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SF News /Andrew Dalton

Day Around The Bay: Swindle 'Stick

Published Dec 26, 2013 · 8:45 AM PST


  • The collapsed Twin Peaks home of a former Building Inspection Commissioner "gave off the appearance of a drone strike" and is a metaphor for San Francisco. [SFWeekly]

  • From the Bay Guardian, circa 1968: "The Candlestick Swindle," a tale of dirty deals, intimidation, profiteering and racism. [SFBG]

  • Why doesn't California build an earthquake warning system like Japan's? [KQED]

  • Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson makes like Tom Petty, won't back down. [US Weekly]

  • A 19-year-old from Palo Alto became the youngest man to ski to the South Pole. And what did you do over the holiday? [ABC7]

  • Way back in April, a man "high on drugs" plowed his Oldsmobile Cutlass into a Wal-Mart in suburban San Jose. Now, thanks to the San Jose PD, we have video of the incident:

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