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Local Thieves Are Now Stealing Fryer Grease

As it turns out copper wire isn't the poorest thing Bay Area thieves are ripping off these days. As CBSLocal reports this week, bandits in San Francisco have started knocking off local cooking oil recyclers. more ›

SWM Seeks Good Times, Limited Government: Inside a Conservative Dating Seminar

While at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, we dropped in on a dating seminar for single Republicans. The mostly male audience left a bit disappointed. more ›

Suicidal Man Aimed To Get Himself Shot, Ends Up Assaulted By SFPD Instead

A 49-year-old man attempting to lure police in to shooting him went on a rampage in his SoMa apartment building Tuesday night that ended in a punch-up from SFPD officers and accusations of police brutality. more ›

arts & entertainment

Entire City Required To Listen To Tony Bennett At Noon On Valentine's Day

Fifty years after he debuted "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" at the Venetian Room in the Fairmont Hotel, noted San Francisco fan and former Belvedere mansion owner Tony Bennett will return for a special Valentine's day performance of the city's unofficial theme song under the dome at City Hall. more ›

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone Back Together In... Line For Shoulder Surgery

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger re-united with his Expendables 2 co-star Sylvester Stallone yesterday. By sheer coincidence, the two aging action heros ended up in the same room, which also happened to be in a hospital. more ›

Terrible Talent Reality Show Holding Auditions In Civic Center This Weekend

Among NBC's lineup of must-see-free TV the past couple seasons — oh, don't you "OMG, Smash" us — the most useless, America's Got Talent, will hold auditions in San Francisco's Civic Center this weekend. more ›

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Listen & Eat: Commonwealth Club 'Meet & Eat with SF's Hottest Young Chefs'

The Bay Area's continuing sanctification of chefs (what in heaven's name do you think Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham would say regarding this trend of placing cooks on such high pedestals?) goes further with the Commonwealth Club's upcoming "Meet 'n Eat with SF's Hottest Young Chef" at Bar Agricole. more ›

Got $10,000? Pizza Hut Has The Pizza Box For YOU To Propose Over

Pizza Hut is offering you the chance to spend $10,010 on their Pizza Proposal Package, America. more ›

Here's Why We Love Gold Dust Lounge

When Gold Dust Lounge goes away and turns into something atrocious and forgettable that no local need patronize, San Francisco will lose yet an institution. Forever. more ›