SF News Poizner Proudly Announces Arrest of Former SFUSD Employee for Fraud The Republican gubernatorial candidates attack on San Francisco's wan morals continues unabated! Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced yesterday the arrest of former San Francisco Unified School District employee Leticia James Coral, 56, on
SF News San Francisco's Canopy Financial "a Complete Sham," Says TechCrunch Canopy Financial, "a pioneer in innovative healthcare banking technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services" at ranked no. 12 on the 2009 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, is a total
SF News Bernie Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme Ponzi-schemer and former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange Bernard Madoff was handed a 150 year prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin this morning. In the courtroom, Madoff explained
SF News Photos: Iran Election Protest, San Francisco, 6/20 Rumor has it there's more you can do to voice your support for Iranians protesting a fraudulent election than turning your Twitter avatar green. Take, for example, participating in a protest or a
SF News Ed Jew Sentenced to 5.5 Years In Prison "Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud & extortion," says CBS 5. The disgraced former supe, as most of you know by now,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Investigates: Olive Oil Fraud by Tiffany Maleshefski Counterfeit handbags and Burberry scarves are pretty easy to spot, mainly because some dude doubling as a street performer on Union Square is the one selling the goods. The other
SF News Best Comment Argument Ever Over At SFBG Oh man. Like... wow. This is entertaining, exciting stuff. Let's back up a bit: It all started last Friday after a not-so-innocent yet fraudulent slate card endorsing Migden boasting the SFBG logo (something
SF News Groovy, Odd Scam Hitting the Elderly Okay, we're not exactly sure how this works, but it's...bizarre. Seems that a trio of scammers are preying upon the elderly Chinese American community in SF (no, not Ed Jew). What's interesting
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Not Guilty Part II Oh, Ed. Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed. This does not seem speedy like you promised. Then again, you promised a lot of things. Sigh. After yesterday's whopping indictment by a federal grand jury,
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Indicted It is done. According to the Chronicle, a "federal grand jury indicted suspended San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew today on charges of soliciting $80,000 in bribes from local businesses by threatening their
SF News SFist Blotter Oh No, Chris Kavanaugh! Berkeley's own Ed Jew, a Green Party member of the Berkeley rent board who was actually living (and litigating with his landlord) in Oakland, pled not guilty to three
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Duct Tape We're back from our inadvertent hiatus -- here's hoping it's a less busy week for us at the day job and an even more busy week for Ed Jew news! Fang qi means
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Newsom's Intervention "Enough is enough," Newsom said to reporters this morning. "He needs to do the right thing and step aside." Interesting words there, Gavin. Irony aside, the Mayor renewed his call for disgraced supervisor
SF News Oh No Chris Kavanagh!: Ed Jew Copycat It seems that he actually lived on 63rd Street in Oakland, where he was in the process of fighting his own eviction by new landlords, and in order to be on the board,
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Please Mr. Postman We just can't keep Ed down for a day. And we feel sorry for him at this point. Almost. In addition to the nine state felony charges filed against him by La Kamala,
SF News Oh No Ed Jew: Plea Bargain! Anyway, according to ABC7, prosecution just offered a plea bargain to Mr. Ed, one that would have him step down as your favorite fibbing San Francisco Supervisor -- as well as some other
Arts & Entertainment JT Leroy/Laura Albert, Back In The News Okay, there's a very troubling article in today's New York Times about a road trip with Laura Albert (reg. req'd.). Laura Albert is, of course, the 41-year-old mother and local literary scenester who
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Not Guilty Plea This might be the perfect time for City Hall's favorite cabaret star to hone up on his Kander and Ebb. (Some "Cell Block Tango," maybe?) SF supervisor and mysterious resident Ed Jew entered
SF News Did Barry Give Mustard Gas to Saddam Hussein? There's big legal news concerning the Barry, none of which involves Curt Schilling or Grand Juries. Oh no. Barry has just been slapped with a lawsuit by an inmate in a South Carolina
SF News Guilty Of Backdating The damning part of the trial came when the HR director in charge of benefits testified that Reyes told her that "it's not illegal if you don't get caught," though on cross-examination, the
SF News Chauncey Bailey's Source The Chronicle reports that Yusuf Bey's son-in-law, Saleem Bey, 43, who worked at Your Black Muslim Bakery for ten years, was the main source for journalist Chauncey Bailey's unpublished stories about the bakery.
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Conrad Black Postscript: I am writing this from the San Francisco Bay Area, where all summer a local politician named Ed Jew has been in trouble over his filing of an allegedly bogus claim of
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After A's 6 Reds 1- It looks like as long as the A's play the Reds and not the Red Birds, all is well with the world. Joe Blanton did the pitching deed this
SF News A Little Piece of the Puzzle The little part of the story involves the ex-Prosecutor Kevin Ryan and his replacement, Scott Schools. Now Ryan was one of the eight attorneys let go in the purge, although there doesn't seem
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