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01 December 2014

01 December 2014, 04:31

Grill maker’s bling comes from the heart

Grill maker’s bling comes from the heart The gold teeth shop called Mr. Bling Bling doesn’t look very shiny on the outside. [...] David Moon, who has run the tiny store near the corner of Geary Boulevard and Fillmore Street for 15 years, brings a sparkle to the neighborhood that is undeniable.

30 November 2014, 04:46

Online shopping has many benefits

Online shopping has many benefits According to Adobe’s Digital Index forecast, the combined take for online purchases made on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday (that’s today) will be in the neighborhood of $6.5 billion this year ...

29 November 2014, 16:50

Jihadelicious? ISIS shares new pancake recipe

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have released a new recipe on the internet for pancakes - with the stated intention of “extend[ing] the energy and power of the Mujahideen

29 November 2014, 11:01

Marlowe makes the right move into Coco500

[...] while designers can try, each space carries its own personality that creates a visceral reaction. [...] have you ever gone into a spot that looks sleek, shiny and well designed but feels uncomfortable?

28 November 2014, 23:04

Putting the pain of S.F. gentrification to good use

Putting the pain of S.F. gentrification to good use “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” for example, or “Pain can be cathartic,” strikes me as good embroidery and bad faith. [...] I decided to take a break from looking at the latest unarmed black kid to be killed in the street...

27 November 2014, 03:00

MP & Silva Acquires Worldwide Distribution & Sponsorship Rights for 2015 & 2019 ‘Premier 12’ World Baseball Championships

“This is a great day for The Premier 12,” WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

27 November 2014, 00:49

6 places to check out on S.F.’s Sutter Street

Elegant 20th century buildings — finished with brick, terra-cotta, tile and glass and understated to opulent flourishes — line this section of the Financial District. Ground-floor storefronts housing well-established upscale specialty shops...

26 November 2014, 03:00

World’s Top 12 nations revealed for first-ever ‘Premier 12’ World Baseball Championship

New World No.1 Japan heads elite 2015 Premier 12 line-up.

24 November 2014, 20:00

Free Speech and Minority Rights: the One, Inc. v. Olesen Case

Sixty years ago the U.S. Supreme Court's first case on gay rights was set in motion. It has been neglected through many of the intervening years but is now recognized as a landmark in the law of free speech.

24 November 2014, 15:47

London, Looted

#208. On this week's show Ed & Paul look back on United's victory over Arsenal at the Emirates. The hosts bossed possession, created more chances and probably should have won; United took home the points in a match every bit as joyous as the Reds 8-2 victory over Arsenal in 2011.

24 November 2014, 03:52

Change just around the corner on Tenderloin’s Pill Hill

The intersection of Golden Gate Avenue and Jones Street is usually infested with drug dealers and addicts. [...] when social worker Regina Santa Maria of St. Anthony Dining Room showed up in a turkey costume, all nefarious doings disappeared.

21 November 2014, 23:13

Who knew 'A Great Controversy’ would arrive in the mail?

Remnant Publications, a Christian publishing house based in Coldwater, Mich., sent 350,000 copies of a religious tract to residents all over the city. The book, “The Great Controversy,” has the cramped...

21 November 2014, 11:01

Doc Ricketts harmonizes food and entertainment

Few people, for example, know about Ed Ricketts, but this marine biologist from Monterey held salons in his lab during the 1930s and 1940s and was a character in several of John Steinbeck’s books. With Justin Deering...

20 November 2014, 00:00

Visit the site where Eugene O’Neill wrote his most famous plays

Eugene O’Neill, the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize, used the award’s monetary windfall to create Tao House, a secluded estate in the hills above Danville. Eventually, O’Neill became too ill to continue living such an isolated life.

19 November 2014, 00:59

Ryan Wins ARC Junior Rally Challenge

Ryan Wins ARC Junior Rally Challenge. Last weekend’s Rally Victoria saw the crowning of a new Kumho Tyres Australian Junior Rally Challenge Champion, with Tom Ryan winning the reliability battle against rival Guy Tyler.