San Francisco Informer

May 19: Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck and other San Francisco events LEND A HAND. San Francisco Zoo: Adults interested in working with animals and educating people about conservation are invited to a volunteer orientation. [11 a.m.; meet at bronze tiger statue, Entry Village Circle, 1 Zoo Road, S.F.] … Read more on San Francisco Examiner

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San Francisco backs down from cell phone law That didn't stop the city of San Francisco from passing a law in 2010 requiring retailers to announce the radiation level of cell phones in sales displays. The CTIA — the Cellular Telephone Industries Association, a mobile phone trade association … Read more on CBS News

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2 Men Hurt In Separate Shootings In Oakland OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two men were hospitalized in separate shootings in Oakland Friday, a police officer said. The first shooting was reported at about 3:55 p.m. in the area of Dowling Street and 83rd Avenue, Officer R. Bowden said. Responding officers … Read more on CBS [...]

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San Francisco 49ers: What Does the Future Hold for Michael Crabtree? From the first day he was fitted by the equipment manager for a San Francisco 49ers uniform, the onus had always been on Michael Crabtree to one day emerge as an elite NFL receiver. He was always among the most gifted, but for nearly [...]

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Roche, QB3 target life sciences startups in funding plan Forming partnerships between the startup, Roche and QB3's seed-stage venture fund when the startup is just getting off the ground achieves both of these goals." Ron Leuty covers biotech, higher education and China for the San Francisco Business Times. Read more on San Francisco Business Times [...]

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Dog bites bedevil SF letter carriers In his 27 years of delivering mail in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, letter carrier Nery Montano has been "stalked like prey" by a neighborhood dog, flung his mail satchel toward gaping canine jaws in self-defense a dozen times and sprinted down … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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Marga Gomez Brings Her Very Gay Stand-Up To The Marsh Berkeley Cabaret Marga Gomez (named “Best Comedian 2012” by The SF Bay Guardian, SF Weekly and the Bay Area Reporter) returns to the intimate Marsh Cabaret in Berkeley with “Marga Gomez: Pride Baby” an adults only night of rip roaring, knee slapping, hilarious rants … [...]

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The former Rue Saint Jacques Lorenzo Logoreci, a prominent San Francisco restaurateur, was cited by San Francisco police last Friday for slapping a city health inspector and faces battery charges. Logoreci, owner of Allegro Romano, a Russian Hill restaurant popular with city … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

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RelayRides suspends service in New York state The ride-sharing company RelayRides has suspended service in New York state, a signal of the regulatory hurdles faced by startups that offer alternative transportation methods, the Wall Street Journal reports. San Francisco-based RelayRides said in a … Read more on San Francisco Business Times (blog)

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San Francisco From Space: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Tweets Amazing Photo Chief among them was a breathtaking picture of the San Francisco Bay Area, about which Hadfiel wrote, "San Francisco and California wine country–a favorite place on Earth." chris hadfield san francisco. This isn't the first time Hadfield has beamed … Read more on Huffington Post

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Pedestrian Killed After Being Hit By Amtrak Train In San Lorenzo SAN LORENZO (CBS SF) – A pedestrian was killed after being hit by an Amtrak train in San Lorenzo Wednesday afternoon, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. Amtrak Capitol Corridor train No. 537 was heading from Sacramento to San Jose when it struck the … Read [...]

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San Francisco home prices jump 17 percent in month SAN DIEGO — A research firm says the San Francisco Bay area's median home price surged 17 percent in just one month, to pass the half-million dollar mark for the first time in five years. DataQuick said Wednesday that April's median price for new and … [...]

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Melky Cabrera (quietly) gets his ring from SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy He just as clearly was not eager to talk to three San Francisco writers. As we stood in the clubhouse he walked past us as if we weren't there. When he later went to his locker I asked if he'd give us a [...]

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San Francisco Submits Super Bowl Bid To NFL, South Florida Waits Unlike Miami, San Francisco is not revealing much of anything about their bid until NFL owners vote next week in Boston. They only thing they revealed here: money. So far $ 30 million has been guaranteed by major companies like apple and gap to [...]

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Alvine lands million from AbbVie for celiac disease drug San Carlos-based Alvine will snag $ 70 million upfront from AbbVie — spun out of Abbott Laboratories earlier this year — and milestone payments around the mid-stage drug, called ALV-003. The upfront payment will largely fund a roughly 500-patient … Read more on San Francisco Business [...]

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