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Monday, September 29, 2014

Coffee Snobs Congregate in San Francisco

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:14 PM

Local snob double-fists coffee in San Francisco. - FLICKR/FRANKFARM
If you hadn't already taken note, today is National Coffee Day, which means free samples of your favorite java all day long (sorry tea drinkers, you already celebrated your day). 

It also means coffee connoisseurs are scrutinizing our caffeine fixes to determine just how addicted we are. In honor of one of the most observed holidays in America (that's our anecdotal observation), Redfin crunched some numbers and concluded that San Francisco is the fourth best city for coffee snobs.

Now for the burning questions: which city out-brewed us?

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Armed Men Stab 19-Year-Old Woman

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:53 PM

A 19-year-old woman was chased down by armed men who stabbed her during a robbery in the Mission District this weekend. 

Police say the woman was on 20th Street and Van Ness Avenue at about 5 a.m. on Sunday when a group of men in a Mercedes SUV pulled up. One of the men got out of the front passenger side and asked the girl for money. The teen started to run, attempting to dodge trouble, says Officer Albie Esparza.

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Barry Bonds Is the New Google Glass Poster Boy

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:50 PM

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Things are evidently looking up for disgraced former Giants slugger Barry Bonds. 

Two weeks ago, an 11-judge appeals court panel raised questions about his 2011 obstruction of justice charge, suggesting it may soon be overturned in the Ninth Circuit.

And now, he's emerged as an unlikely poster child for Google Glass, a piece of once-hyped face-computing that, like Bonds, fell into ill repute

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Cyclist Injured in Hit-And-Run Collision

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:15 PM

San Francisco police are looking for a driver who hit an 18-year-old man as he was riding his bike along the Embarcadero last night, and then fled the scene. 

Police say the cyclist was pedaling through a crosswalk near Harrison Street at about 10 p.m. when the driver in a drak sedan hit him and bolted the scene. 

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Watch These Thieves Break Into a Bike Shop (VIDEO)

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:46 AM

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Early this morning, two thieves smashed the storefront window of a Western Addition bike shop and stole some high-end electric bikes — and they were caught on camera. 

KTVU grabbed the raw footage of the burglary at Electric Bike Superstore, which happened around 4:30 a.m. The store owner tells the news station that after the break-in, a passerby is then seen helping himself to the store's merchandise. 

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Fake IRS Agents Still Ripping Off San Franciscans

Posted By on Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:53 AM

You already paid your taxes, remember? - FLICKR/RON WIECKI
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  • You already paid your taxes, remember?
Last month, we warned readers about these phony IRS workers who had been making cold calls to the hard-working people of San Francisco and duping them into sending them cash. 

Apparently, readers didn't read closely enough. 

Police are continuing to get reports citywide from people getting calls from fake IRS agents who are bullying residents into paying them money. In the scam, the caller will claim the resident owes the IRS some big bucks and if they don't pay right now, they'll send police out to the house to arrest them. 

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