I was still trying to figure out what I would do with my brain when Dan Pulcrano of the Silicon Valley Metro invited me out for really strong martinis at Blondie's Bar in the Mission District and offered me a job writing about tech workers in Silicon Valley.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 22, 2008.

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Published by theFrontSteps on July 3, 2008.

The name game: Urbino - that's the name the owners of A16 and SPQR have decided to call their forthcoming Italian restaurant in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood (901 20th St.). The 6,000-square-foot restaurant will focus on food from the region of Le Marche, which is influenced by flavors from Greece, Croatia and Slovenia as well as neighboring Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

The raid in San Francisco occurred at the city's Hells Angels clubhouse at Tennessee and 23rd streets.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

...two Petaluma felony assaults under investigation. The search of the Angels' SF branch, located at Tennessee and 23rd streets, resulted in the arrest of one member, but on unrelated charges. According to KTVU...

Published by SFist on July 2, 2008.

The raid in San Francisco occurred at the city's Hells Angels clubhouse at Tennessee and 23rd streets.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 2, 2008.

Cal students in the 1970s fondly remember Arinell as the place to get a cheap slice of pie. Owner Ron Demirdjian expanded to the Mission District in 1992.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

"The interesting flavors sell out pretty quick," confirms Tia Harrison, sausage maker at the year-old Avedano's in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. Duck sausage, lamb sausage with lavender and a Mexican-style chorizo are among the hits in her repertoire.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

The raid in San Francisco occurred at the city's Hells Angels clubhouse at Tennessee and 23rd streets.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on July 2, 2008.

In fact, event promoters say they've been hit by a quadruple whammy that threatens their livelihoods and the vibrant nature of the city: rising fees charged by city departments looking to close budget gaps, increased concern over alcohol consumption and other liability issues, more conflicts over noise in increasingly dense neighborhoods such as SoMa, and the ability of a handful of complaining neighbors to create event-killing permit conditions.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 2, 2008.

695 Arkansas St--3 Million-- REALLY?

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on July 2, 2008.

San Francisco police say they have been arresting young illegal immigrants from Honduras for several years after catching them selling crack cocaine and other drugs in the Mission and Tenderloin. Until May, the city was quietly sending the offenders back home to Honduras rather than turning them over to federal authorities for possible deportation.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

Jo Cangelosi, who lives in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, has changed her recycling habits because of the rustlers."One day, I saw six or seven people going through the trash," she told the paper. "It was ridiculous.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on July 1, 2008.

The name game: Urbino - that's the name the owners of A16 and SPQR have decided to call their forthcoming Italian restaurant in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood (901 20th St.). The 6,000-square-foot restaurant will focus on food from the region of Le Marche, which is influenced by flavors from Greece, Croatia and Slovenia as well as neighboring Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

"The interesting flavors sell out pretty quick," confirms Tia Harrison, sausage maker at the year-old Avedano's in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. Duck sausage, lamb sausage with lavender and a Mexican-style chorizo are among the hits in her repertoire.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

The name game: Urbino - that's the name the owners of A16 and SPQR have decided to call their forthcoming Italian restaurant in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood (901 20th St.). The 6,000-square-foot restaurant will focus on food from the region of Le Marche, which is influenced by flavors from Greece, Croatia and Slovenia as well as neighboring Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

It happened just after midnight near Third and Holllister in the city's Bayview district. Emergency crews used the "jaws of life" to free the two injured passengers after their car smashed into a fire hydrant.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 30, 2008.

But a stretch of San Francisco's South of Market corridor on Townsend Street has no sidewalks. Several people have contacted ChronicleWatch to complain, saying pedestrians using Townsend Street between Fourth and Seventh streets have to walk in the street- and risk being sideswiped by traffic.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

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Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

In the 21st century, a city street without a sidewalk is like an apartment without a refrigerator or a skyscraper without an elevator. Shouldn't happen. But a stretch of San Francisco's South of Market corridor on Townsend Street has no sidewalks.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

Jo Cangelosi's home office sits at the front of her Potrero Hill house with a view of Mississippi Street. The recycling squads have gotten so bad that she puts her recycling out at the very last minute - when she can hear the regular truck rumbling down the road.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

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Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

Thousands of lesbians and their supporters streamed through the Mission District Saturday night in a parade that stretched for 10 blocks. Onlookers tossed down Mardi Gras beads from apartment windows. Street bands blared on sidewalks. Music blasted from open cafes. From windows hung banners that read, "We Lykes Dykes," "Dykes Forever" and "Dykes Welcome But It's Time for Bush to Go."

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

Thousands of lesbians and their supporters streamed through the Mission District tonight in a parade that stretched for 10 blocks. Onlookers tossed down Mardi Gras beads from apartment windows. Street bands blared on sidewalks. Music blasted from open cafes. From windows hung banners that read, "We Lykes Dykes," "Dykes Forever" and "Dykes Welcome But It's Time for Bush to Go."

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

San Francisco police are searching for leads in the fatal shooting of a father of five in the upscale Holly Park area of the Bernal Heights neighborhood.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 28, 2008.

Sunday: 263 Missouri Street is open from 2-4 [Home San Francisco]

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 27, 2008.

The victim of a homicide early Thursday morning in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood has been identified as 50-year-old William Amrull of San Francisco, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office. Officers found Amrull dead of a gunshot wound on the sidewalk shortly before 3 a.m. in the area of Holly Park Circle and Newman Street, police said. No arrests have been made in the case.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 26, 2008.

San Francisco police are looking for suspects in a Tuesday morning shooting in the city's Bayview District.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

Anne Stoll, co-owner with chef husband Craig Stoll of Delfina, a trattoria in the Mission, insists they always intended to be just a neighborhood restaurant.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Urban agriculture resources: Quesada Gardens Initiative. Community of Bayview residents who tend a vegetable garden on a city median. quesadagardensblog.blogspot.com.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

In the past few years, San Francisco has seen several instances of so-called guerrilla gardening, when community organizers transformed abandoned private and public lots into minifarms in the Richmond District and Bernal Heights.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

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Published by theFrontSteps on June 23, 2008.

Weekly Fluj: “I don’t know that they’re trippin’ either!” (2145 18th Street @ Kansas)

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

Ask Us: “Have any of your readers seen this listing at 1011 23rd St #5?”

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

Quesada Gardens Initiative. Community of Bayview residents who tend a vegetable garden on a city median. quesadagardensblog.blogspot.com.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

Founder Trevor Paque, 29, envisions what he calls a decentralized urban farm - a network of backyard organic vegetable gardens that will free urbanites from their reliance on food trucked in from the country. Clients who live in the sunny Mission District will grow tomatoes for denizens of the foggy Richmond, where broccoli and other cool-weather vegetables will thrive in customers' backyards. And bicycles, rather than gas-guzzling trucks, will be the main method of transport.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

In the past few years, San Francisco has seen several instances of so-called guerrilla gardening, when community organizers transformed abandoned private and public lots into minifarms in the Richmond District and Bernal Heights.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

Monicqua Brown, a union carpenter, lived in San Francisco her whole life, until rising rent forced her out of her Bayview apartment about five years ago.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 22, 2008.

Tacchini said Fong demoted him because he "might have had an inappropriate contact" with another San Francisco police official following an investigation of his son, police Officer James Tacchini, for an undisclosed off-duty incident. His son was later absolved of any wrongdoing, Tacchini said.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 21, 2008.

The elder Tacchini, 53, a 31-year veteran officer, had been deputy chief in charge of department operations for less than a month when the incident occurred. After Fong did an inquiry, she sent Tacchini the demotion letter and slashed his salary from $220,000 a year to $163,000. He was recently assigned command over the Mission District station.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

The elder Tacchini, 53, a 31-year veteran officer, had been deputy chief in charge of department operations for less than a month when the incident occurred. After Fong did an inquiry, she sent Tacchini the demotion letter and slashed his salary from $220,000 a year to $163,000. He was recently assigned command over the Mission District station.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

Tacchini said Fong demoted him because he "might have had an inappropriate contact" with another San Francisco police official following an investigation of his son, police Officer James Tacchini, for an undisclosed off-duty incident. His son was later absolved of any wrongdoing, Tacchini said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 20, 2008.

"Donna could manage that situation as easily as she could navigate a leather bar South of Market," Leno says.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

The operation will be conducted during evening hours Wednesday in the Taraval District; Thursday in the Mission District; Friday in the Ingleside District; and Sunday in the Northern District.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 19, 2008.

The operation will be conducted during evening hours Wednesday in the Taraval District; Thursday in the Mission District; Friday in the Ingleside District; and Sunday in the Northern District.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 19, 2008.

One person suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot in broad daylight in San Francisco's Bayview District Wednesday, according to the fire department.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 18, 2008.

Hard Knox Cafe (2526 Third St. at 22nd St.) is one of only a handful of Southern and soul food restaurants in town, so the news of its second, more spacious location in the Outer Richmond (2448 Clement at 25th Ave.) sent many deep-fried fantasies into high gear.

Published by SF Weekly on June 18, 2008.

One person suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot in broad daylight in San Francisco's Bayview District Wednesday, according to the fire department. The shooting was reported at 10:35 a.m. in the 1300 block of Thomas Avenue.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 18, 2008.

The input from the people living in the South of Market neighborhoods brings an important human dimension to the data we will weigh with equal gravity in our recommendation,” said Andrus.

Published by Mission Dispatch on June 17, 2008.

The ancient letter board just inside the entrance of the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center tells much of the story of this neighborhood institution. Since 1981 it's been a crucial hub for the Western Addition, a mostly level stretch of terrain west of downtown that rivals the Mission District and Bayview–Hunters Point as the source of the most despair from senseless gun violence.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on June 17, 2008.