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Jul 3, 2009 | 1 comment

Maybe it was the head-start, or maybe it's just because they can eat eight at a time. Either way, the elephants beat the humans in a tune-up for tomorrow's hot-dog eating contest in Coney Island.

Jul 3, 2009

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has passed a three-year moratorium on new head shops along Haight Street.

Jul 3, 2009

They made it big in the boom and survived the dotcom bust but San Jose's A.P. Stump's just couldn't hold on any longer.

Jun 10, 2009

The people have spoken: Find out who boasts the Bay's best bean brew.

Jul 3, 2009 | 133 comments

You make the call on runway fashions from around the world. Decide what's cutting edge and what just fell over the edge...

Jul 3, 2009

Simon Cowell, he's not. But the cuddly, comical Apple cofounder appeared on a panel of judges Thursday night at the "San Jose Has Talent" competition.

Jul 3, 2009

One of San Francisco's largest operators of rental apartments is telling tenants it can't pay back their deposits.

Jul 3, 2009 | 1 comment

All things Dillinger are hot these days. Johnny Depp and "Public Enemies" have made the crime sprees of John Dillinger, well, cool.

Jul 3, 2009 | 1 comment

ConAgra, the company that makes Slim Jim, has not produced the jerky treat since a North Carolina plant exploded, killing three employees. It was the only plant in the country that made the snappy sna...

Jul 2, 2009 | 1 comment

American Joey Chestnut goes for another International Hot Dog Eating Contest championship at annual July 4th Coney Island event.

Jul 2, 2009

A group of local musicians, artists, club owners and industry insiders are uniting to fight the City's crackdown on fun.

Jul 2, 2009 | 1 comment

Video may have killed the radio star but the boys of TV on the Radio showed Oakland why the good old airwaves can't be held down forever.

Jul 2, 2009

Between the concept of their debut music video for “Twice” extended into a short film that showed at Cannes, a soundtrack feature on Grey’s Anatomy, and a recent tour with TV on the Radio this spring,...

Jul 2, 2009 | 1 comment

A long, loud and sometimes personal battle over a proposed art museum in the Presidio has filled Gap founder Donald Fisher with "disappointment and sadness."

Jul 2, 2009

Donald Fisher's reign of terror is over! The villain who had sought to convert a parking lot and bowling alley into an art museum has given up his nefarious designs on...

Jul 2, 2009

The perfect antidote to summer's too-cute fashions.

Jul 2, 2009

Streetsblog posted a lovely video tribute to the lovely new plaza at Castro and 17th. Lovely! Highlights of the video include Bevan Dufty's lament about the intersection being way too complicated before...

Jul 3, 2009

Reports surface that the rapper is "quietly" starting to pursue a new career in fashion.

Jul 2, 2009

What do you think of the skinny jeans and boots combo?

Jul 3, 2009

Where to see fireworks on the Fourth of July.

Jul 3, 2009

Tour the gardens, get a look at inside baseball, take in music by the lake

Jul 2, 2009

The debate will rage on for decades as to which major tournament win or milestone is considered Tiger’s best. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 lets you relive some of them.

Jul 3, 2009

The economy has more people leery about making plans far in advance; travel companies are offering more last-minute deals, and new technologies are fostering bargains that come and go like mayflies.

Jul 1, 2009 | 6 comments

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom graces the cover of The New York Times Weekend Magazine, which asks "who can possibly govern California?"