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Day Around the Bay: The Beer That Saved a City

* Gather 'round to hear the tale of how beer company Bear Republic saved the town of Cloverdale from the impending drought [SF Gate] * AOL dropped the ax on hundreds of reporters working

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Find Out How Many Days of Your Life You've Spent on Facebook

If you've ever wondered just how many minutes, hours and days have been stolen from your life by Facebook, it's time to face the nonthreatening, pale blue truth head-

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Coming Soon: A 'Near-Wild' Elephant Herd

Northern California has snowy mountains, scenic beaches and rolling hills, but have you ever just felt like ... something was missing? Something, perhaps, like a herd of elephants? Don't worry, you'

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Tonight: State of the Union Watch Party at The Connecticut Yankee

Doesn't it seem like just yesterday, when the President's 2013 State of the Union Speech highlighted his plans to fix Medicare, close tax loopholes, address climate change and keep

SF News

Photos: 'Trash Puppy' Gem Fully Recovered, Awaiting Adoption

The female poodle puppy who was spotted on a recycling conveyor at the Recology city dump captured the hearts and minds of the city late last month. Now, "Gem" (she'

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Jim Harbaugh's Pants Embroiled In Khaki Marketing Battle

The 49ers' season may be over, but speculation over the sartorial choices of coach Jim Harbaugh remains. As anyone who's watched a Niners game in the last three years can

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Mavericks Surf Competition Is Happening Tomorrow

File this one under 'more reasons to play hooky tomorrow': organizers of the big wave surf competition Mavericks Invitational have decided that conditions are ripe for the event to take place

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Do This Tonight: Sex Trivia Night At Virgil's

You've been preparing for this day since you saw your first Playboy, walked in on your older brother doing ... something, and had your first awkward one night stand. Now, it'

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Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgard Shooting '70s-Era Movie in S.F.

As San Francisco guiltily enjoys another week of clear, sunny skies, the city is also basking in a continued wave of Hollywood attention with the start of yet another on-location film, this

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Jeremy Stoppelman, Alice Waters Among America's 50 Most Powerful Food People

Who's the most powerful person in your food world? Is it your roommate who always leaves leftovers unattended in the fridge? The bartender you're dating who sometimes gives you

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In Which We Interview California's 1977 Drought

As drought conditions threaten the state and the tyranny of bluebird skies drive its populace to the brink, thoughts are turning to California's epic drought of 1976-77. We caught up

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Market Street Cinema To Become Yet Another Condo Building

Historic, seedy and possibly haunted Market Street Cinema at 1077 Market Street has joined the march to oblivion, as its owners have agreed to sell to a developer who will raze the 101-

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City Decides To Take Care of Trees, Add More Greenery

Though 'green' in its lefty politics, San Francisco is actually not that green in a literal sense. See, city trees shade only a mere 13 percent of city streets, putting us

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Swine Flu Death Toll On The Rise

Do you remember swine flu? Swine flu remembers you. And now that we're in the depths of the bowels of the pits of flu season (bizarre weather be damned), the dreaded

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Class War: S.F. Streets Hungry, Marin Porsche Drunk In Perfect Photo

Well, would you look at this. A photo captured by Twitter user David Bellona, himself a designer at Twitter, is making the rounds for its perfect evocation of San Francisco's much-

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Doggie Diner Heads Need Help

Calling all Doggie Diner adherents, defenders and fans: the historic dachshund triplets are in need of your help. Long a fixture of the Bay Area charity events, parades, and public happenings, and even

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Just Who Is 'Middle Class' In S.F.?

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows just how much San Francisco's middle class has faded amidst a growing population of high-income earners. As reported by the SF

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S.F. Can't Profit From Shuttle Buses

Monday saw an agreement between the SFMTA and the privately contracted shuttle buses that ferry tech workers up and down the Peninsula. But while the agreement marks the first government regulation of the

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S.F. To Start Charging Tech Company Shuttles

Mayor Ed Lee and the SFMTA have reached an agreement with a coalition of tech companies whose behemoth employee shuttles have sparked protests for their use of public bus stops. Today, Lee announced

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Human Skull On Paper Plate Appears In Tilden Park

Someone rang in the new year with unconventional ceremony in Oakland's Tilden Park, where authorities have discovered a human skull on a paper plate. The skull was found "out in

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Restaurants That Bilked Employees Will Pay $2M In Delinquent Healthy SF Surcharges

The final tally is in for the dozens of local restaurants being investigated for withholding money earmarked for employee health care. Under City Attorney Dennis Herrera's special enforcement plan, which offered

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Rental Car Leads Cops On Wild Chase, Smashes Everything

It's the very end of 2013, and if you've got a bucket list from last New Year's you're still working on, go ahead and don&

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Day Around the Bay: When S.F Hits 1 Million People

* A judge has extended Jahi McMath's life support until Jan. 7. [ABC] * Good Morning America's Robin Roberts came out in a Facebook post in which she acknowledged her girlfriend

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Do This Tonight: Soul Party at The Chapel

For some people, a snifter of brandy with granny at Christmas dinner doesn't quite fulfill their standards for a swingin' good time. Luckily for you, the holiday is over and

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16-Year-Old Arrested for Murder Following Botched Robbery

San Francisco police have booked a 16-year-old male on charges of murder and attempted robbery following the December 14th killing of Clifton Chatman, also 16, on Alemany Boulevard. According to investigators,