SmartMeters Working Just Fine: PG&E


Pacific Gas & Electric passes buck to regulators on SmartMeter complaints.

Google Wants to Expand to Iran, Cuba


Google wants to leave China -- yet do business with other repressive regimes.

Cam-Pains: Whitman Opposition Gets Tricky With Wiki


Tech-savvy gubernatorial candidate might not like new website.

Local Pol Dives Into New San Francisco Pool


San Francisco Supervisor is no wet blanket at rec-center opening.

Add Mark Leno's Name to the List


State Senator Mark Leno might throw hat into three-ring political circus.

Stanford Researcher Defends Toyota


Researcher with Toyota-affiliated Center for Automotive Research goes to bat for Toyota.

Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Making It Harder To Get Your Bike Stolen to Culture/Entertainment

I'm not one to avoid "bad neighborhoods," on my bike or otherwise. But on Saturday I rented a ZipCar to help a friend move...

The Sims Body Snatchers Invade Facebook

I have long been losing trust in online enterprises not to play with me or my data, and the larger they are, the less I trust them. But when I realized I am literally being played with like a toy, that really made my skin crawl. An email arrived in my inbox from Facebook, one [...]

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Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Is Cycling *Really* Getting More Dangerous? to Culture/Entertainment

While aimlessly hunting around the local blogosphere shortly after my last column, I noted a post on The Oakbook titled "Oakland Bicycle Accidents on...

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Schlomo of the ChatRoulette

Schlomo of the ChatRoulette

'They jack off at me and then they click off.'

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Police Chief George Gascon has gotten a new round of controversy rolling around San Francisco by kicking the tires of Critical Mass. "If you...

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America's Curse On Haiti - Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Posted The Bugs in Mayor's Open Source Software Announcement to Business/Tech/Real Estate

Popular technology Web site Mashable took a break from rewriting press releases and just published one directly from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom touting...

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History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America

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Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Winterize to Culture/Entertainment

It looks like we're going to have some wet and wild weather for at least the next week, if not two, or even three...

apophenia: Facebook's move ain't about changes in privacy norms

Riding in Riverside: You Cannot Have Your Car And Your Planet Too

Reflections of a Newsosaur: How long can publishers afford to print?

Text of Ted Olson’s Opening Statement in Prop. 8 Trial – As Prepared | American Foundation for Equal Rights

The Americanization of Mental Illness - NYTimes.com

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Sunshine, On My Shoulder, Makes Me Happy

So my good friend Eve Batey at the San Francisco Appeal shot me an email today with an idea so crazy it just might work. She suggested that I — me, Jackson West — might be a good candidate for San Francisco’s Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. And right now, even if you live [...]

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Blue Moon of the Happy New Year

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Beautiful Granite Falls, Washington of the 'Propane Monday' tuna noodle casserole

Beautiful Granite Falls, Washington of the 'Propane Monday' tuna noodle casserole

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