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[...] that’s what Ariana Akbar did before she opened Hearth Coffee Roasters in the Castro neighborhood with her husband, James Kafader; the couple previously owned Brown Owl Coffee on Taraval Street. Instead of a wine-focused cafe, Akbar wanted to use her training to pair the organic single-origin coffees she and Kafader roast with bites from pastry chef Megan Bovis. When Hearth opened last fall, the couple were roasting an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe with blueberry and chocolate notes, so Bovis baked... Читать дальше...

Longtime San Francisco political consultant Enrique Pearce, an early backer of the “Run Ed Run” effort who was working as a $5,000-a-month consultant to Mayor Ed Lee’s re-election campaign, has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, authorities said Friday. Pearce, who has also worked for Supervisors Jane Kim and Norman Yee, was arrested by San Francisco police Thursday evening after a complaint led to a search of his McAllister Street apartment, said Officer Grace Gatpandan, a police spokeswoman. Читать дальше...

Update, 8:20 p.m.: Pence had another opportunity with a runner on in the bottom of the 5th, but couldn’t capitalize. He worked the count full against Bettis before going down on a swinging third strike. That’s it for him tonight — Sacramento’s Juan Perez has already replaced him in right field. His final line is 0-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and one putout, the pop fly to right in the first inning.That was the plan all along: five innings and three or so plate appearances. He’ll probably be back in the lineup tomorrow... Читать дальше...

Spokesman Josh Earnest walked back the idea the next day, after whetting the appetites of liberal activists. Too often, partisans talk about tinkering with our system to improve voter turnout without fixing why the electorate isn’t showing up. Not coincidentally, the midterm elections, with lower participation, shifted control of the Senate to the GOP. [...] Democrats have looked at all manner of gimmicks to increase voter participation. San Francisco supervisors are entertaining a measure to... Читать дальше...

Visitors to the Museum of the African Diaspora may enter its just-opened exhibition, “Portraits and Other Likenesses From SFMOMA,” confident of recognizing a portrait when they see one, and leave with that confidence shaken. A sympathetic image of a dressed-up young man trying to act natural while holding an apparently artificial flower shows him sitting before a backdrop of floral-patterned fabric. The exhibition includes a Nick Cave “Soundsuit” (2009), an elaborate costume with Afro-Caribbean... Читать дальше...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talked about foreign policy, joked about dying her hair, and spoke about the passing of David Goldberg, the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, during her stop in Portola Valley today, according to an insider on the scene. “She was on fire,” said one Democratic donor who joined the crowd of about 200 at a $2,700 per person fundraiser at the home of eBay CEO John Donahoe and his wife, Eileen, a former ambassador. “She was erudite, compassionate... Читать дальше...