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San Francisco Opens Country's First Gay Museum

Only other one like it in the world is in Germany

(Newser) - What holds sex toys, manuscripts, and Harvey Milk’s pink sunglasses? America’s first gay museum, opening today in San Francisco. The GLBT History Museum is only the second of its kind in the world; the other is in Germany, reports the Chronicle . The city should have had such a...

Gay Rights Group Not Welcome in Harvey Milk's Old Pad

Other gay rights groups consider Human Rights Campaign too timid

(Newser) - A gay rights group has moved into Harvey Milk’s old home and campaign headquarters—and gay rights advocates are furious. Why? Because the group in question is the Human Rights Campaign, a lobbying outfit that’s been oft-criticized for its timid, inside-the-Beltway approach. “It’s spitting in the...

NFL Fines Broncos for Spying on 49ers
 NFL Fines Broncos 
 for Spying on 49ers 
spygate II
Nov 27, 2010 2:54 PM CST

NFL Fines Broncos for Spying on 49ers

Coach, team out $50K each; video director is fired

(Newser) - The NFL has another case of illegal snooping on its hands. In a flap reminiscent of the Patriots' "spygate" scandal , the league has fined the Denver Broncos and coach Josh McDaniels $50,000 each for filming the practice of the 49ers before a game in London last month. The...

SF Happy Meal Ban Survives Mayoral Veto

Kids' eating should be up to parents, says Mayor Gavin Newsom

(Newser) - A McDonald's Happy Meal ban is still on in San Francisco, despite efforts by the mayor to veto the measure. The Board of Supervisors out-voted the veto and saved the law barring all fast-food restaurants from handing out toys with meals—unless they reduce fat and sugar. Mayor Gavin Newsom...

San Francisco May Vote on Circumcision Ban

Opponents working to get it on ballot next year

(Newser) - First San Francisco banned Happy Meal toys and now ... circumcision? A proposed ballot measure would prohibit circumcising newborn males within the city. If the measure gets enough support, it would appear on the ballot next November. If voters approved the ban, circumcision of a male under the age of 18...

San Francisco Bans Happy Meals

A new day in for the city: No legal pot, no unhealthy kid meals

(Newser) - Indulgences, begone! California voters last night rejected legal pot , and San Francisco just voted to do the same to McDonald's Happy Meals. The city's board of supervisors yesterday passed the ordinance with such a hefty majority—8-3—that it will survive a threatened veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Giants Win World Series
 Giants Win World Series  
Nov 2, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

Giants Win World Series

Trophy coming to San Francisco for first time after 3-1 win over Rangers

(Newser) - The prize that eluded Willie and Barry at long last belongs to the San Francisco Giants , thanks to a band of self-described castoffs and misfits and their shaggy-haired ace. Tim Lincecum, Edgar Rentaria and the Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a...

10 Safest US Cities for Families With Children

Head to Beantown, Portland, San Francisco...

(Newser) - For those looking to raise their kids in the safest possible urban environment, the Sun Belt may not be the place. Underwriters Labs has published a list of the 10 safest cities in the US for parents with children, and it's an eclectic one that includes both New York City...

PG&E Got $5M to Fix Pipe, But Never Did

This year, it asked for another $5M

(Newser) - No solace here for the 40 or so San Francisco-area families who lost their homes in last week's gas line explosion: PG&E got permission three years ago to spend $5 million of ratepayers' money—and to factor that cost into rate prices—to fix a portion of the pipe....

New Body Points to Frisco Area Multiple Killer

Girlfriend found in the trunk of his car

(Newser) - Investigators believe the body of a man wrapped in plastic and found in a closet of his home was one of at least five victims of a San Francisco area killer shot dead by police. The elderly father of latest victim John Sayles, 35, was found dead with multiple puncture...

One McD's Kills Dollar Menu, Enrages Homeless
 One McD's Kills 
 Dollar Menu, 
 Enrages Homeless 
in case you missed it
Sep 11, 2010 5:48 PM CDT

One McD's Kills Dollar Menu, Enrages Homeless

Is franchise owner trying to push them out?

(Newser) - When the McDonald's in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood got rid of its Dollar Menu, the owner claimed it was a simple grab for more money. But the homeless who often congregate outside the restaurant say it's actually a backhanded attempt to get them to move elsewhere. Now that a McDouble...

Four Dead After Explosion in SF Suburb

Neighborhood engulfed by fire after gas line blast

(Newser) - Four people are dead about 50 injured after a natural gas line explosion engulfed a neighborhood south of San Francisco in fire last night. The fire raged uncontrolled in San Bruno, near San Francisco International Airport, for at least an hour, the Chronicle reports. At least 38 homes were destroyed...

San Francisco Jail Gets Condom Dispensers

Sheriff says inmates' health trumps controversy

(Newser) - Technically speaking, sex between inmates is illegal at the San Francisco County Jail's San Bruno facility. But that hasn't stopped the sheriff from installing 16 condom machines as part of a safe-sex program, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "It may be controversial," he says, "but I think...

'Spider Dan' Scales Frisco Tower

Californian Dan Goodwin detained atop 58-story building

(Newser) - Daredevil skyscraper climber "Spider Dan" Goodwin came out of retirement yesterday to scale a 58-story landmark in San Francisco yesterday. Goodwin, equipped only with suction cups, unfurled an American flag at the top of Millennium Tower before being being briefly detained by waiting police, CNN reports.

America's 20 Gayest Cities
 America's 20 Gayest Cities 
No. 19: dallas
Jul 20, 2010 10:28 AM CDT

America's 20 Gayest Cities

Municipalities in Texas, Ohio make the list

(Newser) - It might not shock you to discover that San Francisco has the largest concentration of gays and lesbians in America, but you might be a bit more surprised to learn that Columbus, Ohio, comes in at No. 16, ahead of Los Angeles (No. 18) and Miami (No. 20). The Daily...

Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane
Flight Attendant
Helps Land Plane
Jun 17, 2010 1:50 AM CDT

Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane

'Where are the brakes?' she asks pilot

(Newser) - A flight attendant who stepped in for a sick co-pilot helped land a 225-passenger American Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago yesterday. Granted, it was not an "ordinary workday," but Patti DeLuna, 61, played down the heroics of her feat. "I was just trying to be...

Cost of Nancy Pelosi's New Office? $18K. Per Month.

It's almost double what the next biggest spender in the House pays

(Newser) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi has moved her district offices to a new building in San Francisco, to which she now pays $18,736 in monthly rent. The space is nearly a third larger, at quadruple the cost of the old office. The next highest monthly office rent for a member of...

SF Passes Cell Phone Radiation Law

Stores must display details on radiation levels

(Newser) - San Francisco has become the first city in the nation to pass a law warning consumers about cell phone radiation. Stores selling the phones will be required to display information on how much radiation each model emits. The law passed the city's board of supervisors 10-1, despite stiff opposition from...

Oakland Schoolkids Sent to 'Panhandle' Daily

Students parked on streets to raise $175 a day

(Newser) - Kids from a private religious school in Oakland are parked on San Francisco streets up to 4 hours daily to "panhandle," a local investigation has found. Students boast they make up to $175 a day selling snacks for the St. Andrew Private School, which is run out of...

1 Dead, 5 Critical After SF 'Tainted Drug' Rave

Cops believe drugs were laced with toxic substance

(Newser) - Tainted drugs likely killed one reveler at a San Francisco-area rave and left 5 others fighting for their lives, according to police. More than 70 people were busted at the Cow Palace event and police are testing the ecstasy tablets, LSD, and methamphetamine seized at the scene for toxic substances,...

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