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Violent Anti-Foie Gras Rhetoric Gives Chefs Goosebumps

Chefs and restauranteurs — the sort of people who tend to have more knives and sharp objects on hand than most — are starting to fear the increasingly violent rhetoric that has fattened up as

Arts & Entertainment

Third Graders Launch Most Adorable Animal Rights Campaign Ever

After learning about California sea lions being sentenced to death for eating salmon in Oregon and Washington, one crafty group of local kids decided they weren't going to take the news lying down.

Thursday Morning Roundup: Celebrity Sightings & Public Service Announcements

Celebrity spotting: Clint Eastwood hanging out with Chris Tucker at the SF Jazz Gala. (Bonus: Vanessa Getty sighting.) [SFWire] Photo: Gosling spotted with mother at Stow Lake. [RichmondSF] Public Service Announcement: Don't park

Obscenely Rich Tech Folk Are Still Building Their Island Utopia Off The Coast of San Francisco

Venture capitalist and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel is inching closer towards realizing his dream of creating a government-free floating island utopia for tech startups off the coast of San Francisco. When last we

Breaking: Obama Announces Support For Same-Sex Marriage

In an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts this afternoon, President Obama announced that he has "always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally." After speaking with many

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Punk Rock's Transgender Announcement

Tom Gabel, frontman for noted punk rock act Against Me!, comes out as transgender. [RollingStone] Duboce Park gets an innovative new playground littered with boulders. [Haighteration] How to help out the victims of

North Carolina Moves Backward With Gay Marriage Ban

On Tuesday, voters in North Carolina approved Amendment One, amending that state's constitution to clearly define marriage as the legal union between one man and one woman. As the LA Times notes, the

Google's Robot Car Passes Driver's License Test In Nevada

Nevada, America's one stop shop for all sorts of bad ideas, has issued a license to an autonomous vehicle that is most definitely not a human being. One of Google's driverless Priuses that

The Lusty Lady Threatened By Worker Disagreements

The Lusty Lady Theater, San Francisco and the world's only strip club cooperatively owned and operated by the women entertainers themselves, stands in danger of coming apart at the seams. As Uptown Almanac

Pedestrian Killed By Vehicle In Laurel Heights Identified

The victim of Sunday's tragic pedestrian fatality in Laurel Heights has been identified today as 25-year-old aspiring architect Suzanne Monaco. According to authorities, Monaco was not in the crosswalk when she was struck

Wave Of Knife Crime Crashes On Treasure Island

Another victim has lost a wallet, a cellphone and an unspecified amount of blood to 2012's knife crime epidemic. According to police, the 24-year-old male victim was walking near North Point Drive on

Santorum Is All Over The Romney Campaign

After an hour-long, one-on-one meeting with the likely GOP presidential nominee Friday, Rick Santorum finally announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney. In his letter to supporters yesterday, Santorum explained he felt a "deep

Tuesday Morning Roundup: Regarding Obama's Gay Marriage Stance

Obama is still not actually down with gay marriage. [TheAwl] Important (tiny) hamburger news: SliderBar Café slips in to the new Castro meat district. [GrubSF] The San Francisco Mint turns 75 next month,

Monday Morning Roundup: What's It All Mean, Wayne Shannon?

Wayne Shannon, witty former KRON commentator dies in Idaho. [Chron] San Franciscans bring startup approach to homeless. [KTVU] Dolores Park in cartoon form. [Mission Mission] Car break-ins and home burglaries rattle the Lower

Arts & Entertainment

Ten Brief Excerpts From May's 'Nob Hill Gazette'

As is our monthly tradition around here, we now present our favorite utterances from the May issue of San Francisco's "most exclusive news magazine". Provided (mostly) without commentary and in no particular order.

Today Is Your Last Chance To Buy This Navy Stealth Boat

Do you have $139,200 lying around to sink into a quirky piece of U.S. naval history? Well, you're in luck because the Navy is looking to unload this sleek piece of

Knife Crime 2012: Man Slashed While Using Civic Center Street Toilet

In the latest update from 2012's wave of knife crime, here's another reason to never, ever attempt to use one of those green J.C. Decaux pay toilets around town: A 57-year-old man

Yahoo CEO Fudged His Resume, Calls Made Up Degree An 'Error'

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson may not be quite the academic he professed to be. The excitedly-punctuated Sunnyvale company admitted today that, just four months into Thompson's tenure, their CEO's resume listed a degree

Friday Morning Constitutional: Facebook Instagrams Itself

After buying Instagram, Facebook is trying to level the playing field (against themselves?) by introducing new photo filters for their mobile apps. Those filters are creatively called "Normal", "Sepia" and "Black & White"

Facebook To Debut Around $30 Per Share, $80 Billion Valuation

As Zuckerberg and Company gear up for their big debutante ball, when they'll spend the next two weeks meeting with investors and shopping their stock around, the company has released an estimated price

Forget High Speed Rail, Why Are We Not Cruising to LA?

While the High Speed Rail Authority figures out how to round up enough money to lay track and get travelers zipping down to SoCal, Chronicle columnist and noted Jimmy Buffett fan C.W.

Eighth Grader Dies After Brutal Gang-Related Attack In San Jose Park

Eighth grader Heriberto Reyes passed away Monday afternoon after a brutal attack by a group of violent youths in San Jose's Roosevelt Park left him in critical condition Friday night. The park, which

Thursday Morning Roundup: Condiments Run Wild On The Dolores Park Playground

Ketchup and Ranch battle it out on the Dolores Park Playground in a fight for potato-dipping supremacy. Also: some sort of viral marketing campaign. [Mission Mission] The new Bay Bridge East Span should

Sunday Potrero Hill Shooting Results In 2012's 20th Homicide

Around 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning, a 23-year-old man was shot in Potrero Hill after the car he was riding in dropped off a friend near the Potrero Hill Playground. The driver

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Kitchenware Crime 2012: Mugger Robs Restaurant Patron With Potato Peeler

We can't really file this one under 2012's Wave of Knife Crime, but after that Muni rider was stabbed with a fork on the 22-Fillmore last month, we're starting to get a little