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Meet Jackie Speier, Your New Congressional Representative

Read all about it after the jump.

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San Francisco Screams NO to Apple Moth Spraying

See you after the jump.

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The Rent Control Battles of 2008 -- They're On!

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2008 Chinese New Year Parade in S.F.: Year of the Rat

Photos of nunchaku, Superman, pageant winners, and a guy unafraid of a little rain after the jump.

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Survivor Winner Yul Kwon Speaks About Law School in S.F.

It seems Yul is thinking about going back to public service. Is elected office in his future? In the meantime, he's still out promoting the Asian American Donor Program. He says

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San Francisco Zoo Re-Opens Lion And Tiger Grottoes

Join us after the jump for details, lots of interesting details, about the re-opening.

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San Francisco's Great Lunar Eclipse of 2008

Ideally, you'd have seen something like this. Better luck next year (or maybe December, 2010)! Update: The cold dawn of day reveals reactions from a poetic UCSF med student, a writerly

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Pelosi Says Voters, Not Superdelegates, Should Decide

Whether you're a pro-Obama gloater or you live in pro-Hillary Delegate Hub fantasyland, the next few weeks should be interesting. News about City College dedication after the jump.

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San Francisco Zoo's BikeAbout Lets You Cycle at the Zoo

Our impressions, plus a closer view of what that big kitteh is eating, after the jump.

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New Clubman from MINI Makes Its Debut in San Francisco

Of special interest to urban city-zens is the right-side-only ClubDoor, which aids passenger loading. It looks like this. Having this clamshell door on the sidewalk side is good for us

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Rebuffed at San Francisco City Hall on Valentine's Day

Marriage Equality USA held an event at City Hall yesterday to get the word out about "the 1,138 federal marriage rights as well as the hundreds of state rights same sex

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Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor Closes Tonight

Normally, you'd be able to get a reservation for dinner as well, but that might be tough to do at this late date. However, you should be able to nosh on

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How Acceptable is it to Park Your Car in the Middle of Valencia?

See an aerial photo and recite the Parker's Pledge, after the jump.

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First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net

Tonight's event at prestigious UC Hastings law school is history but you might know somebody who could benefit from the issues that were discussed. For example, many San Franciscans don'

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Jammed Up Parking Meters Really Grind Our Gears

Now back in the day, you could twist the old school metal knob and then a little flag printed with the words "" or "Epoch Fail" would pop up. It

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UC Berkeley Solves a Mystery and the World Cheers

Congratulations go out to Bay Area locals Christopher James Clark and Teresa J. Feo. Go Bears!

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Beebe Memorial - Where Every Sunday is Super Sunday

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Is This the Last Phone Booth in San Francisco?

Does S.F. have any other old-school, glassed walled, stand alone phone booths that are still operational?

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The SFBC's "Love on Wheels" Dating Game Happens Friday

Doors open at 6:00 PM and the dating game fun starts at 7:00 PM. The cost is $10, but admission is $0 for SFBC members. And of course there's

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Willie's Book Tour for <i>Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times</i>

He makes an unusual attack on his successor as mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, all but accusing him of racism in appointments. " What do you think of that? Other reviews are

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On the Set: Sean Penn is Harvey Milk

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Hillary Loses the Woman Vote in San Francisco

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Have a Happy Year of the Rat -- Tết Festival in Little Saigon

As far as the trend of naming smaller neighborhoods in San Francisco goes, Little Saigon (sandwiched between Civic Center and the Tenderloin) sounds pretty good. Anyway, it's a lot better than

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Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5K

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Latest from Jim

Meet Jackie Speier, Your New Congressional Representative

San Francisco Screams NO to Apple Moth Spraying

The Rent Control Battles of 2008 -- They're On!

2008 Chinese New Year Parade in S.F.: Year of the Rat

Survivor Winner Yul Kwon Speaks About Law School in S.F.

San Francisco Zoo Re-Opens Lion And Tiger Grottoes

San Francisco's Great Lunar Eclipse of 2008

Pelosi Says Voters, Not Superdelegates, Should Decide

San Francisco Zoo's BikeAbout Lets You Cycle at the Zoo

New Clubman from MINI Makes Its Debut in San Francisco

Rebuffed at San Francisco City Hall on Valentine's Day

Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor Closes Tonight

How Acceptable is it to Park Your Car in the Middle of Valencia?

First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net

Jammed Up Parking Meters Really Grind Our Gears

UC Berkeley Solves a Mystery and the World Cheers

Beebe Memorial - Where Every Sunday is Super Sunday

Is This the Last Phone Booth in San Francisco?

The SFBC's "Love on Wheels" Dating Game Happens Friday

Willie's Book Tour for <i>Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times</i>

On the Set: Sean Penn is Harvey Milk

Hillary Loses the Woman Vote in San Francisco

Have a Happy Year of the Rat -- Tết Festival in Little Saigon

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5K

Know Your Endangered Species - Golden Gate Park