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Restaurant roundup creole creations grass-fed butter more ramen
This week's Bay Area restaurant scene saw more action in Berkeley, where a creole joint leaves little to be desired and a new coffee joint shows how local is really done. In the South Bay, Patxi's Pizza goes above and beyond its service requirements with a three-wheeled pick-up service for patrons. Here's this week's restaurant ...
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Phil Matier Santa Clara In Shadow Of San Francisco’s Super Bowl Spotlight
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- This week’s vote by the NFL to play Super Bowl L at the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in 2016 – and name San Francisco as official host city – will create an interesting dynamic between SF and the South Bay. Former Mayor Willie Brown thinks that the symbol of the Super Bowl really is San Francisco--not necessarily the stadium where the game is ...
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Manningham Starts Running Cutting
Mario Manningham has been rehabbing his injury at 49ers headquarters this offseason and has been in good spirits about the setback he suffered in his first year in San ...
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Best-selling local food and beverages
Hungry? Thirsty? Check out some of the top-selling products of local Bay Area food producers. Check out this week's top 25 list of the Largest Food and Beverage Manufacturers in the Bay Area, which can be found in this week's print edition of the San Francisco Business Times. Companies revealed some of their bestselling products. Our slideshow at right shows a few of the ...
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WordPresss Automattic sells $50 million in stock to Tiger Global
Tiger Global Management has bought $50 million worth of sharees in a secondary transaction from stockholders of Automattic, the San Francisco company behind the WordPress web site publishing platform. Automattic, which claims to power 18 percent of the world's Internet sites, is a 170 person company with staff spread across the globe that last year disclosed having $45 million in revenue. ...
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Tim Brown Inducted into BASHOF
Raiders Legend WR Tim Brown was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (BASHOF) in a ceremony yesterday evening. Brown joins Raiders Super Bowl-winning head coach Tom Flores, who was inducted last year, Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda, Willie Brown, Dave Casper, Al Davis, Ray Guy, Ted Hendricks, Ronnie Lott, John Madden, Jim Otto, Jim Plunkett, Jerry Rice, Art Shell, and Ken Stabler in ...
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Hotel group rates up 30 percent and meeting planners arent happy
As I reported last month , San Francisco's popularity is squeezing the city's limited room supply, giving hotels the upper hand when negotiating average daily room rates. While meeting planners expressed frustration that rates are slightly up, hotels argued that rates are still a bargain compared to other big cities such as New York or Las Vegas. But at a hotel industry panel meeting ...
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Top 5 Insurance Brokerages in the Bay Area
2012 Bay Area premium volume: $770,000,000 Bay Area agents: 64 Top Bay Area executive: Michael Korn, managing principal, SF office ...
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SuccessFactors founder Lars Dalgaard to leave SAP AG
Lars Dalgaard, founder of SuccessFactors Inc., will leave SAP AG to become an investor as part of an organizational overhaul, stepping down from the German software giant's executive board on June 1. Dalgaard was appointed to SAP's executive board in April 2012 following its $3.4 billion acquisition of SuccessFactors. He will continue to be an adviser to the Walldorf, Germany-based ...
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San Francisco man celebrating birthday shot in downtown Oakland robbery
OAKLAND -- A San Francisco man in downtown Oakland to celebrate his 29th birthday was shot early Friday during a robbery after leaving a nightclub, police said.The suspects did not take anything from the man but did rob a woman with him of her jacket, police said.The man, whose name was not released, was in critical but stable condition with a wound to the lower torso. He is expected to ...
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Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 Hockey
San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) reacts after scoring the game-winning goal against Los Angeles Kings in the overtime period during Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference semifinal playoff hockey game in San Jose, California, May 18, 2013. Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 on Thursday night with the series all square at 2-2 and everything ...
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5.7-magnitude quake shakes Northern California no reports of injuries
GREENVILLE, Calif. -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California on Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centred near Greenville, about 40 kilometres southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael ...
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Graystar joining housing rush in Castro
Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments. The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus. The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and Sanchez Streets. The site was recently ...
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Best Hotels in San Francisco for mixing business with pleasure
Donatello Hotel Plenty of business people find themselves traveling to San Francisco for work. And while the city has plenty to offer all kinds of travelers, it can be tough for business travelers to find some time to enjoy the citys many perks. Fortunately, weve found the top business hotels that are perfect for mixing business and pleasure. For the Food Fanatic: The St. Regis San Francisco If ...
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Oakland ordered to return millions in redevelopment funds
OAKLAND -- State regulators have rejected Oakland's multi-million dollar accounting "gimmick" that helped balance its books two years ago, a move that severely cuts into the city's rainy day reserve.Faced with a $58 million deficit in 2011, Oakland sold eight properties -- most notably the shuttered Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center -- to its redevelopment agency.The ...
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Bay Area author on impact of dads CIA career
While growing up, Scott C. Johnson often wondered what his father did for a living. The family moved a lot. Keith Johnson was absent for extended periods, and there were whole areas of his life that seemed to be secret.Johnson was 14 when he learned the truth. His father took him aside and said, "Scotty, I'm a spy."For the younger Johnson, now 39, the admission had far-reaching ...
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California earthquake rattles thousands in area near San Francisco
An earthquake in far north-eastern was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8.47pm Thursday, officials said.It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles south-west of Susanville in far north-eastern California, said ...
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49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has ally in housemate
SANTA CLARA -- Ricardo Lockette already is Colin Kaepernick's favorite target -- at least when it comes to getting home-schooled in NFL terminology while sharing a house 2½ miles from the 49ers facility."Say if I'm in the shower and he's walking down the hall, he'll yell, 'Hey Lock, what do you have on so-and-so?' And I'll say, 'I've got a ...
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East Bay school projects get $57 million in funding
the Contra Costa Times . The awards were part of $520 million in funds approved for projects at 92 districts around the state. The 15 East Bay projects, for construction and modernization, had local matching funds for much of the ...
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Google Facebook may battle for Waze
Bloomberg reports Waze is looking for bids of more than $1 billion for the company, but it may also stay independent and seek a new round of venture funding. Reports earlier this month said Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was in talks for an acquisition in a deal worth as much as $1 billion. Apparently Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other tech companies have also approached the ...
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Xbox found not to infringe Google patent
Bloomberg reports . The ruling ends a case that was filed in November 2010 and an upholds a March ruling. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) obtained the patent when it bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a deal that closed last year. The case is part of a global patent war between Google and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft is seeking royalties on smart phones that use Google's Android ...
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Oakland Museum of California to reopen science wing after overhaul
The Oakland Museum of California on May 31 will reopen its natural sciences gallery, the final part of a six-year, $63 million overhaul of the ...
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Google facing display ad probe by FTC
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has started a probe into complaints that Google Inc. abused its power in the market for online display and video ...
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San Francisco Chronicle taps new management team
San Francisco Chronicle owner Hearst Corp. has hired two senior executives to give a boost to the paper and its SFGate website. The company named newspaper veteran Jeffrey Johnson publisher, replacing Frank Vega, who announced his retirement Thursday. Johnson previously worked at the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel and most recently the Los Angeles Times. Hearst also hired Joanne Bradford, ...
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Proposed SF Condo High-Rise Could Cast Shadow On Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The debate over plans to build a 47-story condominium tower on Mission Street downtown has spilled north of Market Street to Union Square, where opponents have raised concerns the building will cast too much shadow over the plaza. The mechanical penthouse atop 706 Mission Street has been modified enough to get the greenlight from both the City Planning Commission ...
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Hunter's Point redevelopment going forward
Hunter’s Point and the redevelopment project for the idle shipyard may or may not see a neglected part of the city transformed into a upward moving residential and commercial suburb, but the effort will be a long and costly process.
The Hunter’s Point project is an ambitious plan to redevelop a former naval shipyard and make it one of the premier residential and commercial areas of the city of San Francisco, it will cost a fortune at a time when housing prices are down and will throw up many hurdles for the company, Lennar Corporation, undertaking the project. Read more
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