came to an end. All the addicts graduated--whether they were ready to or not--in a lovely, subtle ceremony held in a mausoleum (beecause drugs will KILL...
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Will Pent-Up Demand Outstrip Pent-Up Supply?
From a local agent’s recent email blast: The market has been down for so long that the inventory has dwindled...too many shoppers for too few homes...because prospective sellers have been waiting for prices to go back up. But when they...
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One of the Best Subheadlines You'll Ever Read
Thanks goes out to Matt Baume for sending this our way. Plucked from this article in the Chronicle, we look forward to other subheds like "snow cold" and "Earth round."
Bay Bridge Eastern Span Still Effed, Behind Schedule, But May Still Open on Time?
Photo: Bill Hall/MTA Big news in the Chron-o-sphere this a.m. is that the Bay Bridge's eastern span construction, while still about 15 months behind, may still open on schedule in 2013 assuming they can get all the essential, uh, structural pieces in place. "We're obviously not talking about…
SF Weekly Not Going Out of Business, OK!
"Girl, hold my earrings," explains SF Weekly. Despite being ordered by a court to hand over half of its revenue to SF Bay Guardian for illegally selling ads below cost, SF Weekly is not -- not! -- going out of business. OK?! In a letter sent out to company employees yesterday, Village…
Mom Suspected of Murdering Two-Year-Old Daughter
An Oakland woman sits in jail this morning on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Tiffany Lopez, 19, who is three months pregnant and was arrested on child endangerment charges in December, is alleged to have suffocated "Kamilah in their second-floor apartment on the 2800 block of…
One Of 33 32 Atop 611 Washington (Montgomery Washington Tower)
One San Francisco’s original luxury high-rise buildings, only 33 residential units were built atop 611 Washington (perhaps the pool on the 21st floor now makes more sense). As units 2101 and 2102 were merged into one, however, there are...
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Conan O'Brien Is Coming!
Oh fun. Conan O'Brien is touring and he's bringing his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour to San Francisco. Described as "a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence," the former (and rightful) Tonight Show host will appear at the Nob Hill Masonic…
Newsom to Run for Lt. Governor. We Swear This Time. Promise.
Yesterday at the eleventh hour, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom picked up his paper work Department of Elections in City Hall and paid his $2,500 filing fees, meaning he'll finally run for Lt. Governor. Which he'll probably do. For reals. We mean it. This comes on the heels of Newsom's…
How to Season, Clean and Care for a Cast Iron Pan
And now, almost 10 years and thousands of meals later, I'm just as happy with my decision to switch to cast iron as I was the day I purchased my pans from Ace Hardware. As far as I'm concerned, the fanciest and most expensive pans can't hold a candle to modest cast iron (well, except for an…
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San Francisco’s Four Seasons No Longer Facing Foreclosure
While Millennium Partners’ strategic default on its $90 million Four Seasons San Francisco mortgage might not have yielded the intended results with respect to getting its debt holders to renegotiate, it did yield a new equity partner. Millennium and private...
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Not Another Cookie Cutter Penthouse (2308 A Divisadero)
While vertically challenged at times, we’re kind of digging the unique and eclectic nature of the space. And those bumps will go away with time (and a cold compress or two). ∙ Listing: 2308 A Divisadero (2/2) 1,900 sqft...
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Bush, Cheney, Inspired to Torture by Watching 24 [Unsurprising]
The former head of Britain's intelligence service says that the three-headed monster known as Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld fetishized, and were inspired by, Jack Bauer's torture techniques. More »
LA Loses Last Bastion of Endangered Sushi [Whales]
Riding high on Oscar glory, the brains behind dolphin hunting documentary The Cove, along with several federal agencies, busted Santa Monica hot-spot eatery The Hump for serving endangered Sei whale meat. More »
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Dakota Fanning Writhes in Lingerie for 'Cherry Bomb' Music Video [VideUhOh]
Little Dakota Fanning is all grown up and making everyone feel like a pedophile. Alongside Kristen Stewart, Dakota shakes her distressingly young chest in this music video for Joan Jett biopic The Runaways. Somewhere, Taylor Momsen is seething…
Mad Men Barbie & Ken Dolls
NY Times is reporting that Mattel is planning on releasing an adult collectors series of Barbie and Ken dolls based on the AMC television series Mad Men. via BuzzFeed This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Email, Twitter & Facebook. Related posts:- I…
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Lord Of The Onion Rings
“Lord Of The Onion Rings” by Dave MacDowell via The Daily What This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Email, Twitter & Facebook. Related posts:- The DM of The Rings, The Lord of The Rings Told as a Dungeons & Dragons Campaign - Onion…
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National Geographic’s Great Sperm Race
image by Jeremy Benning, National Geographic We really wish we could have been a fly on the wall when “Sizing Up Sperm” — a human re-enactment of fertilization — was pitched in the esteemed offices at National Geographic. Regardless of how the idea was hatched, the results…
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Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore
Whenever people mention the random webcam site, Chatroulette, it inevitably leads to talk of how there are certain less-than-desirable webcam chat partners on the service. Some would wager that the guise of anonymity on Chatroulette helps these users feel a bit safer when baring it all. They…
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Day Around the Bay
Photo by Jay Barmann/SFist What will it take to save mid-market? [SF Appeal, Curbed] Assistant switches from cranky Yahoo CEO for much cooler Twitter CEO. [Valleywag] Meet 11 fashion forward bloggers you might not know about yet. [7x7] Shrimp chips, anyone? [Sex Pigeon] Newsom's plan…
Twitter Co-Founder Would Like You To Think He's Turning 30 [Twitterati]
Biz Stone used an age-shortener to fit his birthday onto Twitter; Julia Allison tried doing math with her brain; and Ana Marie Cox attempted to flirt with Rahm Emanuel over basic cable. The Twitterati turned to tools of last resort. …
An In-Depth Look at The World of Zentai
image by foCuseD-Photography for The Zentai Project Zentai is the practice of wearing a full body suit (typically Lycra, though other materials fall into Zentai labels) for private enjoyment or exhibitionism. The suits can be colorful, animal themes or even sinister looking, and personal use…
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