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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

Jigoku [DVD]

Jigoku [DVD]

The afterworld is an ugly place in Nobuo Nakagawas morbid cult classic Jigoku, the literal translation of which is Hell. It is precisely in hell--or, more specifically, numerous hells--that the final third of the film takes place, and it is Nakagawas brutal, surreal imagining of the realms ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • UCSF Laurel Heights campus may become senior housing

    The Laurel Heights UCSF campus at 3333 California St. could be redeveloped as upscale senior housing under plans being submitted by several groups vying to take over the property. On May 17th five teams submitted proposals to take on the 10.3-acre property which consists of 447,000 square feet of building space -- a 350,000-square-foot main building, a 13,000-square-foot annex, and 543 parking ...

  • San Francisco’s Oldest Restaurant Opening Washington D.C. Location

    SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The owner of the famed Tadich Grill restaurant, San Francisco’s oldest continuously running restaurant, is set to open a new locale in Washington, D.C. You don’t have to look far in the city to find someone with sentimental feelings toward Tadich Grill, located on 240 California in the Financial District.The original version of the seafood restaurant opened in ...

  • Vallette Joins Barney Barney in San Francisco

    Barney & Barney LLC has hired insurance executive Sarah Vallette for its office in San Francisco. Vallette will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, workers' compensation, compensation consulting, executive liability, personal lines and surety. She has 12 years of insurance industry experience. Prior to Barney & ...

  • Drummond New Foothill Square positive development for East Oakland

    Construction workers renovate the old Foothill Square shopping center, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News ...

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