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Sunnyvale

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2011

    Vegan Foie Gras: Rau Om's Tofu Misozuke Matches Tastiness With Principles

    ​It smells like a Japanese restaurant, looks like a loaf of foie, and delivers a taste reminiscent of foie lathered in mayonnaise. Rau Om's Tofu Misozuke, made in Belmont, is about as close to foie gras as a vegan can ever taste without violating principle.Tofu Misozuke uses Miso Cured Tofu, made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    San Francisco Among California's Top Three Job-Creating Cities

    ​"Pandering to the conventional wisdom," former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller once observed, is "the mortal sin of journalism." There are plenty of journalistic sinners out there, particularly when it comes to the conventional wisdom on San Francisco.Self-consciously middle-of-the-ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Feliciano Valencia-Santiago Confesses to Murdering Woman Found in Garbage Bag

    Confesses​Feliciano Valencia-Santiago, the man accused of murdering a San Jose woman and dumping her body in a garbage bag, has reportedly confessed to the heinous crime. According to media outlets, police say that during an interrogation, Valencia-Santiago admitted that he killed Maria Esther Oro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Feliciano Valencia-Santiago Accused of Murdering Maria Esther Orozco, Woman Found in Garbage Bag

    Feliciano Valencia-Santiago ​SF Weekly told readers about the disturbing and gruesome discovery a Sunnyvale man made in his front yard last Sunday: A garbage bag filled with bloody body parts. Police quickly identified the victim as Maria Esther Orozco, and now they've identified the suspected kil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Human Body Parts Found in Garbage Bag

    Not what you expect to find in your garbage ​Sunnyvale police are bewildered by a Sunday morning grisly discovery: A bag of body parts found on a sidewalk in a quiet neighborhood. Someone called police at about 10:10 a.m. on Sunday to report they had found a garbage bag that looked as if a body wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    San Francycle: Riding to Work Doesn't Make You an Athlete

    ​If you're like us, you spend an hour or so on your bike every day, from home to work and then back, then maybe to the supermarket, and occasionally over to a friend's house or up to Corona Heights to watch the sunset. Wouldn't it be neat to keep track of your rides so you know how far you've gone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Bay Area Newspapers: How Much Longer Until They Are Extinct?

    It's worse than you think.​So you think the Bay Area's newspapers are bad now - they are only going to get worse. A new survey shows that local newspapers will continue to strip away what little staff and resources they have left. Newspapers will get leaner, despite the fact that they have already ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    News Media Continues Its Slow Decline

    It's worse than you think.​So you think the Bay Area's newspapers are bad now - they are only going to get worse. A new survey shows that local newspapers will continue to strip away what little staff and resources they have left. Newspapers will get leaner, despite the fact that they have already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Newsroom Jobs Down 49.4% in Bay Area, 36.4% in U.S.

    The good ol' days ​Bay Area news jobs have shrunk by nearly half in the last decade, which is a worse showing than newsrooms overall nationwide, which declined by about one-third, according to a new federally funded report. Not that we needed a federal report commissioned to tell us that the marke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Reuters Sued: S.F. Bloggers Demand Overtime, Meal Pay

    This is a fight best left to Veronica Corningstone ​A San Francisco writer is leading a class action lawsuit against media giant Thomson Reuters, claiming the company worked them to the bone without paying them overtime or giving them proper meal breaks.Jason Beahm, a local attorney and journalist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Spice Hound Settles Into 331 Cortland Marketplace

    Alex HochmanTammy Tan's spice shop is now one of six vendors at the 6-month-old food market in Bernal Heights.​A simultaneous welcome party and anniversary celebration went down Saturday at 331 Cortland, the six-stall food marketplace in Bernal Heights. The welcome party was for Spice Hound, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    NorCal Brewers Score Big at the Great American Beer Festival

    Brian YaegerSocial Kitchen brewmaster Rich Higgins, manning the SF Brewers Guild booth in Denver.​As the 51-week wait for next year's 30th Great American Beer Festival begins, let's look back at the last few days in Denver, where 462 breweries converged inside the Colorado Convention Center, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Paul Devine, Apple Exec Accused of Massive Kickback Scheme, Kept $150K in Shoe Boxes

    ​ Ever have problems figuring out what to do with those old shoe boxes? Paul Shin Devine apparently doesn't. Prosecutors claim feds found roughly $150K squirreled away in the home of the former Apple global supply manager, as well as more than $20,000 in foreign currency. The massive amount of cas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Paul Shin Devine, Apple Manager, Arrested For Allegedly Leaking Company Secrets

    Paul Shin Devine is, allegedly, one bad apple​Talk about a rotten apple. Paul Shin Devine, a mid-level manager at Apple, was arrested on Friday on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in kickbacks from multiple Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod parts in exchange for spilling company secrets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    There Was an Election Last Night. As if You Gave a ****

    At least Coakley's people hit the streets. And that dude​ San Francisco, there was an election last night. And you went to the polls. Or at least some of you did. You also went to happy hour, the laundromat, or maybe the refrigerator. Wherever you went, whatever you did, three out of four of you f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2010

    Sun Kissed

    At least Coakley's people hit the streets. And that dude​ San Francisco, there was an election last night. And you went to the polls. Or at least some of you did. You also went to happy hour, the laundromat, or maybe the refrigerator. Wherever you went, whatever you did, three out of four of you f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    And the Happiest Place in America Is ... Sunnyvale?

    Be well...​If there were a list compiled of how many lists a city is listed in -- well our city of San Francisco would be tops on that list. So I'm always reticent to write about some national rankings the City by the Bay finds itself on. That being said, we just stumbled across one that's interes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    SFGate Article on 'Diaper-Free Babies' Craps Out Debunked Notion that Diapers are Overwhelming Our Landfills

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    Funemployment: Jobless young San Franciscans are welcoming the worst recession of their lives with open arms. Too bad the party can't last forever.

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Turner Around

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    Black electronic acts break beats and assumptions

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Yahoo's Shine for Women is Dull

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Bay Area Jobs Outlook II - Public Employees Retiring En Masse

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

    Black Friday, Meet Buy Nothing Day -- Discuss

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Brian Boitano and Barry Manilow Ice Skate into AT&T Park

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2006

    Sports Flight

    The 49ers and the A's are on the move. Is their flight to the 'burbs a seismic shift in the Bay Area sports scene?

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Wrong Prescription

    The sweet deal a local medical firm got from the Justice Department shows how soft the Bush administration really is on corporate crime

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    And a Teen Shall Lead Them

    How 15-year-old Ben Casnocha brought e-government to Cupertino, Menlo Park, Burbank, and other cities across California

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Brain Drain

    We know words like "propinquity." So are we smart enough for Mensa?

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Pipe Dreams

    A veteran of the Apollo program continues a quixotic quest to send a small rocket of his own design 60 miles high and, in the process, save his soul. Maybe ours, too.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of June 4, 2003

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Culture Klatsch

    When the Burning Man folks met the Air Force guys, the desert camping tips flew

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of June 19, 2002

  • News

    April 24, 2002

    Gentlemen, Start Your Power Saws!

    Power Tool Drag Races. What else do you need to know?

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    Cell Therapy

    Bay Area researchers are using a particular cancer to produce neuronlike cells that, when injected into the brain, seem to reverse the effects of stroke. Is the treatment a historic medical breakthrough, or a reckless ploy to attract investors?

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    That Secret Shame

    You don't have to be embarrassed to read romance novels anymore. With modern themes and better writing, Bay Area authors are helping to make the genre almost (gasp!) respectable.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Mental Breakdown; Criticisms and Compliments; Corrections

  • Dining

    June 20, 2001

    Global Village

    Making the rounds of Fisherman's Wharf bars, you'll meet people from the Philippines, Bulgaria, or even Alameda

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Paul's Still Not Dead

    But Jon Kelly's still doing backward speech analysis -- Dubya to "Make a Monica"; Britney on self: "Baby, I'm really sick. Save me, will ya?"

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    The Land of Blood & Money

    Foreign workers coming into the country for high-paying tech jobs often bring wives with them. When these women are beaten and abused, they have nowhere to run.

  • News

    August 18, 1999

    Letters

    Foreign workers coming into the country for high-paying tech jobs often bring wives with them. When these women are beaten and abused, they have nowhere to run.

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Letters

    Foreign workers coming into the country for high-paying tech jobs often bring wives with them. When these women are beaten and abused, they have nowhere to run.

  • Music

    April 28, 1999

    Music.competition

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Film

    March 10, 1999

    Zoom Lens

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    May 7, 1997

    Riff Raff

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    Letters

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    July 24, 1996

    SFO3 1996

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    January 10, 1996

    Night Crawler

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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