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Apple May Have Lost iPhone Prototype in a Bar (Again)

CNET says version 5 may have been sold on Craigslist

(Newser) - The words "happy hour" might soon be banned from the Apple lexicon. CNET is reporting that a prototype of the iPhone 5 got left behind in a tequila bar in San Francisco, then sold on Craigslist for $200. The story is based on a single, unnamed source, and no...

8 Busted in BART Protests

 45 Busted in BART Protests 
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Aug 23, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

45 Busted in BART Protests

Free-speech protesters snarl SF rush hour again

(Newser) - Some 45 people were arrested yesterday during the latest protest against San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit's decision to cut cellphone service to foil a demonstration earlier this month. The protests forced the closure of two stations at rush hour, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . BART police arrested...

Two Shot After 49ers-Raiders Game

Victim wore 'F*** the 49ers' shirt

(Newser) - Wearing a "F*** the 49ers" T-shirt to a 49ers game wasn't the brightest idea, but it could prove deadly for a man shot two to four times in the stomach last night following a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. The 24-year-old is in critical condition, reports the...

Hackers Post Personal Data on BART Cops

Anonymous tweets links to addresses, email accounts of 102 cops

(Newser) - In the latest battle between BART and police brutality protesters, hackers have posted addresses and emails of cops working the San Francisco transit system. "Leaked personal data, emails and passwords for 102 BART police officers," crowed a tweet by Anonymous . The post linked to a website listing addresses...

BART Shuts Service Amid Protests

Cellphone signals aren't blocked, stations reopen

(Newser) - San Francisco officials didn't block cellphone signals this time around during a BART protest, but they did halt transit service at all four downtown stations. Hundreds of commuters were forced to the street to find other ways to get home during rush hour. Some 50 protesters who gathered on...

Anonymous Hacks BART
 Anonymous 
 Hacks BART 
Aug 15, 2011 5:00 AM CDT

Anonymous Hacks BART

Hacktivists retaliate for transit system's cell-phone block during protest

(Newser) - Turns out the hacker group Anonymous wasn't willing to wait for this afternoon's protest to strike at the evil empire that is San Francisco public transit. Hackers hit a BART website yesterday, defacing the site and releasing the private information of more than 2,000 BART customers, reports...

Anonymous Calls for BART Protest

Hackers angry over cell service disruption to prevent last week's protest

(Newser) - Tomorrow at 5pm in San Francisco's Civic Center Station. Wear red. That's the protest plan announced yesterday by hacker group Anonymous, in retaliation for the transit authority turning off cell phone service last Thursday to stop another protest, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "In the Bay Area,...

San Francisco Subway Cuts Cell Service to Foil Protest

Move apparently worked, but backlash is growing

(Newser) - This one could get interesting: Transit authorities in San Francisco temporarily cut cell phone service to four subway stations yesterday to prevent protesters from organizing, reports CNET . It seemed to work: The protest—over the fatal shooting of a man by a BART police officer last month—never materialized. But...

Judge Chops SF Circumcision Vote

Proposal to ban male circumcision struck from ballot

(Newser) - A judge has snipped a proposal to ban male circumcision from San Francisco's November ballot. The judge said the proposal—which would have made it a crime to circumcise males under the age of 18 unless there was "a clear, compelling and immediate medical need"—violated religious...

Airbnb User Trashes Home of Stranger

Company on defensive after honor system doesn't quite work

(Newser) - It's been quite the up-and-down week for Airbnb, a start-up that helps people rent their homes to vacationing strangers. All began great when the company secured a $1 billion valuation, notes the Wall Street Journal . Then a PR disaster: A San Francisco woman blogged about how she returned from...

Lesbians Booted From Gertrude Stein Exhibit

San Francisco museum guard orders them to stop holding hands

(Newser) - The irony was apparently lost on a museum guard who ejected two lesbians from a San Francisco exhibit on Gertrude Stein for holding hands. "We are not leaving and we want to talk to somebody in authority right now," the couple told the guard after they were informed...

Picasso Thief Mark Lugo Arrested
 Picasso Thief Busted 
Jul 8, 2011 5:17 AM CDT

Picasso Thief Busted

NJ wine steward nabbed for theft of $200K sketch

(Newser) - A thief who strolled out of a San Francisco gallery with a stolen Picasso has been arrested and the 1965 pencil sketch has been recovered, police say. The suspect, a man who flew in from New Jersey the day before the theft, was found staying with friends in Northern California'...

Inside SF's Odd List of Banned Items

Welcome to the city that wants to ban pets

(Newser) - As one of America’s most liberal cities considers banning the sale of all pets , the Atlantic Wire decided to take a look at stops along San Francisco's "unending quest to be a place of populist values"—a journey in which "the city sometimes legislates itself...

San Francisco Wants to Make All Pet Sales Illegal

But even proponents see the proposal as symbolic

(Newser) - San Francisco's latest eyebrow-raising proposal isn't just about banning the sale of goldfish . It's about banning the sale of all pets, from birds to hamsters, to dogs and cats, to, yes, guppies. The plan floated by the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare has little chance of...

Eric Swenson Dead: Thrasher Co-Founder Revitalized Skateboarding
Skateboarding Icon Commits Suicide 
OBITUARY
Jun 24, 2011 2:13 AM CDT

Skateboarding Icon Commits Suicide

Eric Swenson shot himself in front of SF police station

(Newser) - The skateboarding world is mourning a man who played a major role in creating the huge subculture that exists today, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Thrasher magazine co-founder Eric Swenson shot and killed himself in front of the Mission police station in San Francisco. Friends believe the 64-year-old could no...

Los Angeles Has the Most Sex... but Not the Best in Trojan Survey
 LA Has the Most Sex 
 ... but Not the Best 
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Jun 19, 2011 10:12 AM CDT

LA Has the Most Sex ... but Not the Best

Actresses are also probably faking it

(Newser) - It's quantity over quality when it comes to sex in Los Angeles. Angelenos have the most sex in the country, but when it comes to fulfillment, they had a more middling 75% mark, according to the Trojan US Sex Census. Philadelphia reported the highest sexual satisfaction (82%), but was...

San Francisco Considers Ban on Goldfish Sales

They're bred inhumanely, says official

(Newser) - Proposals to ban cat and dog sales are nothing new in San Francisco, but now animal control officials recommend ending the sale of goldfish, tropical fish, and guppies. Such fish are generally bred inhumanely, a member of the city's animal welfare panel tells the San Francisco Chronicle . “Most...

San Francisco Circumcision Ban Makes it Onto November Ballot
 SF to Vote on Circumcision Ban 
May 19, 2011 5:49 AM CDT

SF to Vote on Circumcision Ban

Ban on snipping under-18s makes it onto November ballot

(Newser) - San Franciscans are indeed going to be the first American voters asked to decide on giving circumcision the chop. "Intactivists" have succeeded in getting a proposal to ban the circumcision of males under 18 onto the November ballot, reports the AP . The proposal would make performing a circumcision—even...

San Francisco: You Can Run Naked, but Not Drunk

City wants 100th anniversary of Bay to Breakers to be a sober one

(Newser) - Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the Bay to Breakers, a famed 7.5-mile annual race from San Francisco Bay to the waves (aka breakers) of the Pacific Ocean—but don't spike your Gatorade with champagne just yet. The race has long been a debaucherous one, complete with people...

San Francisco's Last US Car Dealer Closes Its Doors

City dwellers don't like buying domestic, says one dealer

(Newser) - In all of San Francisco's 47.6 square miles, you won't find a single domestic new car dealership. The last one, San Francisco Ford Lincoln Mercury, closed 10 days ago with no warning, the Chronicle reports. "It's a tough market. Imports have a much bigger share...

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