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Drag Queen Carnie Asada Didn't Know She Was Promoting Condos Made Available By Ellis Act Evictions

A San Francisco real estate agent hired drag queen Carnie Asada to star in a video advertising Casa de Dolores, a set of fully renovated condominiums whose developer used the Ellis Act to

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Ann Coulter, Steve Bannon Might Join Milo Yiannopoulos's 'Free Speech Week' At UC Berkeley

Conservative speaker, alt-right commentator and relentless controversy-stirrer Milo Yiannopoulos plans to hold a "Free Speech Week" at the University of California, Berkeley next month because, you know, things went

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ICE Agents Failed Pick Up Santa Rosa Man Who Later Beat His Girlfriend To Death

Santa Rosa is not a sanctuary city and the Press Democrat recently did an article about this fact. So when undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Nery Estrada-Margos was arrested for beating his girlfriend, Veronica

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Piedmont's Mayor In Trouble Over Racist, Transphobic Facebook Posts

Piedmont's Mayor Jeff Wieler recently took to social media to express his frustration with the Black Lives Matter movement, liberals, and trans people and is surprised that his constituents have a

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Wife Of Barcelona Terror Attack Victim Searching For Good Samaritan

Heidi Nunes-Tucker of Lafayette lost her husband, 42-year-old Jared Tucker in last week's terror attack in Barcelona. Now she's searching for a waiter spotted helping him

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#HappyBirthday! The Hashtag Turns 10

It might seem like just yesterday that you were explaining how it worked to your mom, but it was ten years ago today that the hashtag was born. #Hashtag10 New York Magazine regales

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SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

Stay tuned for further SFist coverage of events in response to the maybe-happening alt-right rally at Crissy Field. This week's event round-up includes a smattering of everything else

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Facebook Group Calls For Removal Of San Francisco Statue Depicting Prone Native American

Prompted by the recent protests and demonstrations in the southern part of the United States calling for the removal of statues honoring Confederate leaders, a Facebook group is now demanding the removal of

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SF Art Dealer Selling Non-Existent Tiburon Home For $35 Million

Art dealer and real estate developer Serge Sorokko, or as he should be known, model, writer and Russian goddess Tatiana Sorokko's husband, hopes to sell a prospective house in Tiburon for

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Bay Area Man Confirmed Among Dead In Barcelona Terrorist Attack

This teacher is searching for her missing husband, Jared Tucker, following the van attack in #Barcelona https://t.co/JLJrn8VR59 pic.twitter.com/YrvaAfOKbT — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 18, 2017 Early reports indicate

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Both 'Transformers' And '13 Reasons Why' Are Filming In The Same Marin 'Hood

San Rafael's Peacock Gap neighborhood might want to change its name to Tinseltown. The Marin Independent Journal (breathlessly) reports that crews from both Transformers Universe: Bumblebee and Netflix's 13

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Neighborhoods Are Up In Arms Over Ford GoBike Installations

Critics of the new Ford GoBike bicycle-sharing kiosks grabbed at an opportunity to voice their concerns at Tuesday evening's San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors meeting. Ford, if

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Netflix Guy Wants To Give You All The Movie Theater Tickets You Want For $10 A Month

A cineplex subscription service dropped the price of a monthly MoviePass to $10. Will you please now leave the house and go to an actual movie theater? Bloomberg brings us news of Mitch

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Ongoing Uber Drama: Travis' Texts, Big Name Departures, And Lyft Is Doing Awesome

The endless drama unfolding over at Uber might as well be programmed by Bravo TV. Here's the latest: In the lawsuit filed against Uber by Waymo, we get a look at

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SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

This week is all about tributes and salutes to musical geniuses of years past. Celebrate the likes of Elvis Presley, Brian McKnight, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, and Whitney Houston among other worthy activities. TUESDAY,

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Convicted Silicon Valley Millionaire Molester Speaks Out, Doesn't 'Recall' Abusing Adopted Son

Former millionaire marketing exec Ralph Melvin Flynn pleaded no contest to sexually abusing his adopted sons for years and years. He and his wife Carolyn were each recently sentenced to long prison terms

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Lady Gaga Passed Out Money To Homeless People After Her SF Concert

Benevolent and wealthy musical sensation Lady Gaga apparently handed out money to homeless people after performing to a sold-out crowd at AT&T Park on Sunday night. According to Twitter user

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A New Law Enforcement Algorithm Helped Free Twin Peaks Shooting Suspect 5 Days Before The Crime

Can math determine who'll commit a crime while out on bail and who won't? In an experiment that's been underway since May 2016, San Francisco has adopted

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Staples Gives Over $100K To SF Schools, With Lady Gaga's Help

Staples, the office supply chain, recently partnered with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and DonorsChoose.org to donate $100,966 to San Francisco teachers' projects. ABC 7 reports that

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Party On The Beach! Billionaire Ordered To Open Martins Beach To The Public

Gazillionaire Vinod Khosla just can't catch a break. We've covered this ongoing saga before, but let's catch you up: In 2008, the Sun Microsystems co-founder bought

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Joy Venturini Bianchi Gets Fired From Charity After Chronicle's Major Exposé

In a December 2016 expose that floored nearly all of San Francisco society, an investigative team from the San Francisco Chronicle released a scathing report detailing the shady dealings of a well-known

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Video: That Fired Google Manifesto Guy Says His Feelings Are Hurt :(

Fired Google engineer James Damore has defended his memo and says he feels "hurt" https://t.co/2NqmKuwsf6 pic.twitter.com/ezuxXp211X — Bloomberg (@business) August 10, 2017 Former Google engineer James

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Texas Firm Finds It Cheaper To Commute To Silicon Valley By Private Jet Than To Operate There

Lawyers from the Houston-based intellectual property firm of Patterson and Sheridan want the big-money tech clients of Silicon Valley but not the big-money price tags of Bay Area real estate

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More Details On The Road Rage Suspect Who Allegedly Started Last Week's Berkeley Hills Fire

24-year-old Alfredo Bautista allegedly admitted to setting eight small fires that blazed through the Berkeley Hills for several days last week. According to KPIX 5, Bautista was involved in a violent

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FBI Asks For Public's Help In Catching SF's 'Smiling Face Bandit'

A bemused bank robber is on the loose in San Francisco and the feds need your help. KRON 4 brings us news of the local bank robber dubbed the "Smiling Face Bandit&