Bowling Alley for SoMa?
Credit: Google Maps The Border's Books at 200 King Street in South Beach, sadly, will close its doors for good in October. (On a personal note, we will miss the staff, the stuffed cream cheese Pretzels, and regularly thumbing through European Fashion rags at the retail chain.) Last night, we noticed “Store Closing” signs posted throughout the place, so you might want to head over for good deals while they last. Anyway. According to LiveSoma , a bowling alley could be a Candidate...

Peace of Mind
Kyleigh in Vogue Italia by Bruce Weber With her All-American good looks and effortless grace, Kyleigh Kuhn is a natural model, but the educated and articulate Ms. Kuhn is so much more than just a pretty face. As one of the founders of the Penny Campaign, Kyleigh is a humanitarian and ambassador for positive change: since 2003 her organization has helped to provide Schools for Children in regions where Landmines and the remnants of war have made the simple act of getting an education a life...

Apple to hold Sept. 1 event
Apple Inc said Wednesday it will hold a press event in San Francisco on Sept. 1, raising expectations that it will unveil revamped iPod digital media players.

Apple Likely to Unveil New TV Products Sept. 1
Apple this morning invited members of the press to a special event scheduled for Sept. 1.Rumor has it that Apple is preparing to announce a major revamp for the Apple TV and upgrades for the popular iPod Touch in an event scheduled for early September, according to multiple reports. The event will kick off 10 a.m. at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts theater, where Apple has traditionally held its annual iPod event for several years. Citing two anonymous sources,...

MediaDailyNews: BIA Predicts '10 Radio Revs Up 4%
The radio business got another shot of good news this week, with a new forecast from BIA/Kelsey predicting that total broadcast radio revenues will grow 4.4% in 2009 to $13.9 Billion this year. Digital radio revenues (including Internet advertising) should top $459 million, bringing the 2010 total to $14.4 Billion -- up 5.1%. This represents a slight increase from BIA/Kelsey's earlier forecasts, reflecting substantial improvement in the advertising environment in the middle months of this year;...

A Tax Cut Fairy Tale
This cartoon requires Macromedia's Flash Player. If you don't see the cartoon above, download the player here . Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial Cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a website featuring his work. Advertisement

Alison Gwinn Promoted At Parade Publications
Alison Gwinn is Parade Publications' newest executive editor as of September 7. She will help oversee the company's editorial process, focusing on the new food magazine it is launching this fall -- Dash -- as well as on Parade's HealthyStyle . Gwinn was formerly an executive editor at O, The Oprah Magazine and Women's Health . She has also worked as a deputy editor at In Style and as a general editor at Entertainment Weekly Gwinn also held various positions at Newspapers across the...

OMG, this Sunday in San Francisco: BUTT Bias party with Honey Soundsystem
OMG, this Sunday in San Francisco: BUTT Bias party with Honey Soundsystem [!! omg blog !!] OMG, this Sunday in San Francisco: BUTT Bias party with Honey Soundsystem Stand up San Francisco! The men of Honey Soundsystem are teaming up with the BUTT magazine crew to throw down in your town this Sunday, August 29. The DJ collective will man the decks at The Stud Bar (9th & Harrison) and the first 300 people through the door will receive a limited edition BUTT Bias Mixtape, mixed especially for...

Eggs in the raw? Experts say give them a pass
Hartford, Conn. — Experts have some simple advice when it comes to eating runny eggs these days: Run away. With Salmonella concerns triggering the recall of more than a half-billion eggs in more than a dozen states, warnings are becoming more dire every day against eating undercooked yolks and translucent egg whites. But what's a home cook to do, especially when hit by cravings for eggs Benedict, pasta carbonara, homemade Caesar dressing or other dishes that call for raw or only slightly...

Gmail Dials Up a Notch With New Calling Feature
San Francisco, California — Google users can now make phone calls directly from their Gmail inbox, the company announced Wednesday. The new feature is fully integrated into the Google Chat interface that’s already in Gmail, and users can search their Google contacts and make phone calls to those people they same way they can currently launch a chat session or a video chat session. Pricing is cheap — calls to the U.S. and Canada are free, and PC-to-phone calls to dozens of...

Antonio Sabato Jr. Celebrates With His American
Search Famecrawler: Mary writes a humor blog, called The Mommyologist , all about the changes in life that go along with being a parent. She loves to travel, and enjoys trying out different martini recipes on weekends. She lives in Connecticut with her husband of almost 7 years and her 4-year-old son. Sunny Chanel resides in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, beagle and a tarantula named Lulu. She has strung words together for the SF Weekly, Bust, and Jane among others and currently...

7 Folsom inmates hurt after riot, shots fired
San Francisco -- About 200 inmates rioted at Folsom State Prison and shots were fired by guards to quell the disturbance. Seven inmates were hospitalized but officials said it wasn't clear how many suffered gunshot wounds. Correctional officers opened fire as they tried to break up Rioting that erupted about 7 p.m. Friday in the main exercise yard, Prison spokesman Luis Patino said. Prison officials initially said guards wounded five inmates, but Patino later clarified that that officials still...

Long lost Oasis vs. Blur radio interview uncovered
I was an intern at the time for EMI records and alsoLive 105, and was in charge of driving around BLUR for the day doing press and Radio Interviews as they were in town for a show at The Fillmore with fellow brits PULP as openers. My best pal and roommate Adrian Moreira had a similar position over at Sony Music and was quarterbacking a local press run with OASIS who ironically enough, were playing their FIRST show in San Francisco at Bottom Of The Hill the night after BLUR. Being young...

Savage Readies "The Tribal Council" for October 5th Release
San Francisco, CA - By now, the signing of the South Pacific's #1 Urban entertainment company, Dawn Raid Music Ltd., to an exclusive 3-year distribution deal with SMC Recordings/Fontana is old news. The new news is that Dawn Raid's flagship Platinum artist, Savage, is readying his second US release, Savage Presents The Tribal Council, for an October 5th street date. The 2-disc set is a compilation of 32 songs showcasing the world's best R&B, Hip Hop & Reggae artists from the South...

Miley Cyrus And Mom- Is This
Search Famecrawler: Mary writes a humor blog, called The Mommyologist , all about the changes in life that go along with being a parent. She loves to travel, and enjoys trying out different martini recipes on weekends. She lives in Connecticut with her husband of almost 7 years and her 4-year-old son. Sunny Chanel resides in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, beagle and a tarantula named Lulu. She has strung words together for the SF Weekly, Bust, and Jane among others and currently...

Paul wins Evangelist of the Year
    HURST, ENGLAND, August 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Linear Blue are proud to announce that our Development Director, Paul de Halle has won the FileMaker Excellence Award for Evangelist of the Year. Paul was honoured to receive nominations and votes by his peers for this award. The Evangelist of the Year award is for continued commitment to promote FileMaker in the community and educate new people about FileMaker itself. FileMaker DevCon 2009 was a great success....

JangoMail Teams with TemplateZone to Offer 101 New Email Templates
    San Francisco, CA, August 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- JangoMail (www.jangomail.com), an industry leader in permission-based email marketing, today announced the availability of 101 new email templates as part of the company's partnership with popular email design service TemplateZone. Customers simply download the new High Impact Email for JangoMail tool to access a variety of custom-branded email templates and editing features to create professional email...

Huge verdict shakes up nursing home industry
San Francisco -- During Cindy Cool's almost daily visits to the nursing home, she would routinely find her Alzheimer's-suffering father wearing urine-soaked clothes. The Blue Lake, Calif. resident said it would take upwards of 20 minutes for the apparently short-handed staff of Eureka Healthcare and Rehabilitation to respond and help Cool clean her father. Other patients fared worse, she said. "A lot of times I walked out of there crying because of the things I saw," Cool said an interview.

Story Of Ansel Adams Garage Sale Find Called Out As An Alleged Scam
Ansel Adams Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park (1942). ​ A claim that $45 worth of negatives found at a garage sale are long-lost Ansel Adams photographs was characterized as a scam this week by the artist's trust, which is suing the discoverer, Rick Norsigian, and PRS Media Partners, a firm that has apparently been selling prints of the negatives online. The announcement of the find was made last month in Beverly Hills. The suit by the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust...

Oakland man sentenced in massage parlor robberies
OAKLAND -- Authorities say a 29-year-old Oakland man who took part in a monthlong string of robberies has been sentenced to more than 13 years in Prison. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued the sentence against San Kwen Saephan on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in December to charges of interfering with commerce by Robbery and Extortion. Authorities say Saephan was among a group of people who held up massage parlors in San Rafael and El Cerrito and a karaoke bar in Hayward starting in...

Should Writers Pay for Book Reviews?
Over at Writer Beware , publishing industry expert Victoria Strauss critiqued the new $149 PW Select program for self-published authors--generating a healthy debate about paid Book Reviews. Strauss' informative essay explored "sponsored Review programs" at other Book Review outlets, including San Francisco Book Review , ForeWord's Clarion Reviews , and Kirkus Discoveries . Her article concluded: "Is it ever worthwhile to buy a Review? Not in my opinion. With independent paid Review...

Babies: DVD Trailer
The trailer for the Babies DVD which will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demandon August 29th exclusively at Target and on iTunes. A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.