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S.F. mugger shopped for most lenient judge

Dennis J. Opatrny, Examiner, 10/10/95

As a 71-year-old woman stepped off the 19 Polk bus on the south slope of Potrero Hill last June, a man grabbed her purse, spun her to the ground and ran with the bag. Wednesday, the man who admits he terrorized Shirley Scullin for her purse and meager...

Don't miss

Mark Hedin, San Francisco Chronicle, 04/10/08

Arlo Guthrie Heir to a key component of American popular music, Arlo Guthrie is putting on a show he's dubbed his "Solo Reunion Tour: Together at Last." He'll be accompanying himself on six- and 12-string guitars, on piano, harmonica and, he promises, a...

Convicted mugger escapes serving jail time

Dennis J. Opatrny, Examiner, 10/28/95

Despite a prosecutor's plea for prison punishment, a retired Alameda County judge has sentenced to probation a man who mugged an elderly San Francisco woman only to be caught later at gunpoint by another woman. Raymond Pinkston escaped a state prison term...

NIGHTLIFE - S.F. Blues Festival

Mark Hedin, San Francisco Chronicle, 09/21/06

"The blues had a baby and they called it rock 'n' roll." So sang blues progenitor Muddy Waters many years ago, and no one's ever argued the point. This weekend's 34th San Francisco Blues Festival, the longest ongoing blues festival anywhere, offers a wide...

Opening Friday

Mark Hedin, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/01/09

Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet: This 2005 Swiss-made documentary is fleshed out with archival footage as it tells the story of monk Gendun Choephel (1903-1951), who challenged the Tibetan government to become less isolated from the rest of the world...

BAY AREA REPORT -- EAST BAY - Mom Won't Let Boy Fly Off to Alaska

San Francisco Chronicle, 08/01/96

Livermore -- A 12-year-old boy's dream of flying to Alaska has been grounded by a higher authority -- his mom. Andy Hedin, who received money for the trip from a San Diego woman, was scheduled to take off from Livermore Municipal Airport next Monday and...

New chef, new menu for Mecca

Amanda Berne, San Francisco Chronicle, 07/12/06

Before lounges were on the lips of every restaurateur, there were supper clubs. And for the past 10 years, Mecca has been one of the most popular. A concrete-and-steel wonderland in the Castro, it's one of few places in the area that's attempted an...

Opening this week

Mark Hedin, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/18/08

Gran Torino Clint Eastwood directs and stars as crusty, widowed Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski, calling up visions of Dirty Harry for a new generation of thugs, making fools of kin and clergy and packing the highest-caliber index-finger firearm you've...

APARTMENT LIVING -- Setting Up House Doesn't Have to Break the Bank

Leta Herman, San Francisco Chronicle, 09/20/95

Outfitting your first apartment is a formidable task. At this time of year, many college students or graduates are setting up house for the first time -- often finding out the hard way what they need. Then there are the people who are starting over because...

Opening Friday

Mark G. Hedin, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/29/09

New in Town Renée Zellweger is Lucy Hill, who, while on her way up the corporate ladder as a business consultant in Miami, apparently missed seeing the Coen brothers' "Fargo." So imagine her surprise when, tasked with restructuring a blue-collar factory...

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