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At Last, Muni Hires New Safety Chief

Four months after a Muni agency report showed collisions between Muni buses and pedestrians "nearly doubled from the end of fiscal year 2006 to the same period in 2008," a new

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New Bay Bridge Expansion Creeps Along

Mmm, delicious progress.

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New Rent Relief Laws in the Works

Supervisor Chis Daly has yet another meme in the works: new rent laws. Three of them, in fact. The first one would bar landlords from increasing rent to more than one-third of

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North Marin Water District Employee Held on Cat Abuse Charges

Corey Reed, 28, of Novato was arrested Saturday on one felony count and one misdemeanor count of attempted animal cruelty. It seems this sick human being poured antifreeze into food bowls that had

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Day Around the Bay

* "Jumbo Multi-grain Rice Krispies vs. Banana Nut Cheerios" [Chow] * "Harvey Milk Day, Take Two" [SFGate] * "Loose-skinned fruits" [Sex Pigeon] * "Chris Daly to the rescue!

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Outside Lands Dates Announced

Here's the deal: SF Outside Lands have announced their tour dates. The music festival will clog Golden Gate Park on August 28, 29, 30. Who's the lineup? Who knows.

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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Prefers Google Maps

Speaking at a Morgan Stanley Technology conference, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz fessed up to the following bit of commonsense. Bartz was asked about the maps business and how Yahoo has fallen behind. She

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Listen to Californians' Top 40 Favorite State Park Hiking Trails

In an effort to preserve nature for the public, the California State Parks Foundation has just produced 40 short podcasts about some of California's favorite state park hiking trails. Each episode,

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DANCE: Dance revue "Pichet Klunchun and Myself" sounds exciting, but deeply complicated. It's jam-packed with stuff like conceptual choreography, Eurocentrism, multiculturalism, globalization, organic reflection, exotic foreign customs, and

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The Sunset District is magical.

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Behold the Yelp Tee

Instead of wallowing over a poor Yelp review, the brilliant minds over at Pizzeria Delfina have decided to reclaim, if you will, cranky customer reviews. See, they're having employees wear shirts

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Skirt Rally at Cal

What with the "skirt creeper" attacking two more females over the weekend, the kids over at UC/Berkeley have decided to hold a skirt rally. According to Christine Borden at the

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Apple Layoffs?

Owen Thomas at Valleywag has word that there might -- might! -- be "'major layoffs'" at Apple today. According to VW tipsters, "'all sales teams have mandatory meetings today&

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Shooting in the TL

An unidentified gent was shot while hanging out in the Tenderloin on Monday night. The victim was plugged at Ellis and Jones streets sometime around 8 p.m. at t Ellis and Jones,

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Camera + Sushi Boat = Fun

We know we're piling on the video clips today. Sorry. But since it's a stormy day, we figured why not. Also, some of you might have seen this already.

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We Want $50 Million, Says Oscar Grant Family Members

Family members of Oscar Grant are asking for a bountiful $50 million from Bay Area Rapid Transit, chief of police Gary Gee, and three of the officers (Tony Pirone, Marysol Domenic, and Johannes

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Eighth Most Phallic Structure in San Francisco

San Francisco is Sexy has an filthy post on the seven most phallic structures in San Francisco. (Which we came across at Curbed while drooling over images of the Paul Smith store, which

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Day Around the Bay

* Exciting drive-by shooting aftermath on skid row. [Mission Mission] * Cyclists, leave your mark. [Streetsblog] * Bronstein at fault for Chron's demise? [Bronstein] * Three things to love about morning commute. [Muni Diaries]

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Images: WonderCon '09

San Francisco played host to comic convention WonderCon. It's like ComincCon, only smaller. This year's convention saw, um, colorful fans of illustrated dramas, cartoon, furry sex, and explosive imagination

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Sean Penn to Lobby For 'Harvey Milk Day' In California

State Senator Mark Leno and Sean Penn plan to reintroduce a bill Tuesday to mark Harvey Milk's birthday as a "day of significance" across California. Originally vetoed by Arnold

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Film du Jour: Newsom on <em>Real Time with Bill Maher</em>

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher this weekend? Did you see it? Neither did we. This is the kind of Quality TV programming should be reserved for

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The Woz to Shimmy, Shake, Shine on <em>Dancing With the Stars</em>

We love that Apple co-founder and lovable bear Steve "Woz" Wozniak isn't immune to fame's sweet heron-like release. It just goes to show that that

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MUSIC: Former San Francisco resident and smooth crooner Chis Isaak plays a free concert at Amoeba Records. Be sure to line up early and bring an umbrella. Isaak goes on at 6 p.

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Jonas Brothers Make SurpriOMGJ*(Y( h8o2 hi90t023!@#R@34mk,!!!

Theater seats were dampened by stunned teens over at the gay-hating Cinemark theater at the Westfield Mall in San Francisco on Sunday night. Why? Well, alleged virgins and heterosexuals the Jonas Brothers

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"At sea" by Darwin Bell.