Business & Tech Former Santa Clara Police Captain Pleads Guilty In Bizarre eBay Cyberstalking Case 55-year-old former Santa Clara police captain Philip Cooke entered a guilty plea in federal court in Boston Tuesday, joining six other former eBay employees implicated in a wackadoo intimidation scheme aimed at a couple of Boston-based bloggers.
SF News One Woman Blocks eBay Shuttle, Refuses To Let It Pass In Pac Heights Diners at Jackson Fillmore (2506 Fillmore Street) in Pacific Heights on Thursday were treated to some street theater in the form of a one-woman tech bus protest. As 7x7 reports via one of
Arts & Entertainment Bank of America Occupy Tent for Sale on eBay The tent erected at the Bank of America branch on California Street during yesterday's Occupy SF protest is now up for sale on eBay. Described as a "deluxe single-family dwelling located in the
Arts & Entertainment Another Muni Bus For Sale On eBay It's been awhile since a vintage public transit ride has popped up for sale on the Internet, but with Burning Man over and the Holiday Season just around the corner, we suppose now
SF News Banksy's Identity On Auction Block According to Valleywag, the identity of "Banksy," the artist(s) responsible for creating some of the most talked about "street art" in recent years, is up for sale. For how much, you ask?
SF News Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's Cap Sells For $5,800 Last week SFist told you about Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's pilot hat, which was being auctioned off for charity. Today, after 68 bids, Sully's hat managed to pull in $5,800. The money will
SF News Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger's Pilot Hat On Auction Block Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger -- the pilot turned hero who safely landed crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River this past January, which resulted in saving the lives of all 155
SF News Meg Whitman To Testify In Craigslist-eBay Deal Today Meg Whitman, Former eBay Chief Executive and current Republican contender for governor is expected to testify in Delaware today about the original deal between Craigslist and eBay, both bay area based organizations. If
SF News Muni Bus Bought Last week, we brought your attention to the sale of this 1984 articulated 60-ft MAN bus, once used by Muni to carry passengers around the city back in the day. With a vehicle
SF News Muni Bus for Sale on eBay What with Christmas and Hanukkah right around the coroner, this Muni bus is the perfect gift for the holiday season. Starting out at $2,300.00 on eBay, this 1984 articulated 60-ft MAN
SF News Meg Whitman Officially Announces Her Gubernatorial Bid If elected, the former eBay CEO -- a bigot who, at best, considers the homosexuals second-class citizens, or at least that's what she would lead the public to believe -- will cut state
SF News Obama Drama Fairey Tale By Tiffany Maleshefski Artist Shepard Fairey was clearly trying to do a good thing when he donated oodles of his highly coveted Pop Art political propaganda to the Barack Obama campaign. You know
SF News Craigslist "Smells" an eBay Takeover This week we mentioned that eBay filed lawsuit against Craigslist because CL founders Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster had "unfairly diluted eBay’s economic interest in the company." What happened was that CL
SF News EBay Files Suit Against Our Beloved Craigslist You're so mean, eBay. What did they do this time, you ask? Well, today they filed a lawsuit against Craigslist in a Delaware court. Why? According to the New York Times, Craig Newmark
SF News EBay, Media Company? You know that site where you bid on and bought your vintage designer duds? That Thundercats lunchbox? Or those garish home accents your girlfriend has all over her apartment? It seems that they
misc Barack Obama Rising in California -- Rally at City Hall Of course Hillary Clinton is still a formidable candidate, especially in the bigger states. This all adds up to a certain humdinger of an election. This campaign trail is heading right to your
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Awesomeness: GG Park road to close on Saturdays! Yay! Mind the bison! [Examiner] -- Narcs! Mandated by federal law, the Coast Guard failed to drug test the Cosco Busan crew within 32
SF News UPDATE: eBay HQ Evacuated Update: The "bomb squad determined the parcel was harmless," and all employees are back at work, helping to deliver us our three bottles of YSL M7. (M7 gets pulled off the U.S.
Arts & Entertainment Is Digg Going To Be A 'Classified Killer' Too? Much of the decimation of newspapers' revenues from classified ads has been attributed to the proliferation of craigslist, which, to our experience, is a generally cheaper, easier, and more effective place to list
Arts & Entertainment For Sale: Ego-Sized Cutout of Mel Gibson We want this. We want this bad. We want this now. Then again, who wouldn't want an oversized cardboard cutout of la Gibson looking a tad fey? [insert drunk-driving, anti-Semitic, or Catholic joke
misc This Whole Town Could Be Yours . We're not sure how the pending sale of Red Rock Island is going, but if you miss out on it (or are not quite rich enough), here's another fun alternative: buy this town.
SF News SFist Blotter Remember the Berkeley journalism student that got in the car accident that killed author David Halberstam? The San Mateo County DA's charging him with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter (the same charge for which the
Arts & Entertainment McSweeney's Has Good Stuff To Read For Cheaper Than Usual We usually keep things pretty simple around here -- so if you want something a little more literary, there's a plethora of clever, quirky, smart, and wonderful writing at McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Funions Send your Bay Area finds to found at sfist.com! We call on you to submit discarded photos, objects, letters, and other items that you plucked from the streets, used books, thrift stores,
SF News eBay StumblingUpon An Acquisition? Has anyone used StumbleUpon? And is it really that cool? It looks like eBay may think so -- though we can't really see how a company like StumbleUpon fits into eBay's wheelhouse. Okay,
