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Well, she's been threatening it for weeks, but now apparently it's official - Orly Taitz has decided to run for the Republican Party's nomination for California's Secretary of State. Goddess help us. Who is this Taitz, you ask? Well, after escap...

topics: campaign, election, liberal, nomination, obama

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AP Photo/Eric Risberg Speaking of fundraising, is San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Governor candidate Gavin Newsom violating the Political Reform Act by accepting contributions from donors who gave the maximum allowable amount during his gubernatoria...

topics: campaign, candidate, committee, election, gavin-newsom

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We get so excited when we find a message from Gavin Newsom waiting in our inbox -- especially when I need your help calls to us from the subject line. (Help with what? ...Jennifer is being a mega-bitch again, ...I think I like penis, ...David...

topics: budget, campaign, gavin-newsom, mayor, race

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When your editor is in a rank mood, we forgo our daily lunch of lemon wedges and a Correctol, and instead head to Little Skillet for a chicken and waffle box. That is, until today. After reading Meowmix's gushing review of HRD's Mongolian B...

topics: menu, san-francisco, soma

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Legendary soul/jazz musician and spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron performs tonight at Yoshi's SF, and so we bring you this awesome video from the 70s featuring Gil performing his song The Bottle live, as well as clips of drunk people and images f...

topics: artist, jazz

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Photo: SF Citizen Good news for motorists and cyclists alike: Bike NOPA reports that a plan has been hashed out for a designated curbside queue lane for the ever-popular and cheap ARCO station at Fell and Divisidero that makes traffic around ther...

topics: bike, cyclists

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The Examiner reports that James Dougherty, who has served as Muni's chief safety officer for only a year, has been interviewing for other jobs and may be looking to bow out quickly from his position. We have Dougherty to thank for the drive-cams in...

topics: muni, potrero-hill

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Credit: CRASH:candy/Flickr It's another gorgeous day here in San Francisco -- the perfect day for drinking (if you're into that sort of thing). Here are three St. Paddy's Day events going on downtown, enabling you to sneak out of the office to jo...

topics: downtown, menu, san-francisco

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Yesterday, the almighty Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance expanding the city's regulations against public smoking. That is to say, you can no longer light up a smooth, relaxing stick of solace at in any outdoor restaurant dining areas, i...

topics: board-of-supervisors, business, charity, dining, gavin-newsom

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Humboldt County hippie and author, Lierre Keith, was spattered with delicious cream pies Saturday afternoon as she was speaking at the 15th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair down at the Cow Palace (or someplace). Apparently, the recovering vegan a...

topics: bay-area-anarchist-book-fair, book