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NEW YORK (AP) — The SXSW Interactive technology festival said Friday that it will hold an "online harassment summit" after it was criticized for bowing to threats and canceling two panels related to video games and online harassment. Canceling the panels "sent an unintended message that SXSW not only tolerates online harassment but condones it," SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest said in a blog post. Both panels had been related to the online campaign dubbed "GamerGate" that began last fall... Читать дальше...

Margaret Cho - The Woman! The Comic! The Legend!NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – MARCH 21: Margaret Cho performs at The Stress Factory Comedy Club on March 21, 2015 in New Brunswick City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage) Comedian Margaret Cho has opened up about her past as a sex worker, declaring, “there’s no shame in it.” The San Francisco funnywoman recently revealed she was molested from the age of five and was raped during her teens. Now she has spoken out about her past in the sex trade as she came out in... Читать дальше...

The first episode in the finale series is always the best episode of “Project Runway,” because it means Tim Gunn has to fly all over the United States and charmingly interact with everyone’s moms. No one is better with a weird parent than Tim Gunn. But first – we began this week’s episode with the

What’s a unicorn, in Silicon Valley-speak? Dream idea with no basis in reality Start up worth more than $1 billion Video game money maker Wild idea that pays off big How many U.S. children have a parent in prison? 500,000 1.8 million 5 million 10 million How are nunchucks getting recognition in California? Official state

Draymond Green embraces challenge of Warriors’ tough, early schedule The early schedule already was challenging: five games, five opponents who made the Western Conference playoffs last season. [...] the challenge becomes more complicated, with center Andrew Bogut recovering from a concussion he sustained in Tuesday night’s season-opening victory. Bogut will miss at least Golden State’s next two games, and maybe more. [...] no, Bogut’s latest injury did not come at a convenient time in the schedule. Читать дальше...

All photos by Kristen Loken La Marcha, the new Spanish tapas eatery in Berkeley, launches tonight for dinner. Located at 2026 San Pablo, the restaurant is the brainchild of Sergio Monleon and Emily Sarlatte, co-founders of the popular paella-centric Ñora Spanish Cuisine mobile catering business. As a reminder, their first brick-and-mortar restaurant will offer several kinds of paellas, in addition to some 25 Spanish style tapas, plus Spanish-style wines, Spanish ciders, and 20 different sherries. Читать дальше...

By Mark Barbeau, of Footy SF SF CITY FC WINS FIRST US OPEN CUP QUALIFIER! NorCal Premier side, SF City FC bested El Farolito (of the SFSFL) 2-0 at Kezar Stadium in the first qualifying round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last Sunday. A crowd of 1,015 fans watched City go ahead just

BOSTON (AP) — The New England Aquarium is putting some fright into its sea life by adding underwater jack-o'-lanterns to celebrate Halloween. Aquarium divers on Friday placed carved pumpkins among the coral reefs of the 225,000-gallon giant ocean tank.

(AP) — A 97-year-old woman has received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school, eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family. School administrators from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids presented her with the diploma at the Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community in Walker.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the cusp of his first album release since 2008, Akon wants to steer his considerable fan base away from services like YouTube to a new — and Akon-branded — app where he'll give away music for free, supported by ads. [...] with digital downloads falling and streaming on the rise, it makes sense to the R&B star. Unfortunately there was a lot of changes happening within the Universal (Music) building. [...] you decided to release them via an app. Together we came up with a formula... Читать дальше...

Seattle Parks and Recreation education specialist Penny Rose told KING-TV young Barred Owls tend to become territorial around this time of year and that the department has had at least 10 reports of Discovery Park owl attacks this season. David Takami of the parks department told KOMO-TV that the park might post warning signs if there are more attacks.

Racy, daring lineup for Roxie’s French film noir festival [...] last year, when the Roxie Theater launched its first festival of film noirs from France, I didn’t expect much — but it was a revelation. In “Three Days to Live” (1957), Lino Ventura is a menacing figure, stalking the film’s hero. [...] when we meet him and hear his point of view, he’s in some way the most admirable character in the film, though still very much the villain. A third advantage applies to how we see these films from our American perspective... Читать дальше...

Last night’s Portland Timbers vs Sporting KC knockout round MLS playoff game was tied after regulation and overtime was decided by penalty kicks. In what ended up as the “greatest penalty kick shootout in MLS history” a MLS-record 22 players stepped to the penalty spot. The highlight of the shootout was not the save by

The six women climbed into a mock-up spaceship Wednesday to imitate a lunar flight — an experiment to assess the effects of the confinement and stress of long space travel. Russia's space medicine center has conducted previous isolation experiments, including one in which six males spent 500 days in a cramped, windowless module to imitate a Mars mission.

The Grove to open in the Design DistrictShowplace Square is getting a Grove. Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle The Grove is en route to the Design District. The popular San Francisco cafe — which currently boasts locations in Pacific Heights, Hayes Valley and SoMa — is taking over a corner space at One Henry Adams Street, in a new development with views of the historic Two Henry Adams Building and Towsend Circle roundabout. Grove owners Kenneth and Anna Zankel have been on the search for a new outpost... Читать дальше...

Culture Club Perform At The Hammersmith ApolloBoy George of Culture Club performs in concert at Eventim Apollo on September 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage) Boy George stunned fans and his fellow judges on U.K. talent show The Voice recently when he boasted about sleeping with Prince during an audition. The studio audience at the taping of the show went wild as the Culture Club star made the admission, which stopped the show as crew members raced to the singer to discuss his comments, according to The Sun. Читать дальше...

[...] a stretched version of the Range Rover - cleverly designated LWB, for long wheelbase - has rear doors that are larger than many luxury cars' front doors. With EPA fuel economy ratings of 16 mpg city and 19 highway, the Rover's 27.5-gallon fuel tank should mean a comfortable cruising range of nearly 500 miles. There's a modern ZF eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, full-time four-wheel-drive, a two-speed transfer case and terrain sensors used to automatically select one of five modes. Читать дальше...

(AP) — An assistant prosecutor in West Virginia has been suspended after pulling a gun and threatening to shoot fake spiders scattered around the office as Halloween decorations. Logan County Prosecuting Attorney John Bennett tells media outlets that Chris White informed other employees that he is "deathly afraid of spiders" before threatening to shoot.

A woman broke her ankle fleeing the car of a ride-share driver who picked her up in San Francisco Thursday night and started going the wrong direction, police said. The 28-year-old woman told police the incident occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m., according to Officer Albie Esparza, a spokesman with the San Francisco Police Department. When he started driving in the wrong direction, she jumped out of the car and broke her ankle running away.

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Actress Drew Barrymore attends Hearst Magazines MAGFRONT 2015 at Hearst Tower on October 27, 2015 in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty/Hearst) Drew Barrymore fought back tears as she recalled the months she spent in rehab as a teenager during a candid chat on radio host Howard Stern’s satellite show. The actress admitted her spell in treatment wasn’t what many stars experience when they seek help for addiction issues and emotional problems today as her rehab was “a very severe lockdown” facility. “(It was) no Hollywood rehab... Читать дальше...

Speaking to law students at Santa Clara University this week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was asked which past court opinion he most admired. He paused for a few seconds, which allowed time for speculation by those of us who thought we had the court’s most outspoken conservative all figured out. Would it be Citizens United? Bush vs. Gore? One of the dissents in Roe vs. Wade? Nope. It was Justice Robert Jackson’s dissenting opinion in the Korematsu case. Fred Korematsu, a native-born American whose parents were from Japan... Читать дальше...

Or perhaps, as master illusionist Christian Cagigal implies several times in the course of “The Pandora Experiment,” it’s that eerily poker-faced antique doll in the rocking chair. It’s not so much the magic tricks Cagigal executes that imbue “Pandora” with the otherworldly quality of an apt Halloween entertainment, as the edgily understated bemusement with which he presents them. Each of his shows packages illusions in an air of theatricality, with a distinct air and implicit, if never explained (this is magic, after all) story. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Halloween tricks came early for some drivers and pedestrians in the Phoenix area when a giant, inflatable pumpkin bounded down the roadway in high winds. Pumpkin owner Patrick Sparkes, with Big AZ Promotions, tells 12 News (KPNX-TV) (http://bit.ly/1Od42jV ) that it took him 40 minutes to track the giant squash down.

Kauai is a tropical world of beauty and tranquility - a place where learning and discovery come as naturally as relaxation and rejuvenation. Hokuala - A Timbers Resort, enjoys a setting among the most spectacular in all of the Hawaiian Islands, a 450-acre natural amphitheater with an unobstructed panorama from the ocean to coastline to sculpted mountains beyond. In the poetic language of native Hawaiians, Hokuala means 'Rising Star'.