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  • Center for Investigative Reporting to kill Bay Citizen California Watch brand names

    Robert Rosenthal , follows CIR's acquisition of the remnants of the Bay Citizen last year. Starting May 29, Rosenthal said, the other names will disappear. Berkeley-based CIR launched California Watch four years ago and acquired the remnants of the Bay Citizen in March 2012. Today's announcement appears to mark the death knell of the Bay Citizen's original mission, when the late ...

  • Buyers stand in line for Hayes Valley condos

    Alan Mark has never seen anything like 300 Ivy St. On the first weekend the sales office opened the 63-unit project in Hayes Valley attracted 350 potential buyers, some of whom arrived two hours before the office opened at 11 a.m. The five-story residential condominium, developed by Pocket Development, has attracted over 2,200 potential buyers to its interest list in just 12 weeks. Those ...

  • Vista Equity Partners buys Websense for $1 billion

    Vista Equity Partners agreed to buy San Diego cyber attack protection company Websense Inc. for about $1 billion. Austin-based Vista, led by CEO Robert Smith, closed a $3.5 billion acquisition fund a year ago this week. The 50-person firm has offices in Chicago and on California Street in San Francisco's financial district. In this deal, Vista will pay $24.75 in cash per share for Websense ...

  • San Franciscos iconic Tadich Grill headed to D.C.

    After 164 years of serving up seafood in San Francisco, the city's iconic Tadich Grill is opening a second location in Washington, D.C. The new 7,387-square-foot spot will open next year in the heart of D.C. at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, sandwiched between Capitol Hill and the White House. It'll have a similar menu to the restaurant in San Francisco in an effort to "introduce ...

  • San Jose Teen Bicyclist Killed In Crash On Way To School

    SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A teenager riding a bicycle on his way to school was killed in a collision with a vehicle Monday morning in San Jose, a police spokesman said. The bicyclist was a 16-year-old sophomore at Silver Creek High School. The collision was reported at 7:36 a.m. in the area of East Capitol Expressway and Silver Creek Road – near Silver Creek High School, San Jose police ...


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The Break-Up

The Break-Up

Star power is an interesting thing, especially when it goes wrong. Simply because of the presence of Vince Vaughn in The Break-Up, people have been entering the theater under the impression that they're in for an uproarious romantic comedy--When Harry Met Sally by way of ... ...

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  • Rimini Street borrows $15 million from Bridge Bank

    Rimini Street Inc . borrowed $15 million from Bridge Bank, and plans to spend the money on expanding its business around the world. Redwood City-based Rimini Street does maintenance and support work for business software sold by giants ...

  • Bechtel Corp. revenue rises to $37.9 billion in 2012

    Bechtel Corp.'s revenue rose 15 percent in 2012 to hit $37.9 billion. A year earlier, San Francisco-based Bechtel reported revenue of $32.9 billion. Bechtel got contracts for $23.9 billion in work in 2012, down from a whopping $53 billion in contracts in 2011. That $53 billion would have been hard to equal -- the company called it an "unprecedented performance." Led by CEO and ...

  • Thief begs for mercy after unholy heist

    A thief cried out for mercy in the Outer Mission district last week after he was taken down for stealing a man's crucifix, police said. The robbery was reported at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday in the 5200 block of Mission Street. The victim had been walking in the crosswalk at Mt. Vernon Avenue when the suspect, who had been walking past him, reached out and ripped the metal chain and copper ...

  • Tough luck for alleged Rub Me groper

    This creep is definitely no genie, according to prosecutors. A man accused of grabbing the buttocks of young girls at the Target store in San Bruno while wearing a T-shirt that read "Rub Me For Luck" asked a judge last week to throw out the charges, but was denied. Glenn Albrecht, a 50-year-old UPS deliveryman, faces child molestation charges in connection with two separate alleged ...

  • Communication Intelligence Corp. raises $1.15 million

    Communication Intelligence Corp . raised $1.15 million by selling preferred stock to the Phoenix Group and some other investors. Redwood City-based CIC (OTCQB: CICI) makes technology used in electronic signatures and document verification. Philip Sassower --age 72 -- is its CEO and chairman. In the past, he was CEO of Phoenix Enterprises LLC, a part of the Phoenix Group. In this deal, which ...

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