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  • Summer festivals 2013 Your guide to Bay Area fairs and outdoor fun

    If it's summer, it must be time for fairs and festivals. As usual, there are myriad events to choose from, ranging from the really big shows (San Jose Jazz Festival, Outside Lands in San Francisco, Art and Soul in Oakland) to the major art and wine festivals to the street fairs that let you sample the food and ambience of neighborhoods around the Bay.Please be sure to clip and save this ...

  • Bay Areas best restaurant kids meals

    At a time when even school cafeterias serve adobo and sushi, it's surprising that so many restaurants still resort to chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese for their youngest clientele.Kids crave selection. Most of them like trying new foods. Meanwhile, their parents, who keep an eye on selection, nutrition and culinary diversity, look to the kids menu for appropriate portions at the ...

  • Cuddling stalker embraces guilt

    A Burlingame woman who woke up in her bed to a stalker hugging her earlier this year might rest easier knowing the nutty ex-boyfriend pleaded no contest to the creepy charges on Tuesday. Jimmy Andres Rodas, 21, of San Bruno, pleaded to felony stalking and a misdemeanor count and faces as many as eight months in prison. He was ordered into domestic violence counseling and must have no contact ...

  • WR Crabtree not on 49ers practice field

    SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree was not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon's organized team activity, though the team provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon.The 25-year-old Crabtree, the team's 10th overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Texas Tech, had career highs last season with ...

  • Community Bank of the Bay sued by its former CEO Brian Garrett

    Brian Garrett for wrongful termination. In a suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court on April 19, Garrett alleges that he was terminated without cause, citing age discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation for opposing sexual harassment and negligence. Garrett, a prominent Bay Area bank executive, said in the suit he was ousted as CEO at Community Bank of the Bay on or about ...


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Megamind

Megamind

The superhero genre has been turned inside out so many times at this point that you would think there is nothing left to do with it, but first-time screenwriters Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons have managed to pull off a clever coup in the computer-animated comedy Megamind by avoiding ... ...

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  • Tesla pays back DOE loan with proceeds from follow-on

    Tesla Motors said today it paid back the $451.8 million Department of Energy loan -- wiring the money today. Just last week, Tesla raised about $1 billion in debt and equity, with the intention of paying off the loan. The early payoff lets Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) avoid future interest payments on the outstanding loan balance, not to mention any more negative criticism that the company is feeding ...

  • Red Cross Bay Area names new CEO

    American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter. Cloutier will leave his position as program director for public policy, community health and civic engagement at the San Francisco Foundation, where he served for two years. Before that, he was a principal at Sellers Dorsey, a health care consulting company, and former CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Cloutier has a bachelor's degree in ...

  • Conway plans hackathon on guns mental health and school safety

    Ron Conway is planning to host an invite-only hackathon next month in San Francisco that will focus on guns, mental health and school safety. The Highground Hackathon is scheduled for June 8th at 645 Harrison Street in the new offices of Twilio, a provider of telecommunications services like voice calling and text messaging that integrate with software programs. The event is sponsored ...

  • 5 reasons why the VA will move to Mission Bay — and why it probably wont

    Mission Bay seems like such a simple move for the VA Medical Center and its productive research operations. But let's face it: This is a government agency in a city where it's tough to do much of anything construction-wise. Nothing is easy. As the VA in the coming weeks gets a closer look at a Bay Area Council Economics Institute study on where the medical center could move -- and ...

  • Crabtrees Achilles tear may loom large for 49ers

    If Michael Crabtree undergoes season-ending surgery, his absence will leave a serious dent in the 49ers offense. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Can the balance of power within an entire division change hands during May workouts? Possibly, at least in the case of the NFC West, depending on how the San Francisco 49ers respond to the torn ...

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