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UC Students Storm BofA, 100 Busted

Protesters hit the street to rip rich regents

(Newser) - University of California students stormed a Bank of America branch in downtown San Francisco yesterday, pitched a tent and chanted, "Shame, shame, shame" before 100 of them were arrested and hauled out by city cops. The bank invasion was part of an afternoon of protest by students demonstrating against...

California Flier Stranded in Airport 8 Days

Cash-strapped woman marooned by baggage fees

(Newser) - All she wanted was to get out of town to start fresh. But California would-be flier Terri Weissinger ended up stuck in San Francisco International Airport for eight days, marooned by unexpected baggage fees. Cash-strapped Weissinger was down to three bags, a ticket and $30 when she arrived at the...

Thieves Steal 3-Ton Bell in San Francisco

Icon had survived 1906 earthquake

(Newser) - A San Francisco icon has been stolen: The 122-year-old bell of St. Mary’s Cathedral disappeared sometime in the past month, though it was only noticed this weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. At 2.7 tons, the bell would have required a crane to lift and a heavy-duty truck...

Twin Quakes Jolt SF
 Twin Quakes Jolt SF, Berkeley 
Oct 21, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

Twin Quakes Jolt SF, Berkeley

Small quakes hit hours after California holds annual drill

(Newser) - Two earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday, the same day that California held its annual earthquake preparedness drill and nearly 22 years to the day after a quake killed 63 people in northern California. A 4.0-magnitude quake hit the Bay Area, centered near Berkeley, at 2:30...

Hawk Shot by Nail Gun, Survives

Wildlife rescuers hoping to capture bird to help

(Newser) - Wildlife rescuers are attempting to capture and help a San Francisco hawk that had been shot in the head with a nail gun. The bird survived, and is still flying in Golden Gate Park, but experts hope to help the creature before the wound gets worse. A $10,000 reward...

San Francisco Waiters Push for 25% Tips

Turns out some NYC bars, clubs already add 20% to checks

(Newser) - Are you tipping enough when you go out to eat? The San Francisco restaurant industry apparently doesn’t think so. A column from Ed Arnow of the Contra Costa Times reports that “there’s a move on” among local restaurant workers to “make 25% the standard tip in...

Calif. Bans Circumcision Bans
 Calif. Bans Circumcision Bans 
Oct 3, 2011 1:20 AM CDT

Calif. Bans Circumcision Bans

Assemblyman boasts he's protecting 'parental rights'

(Newser) - The state of California has snipped San Francisco's uppity bid to erect a ban on circumcision. Any such ban is now banned in a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Ban backers had collected nearly 8,000 signatures to put the measure to a vote in the city in...

San Francisco Nudists Rally Against Law

They just want the bare necessities

(Newser) - San Francisco demonstrators put their buns on the line this weekend to protest a law that would strip their nudity rights on city streets . Oh, they'd still be allowed to appear in public naked, as they are now, but they'd have to get dressed to enter a restaurant...

San Francisco Considers Bird-Safe Buildings

Board of Supervisors votes next week on plan to require safer windows

(Newser) - San Francisco lawmakers are looking out for the animals again . A Board of Supervisors committee has approved a plan to require new buildings to have treated glass or other measures to keep birds from banging into them, reports KCBS . The full board votes next week, with architects and developers complaining...

Diabetic Walgreens Worker Fired for Taking Chips

Her blood sugar was low, but chain has zero-tolerance policy

(Newser) - What's worth more: An employee who's worked for 18 years with an unblemished record, or a $1.39 bag of chips? For Walgreens, the latter. Josefina Hernandez, a diabetic employee at a San Francisco Walgreens store, grabbed a bag of chips to boost her blood sugar when she...

SF OK With Public Nudity, But...

Politicians get behind some protection for public seating

(Newser) - What's the world coming to when San Francisco politicians start ... gasp ... regulating public nudity. Don't worry—"naturists" won't have to cover up on the street. It's perfectly legal in the city to be nude, as long as you're not lewd. But they may soon...

Frisco Panel Demands NBC Yank Playboy Club

There they go again

(Newser) - God love the frisky San Franciscans. After banning Happy Meals for kids , and very nearly making circumcision and pet sales illegal , the City by the Bay is poised to demand that NBC yank the upcoming TV series The Playboy Club. A resolution already passed by the city's Commission on...

Missing iPhone 5 Prototype: San Francisco Police Helped Apple Detectives in Hunt
San Fran Cops Confirm They Helped Apple Search Home
missing prototype
Sep 3, 2011 8:09 AM CDT

San Fran Cops Confirm They Helped Apple Search Home

Company still looking for lost prototype of iPhone 5

(Newser) - This year's saga of Apple's missing iPhone prototype is getting nearly as melodramatic as last year's . San Francisco police have changed their tune and now say "three or four" detectives accompanied private detectives hired by Apple to search a local home, reports the San Francisco Weekly...

Apple May Have Lost iPhone Prototype in a Bar (Again)

CNET says version 5 may have been sold on Craigslist

(Newser) - The words "happy hour" might soon be banned from the Apple lexicon. CNET is reporting that a prototype of the iPhone 5 got left behind in a tequila bar in San Francisco, then sold on Craigslist for $200. The story is based on a single, unnamed source, and no...

8 Busted in BART Protests

 45 Busted in BART Protests 
UPDATED
Aug 23, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

45 Busted in BART Protests

Free-speech protesters snarl SF rush hour again

(Newser) - Some 45 people were arrested yesterday during the latest protest against San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit's decision to cut cellphone service to foil a demonstration earlier this month. The protests forced the closure of two stations at rush hour, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . BART police arrested...

Two Shot After 49ers-Raiders Game

Victim wore 'F*** the 49ers' shirt

(Newser) - Wearing a "F*** the 49ers" T-shirt to a 49ers game wasn't the brightest idea, but it could prove deadly for a man shot two to four times in the stomach last night following a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. The 24-year-old is in critical condition, reports the...

Hackers Post Personal Data on BART Cops

Anonymous tweets links to addresses, email accounts of 102 cops

(Newser) - In the latest battle between BART and police brutality protesters, hackers have posted addresses and emails of cops working the San Francisco transit system. "Leaked personal data, emails and passwords for 102 BART police officers," crowed a tweet by Anonymous . The post linked to a website listing addresses...

BART Shuts Service Amid Protests

Cellphone signals aren't blocked, stations reopen

(Newser) - San Francisco officials didn't block cellphone signals this time around during a BART protest, but they did halt transit service at all four downtown stations. Hundreds of commuters were forced to the street to find other ways to get home during rush hour. Some 50 protesters who gathered on...

Anonymous Hacks BART
 Anonymous 
 Hacks BART 
Aug 15, 2011 5:00 AM CDT

Anonymous Hacks BART

Hacktivists retaliate for transit system's cell-phone block during protest

(Newser) - Turns out the hacker group Anonymous wasn't willing to wait for this afternoon's protest to strike at the evil empire that is San Francisco public transit. Hackers hit a BART website yesterday, defacing the site and releasing the private information of more than 2,000 BART customers, reports...

Anonymous Calls for BART Protest

Hackers angry over cell service disruption to prevent last week's protest

(Newser) - Tomorrow at 5pm in San Francisco's Civic Center Station. Wear red. That's the protest plan announced yesterday by hacker group Anonymous, in retaliation for the transit authority turning off cell phone service last Thursday to stop another protest, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "In the Bay Area,...

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