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Five men from Alameda and Santa Clara Counties have been taken into custody after a 10-month investigation into an online prostitution ring. All were charged pimping and pandering and are being held in Santa Clara County jail. Police are asking anyone with further info in the case to contact them at (408) 277-4322, however no info is really being given as to how you might have known these pimps or where, online, they were pandering--especially after Craigslist did away with erotic services. Presumably, if you were one of their whores, you've moved on to greener pastures and don't want to get yourself implicated...

According to KRON4, folks are lined up outside the downtown Apple store to grab one. And, according to Darya Folsom, it's nuts! But, look, check out this Craigslist ad, which takes all of the line-waiting out of buying a new iPhone. It also takes all of the dough out of your pocket. Behold.

Internet-famous gay Jeffery Self, of the comedy duo The VGL Gay Boys (link semi-NSFW), brings his one-man show about the woes of gay dating and Craigslist hookups "My Life on the Craigslist" to San Francisco, starting this evening at the New Conservatory Theatre (25 Van Ness). The show has played Off-Broadway in New York and elsewhere, and will be at the NCTC through Pride weekend, June 27th. Self, along with comedy partner Cole Escola, will soon be starring in their own variety show on Logo called Jeffery and Cole Casserole.

People offer up everything under the sun in Craigslist's free section, including random junk like a bottle of dish-washing detergent and the saddest wheelbarrow ever (too ugly for photos, the ad says). Also available are a gutted old-person scooter that needs a new tire and battery and 2,000 photos of tourists to potentially be cut up into collage masterpieces.

In order to appease a few South Carolina attorneys general, Craigslist finally removed their pay-for-play 'erotic services' section from the site. (Boo!) Instead, they have a new (?) 'adult' section under the 'services' category of Craigslist, which features such totally innocent ads as "M4M - CMT MASSAGE BY COLLEGE GUY," "EROTIC MASSAGE & ESCORT SERVICES BY HOT BEAR CUB!!!," and "_ • ♥ • _ BLONDE _ • ♥ • _ PRINCESS _ • ♥ •" (Jasmine, by the way, promises to be "very wild," "classy," and just "one phone call away") According to reports, Craigslist employees "review every ad submitted to the adult area before they appear online," but are struggling since they can't block every sex solicitation. Catherine, a San Francisco sex worker, tells CNET that she "successfully posted an ad for her services to the adult section late last week." So naughty, Catherine.

Boom. Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, in his most recent blog post, fires back at a South Carolina AG after he "accused craigslist, and [Buckmaster] personally, of engaging in criminal acts." See, after AG Henry McMaster demanded Craigslist remove their 'erotic services' section (a racy classified service already found in many major publications), due in part to the 'Craigslist Killer' story that took the media by storm, Buckmaster expertly fired back, "Have you fully considered the implications of your accusations against craigslist? What’s a crime for craigslist is clearly a crime for any company. Are you really prepared to condemn the executives of each of the mainstream companies linked above, and all the others that feature such ads, as criminals?"

charged with aiding and abetting prostitution." Which will never, ever happen.

Dubbed by the media 'The Craigslist Robber' (who joins the 'Craigslist Killer' in the nascent stage of a Craigslist supergroup), 34-year-old Damien Bell is being held without bail after police uncovered DNA evidence matching Bell to one of his victims. Charged with two counts of armed robbery, Bell is accused of luring people with fake car ads, then stealing their wallet and peace of mind..

Craigslist will get remove their pay-for-play "erotic services'' category. According to AP, the classified ad site is feeling pressure after a Boston medical student (AKA the "Craigslist Killer") was charged with killing an escort he allegedly met via Craigslist. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who championed the censoring of the controversial category, said, ""We're very encouraged that Craigslist is doing the right thing in eliminating its online red light district with prostitution and pornography in plain sight. We'll be watching and investigating critically to make sure this measure is more than just a name change." But don't get too excited just yet as this could be just a lot of hot air from a few angry AGs. As of this morning, "erotic services" remains up and going strong.

The benevolent souls over at Mission Mission came across this jarring, albeit all too common, story. It tells the tale of Jen, who, understanding that Mission Mission is the Dateline NBC of San Francisco, asked them for help. It seems that Jen and her boyfriend had this bike that "they both loved more than anything in the world," but it got stolen outside Safeway in March. Yesterday, however, it showed up for sale on Craigslist. (The ad has since been deleted.) Anyway, the comments section is fill with tips on how to check the DNA of your bike if you ever come find yourself in a similar situation. Jen, by the way, plans on getting her bike back.

After Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked Craigslist to remove its 'erotic services' section, and "hire staff to screen images and ads that are in violation of the website's terms of service and take measures to fine users found in violation" due to heat stemming from the Craigslist Killer, Craig Newmark, Craigslist's CEO, said he has no plans to shutdown the pay-for-play section of the site. He also pointed out that CL already has flagging capabilities from the general public. "Sometimes a bad guy of some sort tries to pull a fast one on our site. We don't want it there, it's wrong, and that's why we have the help of the general community and the law enforcement," said Newmark.

In response to the Craiglist Killer's murder spree -- a really unfair sobriquet; but nice try, MSM -- Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told CNN that "the company feels 'terribly' that an accused killer in Boston allegedly used the online service to target his victims." The Craigslist killer, for those of you who don't know, used the 'erotic service' section of the popular ad site to lure his victims to their horrific deaths. In response to a series of e-mailed questions from the Globe, Buckmaster also went on to say "I would not describe any section of our site as 'sex related.'" Which? Is arguable, to say the least. All of this stems from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal more or less placing most of the blame on Craigslist for the killings, instead of one man's disturbed mind.

Cook County is all aghast over Craigslist escort ads. According to KCBS, a sheriff filed "a federal lawsuit against Craigslist on Thursday, saying the popular online classifieds site promotes and facilitates prostitution on a massive scale." Well, duh. A Craigslist spokesperson said, "OMG, paying for hanky-panky is bad, and we follow the law, so shut up." Or something that. If you would like to check out one of the many fine masseuses on Craigslist, go here.

Former Google software engineer Nelson Minar does all kinds of cool things, like "building a metacomputer out of the idle resources on the Internet but ran out of money" and this web site crowd visualization. OK, who are we kidding? We have no idea what any of that shit is. But we totally get his latest project, "Ages of Craiglist M4M ads."

Found over at Page and Divisadero, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark uses antiquated means of finding a lost pair of eyeglasses. (The phone number handwritten on the ad matches the business card posted at the bottom, which was confirmed as Newmark's.)

Found over at Laughing Squid, appropriately enough, somebody is (allegedly) offering their giant squid to anybody who wants it. For free. It can be your newest, least cuddliest pet, or you can turn it into a fancy meal. (Tip: Joanne Weir's "Weir Cooking in the City" has a wonderful recipe for Grilled Squid Salad with Winter Citrus)

On Sunday, while attempting to get the sweet love of a woman he met through a Craigslist sex ad, a 37-year-old Concord man found himself dodging bullets instead. Rendezvousing at the 4700 block of Matheson Court, the victim says that he had "responded to a Craigslist ad posted by a woman named 'Angel' and arranged for her to come to his house."

As a "part of an agreement with attorneys general in 40 states," Craigslist will start monitoring its always-amusing "erotic services" a wee bit closer. The deal will require sex workers who post here to "provide a working number" and pay with a valid credit car. Why? Well, this way, if needed, law enforcement can have Craigslist to subpoena this info. The site will also sue "14 software and Internet companies that help people who post erotic service ads" that aren't on the up and up -- i.e., scams. (CBS5)

Sure, it happened over a week ago. But the following story of lurid merriment on the 49 Mission-Van Ness will burn into your memory forever. A horrified Craigslist reader/writer posts:

Hey, is that Craig Newmark? Riding Muni?

Vice detectives arrested a woman of ill repute, Kimelyse Hurley, in Antioch yesterday after the fuzz posted a fake love-for-money ad on Craigslist. Hurley, in addition to carrying a meth pipe, also "admitted to managing five females that worked as prostitutes for her," according to CBS 5. Pimp a prostitute?

This week we mentioned that eBay filed lawsuit against Craigslist because CL founders Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster had "unfairly diluted eBay’s economic interest in the company." What happened was that CL reduced eBay's economic interest in Craigslist by more than 10 percent. Why? To stave off a potential takeover. At least according to CL blog:

You're so mean, eBay.

Cragslist started up its own blog a few weeks back. (It's ever so loverly, and we recommend it between Missed Connections and Seeking Job searches.) Perhaps its creation was due in part to that fake Craigslist blog lurking on the Internets.

A lonelyheart would very much like to reconnect with an extra that he met on the set of . (It's not us, by the way. If you recall, we were deemed too grotesque to star in the film about former SF Supervisor Harvey Milk, and haven't left our apartment since.) We're posting it because how they met would make a great story for the two to tell their grandchildren one day. Sigh.

Image credit: Michelle Malkin

You know that site where you bid on and bought your vintage designer duds? That Thundercats lunchbox? Or those garish home accents your girlfriend has all over her apartment? It seems that they were purchased from a media company. At least according to Simon Dumenco at AdAge:

Sure, we've gone onto Craigslist for our apartment hunting and job search needs, but not for anything as illegal as finding a hitman. Ann Marie Liscott from Michigan is accused of placing an ad in the Sacramento Craigslist for some "freelance" work involving killing the wife of a man she was reportedly having an affair with. Linscott and the man met through an online class together two years ago and met in person twice.

"A San Francisco family is looking for a personal assistant / household manager to join our team on a long term basis." Are you that someone?

SFist reader/ commenter Jameth picked up this little lady at Church & Market on Monday and has taken her on quite a few adventures. We don't know that much about her except that she used to have a body and was a golfer in her past life.