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Roost.com: Every Home For Sale… (Well almost…)

What’s that Beastie Boys lyric? Something like “Technology is wizardry, what you got is…” Anyway….we now have more real estate technology and listing search capability thanks to Roost.com, which apparently just launched its San Francisco listings. Looks to us like t... (original story)

On the Market: $70 Million Mindfuck at the Saint Regis

Proof that San Francisco's luxury condo market is, in fact, thriving: Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane, whose company is responsible for New York's Time Warner Center, among other things, is putting his St. Regis penthouse up for sale — at... (original story)

Oops: PG&E Launches Another Manhole: Again? We're starting to think PG&E's...

Again? We're starting to think PG&E's interns have nothing better to do on their rounds than pop manhole covers into the air. Another sewer frisbee went flying at 8:55 last night at Stockton and O'Farrell when a PG&E transformer fire... (original story)

Case-Shiller Home Price Index Update

This week brought the latest Case-Shiller report, with data being crunched from June of this year. The monthly report, which tracks changes in the value of residential housing, covers 20 metropolitan areas in the United States, with three of those being in California: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and... (original story)

St. Regis Penthouse Asking $70M: Is San Francisco All Growns Up?

Purchased for roughly $30,000,000 as a raw shell in 2005, local real estate developer Victor MacFarlane's penthouse atop the St. Regis has been three years in the making. And while it isn't yet finished (around 85% from what we've... (original story)

Reader Report: Big Time Landlords Smoking a Lot of Crack in 2006

We love to get tips and comments from all y’all, so keep sending them either to thefrontsteps@gmail.com or use the contact form This from “44yo hipster”: Apparently some big time landlords were smoking a lot of crack in 2006. Apparently these NY landlords didn’t get the memo ... (original story)

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Diavola: Hand-tossed pizza, wood-fired oven, pig head [Photo: Flickr/mswine] · Udupi Palace Gets the Bargain Bites Treatment [Chron] · Diavola Pizzeria and Salumeria Wins Over Geyserville [SRPD] · Bartender Q&A With Gina Astesana of Wish [SFE] · Walnut Creek's... (original story)

Comment of the Day: Do we sense a certain level...

Do we sense a certain level of collective frustration these days over the state of San Francisco's streets? Why yes, yes we do: "Personally, I also have a home made sign that says stop dumping in our streets that I... (original story)

Learn About the ABC’s of Home Building

The City of Redwood City will be offering a class in the “ABC’s of Homebuilding + Green Building” on Saturday, September 27th at the Green Building Exchange in Redwood City. The five-hour class is being taught by Julia Harkola, who holds a Ph.D. from Stanford in Construction Manage... (original story)

Jamba files late Q2 report: $89 million loss

Smoothie maker Jamba Inc., the parent of Jamba Juice Co., lost $89.2 million in the second quarter ended July 15. (JMBA) (original story)

Sports Retail Networks raises $2.5M, Pottruck becomes chairman

Video screen advertiser Sports Retail Networks raised $2.5 million in its first venture funding round, which it will spend on its flagship brand, the Golf Network. (original story)

Preservationists Pile on More Presidio Dramz

One more enemy for Donald Fisher's CAMP: The San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board fired off a six-page missive to the Planning Department, expressing its "concerns" over the proposed museum. The board also claims that three of the four... (original story)

SpeedDate.com raises $6M on its second date with VCs

Online speed dating service SpeedDate.com raised $6 million in its second round of venture funding. (original story)

Slow Food Nation: The Taste Pavilions, a Sneak Peek

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Fort Mason: Here we have the first look at what will probably be the main event at this weekend's Slow Food Nation bash: the Taste Pavilions. Even as we speak, the... (original story)

OmniVision CFO leaves as Q1 profit drops by half

OmniVision Technologies Inc.’s first quarter profit fell by more than half and the company said Peter Leigh, its chief financial officer, would retire. (OVTI) (original story)



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