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KURT HEGRE / THE FRESNO BEE "If they can do it, you can do it," Tong Moua, left, told his son John, a pediatric resident in the UC San Francisco program in Fresno and an Edison High School graduate. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA / FRESNO BEE John Moua greets his next patients. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Phone companies off the hook on wiretapping Jun 21, 2008
MYKEL CARDOZA San Francisco ... Yes, San Francisco, we do wear shoes ... We have access to both San Francisco and the Sierra as we chose. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
'Terminator' Effects Guru Stan Winston Dies Jun 18, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 5:55 am. ImageStan Winston on the set of the 2003 film "Terminator 3: Judgment Day". (NBC 11, CA)
Pat Garrett's sheriff's badge nets $100,000 Jun 17, 2008
To see Pat Garrett's badge and rifle, and the other collected works at auction, go to Greg Martin Auctions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at 660 Third St., San Francisco, or see ... This article appeared on page B - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Community datebook (6/17/08) Jun 17, 2008
San Francisco at Anchorage Bucs, 2 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium. The Bucs host the Seals in Alaska Baseball League action. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lufthansa's labor of love: restoring old junkers Jun 17, 2008
Back then, Lufthansa marketed the Starliner as its "Super Star." A Starliner flew the longest-duration scheduled flight ever, a 23-hour-19-minute trip from London to San Francisco - a hop jetliners now cover in less than half the time. Lufthansa's standard Starliner flew 86 passengers, but a swankier version carried 30 highfliers in luxury. (AZCentral -- Business)
Condiment Column Jun 16, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008, 5:20 am. What's your favorite hot dog topping. (NBC 11, CA)
Jobs trots out new iPhone but stores will have to wait Jun 10, 2008
The announcement was made at Apple s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. At the newly opened Apple store on Boylston Street in Back Bay, several customers and employees checked blogs and the live audio feed from San Francisco for updates on Jobs speech ... Several customers stopped in as the San Francisco conference was going on to see if the new phone was in stock and about to go on sale. (Boston Herald)
Frugal fuel for fancy drivers Jun 10, 2008
With all the news of the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco comes word from the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, which had once planned a merger with the CJM: Executive director Terry Alexander will leave at the end of June, "in order to more fully attend to some personal and family matters." Since she took the job, in January 2005, the museum has raised more than $11 million ... On June 22 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District (where... (San Francisco Chronicle)
City Chase teammates thrilled by adventure Jun 9, 2008
Next up: San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Chicago and New York. The winning teams from each race will compete in a national contest this year at an undisclosed location. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Telluride Festival Of The Arts Announces 2008 Juried Artists Jun 9, 2008
Bringing together culinary experts from a variety of cuisines as well as both renowned and emerging visual artists from across the United States, TFA will play host to more than 7,000 local and regional visitors, as well as guests from as far away as New York, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco. In addition to the annual art show, highlights of the 2008 Festival will include celebrity chef demonstrations, food seminars, a progressive tasting series and a grand tasting. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
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Dianne, a third partner, lives in the San Francisco Bay area ... Then, a few years ago, north of San Francisco, BBW dances started popping up. (Suite101.com)
This week's DVD report (June 1) Jun 1, 2008
And Harry Callahan's obsessive pursuit of San Francisco serial killer Scorpio (Andy Robinson) still feels pitch-dark at points, never mind the pop thrill of that signature "Do I feel lucky" refrain. (It's a sense indirectly aided by last year's "Zodiac," and its clinical depiction of the way real-world SFPD powerlessly slogged through the case on which the Scorpio story line was modeled. (Boston Globe)
Swedish consulate in Portland closing May 31, 2008
Already, Swedes seeking renewed passports must apply in person at the Los Angeles consulate and pick them up in San Francisco or in Seattle at an office with limited hours. "We've protested, to no avail," says Fogelquist, 70, a retired German-language teacher of Swedish descent. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Revision3's Servers Knocked Offline by Copyright Cop May 31, 2008
Revision3 is a San Francisco based Internet video company that produces and distributes such popular shows as , , and. Prior to this attack, there wasn't a lot of reason to suggest Revision3 and MediaDefender to have a lot in common, never mind a beef with each other. (PC World)
Car Condo For Silicon Valley Collectible Cars Opens May 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Club Auto Sport is a new 125,000-square-foot building built to house the world's finest cars. (NBC 11, CA)
A Dangerous Instrument May 25, 2008
" Otis Taylor plays at 8 and 10 p.m. Thurs. and Fri. at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero W., Oakland. $18-$22. (510) 238-9200. . Lee Hildebrand is a freelance writer. E-mail at . This article appeared on page N - 41 of the San Francisco Chronicle Comments Characters left: PROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MANAGER Admin for local Ice Rink ONCOLOGY SALES MANAGER MTC Metropolitan Transportation Quick-books, GAAP , Overtime ASSISTANT : Bachelor's Assistant $15 per hour or up in Advertisers Advertising Services:... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Indie music stores find their niche May 25, 2008
Your Connection to the. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)
LETTERS: NCT, May 19, 2008 May 20, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Get involved instead of complaining. (North County Times)
Lively Madrid celebrates 200th anniversary May 17, 2008 Antique furniture falling out of favor May 15, 2008 Violin swindler masterfully played his victims May 13, 2008 Barking all the way to the finish line May 13, 2008 Architect puts a modern spin on classic forms May 11, 2008 SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET May 10, 2008 On display (64) May 8, 2008 Mullan Days: A winter shelter found in the woods May 6, 2008 Bill Clinton: Older voters too savvy to fall for Obama... Apr 16, 2008 Big names owe big-time on taxes Apr 15, 2008 Take an up-close look at a "drop box" Apr 12, 2008 Gerry Russell Apr 9, 2008 Small businesses discover a world of opportunity in exports Apr 8, 2008 An alphabet soup of good times fills April Apr 4, 2008 Hot Wheels(R) and Gallery 1988 Present Pop Surrealist Exhibit Showcasing Artwork Inspired by Classic Toy Brands Apr 2, 2008 'Modder' turns hobby into career Mar 28, 2008 College basketball, auto racing, prep basketball Mar 19, 2008 Wine Country Indulgence Mar 15, 2008 Letters for Friday, March 7, 2008 Mar 8, 2008 Whiff of scandal?US corruption trial highlights US-UK attitudes to politicians Mar 5, 2008 Murphys Irish Day 2008 Mar 5, 2008 Marie Osmond Headlines SPARK / 3TV Women's Expo Feb 29, 2008 Imaging centers work to keep up with hospital 'Joneses' Feb 25, 2008 Cozy cool-air retreat Feb 23, 2008 Toy Fair 2008 Has Heroic Movie Feel Feb 21, 2008 More of this story Feb 16, 2008 Bamboo-Based Clothing Feb 14, 2008 /C O R R E C T I O N -- W!Ldbrain/ Feb 14, 2008 Brazilian modernism's time has come Feb 10, 2008 Not so fast! Artisans tout benefits of keeping a sedate pace Feb 7, 2008 The Recording Academy(R) Announces Official Sponsors for 50th Annual GRAMMY(R) Awards Feb 6, 2008 OAKLAND Stolen goods ready to be returned to their owners by police Feb 2, 2008 EBay's feedback tweaks have sellers worried Feb 1, 2008 Country living, remade to order Feb 1, 2008 Green design can be profitable Jan 31, 2008 EBay sellers don't like fee changes Jan 31, 2008 EBay Rejiggering Its Fees Jan 30, 2008 EBay to lower sellers' listing fees starting next month Jan 30, 2008 EBay cutting listing fees by 50% Jan 30, 2008 Ballet's diamond gala glitters Jan 26, 2008 New DVDs: 3:10 to Yuma, Sunshine Jan 25, 2008 EBay to get new chief as Whitman leaves her 'baby' after 10 years Jan 25, 2008 Meg Whitman To Step Down As Ebay CEO Jan 24, 2008 EBay CEO Meg Whitman Says She's Stepping Down Jan 24, 2008 * Taiwan News Quick Take Jan 22, 2008 We need people with dirty jobs. They contribute to progress, too. Jan 21, 2008 URBAN RENEWAL Enid Sales helped save San Francisco's Victorian homes and... Jan 20, 2008 URBAN RENEWAL Jan 20, 2008 Nine bookstores worth a tourist's time Jan 19, 2008 Oxford Street Jan 18, 2008 Simpson Freed From Las Vegas Jail Jan 18, 2008 Warm up this season with bargain airfares Jan 15, 2008 9 noteworthy U.S. bookstores worth a visit Jan 12, 2008 China bans free plastic shopping bags Jan 10, 2008 SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jan 10, 2008 Designers declare where the money is for 2008 Jan 3, 2008 Mariposa fights back Jan 2, 2008 Small but heartfelt vigil held for tiger who attacked teen Jan 2, 2008 Making material connections with 'New West Coast Design' Dec 30, 2007 Grey Celebrates Beat Generation Dec 28, 2007 Pay a visit to Prescott Dec 28, 2007 Couple’s gift shop was a holiday haven Dec 25, 2007 Selling your hovel? Even you can make buyers swoon online Dec 23, 2007 Loch Ness Monster sightings Dec 23, 2007 In Historical Document Dec 19, 2007
Several churches have Goya connections, among them San Antonio de los Alemanes and San Francisco el Grande, but if you only see one, make it San Antonio de la Florida for its wonderful frescoes of scenes of daily city life and the miracles of St. Anthony. The church was turned into a museum, and a replica for worship built across the street. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Shopping tips to get you through a down market May 15, 2008
Recently, she visited San Francisco and optimistically launched her new guide, "Where to Buy the Best of Everything," at one of her chosen destinations, Forgotten Shanghai on Kansas Street ... " Margaret Currivan's retail store, just up the block from the Design Center's Galleria, captivated her with its homey feel and unexpected mix of contemporary and antique Chinese furniture, plus pillows and other accessories. "I fill the showroom with things that appeal to me," Currivan said before heading... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Julie Brown, of San Francisco interior design firm Re:Design, said: "Just like colors come in and out of popularity for design, furniture goes through cyclical demand. Victorian, Art Deco and French Provincial styles just aren't as popular right now." ... Phyllis Long, proprietor of Ricochet Consignment in San Francisco, said, "We have a set of eight midcentury dining room chairs in the store that the seller is still pricing, and I have a waiting list of six buyers who want to know the minute... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Last week, he pleaded guilty to 10 fraud counts in U.S. District Court in San Francisco ... Jose Cruz said he was fired from his job at Cremona Violin Makers rs on Market Street in San Francisco after Tang disappeared with four instruments worth $53,500 he was loaned on consignment from the shop ... He acknowledged using two San Francisco addresses, including a hillside home in the Golden Gate Heights neighborhood where Ng first met him, as hubs for his dealings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
-- In San Francisco celebrating his 84th birthday recently, Theo Bikel and his partner, Tamara Brooks, attended a San Francisco Jewish Film Festival sneak preview of "Fugitive Pieces," where "Happy Birthday" was sung to him by 100 guests ... This article appeared on page E - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle ... FromMercedes Benz Of San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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MEDICALTOURISM (Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle) -- Californian Robert Lupo had never been on an airplane until last month, when he flew to India to get his hip replaced. 750. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Linn-Benton Community College Library, Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. When Six was Nine: Rock Posters from San Francisco 1966-71 on display in the newly-renovated LBCC Library through April 30. The exhibit includes original psychedelic music posters from the famed Avalon and Fillmore Auditoriums in San Francisco and vintage 1960s clothing in the style worn by Jimi Hendrix. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
This is not so, Johnson wrote to the editor of the San Francisco Herald in February 1860. Several of the men have had their fingers and toes nipped a little by the frost. (Missoulian, MT)
I knew all the hatred from Hillary was because Obama blamed the Clintons in his speech in San Francisco. Those Clintons are vengeful, mean spirited and elitist. (The Drudge Report)
"If they perform in San Francisco, we would be there waiting.". Dionne Warwick moved from Beverly Hills in the 1990s, and in recent years reported living in her mother's home in Orange, N.J. That home was sold in 2006 after her mother's death. (USA Today -- Money)
HANFORD CITIZEN wrote on Apr 5, 2008 10:57 AM:" Who Cares about the drop boxes. Only person interested are the pot smoking, liberal, san francisco, feel good, tree hugging people " ... " NOT A pot smoking, liberal, san francisco, feel good, tree hugging people wrote on Apr 7, 2008 10:27 AM:" I agree that these boxes are inhumane. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
I sat next to Frankie Laine in San Francisco at the Orpheum Theatre ... Favorite sports team: San Francisco 49ers and Sacramento Kings. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Joe Gebbia, a 26-year-old entrepreneur and designer in San Francisco, credits sore backsides for helping him to create CritBuns (www. CritBuns. (USA Today -- Money)
You know what I mean, San Francisco Giants fans. G is Guantanamo Bay, as in the "Harold Escape From ..." out April 25. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
In 2007, Gallery 1988 opened its second location in San Francisco, creating another groundbreaking venue for emerging young artists and ambitious collectors to meet. About Mattel. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SAN FRANCISCO - If you ever thought it would be cool to have an Xbox laptop, or wished those old Atari games in your attic could be reborn on a retro handheld device, you might want to talk to Benjamin Heckendorn. Better known as Ben Heck, the 32-year-old Wisconsin native has attained legendary status among "modders," hobbyists who tinker with video-game hardware to make it do things the original designers never intended. (MSNBC -- Technology)
381San Francisco 6 14 ... 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
This article appeared on page G - 29 of the San Francisco Chronicle. Comments. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
How about building the Highwood plant in Los Angeles or San Francisco. If Californians want more power we can sell them coal and they can eat their own smoke. (Missoulian, MT)
Well, maybe in New York or San Francisco, but in few other American cities. Don't get caught. (BBC News -- Americas)
Included in the package is round trip airfare from San Francisco to the Dublin or Shannon airports and a first night hotel room in the arrival city. While in Ireland the travelers will have open vouchers redeemable at Bed and Breakfast establishments sprinkled throughout the entire country. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
" "Cry Just a Little" also reached the Top 20. Two other albums followed; "All in Love" (1988) and "Steppin' Stone" (1989), as did a 1989 nomination by the Academy of Country Music as Top Female Vocalist."Marie Osmond's The Magic of Christmas," a very special holiday concert tour which also featured five of her children, played in major venues across the United States and Canada in the '80s and '90s. She remembers it as a "totally wonderful and fun time for the family", and relaunched the tour... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
The room boasts other antique finds: two Hitchcock chairs, flanking the cozy fireplace, were found in Seattle, and an early 1800s pine linen press, which serves as the TV armoire, is from a San Francisco shop. "It's one of my favorite pieces," says Nancy about the linen press. (AZCentral -- Home)
Thursday, February 21, 2008, 4:48 am. You've heard from us, now we want to hear from you. (NBC 11, CA)
Perhaps Downtown L.A. will rival downtown San Francisco and downtown Portland someday. -posted by Bob Zwolinski, Feb. 11, 10:31 a.m.. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
"I love organic socks and bought quite a few sets online," says Michal Ann Strahilevitz, a marketing professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. "When they arrived, I saw that every single pair had a relatively substantial-sized cardboard tag pinned to the socks, discussing the organic nature of the socks. "Why did they have to waste paper with those silly, huge tags. (Fox News)
LDBRAIN -- San Francisco W. LDBRAIN -- Los Angeles 415-216-2048 310-701-7773. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
"My clients are resisting any recognizable modern classics in their homes," San Francisco architect Randy Ruiz said after a visit to a home he just completed for a young couple in Glen Park ... "And still working," added San Francisco interior designer Antonio Martins, who is of Brazilian descent, referring to Niemeyer ... San Francisco's Eco 21, a showroom dedicated to contemporary Brazilian furniture, closed shortly after it opened in 2005 at the San Francisco Design Center, and R 20th Century... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Artisans tout benefits of keeping a sedate pace / 'Slow' movement, familiar from Slow Food, is slowly catching on in the U.S.. At the crux of it, that's what Slow Design is all about. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In its second year, USA TODAY, the "official national newspaper" of the GRAMMY Awards and GRAMMY Week activities for the second year, will participate in the GRAMMY Telecast Viewing Parties in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. USA TODAY will promote the 50th GRAMMY Awards and the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Aretha Franklin with advertising and promotion, and will bring three lucky readers to the GRAMMY... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
OAKLAND / Stolen goods ready to be returned to their owners by police. It was like an open-air market for stolen goods. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- EBay Inc. says it's changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they'll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers. Buyers and sellers have been able to rate each other at the online auctioneer since its birth in 1995, when eBay founder Pierre Omidyar envisioned a virtual marketplace built on trust among buyers and sellers. (CNN -- Tech)
Dominating the room in color (red) and height (6 1/2 feet) is the resin sculpture "Indian 4 (Spear)" by San Francisco artist Yoram Wolberger. "I actually call this the field room rather than the ballroom because it looks out on the field and it resembles multipurpose rooms in country homes," Sharpe says. (AZCentral -- Home)
Green design is nothing new at the San Francisco Design Center, but at last week's Winter Market the emphasis was not only on how interior designers can specify earth-friendly products for their clients, but on how green design can actually be profitable ... net, interviewing Stefan Mhle and Sherry Caplan, general manager and designer, respectively, of the new Orchard Garden Hotel, San Francisco's, and indeed California's, first LEED-certified hotel ... Caplan noted that in a city notorious for... (San Francisco Chronicle)
SAN FRANCISCO Vendors who sell their goods on eBay are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago. While eBay Inc. says more than 60 per cent of its sellers will save money with the new plan, several sellers have crunched their numbers and consider the rejigging a fee hike. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
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SAN FRANCISCO EBay Inc. said Tuesday it will cut by up to 50 percent the fees it charges sellers to list their goods online, in an effort to boost listings and keep pace with other burgeoning e-commerce sites. eBay. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO EBay said Tuesday it will cut by up to 50% the fees it charges sellers to list their goods online, in an effort to boost listings and keep pace with other burgeoning e-commerce sites. To balance the fee cut, the company plans to increase its commission on items that do sell a method eBay says sellers prefer because it lowers their risk if items do not sell. (USA Today -- Tech)
" Dede Wilsey, chair of the Fine Arts Museums board of governors, asked somewhat rhetorically. She does a lot of heavy lifting around town, philanthropically speaking, and heavy lifting on gala nights, too, at least with her neck muscles. The multi-strand diamond wreath around her throat, a favorite piece by Harry Winston, had too many carats to count. The gala, one of the primary dates on the city's social calendar, is the ballet's primary fundraiser of the year. Gala chairwoman Jean Larette... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a newspaper cartoonist obsessed with uncovering the identity of the killer, whose string of unsolved slayings terrorized the San Francisco area. Co-starring are Robert Downey Jr. as a newsman and Mark Ruffalo as a police detective also on the trail of the killer. (MSNBC -- Movies)
SAN FRANCISCO Calling eBay Inc. her baby, outgoing chief executive Meg Whitman is promising a smooth transition to a new corporate leadership team as she gives up day-to-day control of the online auction company she has led for 10 years. EBay is my baby in many ways, and I wanted to make sure the transition was handled in a first class way, Whitman told The Associated Press. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2008. eBay Inc. CEO Meg Whitman gives the keynote address to eBay sellers gathered at the eBay Live conference in Boston, June 14, 2007. (CBS News)
SAN FRANCISCO Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure. Whitman, 51, had been reported to be plotting the move and handing the job to John Donahoe, 47, who has been heading eBay's core auction and e-commerce businesses. (Fox News)
A media firm apologized yesterday for locating the UN's headquarters in San Francisco on a Ministry of Education Web site. The UN is headquartered in New York City. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
"I'm not acquisitive by nature." In fact, to this day, Rowe rents his San Francisco apartment, and his only current real-estate holding is a condo he bought for his parents six years ago ... "I was cohosting the local Evening Magazine on CBS-5 in San Francisco, and did a segment called 'Somebody's Gotta Do It.'" The viewers loved it. (FastCompany)
URBAN RENEWAL / Enid Sales helped save San Francisco's Victorian homes and never backed away from a preservation fight ... " But, liberals that they were, they proposed grand schemes for replacing the neighborhood's "hand-me-down dwellings" with garden apartments and high-rises in a parklike setting. "Nothing short of a clean sweep and a new start can make the district a genuinely good place to live," the Redevelopment Agency avowed in its 1947 report. Black ministers and some Japanese American... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
" But, liberals that they were, they proposed grand schemes for replacing the neighborhood's "hand-me-down dwellings" with garden apartments and high-rises in a parklike setting. "Nothing short of a clean sweep and a new start can make the district a genuinely good place to live," the Redevelopment Agency avowed in its 1947 report. Black ministers and some Japanese American residents worried that they would be replaced by upper-income white people. But no one argued that the Victorian homes -... (San Francisco Chronicle)
City Lights in San Francisco, once a hangout for Beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, draws tourists from around the world ... 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco. (CNN -- Travel)
Maybe hoist a massive rainbow flag at Taylor Square like the one that fly's near san Francisco's Castro St. 6 ... It's gone the way of the Tenderloin in San Francisco. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Friday, January 18, 2008, 5:37 am. Visit our special Mavericks section. (NBC 11, CA)
This magnificent grove, now 500 acres, is 12 miles north of San Francisco. Go to gaze at a 1,000-year-old tree and some tower more than 250 feet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
City Lights in San Francisco, once a hangout for Beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, draws tourists from around the world ... CITY LIGHTS BOOKS: 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco; or 415-362-8193. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Last year, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban petroleum-based plastic grocery bags. . (International Herald Tribune)
CAL-DISASTER (Abate, San Francisco Chronicle) -- SAN FRANCISCO: As recent storms remind Californians that their shaky state is always minutes from disaster, emergency experts say every resident and business should prepare for at least three days without power by taking steps from the simple to the complex ... NETWORTH (Pender, San Francisco Chronicle -- Column) -- Net Worth ... GAY (Gay, San Francisco Chronicle -- Column) -- With Joe Gibbs retired once more, can Seahawks veteran coach Mike... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
"The design market is thriving, and I think that has to do with the shift in the economy," said Kelly Keiser, who has both a design business and shop, Splendid Interiors, in San Francisco ... "Every designer I know is busy," said Grant Gibson, whose business took off after he won critical praise for his San Francisco's Decorator Showcases in 2004 and 2005 ... (Cheryl DuCote Interior Architecture n, San Francisco). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Caroline McGrath, co-owner of the Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort about 10 miles east of Mariposa, commissioned a thrice-weekly "Bug Bus," bringing people from San Francisco to Mariposa in vans small enough to use the Highway 140 detour, in order to replace lost tour bus visitors. She also went through with an expansion, adding a day spa to the 170-person Yosemite Bug hostel. (Fresno Bee)
"It doesn't matter how many people there are, as long as there's someone," said Jon Engdahl, a San Francisco handyman who decided to hold the vigil ... As the sun slipped into the sea, Donna and Paul Fappiano of San Francisco arrived with three small candles and lighted them, one by one ... " His wife said she hoped people keep going to zoos. She's been a member of the San Francisco Zoological Society for 25 years and has seen a lot of tigers and eaten a lot of popcorn. "Zoos aren't dangerous,"... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Curator Ted Cohen will start laying out a show called "New West Coast Design: Contemporary Objects," which will start Jan. 18 in San Francisco, only after he returns from a two-week vacation lounging by the beach in Cabo San Lucas ... The wire installation, which will cascade down the facade and blanket the garden, was created by San Francisco landscape designer Marcel Wilson, who is also on the exhibition committee at the museum ... "New West Coast Design" follows in a rich history of... (San Francisco Chronicle)
LOS ANGELES WPP Group's Grey has launched its first campaign for the Beat Museum, which recently relocated to the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco ... The F-word execution was rejected by San Francisco's transit authority as inappropriate for a bus shelter, Cimino said, but art was deemed OK for collectible posters and adult-only locales ... "When we moved the museum to San Francisco, I knew that people loved the concept. People were coming out of the woodwork to support it and folks... (AdWeek)
From the top, you can see the city, the Bradshaw Mountains, Sierra Prietas, Granite Mountain, Mingus Mountain and the San Francisco Peaks. Details: Prescott National Forest, www. (AZCentral -- Travel)
The couple would make frequent trips to San Francisco, gathering items to stock their store. What wouldn t fit on the display shelves was stored in a small building on the property. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Katharine Holland, a San Francisco agent with Coldwell Banker, has created Vizzies for 10 of her listings ... This article appeared on page E - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Betting on 'beastie': Loch Ness Monster fans hope Hollywood will revive legend. Article:Betting on 'beastie': Loch Ness Monster fans hope Holly:/c/a/2007/12/21/TR83U0CRN.DTL Article:Betting on 'beastie': Loch Ness Monster fans hope Holly:/c/a/2007/12/21/TR83U0CRN.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Harvey Stack, of the famous Stack's coin auctioneers in New York, looked at the ultra-rare 1894 San Francisco silver dime. Only 20 were ever made. (Wall Street Journal)
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