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Help One Woman and Her Family Find a Home

While Gavin Newsom tours California to tout his successes as mayor of San Francisco -- not to mention spending the weekend at the insider-baseball-y Democratic Convention in Sacramento, along with practically every other

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A Kinder, Gentler Bauer?

Not on our watch, hopefully. But Eater came across 7x7's article concerning a critic's responsibility (namely, after a scathing re-review of Acme Chophouse, Michael Bauer's) in these trying economic times. Sara Deseran 7x7

Yahoo to Slash More Jobs

Ailing Sunnyvale-based Yahoo Inc. suffered yet another setback this week after "lackluster' first-quarter results were announced. As a result, anywhere from 600 to 700 jobs will be cut. This makes the company's third

"Concept-Based" Bookstore Babylon Falling Closes

Nascent San Francisco bookstore Babylon Falling is closing its doors, according to SF Weekly. "After two short years in business," says BF's site, "Babylon Falling will be closing its doors for good at

Unemployment Benefits Extended

Today, the California State Senate "passed legislation that will extend benefits to the unemployed by 20 weeks, sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the first bill involving money from the federal economic stimulus package," according

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Help Us, Alice Waters, You're Our Only Hope?

HuffPo writer and author of TASTE (a cooking blog!) Isabel Cowles has come down on Out Patron Saint of Organic Sprigs Alice Waters. She says what most people are afraid to say about

Sacramento Tent City Coming Down

With coverage on Oprah, followed by countless other media stories on the Third World-ish homeless camp, Sacramento's 'Tent Camp' will officially close over the next few weeks. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who's clearly

Final Print Version of <em>Seattle P-I</em>: Tuesday, 3/17

It was announced today that Hearst Corporation's other troubled publication, Seattle P-I, will roll out its final print publication tomorrow. Publisher Roger Oglesby just made the announcement on behalf of Hearst. The online

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Ask SFist: Food Stamps?

An anonymous reader writes SFist with the following urgent request. Do you or one of your writers know how to apply to get for food stamps? Might make a good post. Funny enough,

Disastrous Metreon to Become Ferry Building 2.0?

After the Metreon proved to be an inarguable disaster (e.g., shops, feel, maneuverability, clientele, warm fuzzies), the awkward steelish complex at Fourth and Mission is attempting a comeback. According to the Examiner,

Apple Layoffs?

Owen Thomas at Valleywag has word that there might -- might! -- be "'major layoffs'" at Apple today. According to VW tipsters, "'all sales teams have mandatory meetings today'" and "'HR booked conference

Reactions to SF Chronicle Closing Down

Before we get to what esteemed journalists have to say about SF Chronicle's impending closure -- when discussing "micropayments" and other snake oils with a SFSU journo professor this morning, KTVU's Ross McGowan

Hearst Threatening To Sell SF Chronicle

Holy smokes. This just in: the SF Chronicle is (practically) up for sale. Word is that "if they don't sell it, they'll shut it down." No deadline communicated yet. The following memo was

Media Circus at Ammiano 'Legalize Pot' Press Conference this AM at State Building

With support from Supervisor David Campos, CA Superior Court Judge James P. Gray, and SF Sheriff Mike Hennessey, Tom Ammiano held a frenzied press conference at the State Building this morning. The topic

Metreon's PlayStation Store and SonyStyle Store to Close

Coming as a surprise to no one, Sony plans on shutting down the PlayStation Store and SonyStyle Store at the Metreon complex. As near to the heart to PlayStation fans as the Apple

KRON 4 (Young Broadcasting) Files for Bankruptcy

KRON 4's parent company, Young Broadcasting, (finally) filed for bankruptcy today, according to sources. KRON, once the Bay Area's NBC affiliate, has been for sale since last year. Most recently, Young Broadcasting Inc.

Kink.com Lays Off <s>15%</s> 11% of its Staff

You might want to sit down for this one. Because when online porn companies start reducing its staff due to the economic downturn, you know times are tough. Local porn superpower Kink.com

Senate Passes Obama's Economic Recovery Plan

President Obama's controversial economic recovery plan passed the Senate, and is now on its way to House-Senate negotiations. According to AP, "Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and

Job Losses Largest Decline Since 1974

More grim news from the employed sector. According to the Chronicle (not AP!?), "January's payroll job losses were the steepest one-month decline since the end of 1974 when the nation was battling another

Rought Times Hit Noted VFX Production Company

Based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Orphanage went from a small visual effects company in a matter of 10 years with over 160 artists creating effects for more than two dozen

Switching Sides: the Great SF American Apparel Debate

After venting on one of the many American Apparel threads we have going -- one a day keeps the cold pricklies away! -- SFist commenter Angrybat had a swell idea. He suggests that

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Forces State Workers to Take Unpaid 'Vacation' Days

Going against the wishes of state workers' unions that said the governor's plan to save $1.3 billion with unpaid time off was both illegal and unconstitutional, Judge Patrick Marlette ruled this morning

SF $1.1 Billion Cash Stimulus Wish List Revealed

Matt Smith has word that Mayor Gavin Newsom has begged for a piece of the federal stimulus package pie -- a $1 billion slice of it, in fact. What does the city of

Microsoft to Delete 5,000 Jobs

Oy. Citing an economic downturn, Microsoft plans on pruning up to 5,000 jobs in the next year and a half, or 5.5% of its global workforce. They will 'cleanse' over 1,

Williams-Sonoma to Cut 1,400 Jobs

Due to the sickly economy, San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma plans on cutting a whopping 1,400 jobs. The gourmet cookware store -- where you can buy wildly expensive waffle irons, potato ricers, bowls, asparagus