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Rod! Todd! This is God!

The women in question, Estrella Benavides, says she doesn't actually hear the voice of God telling her to do something, but instead just gets a feeling of what He wants her to say.

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It's Back to School Day for the Board of Supervisors

Today was opening day for the Board of Supervisors as it were as today was the first day of work for 2007. First up? The voting in of a new President who happens

Not a Good Day to Be Leaving the Office

Chen is stopping over in SF on his way to Nicarauga for an inauguration. Seven months ago, he was denied a request to enter the U.S. and was told he had to

And It Burns, Burns, Burns, the Ring of Fire, the Ring of Fire

The fire rings would be designated places where bonfires could happen. There would be signs letting everyone know what the deal is with the hope that people would only build bon fires in

Today in Matier & Ross

Anyways, what the story is about is that on the night Officer Bryan Tuvera was shot, the Gav was at a holiday party and when he showed up at the hospital, he was

Wi-Fi Deal One and Done

Here's the details: -Earthlink will build the infrastructure and Google will provide the service. So look for an influx of [email protected] accounts -The speed will be 300 kilobits. That's much faster

Oakland Airport Evacuated

This all happened around 11 A.M. when a guy walked up to an Alameda County sheriff's deputy who was watching over the area where arriving passengers exit and enter the baggage claim

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Guess This Is What They Mean By San Francisco Values

You can check out all the action in those Flickr photostream (including a picture of a really old and somewhat scary looking picture of Bob Weir) but the big news didn't concern who

Shorter Gavin in the Examiner

As we all know, Gavin is up for re-election this year (and why 2007? Aren't big elections supposed to be in even-numbered years? Is this one more "only in SF" type of thing?

Well Wishes To Norman Yee

San Francisco school board president Norman Yee remains in intensive care after being hit by a car on 4th and Bryant the day after Christmas. However, he's in stable condition after undergoing two

No Aids Quilt Just Yet

But first, the back story. Quilt founder Cleve Jones was at one point made the "Founder for Life" of the Names Project but was let go in 2004. It was Jones who started

It's a Hard Knock Life in California

To determine all this stuff, the people behind the study, the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (got that?), factored in things like level of income, types of families, language and education.

There Ain't No Party Like a Pelosi Party

If the sun is shining a bit brighter and the birds are chirping a bit chirpier it could only be because today is a big day-- as of this posting, our little Nancy

The Warriors: A Night at the Races, but No Payout

The good news is the Warriors scored 135 points last night in Memphis against the Grizzlies. Bet you can't see where this one is going. Yup. The bad news is that they gave

Au revoir, Annemarie

Conroy's always been an interesting story. She was Frank Jordan’s goddaughter and for whatever reason just seemed to go from job to job in city government year after year without any explanation

Surf's Almost Up

Anyways, this Saturday there will be the official opening cermony even if it's not surf time yet. Attending will be all the surfers who hope to take part in the surf contest whenever

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A Little San Francisco History On PBS

Every now and then, we try to watch the national news so we'll get the jokes on the Daily Show the next day. So, even though Comedy Central's fake news outlets are on

Recycling Your Christmas Tree

Well, you're in luck! The godlessness of the town of San Francisco is offset by its environmental zeal -- so if you've got a tree you need to get rid of, drag it

Oakland's New Last-Minute Mayor

Yeah, we don't remember any dramatic hand-on-the-Bible or inaugural speechifying either -- it turns out they threw together a somewhat slapdash inauguration when someone realized that the Oakland city charter required Dellums to

You Had To Be There

The problem was that before there was no way of tracking who was attending and who wasn't. Besides the fact nobody really saw the records as they sat in the commission offices, the

New Rules

The biggest one is an increase in the minimum wage, from $6.75 an hour to $7.50. Next year, it'll go up to $8. In San Francisco, however, the minimum wage is

Wait, Isn't He Supposed To Be In Jail?

So we're reading this morning in the Chronicle about the "Frozen Bun Run" on Bethel Island in Contra Costa County, where fun-loving polar bears go water-skiing on the Sacramento River every New Year's

Happy Days Are Here Again?

Now for those of you thinking "wha?" here are the reasons given: -My, look at how clean downtown looks -Look at all those happy, smiling shoppers shopping -Aren’t those fancy, schmany restaurants

The Warriors: Breaking News (And It's All Bad)

New year, same crap. Actually, it's still 2006, so maybe the Warriors are just clearing their pipes of the last dregs of bad karma before starting a new year and a new franchise

The Other Barry Signing: Day Two

First, more details of the deal has been released. The key thing is that Zito will make only $10 million this year as he agreed to backload some of his salary to help