New documentary “The Cliff House” premieres at the Balboa, April 12 [Richmond SF]

“What they put back is not the ORIGINAL door. Check out the beautifully crafted original one on the left in the above photo – then check out its inferior cousin on the right. Boo. Hiss.”
Adding insult to injury: Rec & Park’s imposter mini door in Golden Gate Park [Richmond SF]

“The old Haight Asbury Recycling Center, which Chuck hated so much, demonstrated how the syndicate racket doesn’t have to work, since small-time individual bottle-pickers could get there without a truck and keep all the money. Oh, but that was also leading to drugs. So now it’s gone. Amazing, Chuck, the law of unintended consequences.”
WTF, Chuck: Repeal the bottle bill? [SFBG]

“Obama in need of gender-sensitivity training”
Obama ripped for Kamala Harris remark [Chron]

“Mission Local asked Landsberg about rumors that the show would be a sort of ‘gay Sex and the City,’ which she would not comment on.”
HBO Is in the Neighborhood [ML@L]

“It starts out a little rocky — ‘Hayes Valley is just north of downtown'”
An L.A. Writer’s Take on Hayes Valley [Hayeswire]

“Of the 117 female firefighters, 11 have been diagnosed with breast cancer and 1 had died. That is six times the normal rate. “
SF Looks To Study Alarming Breast Cancer Rates For Women Firefighters [KCBS]

“The total cost of the LG’s travel is $1,216.76. This breaks down as $703.80 for roundtrip airfare and $512.96 for 2 nights hotel accommodations.”
Gavin Newsom’s SCOTUS Trip Cost Taxpayers How Much? [Petrelis]

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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