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Category Archives: Blog Beat
Blog Beat: Photos of BART Being Built; West Oakland's Only Credit Union; Cockettes Revival
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From The Poop: Photos of BART being built in the '60s and '70s. From Oakland North: West Oakland's only credit union tries to break even in a tough economy Civic Center reports on the Cockettes musical revival "Vice Palace." From … Continue reading
Blog Beat: Stern Grove Festival Lineup; View of SF From International Space Station
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From Ocean Beach Bulletin: The Stern Grove Festival has announced its eclectic lineup of free summer concerts, including The English Beat, Aaron Neville, and the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet, and Opera. If you want to see how small and insignificant … Continue reading
Blog Beat: Harold Camping Says End of World on May 21 "A Mixed Bag"; UCB Student Hunger Strike
SF Weekly interviewed Harold Camping, the president of Oakland's Family Church, the organization behind those billboards around California pegging the date of the end of the world as May 21. When asked whether he considered the end of the world … Continue reading
Blog Beat: 5 Issues to Watch at Oakland City Council Mtg; No California Executions in 2011
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Five issues to watch at tonight's Oakland City Council meeting, starting according to Oakland Local. (Watch it live starting at 5:30 p.m.) There will be no executions in California in 2011, The Informant reports. On Governing California: Some UCLA geography … Continue reading
Blog Beat: Photos - 100 Years of SF's Emporium; Video - What's in Chez Panisse's Meat Locker?
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Photos from The Poop: a hundred years of the Emporium in San Francisco Video from Berkeleyside: What's in Chez Panisse's Meat Locker? The always-funny Necessary Conversation has another episode up.
Blog Beat: San Jose Employee Layoffs; New SF Tech Boom; Herb Caen's 1985 View of Mid-Market
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From San Jose Inside: City Manager Debra Figone's letter to city employees, which projects the necessary elimination of 400 more positions on top of the 200 already scheduled for elimination. 7X7 says a new San Francisco tech boom is definitely … Continue reading
Blog Beat: Watch Documentary of James Baldwin in SF; The Facebook 'Send' Button
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Dangerous Minds has posted a public TV documentary from 1963 documenting James Baldwin's tour of black San Francisco. From The Informant: Audio from a panel discussion at the San Francisco Women's Building, on the growing use of isolation units in … Continue reading
Blog Beat: "La Lengua" Catches on as Mission 'Hood Name; Eagle Tavern Update
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Burrito Justice's dubbing a Mission sub-neighborhood "La Lengua" has insinuated itself into the non-blogospheric information stream. An update on the Eagle Tavern situation, from B.A.R. The largest Sikh temple in the U.S. has opened in San Jose, informs The San … Continue reading
Blog Beat: Supes Home in on Eagle Tavern License Transfer; Rolling Stone Says Amoeba Best U.S. Record Store
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Some SF supes are getting involved in the transfer of The Eagle Tavern's liquor license, says Bay Area Reporter. In the tell us something we don't know department, Rolling Stone has named Amoeba the best record story in the country, … Continue reading
Rachael's Breakfast Blend: Scandals x10 at SDPD; The Drudge Report's Enduring Irresistibleness
Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Burbank officials consider anti-nepotism policy (Los Angeles Times) In San Diego, not your … Continue reading »
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