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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin has a negative net worth. (Michael Macor/The Chronicle) Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, also has a negative net worth The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call put out a list Friday of estimated net worths of every member of Congress. No surprise that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., married to private equity magnate Richard Blum, clocked in at #9 with minimum assets of $43.7 million, or that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, whose stock investor husband Paul’s assets grew significantly this year... Читать дальше...

Michael Bloomberg is jumping into Berkeley’s battle over a proposed soda tax by funding a baseball-themed TV ad that will run throughout the Bay Area during this weekend’s World Series games. Bloomberg, who failed to ban big sodas while mayor of New York City, is spending at least $200,000 to support Measure D, a ballot measure that would implement a 1 cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. Over images of AT&T Park and warbling keyboard version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” the ad’s narrator says... Читать дальше...

Supervisor Malia Cohen answers questions last year about the sudden sale of a Visitacion Valley community center. A Visitacion Valley community center that has been shuttered for more than a year after a nonprofit lost it to foreclosure will reopen soon, city officials announced this week, after an investor agreed to donate it to the city. Supervisor Malia Cohen and Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday said that a Sausalito real estate investor, who bought the century-old, two-story, wood-paneled building at 66 Raymond Ave. Читать дальше...

Thieves were being frozen into ice blocks, drug traffickers grilled on rotisseries, kidnappers impaled on trees of knives, porn possessors sawed in half and classroom cheats meticulously disemboweled. [...] there was one piece of the action that I wasn’t able to make out through the cluster of young families with small children who had stopped for a good, long look. Picture “It’s a Small World” with set design by Hieronymus Bosch, and you start to get an idea of the “10 Courts of Hell,” a detailed tour of the sinner’s afterlife... Читать дальше...

Rand Paul seeks to separate himself from other Republicans (and Hillary Clinton) by offering restraint as a value in American foreign policy. Christopher A. Preble comments.

The wealthy are cloaking their names when buying homes, raising unsolved mysteries surrounding some high-profile properties.

An auction in Motor City of around 6,000 foreclosed properties found an mystery bidder who has offered $3.2 million for the buy.

Travel-related shares were mixed after N.Y. officials confirmed the state's first case of the Ebola virus, but losses were capped by upbeat earnings.

This week in tennis news brought us the birth of the anticipated Djokovic baby, drama from the WTA Finals and some bestie action from Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams. Plus, find out why Rafael Nadal has decided to shut down his 2014 season.

Die erste Begegnung ist immer die schönste.

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In the years since Facebook grew from being a digital college yearbook to a global octopus of connectivity, the only thing as reliable as the service’s ubiquity was the avalanche of stories about how the service was on its way out. First there’s Ello, which made a big splash on its official premiere about a month ago and has been putting out fires ever since. A manifesto is always a sign that users should approach a site with not just a grain of salt but a clove of garlic and a wooden stake. When... Читать дальше...

Ford CEO Mark Fields says the company is considering a Tesla-style high performance electric vehicle, USA Today reports.

Have you ever wondered why we put milk on cereal? Why not juice, water, or any of the other assorted liquids we consume daily? Well, these food scientists finally did the experiments to find out. Turns out that milk, due to its fat content, coats the cereal and keeps it from getting soggy as quickly as it does in pure water. Be sure to read on to the abstract below for some of our favorite examples of (U)nnecessary (A)cronyms (UA)! Physical properties and microstructural changes during so

But it is too late to assuage the anger of those who wanted a decisive response

A judge barred Aereo from transmitting the programs of TV broadcasters as they are being shown, blocking its bid to operate like a cable system.

U.S. officials are debating whether to tighten controls on the border with Canada and make it easier to revoke the passports of suspected militants.

Watch Tiger Woods' audacious chip at the 16th hole at the 2005 Augusta Masters.

The risks arising from the rift between Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, and Jens Weidmann, the president of Germany’s Bundesbank, cannot be overstated.

Georgia Hopkins is a prolific traveler, but she seems to be even better at making friends. What sets the blog apart from other first-person travelogues is that Hopkins also profiles a local in every city she visits – it’s a human touch that shows that she’s immersing herself in much more than just pretty beaches and restaurants.

Hopkins is a Melbourne, Australia native who has spent the past two years globetrotting, and the result is It's Beautiful Here, a blog full of her Instagram-friendly photos and recommendations – all with the goal of inspiring a kind of travel that is, as she told us, “not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” What sets the blog apart from other first-person travelogues is that Hopkins also profiles a local in every city she visits.

When Nick Kordesch talks about his green wedding, he’s not referring to the color of the table runners. In June, Nick, 34, the sustainability coordinator at San Francisco State University, married Hazel Perry, 33, a genetic counselor at UCSF, in what the couple call a “zero-waste wedding.” Because the East Bay holds a special place for them — Nick is an alumnus of Cal and Hazel, who attended UC Davis, grew up there — they held their ceremony at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. After vows were recited... Читать дальше...

Modern wineries usually aren’t modest affairs, and something has got to help pay for the spectacular settings, where architects, interior designers and landscape artists enjoy nearly the same marquee billing as the winemakers. The Gould Evans architecture is stunning, with sloped ceilings supported by expansive glass wings, a rammed-earth wall, and rich finishes of black walnut, travertine and basalt stone. For $100, I could have gotten the Reserve Experience, which features a tasting in the Library... Читать дальше...

Korean KFC customers can now enjoy "The Zinger Double Down King" and it looks insane.