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  • See The San Francisco Symphony Perform Outdoors

    Catch the San Francisco Symphony performing at the new America's Cup Pavilion on July 20th. It's the Best of Tchaikovsky performance with violinist Nicola ...

  • Foodie Chap With Chef Renee Cade of The Palace Hotel San Francisco

    Chef Renee Cade’s diverse background has inspired her innovative pastry style. The daughter of a diplomat, she was born in Japan and moved to Hawaii at a young age. As a child she used to cook with her mother in their family kitchen. Renee’s mother was an excellent cook who loved to try new recipes. Renee was a finicky eater as a child, but her mother always encouraged her to taste ...

  • Bacon Bacon On SNL Weekend Update Parodies San Francisco Controversy

    forced to shut down Friday after complaints about its potent smell. Turns out it isn't just fanatic locals who care. The news made it all the way to SNL, with Amy Poehler making a crack about pork and police during ...

  • Transfer club at Oaklands Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities

    Merritt College professor Claudio Duran, right, speaks to students and faculty members during a meeting of Club Altazor on Monday, May, 6, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Duran started the club to help his community college students figure out how to transfer to top universities. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News ...

  • With Boston on the mind Bay to Breakers participants still have a grand ol’ time

    Dressing up for the Craigslist Bay to Breakers is an annual tradition for Irvine resident Jolene Manginelli and three of her best friends. In past years, they've worn M&M outfits and "Alice in Wonderland"-themed attire, and once designed costumes that looked like gum on the bottom of a sneaker. But this year, the group of four decided to keep it simple with T-shirts bearing a ...


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Movie Review

Signs

Like the best science fiction, M. Night Shyamalan's Signs is about something other than what its plot is about. Taking the familiar sci-fi trope of the massive alien invasion--one character even says bluntly, "It's just like War of the Worlds"--Shyamalan crafts an intimate portrait of a scarred family pulling together under stress and also makes a strong case for the importance of f ... ...

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  • Driver fees could help combat gridlock

    Downtown San Francisco will be mired in gridlock unless changes are made soon to alleviate automobile traffic -- and the most effective method could be a long-discussed and controversial congestion-pricing scheme. Unless private automobile traffic is reduced by 27 percent over the next three decades, congestion levels in The City will be unmanageable, with vehicles stuck at a standstill and ...

  • Redwood City seeks to increase water and sewer rates

    In response to a steady increase in the price it pays to buy water from San Francisco, Redwood City wants to increase its monthly water and sewer rates by 9 percent a year for the next three years. Sewer and water services require rate increases to maintain and pay for the complex system that delivers services to residents, city spokesman Malcolm Smith said. While the city's rate increases ...

  • Older job-seekers fall behind as Peninsula tech market heats up

    Instructors from vocational schools and community colleges understand that older students will have a hard time competing for tech jobs with the latest class from ...

  • Injunction proposed as dog-walker law looms

    Dog walkers will be limited to walking no more than eight dogs at once and will have to undergo training under a new law set to go into effect July ...

  • Lee to give Warriors star Curry key to city in City Hall ceremony

    The Warriors will be feted Tuesday at San Francisco City Hall after their playoff run ended last week. Mayor Ed Lee will declare Tuesday as Golden State Warriors Day in San Francisco, according to the Mayor's Office. Lee also is scheduled to give the key to The City to star player Stephen Curry in honor of setting the NBA record for the most 3-pointers in a season. Curry hit that record ...

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