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  • Another bank heist in Inner Sunset

    A bank robbery in the Inner Sunset district Monday afternoon was the second such heist in the lively neighborhood in just over a month, police said. About 12:45 p.m., a man in his 50s reportedly walked up to a teller and demanded cash at the Citibank branch at the corner of Irving Street and Eighth Avenue. His hand was in his jacket pocket as if to imply that he had a gun, Officer Gordon Shyy ...

  • New York fines Airbnb host $2400

    A New York judge has ordered a man who rented out part of his apartment on Airbnb to pay $2,400 for violating a 2011 law barring rentals for periods under 30 ...

  • Palo Altos ConsultingMD raises $10 million

    Consulting Medical Associates Inc. in Palo Alto has raised $10 million in venture funding. The company, known as ConsultingMD, makes technology to collect and digitize medial records and connects patients with doctors. It got the money ...

  • Man survives jump off Golden Gate Bridge

    http://bit.ly/17YeDJI ) he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m. Monday when his daughter saw the unidentified man jump. They heard a Coast Guard radio call for a jumper in the water moments later and sailed toward the man after spotting him underneath a California Highway Patrol ...

  • Raiders Dive into OTAs

    CHECK OUT THE DAY 1 PHOTOS The Oakland Raiders are participating in their first Organized Team Activities (OTAs) of the 2013 off-season. Veterans and rookies are on the field together for the first time and coaches are able to watch their guys in action. Although most of the players have been in the facility working out for several weeks, OTAs really mark the start of the major on-field ...


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Wise Blood [DVD]

Wise Blood [DVD]

Based on one of only two novels written by Flannery OConnor in her short lifetime, John Hustons Wise Blood is a baffling tragicomedy of contradictions, which on the surface is precisely what OConnor wanted the story to be. Unfortunately, the translation from page to screen mutes much ... ...

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  • Head hunter Russell Reynolds adds health care head in San Francisco office social media guru in Palo Alto

    Sofie Qiao. Russell Reynolds Associates, a New York-based executive search firm, named Sofie Qiao as San Francisco-based executive director of the health care sector. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds, Qiao co-founded biotech firm LEAD Therapeutics, consulted and did other management work at Discovery Partners International, Syrrx (now Takeda California), McKinsey & Co., and Genzyme (now ...

  • El Cerito man stabbed during brawl involving up to 50 people outside Alameda sports bar

    ALAMEDA -- An El Cerrito man remains hospitalized after he was stabbed multiple times in the back during a melee involving up to 50 people early Sunday morning outside a sports bar, police said.Investigators are still piecing together what led up to the altercation outside Scobies Sports Bar & Grill at 2431 Central Ave. But the incident apparently began after an argument among about six ...

  • Emeryville man goes missing after Bay to Breakers race

    SAN FRANCISCO -- An Emeryville man was reported missing Monday after he walked away from his friends at the finish line of the Bay to Breakers race Sunday and never returned to his work or his home, police said.Beau Rasmussen, 27, said goodbye to his friends after finishing the 7.46-mile run about 12 p.m., and said he was headed to the beach, according to San Francisco police. Later that night, ...

  • Alleged gun nut held to answer in officer-involved shooting

    The parolee who allegedly shot at police at Gough and Ellis streets during the middle of the morning commute two years ago was ordered to stand trial Monday on attempted murder and assault and firearm charges. Roselyndo Sicat, 40, was approached by plainclothes officers about 8 a.m. on June 29, 2011 as he was pulling out of a garage. When officers identified themselves, police said, he pulled ...

  • Senseless thuggery in Walgreens robbery

    Police are hunting for the unnecessarily vicious robber who pistol-whipped two Walgreens employees who had obeyed his orders inside their Bayview store Sunday. A 25-year-old man who reportedly works as a customer greeter at the store at Third Street and Evans Avenue said he was attacked while closing shop about 7:45 p.m. The man walked to the rear to punch in the code to the security office ...

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