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Jay Barmann

Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years.

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Day Around The Bay: Diane Whipple Dog Mauling Murderer Appeals Her Conviction Again

Marjorie Knoller (yes, the Whipple dog maul case lady) was back in court today in a final appeal of her second-degree murder conviction in the 15-year-old case. Knoller is serving a 15-year sentence

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Jay's Cheesesteak Closing On Divis, Namu Gaji Spinoff On Its Way

The latest development in the Valencia-fi-cation of Divisadero: A Namu Gaji spinoff called Namu Claypot is headed for the space currently occupied by a very non-gentrifier spot, Jay's Cheesesteak & Burgers (553 Divisadero)

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Dede Wilsey's de Young Museum Scandal Continues After Whistle-Blower Gets Fired

SF grand dame and gossip column centerpiece Dede Wilsey has been making news recently for things that don't involve museum balls, fired curators, or her stepson. Last month we heard the first rumbling

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Go Eat This: The Vegetarian 'Pancake' At Old Bus Tavern

Old Bus Tavern is not so much a tavern as it is a food-centric brewpub whose food transcends brewpub standards though there is a stellar example of beef chili on the menu, if

Sunday Sideshows Lead To Oakland Officers Killing One Man Holding Replica Handgun

There was some mayhem involving an army of vehicles and multiple separate sideshows in Oakland over the weekend. In addition to the police cars and helicopter that got shot at near a sideshow

A Dozen Muni Lines Will Be Disrupted By Super Bowl Fan Village

As more details arrive about preparations for the eight-day Super Bowl 50 celebration in SF, we learn that "about a dozen" Muni bus lines, including the F-Market streetcar, will be disrupted by the

Local Couple On Paris Honeymoon Were Dining Two Blocks From Bataclan Concert Hall During Attack

As stories continue to trickle back from ex-pats and American travelers who had scary brushes with death during Friday's terrorist attack in Paris, ABC 7 reports on a Santa Rosa couple, Jamie and

Brake Failure Possibly To Blame In Union Square Tour Bus Crash

Friday's tour bus crash in Union Square, which has left six people still hospitalized and four of those in critical condition, may have been the result of substandard maintenance and a mechanical failure

Alice Waters Posts About Daughter Dining 'Down the Street' From Paris Shooting

Fanny Singer, Alice Waters's daughter for whom longtime Berkeley eatery Café Fanny was named, was in Paris and out having dinner in the neighborhood of one of the shootings on Friday, but Waters

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Cafe Gratitude Closing Its Last Bay Area Location In Berkeley

After years of simultaneously serving organic vegan dinners and allegedly indoctrinating staff into a creepy cult, Cafe Gratitude is closing its Berkeley location marking a final exit from the Bay Area where they

[Update] Tour Bus Collides With New Apple Store At Union Square, Five People Critically Injured

A double-decker tour bus with an open-air top reportedly lost control and crashed into the construction site of the new Apple flagship store, at the corner of Post and Stockton, just before 3

Apartment Sadness: $3800 For Studio... In Sausalito

We're at the point where I don't balk at $3800 a month for a studio. There are definitely studios going for that and more, with views, in The Jasper. But that's SoMa. That's

Drug Dealer 'Fat Joe' Finishes Testifying Against Shrimp Boy, Defense Attempts To Discredit Him

The trial of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow continues today, and yesterday one of prosecutors' first witnesses who was a former Chow associate who struck a plea bargain in exchange for his testimony finished

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Black Bark BBQ Arrives On Fillmore December 3

In some excellent news for Fillmore district denizens and fans of barbecue, the fast-casual barbecue spinoff of 1300 on Fillmore, Black Bark BBQ, is just a few weeks from opening. This marks a

Self-Driving Google Car Pulled Over By Mountain View Cop For Driving Too Slow

One of Google/Alphabet's self-driving cars not one of the SUVs but one of the cute European-looking models got pulled over by a Mountain View traffic cop on Thursday as it was being

Bay Bridge Implosion Will (Probably) Happen Saturday, And There Will Be Nothing To See

We and many others have been confused about what, exactly, was going to happen when CalTrans demolishes one of the larger piers of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge. The implosion,

Day Around The Bay: In-N-Out Sues DoorDash

California is breaking the law by failing to include updates about sex offenders on its Megan’s Law website. [KRON 4] In-N-Out is suing SF-based startup DoorDash because it uses an imitation of

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Reviews: <i>If/Then</i> Starring Idina Menzel And Anthony Rapp

Sometimes there's a show, or a movie, that is so original in its form and passionate in its execution that one forgives its fundamental flaws. Such is the case with If/Then, the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Del Popolo Pizza Opens On Nob Hill Next Week, And Here's The Menu

Very important pizza news, everyone: Jon Darsky's first brick-and-mortar pizza restaurant, modeled after his hugely successful mobile operation of the same name, Del Popolo, will open to the public on Tuesday, November 17

[Update] Utah Judge Takes Foster Child Away From Lesbian Couple In Favor Of Heterosexual Couple, Citing Science

A ruling Tuesday in a Utah court indicates just how much further we have to go, in various parts of the country, when it comes to LGBT equality. Judge Scott Johansen ruled that

Landlords Try To Gut Roommate Provision In New Tenant Law Via The Rent Board, Fail

The somewhat controversial provision in a new tenant-protection ordinance passed by the Board of Supervisors and sponsored by Jane Kim that allows tenants to add roommates in a unit up to those set

[Update] SFPD Shoot, Kill Gunman At St. Luke's Hospital Construction Site

A scary situation unfolded late Wednesday afternoon at the Mission District's St. Luke's Hospital campus at 3555 Cesar Chavez in which a man was reportedly firing a gun first at the hospital, and

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The 50 Best Brunch Spots For Every Occasion In SF And Oakland

Though brunch is not for everybody, there is a time and a place when brunching is absolutely necessary. And if there's anything San Francisco excels at, it's drinking during daylight hours, and eating

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[NSFW] Video: 'Who Do I Look Like, A Girl Or A Boy?', A Documentary Short About Shannon Pat

Local trans woman and all around eccentric Shannon Pat is an occasional fixture in the LGBTQ nightlife scene in San Francisco, though not many who meet her get to know much about her.