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Nuns, TV Stars and Owl Poop
San Bruno Patch
Feb 05A politician, nun and TV star walk into a raccoon enclosure…. It sounds like the beginning to a joke, but it was actually the way we began our big party last weekend. We took advantage of rare timing and invited the public to tour our newly-completed ... »
Lagoon Shooter Testifies That Shooting Was in Self Defense
Foster City Patch
Feb 01A Foster City man who shot and wounded two men outside a lagoon-front apartment in 2010 said he panicked and fired the gun in self-defense when an argument over noise became violent. Jesse David Wilson, 41, took the stand in San Mateo County Superior C... »
Foster City Councilmembers Featured
Foster City Patch Announcements
Feb 01Foster City Councilmembers Herb Perez and Steve Okamoto joined the Council members from Millbrae and San Carlos on the Comcast television show “The Game” hosted by Mark Simon and which airs on Channel 26 on Comcast cable. The show was an hour-long spec... »
Special Needs Man Reported Missing
Foster City Patch
Feb 01The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to keep an eye out for a 20-year-old man with special needs who went missing late Tuesday morning. Roz Sarmiento, who has the mental capacity of a 12 year old, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. at Ca... »
Thousands of Kaiser Workers Participate in One-Day Strike
Foster City Patch
Jan 31Kaiser Permanente workers across the state began picketing began at 7 a.m. today in a one-day strike over a new contract for mental health and optical employees. Thousands of workers took to picket lines today in Northern and Southern California over a... »
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Nopalito’s New Sunset Location on Deck for March
Grub Street San Francisco
Feb 06Nopalito co-chefs Jose Ramos and Gonzalo Guzman. Via a tweet this afternoon we learn that Nopalito is now accepting résumés for their new, Sunset-district location (1224 9th Avenue at Lincoln), in preparation for a mid-March opening. As we learned earl... »
'I Believe That This Could Be Catastrophic In Terms Of HIV Prevention'
HuffPost LA
Jan 30This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and... »
SFist Tonight, 1/27: A Carlin Home Companion
SFist
Jan 27Kelly Carlin pays tribute to her legendary dad, Mary Lincoln gets some long-overdue recognition, and S.F. State students honor sticker art. [ more › ] »
A Visual Tour of Civil War Alexandria
Jaybird's Jottings
Jan 26In the index of his book, “Alexandria in the Civil War,” James Barber lists Andrew J. Russell, seven times. That’s the same amount as Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the commander of the Union force that marched into the city in May... »
Forum on “Remembering Slavery, Resistance and Freedom”
Jaybird's Jottings
Jan 22What exactly did the "Emancipation Proclamation" accomplish? What are the most appropriate and effective ways to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of its release? At what sites in Northern Virginia should this take place? On Saturday morning, these ques... »