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- The 32nd Northern California Book Awards
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- Bay Area Wins Bid to Host Super Bowl in 2016
- Los Angeles Elects a New Mayor
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Video: San Francisco City Librarian Reads 'The Raven' While Wearing a Baltimore Jersey
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Remember when San Francisco Public Library made a Super Bowl bet with their Baltimore counterparts? You don't? Okay, well remember when the 49ers lost the Super Bowl? Yeah, that you remember. Well anyway, one of the consequences of that oh-so-close … Continue reading
NPR Covers Oakland Homicides
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National Public Radio has picked up on the Oakland crime story and sent it out over the country's airwaves. On Thursday NPR ran correspondent Richard Gonzales' story about the surge in the city's homicides on "All Things Considered." Gonzales visited … Continue reading
Tough New Gun Restrictions Proposed by State Lawmakers; Chuck Reed Looking at New San Jose Tax Measure; More News ...
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State lawmakers propose tough gun laws (SF Chronicle) California would significantly restrict gun use and ownership, including major new bans on ammunition magazines, under dozens of new proposed regulations that would cement the state's status of having the strictest gun-control … Continue reading
State Says Hispanics Soon to Outnumber Whites; Chevron Takes Aim at Low Carbon Fuel Standards; State Lifts Ban on Lyft, Uber; More News...
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Hispanics soon to outnumber whites in state (SF Chronicle) The number of Hispanic people in California will equal the non-Hispanic white population by the middle of the year and surpass it as the largest single racial or ethnic group in … Continue reading
49ers' Chris Culliver Apologizes For Anti-Gay Remarks
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Update 2 Culliver has now apologized: "The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel. It has taken me seeing them in print to realize that they are … Continue reading
Facebook Earnings Beat Estimates
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Update: Earnings and revenue beat the street. Shares are down after hours. Bloomberg is tweeting the numbers now. BREAKING: Facebook 4Q adjusted EPS $0.17, beating estimated $0.15 — Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) January 30, 2013 BREAKING: Facebook 4Q revenue at $1.59 … Continue reading
Nate Silver (and Puppies) Predict the Super Bowl Winner
Game Over: Nate Silver came out with his Super Bowl prediction today. In light of the Super Quant's eerily accurate predictions in the last two presidential elections, the 49ers and Ravens have agreed to ditch playing the game and let … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Guns Illegally Owned by 20,000 in State; Funding Problem For Same-Sex Marriage Opponents; Strong Facebook Earnings Expected
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Guns illegally owned by 20,000 in state (SF Chronicle) Nearly 20,000 registered gun owners in California are ineligible to have guns yet still do, and it could take three years and $25 million for authorities to confiscate the weapons, law … Continue reading
San Francisco's Adobe Books: An Appreciation
In 1990, I bought 1984 at Adobe Books, and I don’t think a three-day period has gone by that I haven’t thought about that novel since. Yeah, I've picked up a lot of great books at Adobe over the years, … Continue reading
SFJAZZ Center Opening Night Concert w/ Bill Cosby, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea
Did you miss the SJ Jazz Center opening night? You can still listen to it. The center's acoustics is unique, as KQED's Cy Musiker recently reported… The Robert N. Miner Auditorium in San Francisco's new $65 million SFJAZZ Center is … Continue reading
