Examiner RSS

Parking Made Fun, Easy and Fast!

Martina Eckstut — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:54:53 +0000

External URL: https://www.parking-online.com/parkme-customerWeb/

sfexaminer.com

VIDEO: Eliana Lopez's video talking about Ross Mirkarimi

Dan Schreiber — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:19:21 +0000

As suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s official misconduct hearings lumber on, The City Attorney’s Office released the emotional video in which Eliana Lopez, the sheriff’s wife, explains to a neighbor that she has been abused by her husband. Watch the full video of Eliana Lopez below. Mirkarimi is in the midst of a “fact-finding” inquest by The City’s Ethics Commission after being suspended without pay by Mayor Ed Lee in March. In the days before the suspension, Mirkarimi pleaded guilty in...

sfexaminer.com

Make bored Newsom get back to his job

Examiner readers — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:34:48 +0000

Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to shorten state employee workweeks should start with the Office of the lieutenant governor. Apparently, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom dislikes “boring” Sacramento so much, he only shows up to work there one day a week. Newsom dismisses his $160,000 government job as do-nothing, insignificant and irrelevant. Yet, voters felt he was a perfect fit. Looking at Newsom’s home page, the last entry was May 9, remarking on President Barack Obama’s support for same-sex marriage....

sfexaminer.com

Golden Gate Bridge needs a suicide barrier to end dark legacy

Examiner Editorial — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:20:46 +0000

The Golden Gate Bridge is 75 years old, and The City has reason to celebrate this world-class landmark. But there is another figure San Francisco should be considerably less proud of — 1,558. That is the approximate number of people who have walked onto the iconic span and thrown themselves to their deaths since the bridge opened in 1937. Unfortunately, the very brilliance of the bridge and the picturesque surroundings, including the spectacular view of the San Francisco skyline, make it an...

sfexaminer.com

The Stairwell Sisters perform in Yerba Buena Gardens

Staff report — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Who’s in town Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger presents his new book, “Father’s Day: A Journey Into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son.” [7 p.m., Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F.] Lectures Bridge symposium: San Francisco Architectural Heritage presents “Spanning Space and Time,” a symposium on the Golden Gate Bridge. [6 to 8 p.m., California Historical Society, 678 Mission St., S.F.; www.sfheritage.org] Mark Glickman: The rabbi and Seattle Times...

sfexaminer.com

TV star reunites Garbage

Tom Lanham — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Although scrappy Scottish chanteuse Shirley Manson has nothing against method actors, in her first role in the Fox TV show “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” she had no trouble becoming Catherine Weaver, a high-powered executive who also happened to be a shape-shifting cyborg. No longer was she the photogenic frontvixen for alt-scene supergroup Garbage. “All of a sudden, I was portraying something else,” she says. “I was a female morphing out of a urinal and killing a guy who had...

sfexaminer.com

Grouplove goes from Greek isle to concert stage

Anonymous — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Roman Gokhman Special to The S.F. Examiner In 2008, painter Hannah Hooper moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn, where she scraped by on infrequent commissioned jobs. It was before she got her big artistic break — not with a brush, but with Grouplove, in front of a microphone. Being in an unfamiliar place during some of the...

sfexaminer.com

‘Slipping’ is missing human connections

Jean Schiffman — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Jean Schiffman Special to The S.F. Examiner Eli, the gay, teenage protagonist in erstwhile local playwright-actor Daniel Talbott’s new drama “Slipping,” onstage at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, is indeed “slipping.” Or, more accurately, he has already slipped — into a morass of masochism followed by cruelty mixed...

sfexaminer.com

The busy life of Cyndi Lauper — on film

Tom Lanham — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

To construct her new reality-TV series, alterna-pop queen and gay-rights activist Cyndi Lauper has been committing her hectic schedule to celluloid. It isn’t easy: One day, she’ll be in Washington, D.C., lobbying on behalf of her LGBT-oriented True Colors Fund; the next, she’ll be at the Kentucky Derby in a flying-saucer-size bonnet (“I actually wanted that hat to be bigger!” she says). Saturday, the former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant appears at San Francisco Symphony’s Black & White...

sfexaminer.com

Menlo star to miss U.S. Open qualifier with injury

Alexis Terrazas — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:59:52 +0000

Despite qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Open sectional qualifier at TPC Harding Park and Lake Merced weeks ago, Andrew Buchanan, the 17-year-old golfing prospect from Menlo School, won’t be teeing it up come Monday. Buchanan, who won the Central Coast Section boys’ golf title this month, injured his right elbow during a pickup basketball game at a friend’s graduation party Sunday night. “It’s really a healing process from a bruise,” said Dave Buchanan, Andrew’s father and golf coach at Menlo....

sfexaminer.com

Losses piling up for Lincecum; Cabrera finishes May with 51 hits, tying Winn for most in a month as a Giant

Examiner Staff — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:58:07 +0000

SportsDirect via Reuters Paul Goldschmidt homered and Ian Kennedy won for the first time since April 22 as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Giants with a 4-1 victory Wednesday. Kennedy (4-5) won his fifth straight start against the Giants while allowing one run over 7²⁄³ innings on a career-high 122 pitches. David Hernandez worked...

sfexaminer.com

Hornets land No. 1 pick; Warriors will keep choice

Reuters — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:55:49 +0000

In an upset, the New Orleans Hornets received the right to make the first overall pick in the June 28 NBA draft when they won Wednesday’s draft lottery. While the Warriors weren’t quite as lucky, they will get to keep the pick after they ended up holding firm at the No. 7 selection in the draft. Had the Warriors dropped to No. 8 or lower, it would have been sent to the Utah Jazz because of a previous deal with the New Jersey Nets in which the Warriors dealt a pick that the Nets later sent to...

sfexaminer.com

Twins complete sweep of A’s behind Willingham

Examiner Staff — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:51:06 +0000

Dan Myers Special to The SportsXchange MINNEAPOLIS — Playing against his former team, Minnesota Twins left fielder Josh Willingham did it again Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after clubbing a walk-off, three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Willingham blasted another homer Wednesday to lead the...

sfexaminer.com

Crime Map: Car-Razy

Rob Nagle — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:31:49 +0000

Unit block of Locust Street 10:39 a.m. Tuesday A 52-year-old woman was startled by a would-be burglar, police said. She was in her bedroom when the creep walked in. He was apparently surprised to see someone home, so he fled. The woman locked her door and called 911. 5500 block of Diamond Heights Boulevard 4:33 p.m. Monday Four out of five cargo vans’ tires were slashed, police said. When cops arrived, the owner of the vans told police he believes his neighbors are upset that he parks all...

sfexaminer.com

Some SFUSD layoffs rescinded to aid contract negotiations

Amy Crawford — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:23:21 +0000

Nearly half of the layoffs approved by the San Francisco Unified School District earlier this month have been rescinded, a move district officials hope will show good faith as they continue biennial contract negotiations with teachers under the oversight of a state mediator. Spokeswoman Gentle Blythe said the district rescinded the layoffs of 89 elementary school classroom teachers, one Japanese language teacher and seven Spanish teachers. The board voted May 8 to send layoff notices to 218...

sfexaminer.com

Two arrested in Mission robbery

Rob Nagle — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:18:05 +0000

A Mission district business was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday, police said. An employee was walking out of the business in the 3100 block of Mission Street about 6:45 p.m. when he encountered three men, one of whom had a shotgun and pointed it at the man’s chest while the others pushed him back into the building. The victim attempted to grab the shotgun, police said, but the suspect racked a round and ordered everyone inside the business to the ground. One of the other suspects grabbed...

sfexaminer.com

Taxi fare flap erupts into tire-iron attack

Rob Nagle — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:11:11 +0000

Rob Nagle and Bay City News A cabdriver reported being assaulted Tuesday by an unruly passenger. On Wednesday, the roles were reversed. A man was assaulted with a tire iron by his cabdriver near Russian Hill about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The victim and a friend were picked up on the 2100 block of Chestnut Street in the Marina district, police...

sfexaminer.com

City looks east for America’s Cup tips

Joshua Sabatini — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:05:53 +0000

City officials are looking to poach ideas to plan for the America’s Cup with reconnaissance in cities hosting America’s Cup-related events. Next up: Rhode Island. For about $5,000, Port Commission President Doreen Woo Ho and Vice President Kimberly Brandon will travel to Newport, R.I., on June 27-30 “to gather some preliminary information and observations to ensure the success of and best practices for the America’s Cup race in San Francisco,” according to a commission report. The money will...

sfexaminer.com