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  1. Bay Area Fans Score Jackson Memorial TicketsRead the original story

    11 min ago | KCBS

    ... odds of getting a ticket were about 1 in 183. "I'm in shock that it has happened," said Deka Motanya, 27, of San Francisco. "It's surreal." She received an e-mail message at 4:35 p.m. notifying her, "Congratulations, your application was ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  2. Urban housing firms grab $150M in grantsRead the original story

    13 min ago | East Bay Business Times

    ... , the Emerald Fund, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. , and a development group that includes former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. After a 12-hour marathon meeting June 20th Sacramento that drew hopeful housing builders from ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, San Francisco 49ers, High School Football, California High School Football

  3. Bay Biz Buzz: EMC raises offer for Data Domain to $2.1 billionRead the original story

    46 min ago | Inside Bay Area

    ... $30 per share, or $1.9 billion, in a cash-and-stock deal. The company also has cleared FTC hurdles. Banking San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., the fourth-largest U.S. lender by assets, said the investment banking and capital markets businesses ...

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    Related Topix: Data Domain, Startups, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services, Wachovia Corporation

  4. What the Hell Was John Getzow, Serial Evictee and 'Tenant From Hell,' ...Read the original story w/Photo

    49 min ago | SF Weekly

    Last week we reported on how "Dr." John Getzow -- a serial evictee profiled in an SF Weekly cover story -- successfully stiffed the eighth San Francisco landlord to sue him for nonpayment of rent.

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News

  5. San Francisco's famous fogRead the original story

    50 min ago | SF Gate

    Iconic as the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco's world-famous fog is both predictable and unpredictable - one of the ethereal pillars of the city's myth and beauty.

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    Related Topix: Marshall, CA, Entertainment

  6. TheatreWorks' 40th anniversary scheduleRead the original story

    50 min ago | SF Gate

    ... opens Oct. 1 with "Ghosts of the River," a new piece about the ghosts haunting the Rio Grande by leading San Francisco playwright Octavio Solis , in conjunction with ShadowLight Productions . The play moves to San Francisco's Brava Theater starting ...

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Palo Alto, CA, Mountain View, CA

  7. Pro Media/UltraSound Chooses Meyer Sound To Support San Francisco Opera Simulcast At AT&T BallparkRead the original story w/Photo

    55 min ago | ProSoundWeb

    ... Sound , Audio , System , New , Loudspeaker , Live , Music , Loudspeakers "Opera at the Ballpark" returned to San Francisco at AT&T Park last month with a free simulcast of Tosca , setting a new ballpark attendance record for the San Francisco Opera ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Opera

  8. Robert McNamara: What I've LearnedRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Esquire

    ... clear in my mind. It was November 11, 1918. I can even remember the street I lived on: 16 Clement Street in San Francisco. I can remember the streetcars coming down Geary on Armistice Day with people screaming on top of them. There weren't enough ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

  9. O'Brien: Valley's one-time godfather of multimedia is leaving for OhioRead the original story

    1 hr ago | LA Daily News

    ... anytime," came the swift response. We met at Luna Park, a gourmet diner he picked in the Mission district in San Francisco, and from the moment he appeared, he did not disappoint. He plowed through the door, a giant man, mostly bald with a goatee ...

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    Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Case Western Reserve University, Business News

  10. San Francisco's Universal Healthcare: a Model for the Nation?Read the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Hispanic Business

    ... system with a bold experiment to expand services to the uninsured, working poor and medically underserved. San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom , touts Healthy San Francisco as a signature accomplishment -- worthy as a model for the nation. It's too ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, Restaurant Management

  11. Mayor Newsom: Can You Hear Me Now?Read the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | KNTV-TV

    San Francisco's tech-savvy mayor is having technical problems. It appears Gavin Newsom's new $3 million Ashbury Heights home is in a cell phone dead zone.

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Twitter

  12. Red CrawfishRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | KQED

    ... the arc of families moving from Vietnam to New Orleans to Southern California to, finally, San Jose and San Francisco, mud bugs have taken a garlicky turn and shown up, of all places, in Little Saigon's across the country. Red Crawfish in San ...

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    Related Topix: Dining, Isleton, CA

  13. Dyke On A BikeRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Advocate

    Author Ali Liebegott renews her love affair with San Francisco through her first love... motorcycles.

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    Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

  14. Mission Australia Selects Sonar6 for Performance Management ServicesRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

    ... Australia to deliver the solution they need for their future development." Based in Auckland, New Zealand and San Francisco, Calif., Sonar6 has provided online performance management and succession planning solutions to companies around the world ...

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  15. High-speed rail hits Bay Area bumpsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Oregonian

    Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.

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    Related Topix: California, Palo Alto, CA, Atherton, CA

  16. African immigrants in the Bay Area step out of shadowsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

    ... to serve a diverse, growing group from the world's second-biggest continent. Traore's organization launched in San Francisco in June. Controlled and run by immigrants who speak 11 languages, it is designed to help African immigrants throughout the ...

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    Related Topix: Oakland, CA, Hayward, CA

  17. Guest Post: Visiting the Suisun Valley Wine CountryRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | My Wine Education

    ... Rizzo . Jen is a freelance motion graphics designer, part-time writer and Cincinnati transplant based out of San Francisco. She is a self-professed beer nerd living in the heart of wine country and spends her free time getting to know the area ...

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    Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Cincinnati Financial, Insurance, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

  18. Restoring endangered seabirds: lessons from puffins and ternsRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Village Soup

    ... seabird restoration including restoration of Common Murres in California to an historic nesting island in near San Francisco, relocation of a Caspian Tern colony in the Columbia River estuary to reduce predation on salmon smolt, and efforts to save ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  19. Bay Area Fans Score Jackson Memorial TicketsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | KCBS

    ... odds of getting a ticket were about 1 in 183. "I'm in shock that it has happened," said Deka Motanya, 27, of San Francisco. "It's surreal." She received an e-mail message at 4:35 p.m. notifying her, "Congratulations, your application was ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  20. Cubic Purchase Will Expand and Strengthen Services Operations in U.S. Public TransportRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | TMCnet

    Cubic will use these assets to expand services to transit agencies in San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Ventura and Las Vegas.

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    Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Concord, CA, Australia, World News, Western Australia, Australia, Perth, Australia