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CBS Cameraman Robbed of Camera Outside Oakland School

Just after doing a live shot yesterday outside the Oakland Technical High School on Broadway, for a report on the passage of Prop 30, KPIX/CBS5 cameraman Gregg Welk and reporter Anne Makovec

Arts & Entertainment

'Survivor: Philippines' Casts Anti-Gay Baseball MVP Jeff Kent, Blair From 'Facts Of Life'

Jeff Kent, who won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 2000 while playing for the San Francisco Giants, will grace the CBS primetime line-up by appearing in Survivor: Philippines. Regarding his

Arts & Entertainment

Big Brother Casting Call In San Francisco, 4/7

Have you always wanted to live your life in front of TV cameras, with a sundry of people ranging from skinny and attractive to skinny and young? Now's your chance: On April 7th,

Apple Looking to Make TV Deal

Apple is looking for bites on a new television subscription service. According to the Wall Street Journal, CBS and Disney are considering participation. The service would offer television access to channel's programming over

Where Have All the Black Anchors Gone?: Barbara Rodgers Calls It Quits

While Dennis Richmond's farewell received much more attention, very little has been said about CBS 5's Barbara Rodgers is leaving CBS 5. Why? We're not exactly sure yet. But her final broadcast happens

CBS Snatches CNET

With a fresh banner outside CNET headquarters proclaiming it as one of the best places to work in the universe, ever--according to Business Week, anyway--CBS Corporation just made it a little better for

$10,000 Tip Reward Offered for Richmond Murder Arrests

Even if a tip doesn't lead to the conviction of a murder suspect, the Richmond Police Department just started offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of homicide suspects. While

Rally at City Hall Protests SF's Hosting of the Olympic Torch

A small protest was held at City Hall yesterday by 400-plus pissed off Tibetan immigrants, honoring the 49th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against China, but also San Francisco's hosting of the Olympic torch.

Sheriff's Deputy In Fatal Bicyclist Crash, Asleep at the Wheel?

Alas, it was not a good weekend for cyclists of the Bay Area. The sheriff's deputy that accidentally crashed into three cyclists in Cupertinio over the weekend -- a collision that killed Olympic

Governor Gavin Newsom?

It looks like Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a stab at running for Governor of California in 2010. In addition to the gaggle of Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Gov. Schwarzenegger after his

Layoffs Greet San Francisco School Teachers Today

535 San Francisco Unified School District teachers will receive layoff notices this morning due to state cuts in education funding. Today's pink slip handouts stem from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget '09, which will

Breaking News: Letter to Congress Claims Responsibility for Today's New York City Explosion

Offices in Capitol Hill received a manila envelope with a letter claiming responsibility for today's bombing of a landmark military recruiting station in Times Square, NYC. Our parent site, Gothamist, tells us that

Chauncey Bailey Wins Posthumous Polk Award

Chauncey Bailey, former editor of the Oakland Post who was murdered last August while investigating Your Black Muslim Bakery and the Muslim splinter group's shady dealings, received the prestigious George Polk Award last

Vespa Rider Seriously Injured After South Van Ness Accident

At first, before reading this story, we were ready to shake our finger at the Vespa rider in question. Lord knows we worry about you kids. But it seems she wasn't at fault.

<i>The Silent Scream</i> Screened at Milpitas Middle School

The Palme d'Or-robbed gem landed a confused and sick Milpitas' Russell Middle School teacher in the fiery hot waters of bureaucratic hell after he recently screened this anti-abortion film in his chemistry class.

The Maze Catches On Fire.... AGAIN?

They don't know the cause of today's fire yet, but it sounds like it's not too far from where the fire in May was -- again on the westbound 80 interchange, but this

Punitive Funding Cuts for Berkeley's Shocking -- Shocking! -- Leftist Tone?

Republican (it goes without saying) Assemblyman Guy Houston of San Ramon wants to slice off more than $3 million in state funding from Berkeley for their stance against Marine recruiting. He will introduce

Day Around the Bay

Chez Panisse mafia don Alice Waters speaks to Charlie Rose. [Eater] Your alt weekly lawsuit word count. [Guardian 796, SF Weekly 1,559] SFPD deputy chief demoted. [SFGate] Minor earthquake grooves Pacifica. [Examiner]

Day Around the Bay

The closing of Ginger's Trois makes us want to go on a shooting rampage, but alternatives might very well exist to the beloved, downtown, homosexually-inclined bar? [Yelp] And yet another setback to having

SFist Watches: The Superbowl Ads

We found it difficult to tear ourselves away from the "Puppy Bowl" and turn the channel to the Superbowl, but since we were going to skip through all that boring game stuff and

Four Women Settle Touchy Lawsuit Against DMV

As if the DMV weren't annoying in and of itself, now you can add sexual molestation to the list of ways that the Department of Motor Vehicles makes your life miserable. (...and what's

Zoinks: Tanker Truck Accident Shuts Down 101 in Redwood City

Due to a gasoline tanker truck accident -- which resulted in an eco-unfriendly dousing of over "26 gallons" (?) of gasoline, or so said CBS 5's Judge Judy breaking-news interruption -- all northbound and

Another Industrial Accident Claims Another Life

At around 11:30 a.m. today at Digital Pre-Press International (DPI), located at Mariposa and Minnesota, a woman died while on the clock. It seems she "became enmeshed in the massive piece

"Pill Hill" Standoff Ends

This morning's brief Oakland standoff between police and an old-fashion robbery suspect ended today with neither fuss nor muss. (That is to say, no bloodshed. Good for you, Oakland.) The robber surrendered outside

Bad Driver Ohmeed Popal Pleads Not Guilty

The man suspected of mowing people down during a hit-and-run spree in August 2006 , Omeed Aziz Popal, 30, pleaded not guilty today in San Francisco Superior Court. Really. For those of you who