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  Best Manhattan In San Francisco?

  After attending last night's Dueling Manhattans booze fest at Jardinière—and after hearing several patrons worry about rye or bourbon selections, whether the cherries were brandied or maraschino—we wondered just where one could find the best Manhattan in town. We're already rabid fans of the White Manhattan at NOPA (which boasts white whiskey, Benedictine. bianco or blanc vermouth, and orange bitters), but we love the cheap ones found at most mid-level dive bars in downtown San Francisco. But we'd like to anoint a singular sensation.

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  Photo Du Jour: Love 'Loin

  "Love In The 'Loin" by Bob Horowitz....

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  Fatal Stabbing In Outer Mission Last Night

  A 25-year-old man who has not been identified was found stabbed on Regent Street near Alemany Boulevard last night around 9 p.m. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at S.F. General. Police may be seeking a suspect but are not releasing any information at this time. This was San Francisco's third homicide of the year. [BCN/Appeal] PREVIOUSLY: S.F.'s First Murder Victim Of 2012 Was On 'Intervention'...

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  4 Women Sexually Assaulted At SJSU Dorm

  At least four women were groped last night inside a dorm at San Jose State University "by a man who was roaming the building looking for unlocked doors." Though a keycard is needed to get entry, the suspect (described only as a Hispanic man in his 20s) somehow got in and wandered the halls checking doors until he found unlocked rooms. Ugh, what a pig.

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  Tourists And Locals Agree: San Francisco Sucks For Barbecue

  Well, slather us in barbecue sauce and call us Baby Back, a recent poll/listicle thing by leisurely travel glossy, Travel + Leisure Magazine has determined that San Francisco's barbecue options are decidedly subpar. According to a poll of visitors, Bay Area barbecue ranks 28th out of 35 vacation-friendly cities, putting us well below pulled pork destination cities like Memphis (where Willie Brown imports his ribs from) and Kansas City. Embarrassingly, we couldn't even beat out either Portland.

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  Fatal Berkeley Shooting Leaves Home "Riddled With Bullet Holes"

  In Berkeley's first homicide of the year, a man walking to a friend's home was shot multiple times on Shattuck Avenue near Emerson Street. The victim was on his way to watch basketball with a friend when he was gunned down in the street. Police arriving on the scene found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and the friend's home "riddled with bullet holes."

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  Nanny State Law Nabs Another Actual Criminal

  Yes, we get it — Laws banning cigarette smoking and texting-while-driving are here for our own safety, but in the past week both have managed to bring down a couple of actual criminals and not just recklessly inconsiderate members of society. Yesterday we saw Alameda County's cigarette smoking ban bring down a murder suspect. Today we learn that California's ban on texting-while-driving has led to an arrest in a case of grand theft auto earlier this week.

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  Friday Morning Constitutional: Air Hockey Suddenly Hip

  In Friday's morning call: the Mission is totally over pool tables in bars, the scourge of pour-over coffee, Ed Lee's replacement at City Administrator, an SF State student's reality TV win, Berkeley sticks it to Wells Fargo, a Connecticut mayor eats tacos, and more.

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  Day Around The Bay: Castro Plaza

  On Thursday's Day Around the Bay, we learn that fire and tour buses don't mix, more issues about the Castro Plaza, cycling satire, the proper wig to wear while stealing stuff, and...

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  Tonight Addendum: Dueling Manhattans At Jardinière

  Jardinière, Hayes Valley's white-hot spot for perfect food and all-around exquisiteness, is having another one of their local guest bartender series tonight featuring Frommer’s Travel Guides editors. David Lytle (whose photos regularly appear on SFist) will be serving up the rye based The Rytle while newly relocated SF resident Stephen Bassman will mix the bourbon based Manhattan Transfer. Each Manhattans will sell for $9.00 with all proceeds going to Family Builders, a local organization that works to place foster children in permanent loving homes. (Proceeds going to a worthwhile cause? Hippies.)

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  14 Pictures Of Dogs And Cats That Need A Home Right Now

  These guys sure are lonely. They could really use a home and family (likes yours!) to call their own. Maybe you would like a little love in your life too, yes? Well, why not adopt one of these lovable, needy, remarkable creatures today. Or tomorrow. Just do it soon! You can visit them at the SF SPCA (2500 16th Street) to see if you're a match. (Hint: you are.) If you have a heart or are in need of some karma, or both, please take a look at these guys. Their eyes are brimming over with sadness because they aren't with you. However, they're just waiting to explode with love and joy all over your life.

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  Merits Of SFPD, NYPD Patrol Cars Debated

  In the latest New York vs. San Francisco pissing contest, noted New York startup wunderkind David Karp fired the first shot taking our fair city's choice of police patrol vehicles, "the most busted looking police cars." We happen to enjoy the understated, no-nonsense style of SFPD's Crown Victorias (really, there's no greater joy in this city than zipping down Gough Street in a Police Interceptor-turned-Taxi Cab). Thankfully for us, SFist pal (and current San Franciscan living in exile in NYC) Sexpigeon verbalizes our problem with NYPD's "insecure mess of an automobile." Observe:

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  Family Of Charles Hill Sues BART, And They've Got Oscar Grant's Attorney

  The family of Charles Hill, the "wobbly drunk" homeless man shot and killed by BART police last July has filed a civil suit against BART seeking monetary damages for the incident. According to the Examiner's report on the filing, Oakland attorney John Burris will be representing Hill's next of kin. Burris, anti-BART PD readers might remember, successfully secured nearly $3 million in damages for Oscar Grant's mother and daughter in the wrongful death case that followed the trial of BART police officer Johannes Mehserle.

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  Morgellons Disease A Crock Says CDC; Not So Says Bay Area Doctor

  A popular internet image of Morgellons "fibers." The CDC just conducted their first official study into the validity of Morgellons disease — a bizarre phenomenon in which patients, including Joni Mitchell, insist that they have small fibers or threads growing under the skin and causing constant discomfort. The study involved a group of Bay Area patients, and the conclusion wasn't what they wanted to hear. Essentially, they're all crazy. Morgellons is arguably a group-think...

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  Anti-Redhead Sentiment Mars Macworld Expo

  In a shocking orange-rind twist of unadulterated hate, last night's media preview at Macworld iWorld Expo proved a harrowing experience for your gingified SFist editor. Specifically, this piece of art showcasing a horde of redheads—zombie readheads, mind you—chasing a group of frightened non-reds. And if there's one unfair stereotype that the reds press upon the regulars to stop believing, it's this: We are neither flesh-eating nor undead.

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  SFist Tonight, 1/26: 'Blair Witch Project' Actress Turned Pot Grower

  Avengers play Bottom of the Hill, a former Blair Witch star dishes about the marijuana industry at the Booksmith, and video artists from eight different international cities showcase their work at YBCA.

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  'No Bipolars' Ad Agency Makes Stunning Turnaround In Job Ad Controversy

  Earlier this month, we brought your attention to local ad agency Palmer Advertising's Craigslist ad. The advertisement seeking a print/web designer caused a stir since it mentioned that, however humorously intended, those diagnosed with bipolar disorder need not apply. It specifically stated, "The successful candidate will have ... Sanity. If you are a prima donna, bipolar, or require anger management, please go to a big agency where you can hide in the crowd."

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  Muni Bus Strikes Yellow Cab In SoMa

  San Francisco's most loved/hated forms of public transportation literally collided this morning when an 8X-Bayshore Express sideswiped a Yellow Cab, sending it spinning in to a fire hydrant near the Hall of Justice in SoMa. According to Bay City News reporter Dan McMenamin, reporting from the scene, the crash happened just after 10 a.m. this morning when the taxi cab exited Highway 80 and cut off the Muni bus while trying to make a right turn on Gilbert Street.

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  Sacramento Rape Hoax Wife Sentenced

  The Sacramento prison psychologist who, along with a sinister friend, faked her own home-invasion rape, all in a failed effort to get her husband to move them to a better neighborhood, was sentenced Friday. In a plea bargain, Laurie Ann Martinez to "five years' probation and 180 days on electronic monitoring," reports The Chronicle. "She also must pay more than $4,000 restitution for the police investigation."

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  Photo Du Jour: Oh God

  St. Peter and Paul Church View" by Demetrios Lyras....