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NYC SantaCon Organizer Accused of Diverting $1 Million In Donations to Personal Account

When SF’s organizers disavowed SantaCon in 2014 due to the chaos it brought the city every Christmas, one of the event’s organizers in NYC leaned into the chaos by forming a charity — at first to appease officials and then later to allegedly collect and divert funds for personal use.

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Former SF AIDS Foundation Employee Brutally Murdered in New York City

The SF HIV/AIDS prevention community is mourning the loss of 33-year-old Melanie Woods, a staple at fundraisers and events, who spent nearly three years organizing those events for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

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NYC Terror Suspect Had Logged Over 1400 Trips As Uber Driver

New York City is still grieving over Tuesday’s Lower Manhattan terror attack that killed eight people and injured 12 more, but the incident is also reverberating at Uber headquarters here in downtown

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Real NYC Bagels, Flown In From NYC, Available This Saturday

Hey, East Coasters: When you're not kvetching about Californians' flightiness and/or general lack of ambition, you're bemoaning the dearth of decent bagels in the Bay Area. (Which

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Brian Wilson Could Sign With The Mets, Or Not

Brian Wilson, the noted closer with a magical beard, is a free agent now, which means he might leave the Giants next season. He could even sign with the Mets, as hinted at

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How To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims

Hurricane Sandy brutalized the East Coast Monday night, resulting in fires, widespread power outages, death, and jarring scenes of flooding in New York City and elsewhere. Though it's still too early

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How New Yorkers Lived 150 Years Ago: From The First Hipster Bar To The 70-Pound Bike

Ever wonder what this website would look like if it were written in the 1860s? Well, first of all, it'd probably only be a weekly, and when we complained about the

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Photos: Opening Day At The National 9/11 Memorial

Meanwhile, in New York City: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center site opened today to the public. According to Gothamist, who made an appearance at this morning&

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Meanwhile, In New York City: Mandatory Evacuations

On the other coast today, Hurricane Irene prompted mandatory evacuations along coastal areas in New York City. This includes Brooklyn's Coney Island and Manhattan Beach, Broad Channel in Queens, South Beach,

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Anti-SF Chef David Chang Charges $5 for a Coke; Fury Ensues

Momofuku chef David Chang is in hot water again. This time for taking to Twitter with his sassy ways to rail against Serious Eats scribe J. Kenji Lopez-Alt who bemoaned the chef

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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Take Me Out" By Atomic Tom LIVE On NYC Subway

Muni Diaries brings out attention to Atomic Tom performing a ditty on a NYC subway using their phones. Yes, it's New York City-based. Calm thyself. But, with the use of

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New York State Senate Shoots Down Gay Marriage

After a long debate this morning, the New York State Senate voted 38-24 against a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Openly gay State Senator Thomas K. Duane of Manhattan said, "

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Umpteenth New York Chef Slams SF Food

Although the mystique and innovation of New York City has dimmed over the last few years -- what was once, as countless New Yorkers have described it to us, a mecca for richly-textured

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Feds' Photo Op With Low-Flying Jets Scares NYers

While hovering helicopters for TV shows alarm Bay Area residents, think about folks in downtown Manhattan who spotted a low-flying plane being tailed by fighter jets. Some buildings were evacuated while others

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Film du Jour: Internet Famous Class

These are the worst kind of people in the world, all together in one class. You will want to put your face through a window after watching this video. And then chew your

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U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Crashes into Hudson River

All over the news today -- KRON 4 reported that geese were injured in the accident -- a plane has crashed in the Hudson River over in NYC. After taking off, the plane was scheduled

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New York City Safer than San Jose, Says FBI

While it's still a notably safe (albeit coma-inducing) city, San Jose, unfairly maligned as the armpit of California, was ranked below New York City recently when it comes to safety.

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New Yorkers Protest Prop 8, Connecticut Begins Gay Marriage

Last night, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people gathered for a protest outside the Church of Latter Day Saints' Manhattan Mormon Temple and march down Broadway to Columbus Circle. The planned and peaceful

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NYC's Famed Naked Cowboy Arrested in SF

Just a few days before people were performing fellatio in the streets of San Francisco, New York City's famed Naked Cowboy was arrested in Union Square. Sporting a cowboy hat, a

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Week Around the -ists

* Gothamist found that an explosive set off outside the Times Square army recruiting center may be similar to five past bombings in New York City. * Seattlest worried when severed right feet and bottles

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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

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Week Around the -Ists

* SFist worried over drugstore chain Walgreens celebration of Black History Month. * Gothamist was surprised that apparently New York City is the fourth most miserable city in the country, after Detroit, Stockton, CA, and

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Week Around the -Ists

* Gothamist learned that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment, cause of death unknown so far (but apparently the masseuse who found him called Mary-Kate Olsen before 911). * Bostonist

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NYC Mugging Leads to Safer SF Relocation?

Festishizing that "authentic, old-school New York experience," Adam Fisher moved to NYC to frolic with hipsters, sing selections from Rent, or snap his fingers to the jazzy beats along with

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