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.

Municipal advocates are petitioning for the Tenderloin neighborhood, an area many regard as a refuge for the down-and-out, to be placed on the national register of historic places.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on July 3, 2008.

A San Francisco police bomb squad determined that a suspicious device found in the city's Presidio this morning was a World War I mortar, Sgt. Wilfred Williams said. At about 10:20 a.m., a person walking a dog reported seeing the device in the Presidio area at Inspiration Point off of Arguello Boulevard.

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

A San Francisco police bomb squad determined that a suspicious device found in the city's Presidio Tuesday morning was a World War I mortar, Sgt. Wilfred Williams said.

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

Address: 2255 North Point Street

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on July 2, 2008.

2426 Greenwich: weak sauce breakfast - over priced real estate — wasn’t happy with the start - who wants a dolma at 10:20?

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on July 2, 2008.

2881 Vallejo St: GREAT food - a steak sando at 10:40 - STEAK - come on now - add coffee bar and this doesn’t get better. Too many stairs and levels for 5 Mill but a very cool house.

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on July 2, 2008.

Police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

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

On Sunday afternoon, police arrested another six people, including one woman, in the areas of Jones and Leavenworth streets and Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin district.

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

San Francisco police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) 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.

Jardiniere

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

At Rose's Cafe (2298 Union St., S.F.; 415-775-2200), the organic breakfast pizza is sprinkled with a blend of aged fontina and mozzarella, and topped with smoked ham and eggs sitting on a thin crust ($15). Chef Mark Gordon, who says the item is one of his best-selling dishes, also fashions a pizza with creme fraiche, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon ($16).

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

San Francisco police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

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

On Sunday afternoon, police arrested another six people, including one woman, in the areas of Jones and Leavenworth streets and Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin district.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) 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.

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.

At Rose's Cafe (2298 Union St., S.F.; 415-775-2200), the organic breakfast pizza is sprinkled with a blend of aged fontina and mozzarella, and topped with smoked ham and eggs sitting on a thin crust ($15). Chef Mark Gordon, who says the item is one of his best-selling dishes, also fashions a pizza with creme fraiche, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon ($16).

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

Jardiniere

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

From Our Word On The Street To Officially On The Market: 2820 Scott

Published by SocketSite on June 30, 2008.

1805 Pine St #25

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

2201 Sacramento St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1125 Francisco St #2

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

7:00 p.m. & 9:35 // Lumiere (1572 California) // $9.75

Published by SFist on June 30, 2008.

Mathew Hom, a 55-year-old San Francisco resident who commutes via bicycle from the city's Sunset District to the Civic Center area, said the hands-free law is a good idea and that he is concerned about traffic as a bicyclist.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 30, 2008.

Mathew Hom, a 55-year-old San Francisco resident who commutes via bicycle from the city's Sunset District to the Civic Center area, said the hands-free law is a good idea and that he is concerned about traffic as a bicyclist."I think we all should be more careful," said Hom.According to the CHP, car crashes caused by drivers using handheld cell phones injured 447 people in 2007.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on June 30, 2008.

Later, revelers filled Civic Center, where the party continued with live music and speakers, drinking and eating. The all-ages, multicolored crowd seemed to represent the Bay Area's diversity, with high school students bumping shoulders with young parents, elderly gay, lesbian and straight couples and transgender people. Police said the event was largely peaceful, with just three arrests for public intoxication by 5:30 p.m.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

Workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

Workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 2008.

Workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 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.

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.

The destruction in the Marina district after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake - garages caved down on sidewalks, splintered wood, cracked stucco, and brown columns of smoke rising from burning buildings - could easily be multiplied 100 times by a closer quake on the Hayward or San Andreas faults, according to engineers who have studied the danger. Loma Prieta hit about 60 miles south of the city.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

But not everyone came to get married or talk about the marriage issue. Many revelers were just celebrating Pride. Pink and rainbow items were for sale in booths set up in the Civic Center Plaza, and there was plenty of food and music.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 29, 2008.

"We're asking folks to speak to local groups, to submit letters to the editor...we've already got about 30 counties where we've got couples who've gotten married," explained Pamela Brown, Policy Director for Marriage Equality USA, which had a booth at the marriage pavillion at the Civic Center where they were handing out literature during the festivities.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on June 29, 2008.

In preparation for the event, workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

In preparation for the event, workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

In preparation for the event, workers will break ground Tuesday on a vegetable garden at San Francisco City Hall, where the public can take free tours and taste fresh produce. In addition, Slow Food Nation, held at both the Civic Center and Fort Mason, will include lectures, workshops, cooking demonstrations, tastings, films, concerts, hikes, a farmers' market and a "Slow on the Go" food court.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

However, the divergent impressions merge once the first plate arrives. This is big-city food being crafted by chefs Paul Liao and Jason Low, who have cooked their way through some top spots. For Liao, that's meant the now-closed Pearl in Oakland, Aqua in San Francisco and Salamander in Boston; Low has worked at Bay Wolf in Oakland, Cesar in Berkeley and Jardiniere in San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 28, 2008.

Among the rainbow flags, pride banners and artists putting the finishing touches on pride parade floats sat a wedding altar and a cake.It was just a hint of what was taking place across town at San Francisco City Hall. City hall was buzzing with flowers and "I dos" as same sex couples, such as Felice and Constance Clare-Newman, tied the knot."It's pride weekend," Clare-Newman said.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on June 27, 2008.

The green restaurant program, in which inspectors look at things from the wattage of light bulbs to how waste is disposed, has resulted in the certification of only one restaurant: Jardiniere, according to Lawrence Pong, principal environmental health inspector for the Department of Public Health.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 26, 2008.

It is too bad that today’s 4 p.m. meeting excludes many parents who must be at work at that time of day on a Thursday and who cannot go to Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, 555 Franklin Street, First Floor to voice their support or dissent of removing Physical Education credit from the JROTC program. That’s democracy for ya … only the few who have the free time to show up get heard while us working folks have to earn a living.

Published by Rincon Hill neighborhood blog on June 26, 2008.

The vote, scheduled for 4 p.m. at 555 Franklin St., will be the second time in two weeks that the board has voted on the same issue. On June 17, the board failed to decide the question on a 3-3 vote. The resolution's co-sponsor, board member Jane Kim, was absent.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 26, 2008.

The Alameda County law was previously upheld by the California Supreme Court in 2002 in an earlier challenge filed by the Nordykes, as well as by U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins in the couple's most recent lawsuit last year.

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

When uber chef James Syhabout left after receiving 3 1/2 stars a year ago, he was replaced by his sous chef, who lasted only a few months. Then the PlumpJack corporate crew - they also own Jack Falstaff, Balboa Cafe and Matrix in San Francisco - tapped Rick Edge, who recently was at Lattitudes at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove, to don the top toque.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

I can barely keep track of how many chefs have been behind the stove at PlumpJack Cafe, the sophisticated restaurant that was the mainstay of Mayor Gavin Newsom's empire before he gave it up to go into politics. What I do remember is that there have been two in the past 12 months. With each new face comes a modified menu, which ends up giving the restaurant a split personality.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

That's not the case at Domo, a tiny new spot in Hayes Valley, which leans toward Eastern influences. It has a neighborhood feel, just a handful of high-backed wooden stools, and a menu that, while innovative and varied, focuses almost exclusively on seafood.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

To dine at Opaque, you'll need a large pile of napkins, strong taste buds and a healthy sense of adventure. Because for the evening, you'll be blind. Seriously. "Dining in the Dark" at Opaque gained popularity in Southern California, and opened its first Northern California location last week in San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 25, 2008.

9 p.m. // Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell) // $10

Published by SFist on June 25, 2008.