San Francisco Chronicle

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Restoring shoreline ecosystem

There is no better place to be when the weather turns hot than Muir Beach on the Marin County coast. Muir Beach is small, and a bit out of the way, but it's only 11 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, 20 minutes from San Francisco. Muir Beach has...

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: A new tack to break Democratic control

Neel Kashkari, the “$700 billion man” who managed the financial bailout program during President George W. Bush's administration, hasn't held press conferences, appeared in TV spots or made formal announcements about a possible future run for...

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Getting prepped for big regatta

Emirates Team New Zealand, a contender for Team Oracle's hold on the America's Cup, sailed its AC72 on San Francisco Bay for the first time Friday.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Seeking equitable Internet tax rules

WASHINGTON — Two friends order identical books from Amazon. One is from California and is charged sales tax. The other is from Washington, D.C., and is not. The rules governing e-commerce are so complex that an item bought directly from a company's...

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Psychiatrists ponder gays' unique needs

In a dim conference room at the Moscone Center last week, a slideshow was showing images of people retired from the military — all of them gay, all of them serving their country at a time when revealing their sexual orientation would have been...

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Behind Ellison's quest for the America's Cup

Over five Sundays, The Chronicle will publish excerpts from staff writer Julian Guthrie's book, “The Billionaire and the Mechanic,” that provides a behind-the-scenes look at Oracle chief Larry Ellison's bid for America's Cup.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Immigration patrols:

A federal judge finds that deputies for America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff engaged in racial profiling.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Young inventors:

Scientists in their 20s are designing NASA's next space-race gadgets in Mountain View.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: 3-Dot Lounge:

Time for the Giants to start looking to the future of their rotation.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: March music:

Brass Liberation Orchestra plays for change — of the political kind.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Rallying for vets:

RallyPoint opens up its social network to all military veterans.

5/25/2013: FRONT PAGE: Slain rapper:

Former Serra High basketball star faces murder charge in Georgia.

5/25/2013: WORLD: Aid group struck by Taliban in Kabul

KABUL— In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle with police in the heart...

5/25/2013: WORLD: NEWS OF THE DAY

_ 1 Niger attack: With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had...

5/25/2013: WORLD: Kim letter signals thaw with Chinese

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...

5/25/2013: WORLD: CORRECTIONS

Arts & Ends, 96 Hours, May 23 A photo caption misidentified Luke Padgett. He was the person on the right in the photo.

5/25/2013: WORLD: Skepticism lingers as peace talk plan inches ahead

BEIRUT — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both...

5/25/2013: WORLD: Slain soldier's family shocked by peril at home

LONDON — The family of the soldier hacked to death on a London street in an apparent terrorist attack said Friday that they understood the danger he faced while deployed abroad but had not expected him to be in peril at home. At a tearful news...

5/25/2013: WORLD: Foreign preacher is allowed rare talk and mention of God

HANOI— The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. “Do you know why I love God?” Nick...

5/25/2013: WORLD: Jets intercept Pakistan airliner — 2 passengers arrested

LONDON — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who had...

5/25/2013: WORLD: Former President Portillo extradited to United States

GUATEMALA CITY — Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital...

5/25/2013: NATION: NEWS OF THE DAY

_ 1Judge charged: An Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge pleaded not guilty Friday in East St. Louis to a charge of possessing heroin. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael...

5/25/2013: NATION: Pair face murder charge in death of 2nd sick son

PHILADELPHIA — After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faithhealing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care. But now they've lost an 8-month-old in...

5/25/2013: NATION: Teachers sheltered kids against the storm's fury

MOORE, Okla. — Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on...

5/25/2013: NATION: A desperate scramble to replace fallen bridge

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Federal officials are searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along a crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last...

5/25/2013: NATION: Merit badge for equality

When it comes to gay rights, this country is unmistakably moving forward with increasing speed. The military has dropped “don't ask, don't tell,” same-sex marriage is legal in 12 states and the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court is weighing...

5/25/2013: NATION: Upbeat prognosis

California is showing the nation that President Obama's health care reforms can work — if a state's politicians are committed to implementing them. After months of planning and weeks of negotiations with health care insurers, the state agency...

5/25/2013: NATION: Visual assault at Crissy Field

Sculptures at Crissy Field (“Di Suvero sculptures work on a grand scale,” Kenneth Baker, Datebook, May 23): The emperor's new clothes? How is it that SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra can foist this litter on San Francisco? The pleasant, wide-open space of...

5/25/2013: NATION: Rape justice

I commend your publishing the San Antonio ExpressNews stories on rape in the military as well as the guest editorial on May 22 (“Military needs a jolt — a big one”). As a rape survivor, former rape crisis counselor and scholar who has written on rape,...

5/25/2013: NATION: Homeless bill: No

City officials strive to create and maintain livable communities for all of our residents, from families to the elderly to the homeless. Assembly Bill 5 by Tom Ammiano, or the “homeless bill of rights” might be well intended, but it goes beyond reason...

5/25/2013: NATION: It's not enough

The Boy Scouts of America should still be denied tax-exempt status until the organization demonstrates a total policy of nondiscrimination (“Gay scouts OK — adults still banned,” May 24). Besides, do they really want to have to explain to their youth...

5/25/2013: NATION: Art is reality

Isn't the article on BART artwork (“Sculpture is grimy? Clean it, artist says,” May 23) rather missing the point? Think of this publicly installed piece as art in action. Or an environmental comment on air quality. After all, BART commuters have been...

5/25/2013: NATION: Yes, blame Apple

The letter “Blame Congress, not Apple” (May 24) should be reversed. Who do you think writes the tax code loopholes that allow Apple and other corporations to drive truck loads of money through? Corporate lobbyists. As long as “money is the mother's...

5/25/2013: SPORTING GREEN: Mattingly's mentality

LOS ANGELES — In the fall leading up to his first season as Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Don Mattingly was asked if he could control his frustration as he relied on players who were unlikely to ever reach the individual heights he reached as a first...

5/25/2013: SPORTING GREEN: Contenders get taste of sailing on San Francisco Bay

Emirates Team New Zealand (photos at left), which recently arrived in the Bay Area, puts its new AC72 through the paces on San Francisco Bay on Friday. Defender Team Oracle and Italian boat Luna Rossa were also on the bay on a good day for sailing.

5/25/2013: SPORTING GREEN: Hair-raising approach taken by manager to inspire offense

WASHINGTON — Davey Johnson says he's giving up his razor until the Washington Nationals find their bats. The manager apologized for his scraggly appearance before Friday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, but he said it had a purpose. “If my...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Grizzlies, down 0-2, believe

The towels are showing up all around Memphis. They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The sentiment? Believe, Memphis. The Grizzlies certainly do. Yes, they are down 0-2 to San Antonio in their...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Kareem Abdul-jabbar

When the NBA's all-time leading scorer had night sweats in 2008, he told himself, “I'm getting old.” He was getting sick. Abdul-Jabbar had leukemia, but a treatable form — chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). He takes a daily capsule and is symptomfree....

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Alex Rodriguez

The rich certainly do get richer, and the Yankees' third baseman is no exception. A-Rod sold his Miami Beach home for $30 million on Friday. He bought the 54,000-square-foot piece of waterfront land for $7.4 million in 2010. Using his own construction...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: Cabrera off to strong start following Triple Crown year

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera raised his right arm as he rounded first base, a surprised grin on his face. These days, every swing by the Detroit third baseman seems like a potential home run, but the reigning Triple Crown winner had to admit this one was...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: BEST OF THE DAY

Anibal Sanchez fell two outs shy of his second career no-hitter, allowing a ninth-inning single by Minnesota's Joe Mauer in host Detroit's 6-0 win Friday night. It was Sanchez's second gem in about a month — he set a franchise record with 17...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: No rush to name starter

Pitching proved to be the main topic of conversation during Bruce Bochy's pregame news conference Friday. Plenty of conversation, not much in terms of definitive answers. Bochy said the club probably won't announce until after Sunday's game who will...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: Reddick has rehab plan

HOUSTON — Josh Reddick has made a lot of progress since last weekend, when he discussed the possibility of surgery. Now the only question seems to be when the right fielder will return to the A's lineup. Friday, for the first time since going on the...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: Lopsided:

Saturday's A's pitcher, A.J. Griffin, does his best work against AL West teams. In those starts, he's 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA (career: 6-0, 1.98). Facing teams in other divisions, he's 1-3 with a 4.99 ERA (career: 5-4, 4.11). Look out, Astros.

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: Nice finish:

Double-A Richmond's 9-4 win over Trenton on Thursday ended on a triple play. With runners at first and second, shortstop Joe Panik caught Tyler Austin's line drive, stepped on second for the second out and threw to first baseman Andrew Susac for the...

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: ON DECK

Saturday at Astros 4:15 p.m. 2t Griffin (4-3) vs. Harrell (3-5) Sunday at Astros 11:10 a.m. CSNCA Colon (4-2) vs. Keuchel (1-1) Monday vs. Giants 1:05 p.m. CSNCA Bumgarner (4-2) vs. Straily (2-2)

5/25/2013: BASEBALL: ON DECK

Saturday vs. Rockies 1:05 p.m. CSNBA Nicasio (4-1) vs. Zito (3-3) Sunday vs. Rockies 1:05 p.m. CSNBA Garland (3-5) vs. Cain (3-2) Monday at A's 1:05 p.m. CSNBA Bumgarner (4-2) vs. Straily (2-2)

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Senators resign to fate as Penguins take series

Eight playoff wins down, eight to go for Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. James Neal had a hat trick, and the Pens finished off the lifeless Senators 6-2 on Friday in Pittsburgh in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals, winning the best-of-seven...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Back home, eager for redemption

The Sharks are glad to be returning home. Coach Todd McLellan anticipates a few minor adjustments and no big personnel changes as San Jose looks to rebound from Thursday's 3-0 road loss to the Kings in their Western Conference semifinal series. The...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: In sign of thaw, Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89

CHICAGO — There have been questions about whether the Bears could repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. That's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man also known as Da...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Cal's new coach drops by practice

With his assistant coaches fanned out across the country recruiting, new Cal football coach Sonny Dykes had a hankering for some live football. So he was in Santa Clara on Wednesday, clad in a Cal football windbreaker and watching a 49ers practice from...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Sharks vs. Kings

Kings lead series 3-2 Game 6 on NBCSN. Radio: 98.5 and 102.1. Game 1: Kings 2, Sharks 0 Game 2: Kings 4, Sharks 3 Game 3: Sharks 2, Kings 1, OT Game 4: Sharks 2, Kings 1 Thursday: Kings 3, Sharks 0 Sunday: at HP Pavilion, 5 p.m. Tuesday: at Los...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Coordinator contract terms are disclosed

Cal football coach Sonny Dykes' offensive and defensive coordinators signed three-year contracts for similar dollar amounts, but there's a bonus clause in Tony Franklin's agreement that gives the offensive coordinator incentive to stick around through...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Sanabia professes ignorance on spit

Marlins pitcher Alex Sanabia said he didn't know it was illegal to spit directly onto a baseball and that he spit on a ball earlier in the week to get a better grip, not get movement. “It's something you live and learn from,” Sanabia said Friday. “I...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Rematch is possible, just not in the final

PARIS — Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic in the same half of...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Champions League's 1st all-german final

LONDON — Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favorite, while Borussia Dortmund is eager to play up its chances of pulling off the upset. Even before the start of Saturday's Champions League final, the first between two German clubs, the...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Needed in Indycar: More feuding

INDIANAPOLIS — They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well. Clearly, there's a lot of respect among the 33 drivers in Gasoline Alley. Maybe a little too much....

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Kucher takes lead at Colonial amid storms

Matt Kuchar was 10-under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial was suspended Friday night because of a storm approaching Fort Worth, Texas. There were 18 groups still on the course, three with eight...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Case involving Favre's texts settled

A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages said the case has been settled. Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually...

5/25/2013: SPORTS: Ex-giro cycling champ fails test

Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year's...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Space miniatures

Scientists in their 20s are taking over the space race, and their ability to think out of the box is leading to cheap and tiny satellites with components created by 3-D printers. Think three spacecraft, each one only a 4-inch cube and costing barely...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: When a war over eggs cracked the remote Farallones' stillness

Most locals are not aware that those enigmatic bumps on the horizon called the Farallon Islands officially belong to San Francisco. But the forbidding rocks 27 miles west of Point Bonita are indeed within the city and county limits, rising up out of...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Ins and outs of a chronic offender's case

There was a classic moment this week in the Superior Court hearing for chronic offender Arthur Balderson. Balderson, you may recall, is the Haight district derelict who has failed to appear for his required court appearances 22 times in the past two...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Retiring officer has novel tactics

His retired cohorts might be out playing golf and puttering in the garden, but Bob Crawford is spending his septuagenarian years on what he really loves to do: his job, as an Oakland police officer patrolling the most violent pockets of East...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Hospital projects approved

Now that city leaders have reached an agreement with California Pacific Medical Center to build two seismically safe hospitals, the $2 billion deal is sailing through San Francisco's notoriously slow legislative process. On Thursday, the City Planning...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Editor's note

Every corner in San Francisco has an astonishing story to tell. Every Saturday, Gary Kamiya's “Portals of the Past” will tell one of those lost stories, using a specific location to illuminate San Francisco's extraordinary history — from the days when...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Market manager wins suit on pay

Safeway must pay $26,000 in overtime to a former assistant store manager who, because of staff cuts and demanding standards, spent most of her time doing tasks like bagging groceries and stocking shelves while keeping an eye on her crew, a state...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: 5.7 earthquake rattles nerves, damages homes

GREENVILLE, Plumas County — Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the forested region in decades. The quake centered near...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Cyclist identified in fatal collision

A bicyclist killed in a crash with a Recology garbage truck in San Francisco's Mission District had moved to the city last week from Clayton to start an apprenticeship as an electrician, his family said Friday. Dylan Mitchell, 21, was riding east on...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Woodside man guilty of his wife's murder

A Woodside man accused of killing his wife for her multimillion-dollar life insurance policy and faking her suicide was convicted Thursday of murder, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office reported. Pooroushasb “Peter” Parineh, 67, faces life...

5/25/2013: BAY AREA: Carnaval festival and parade

The annual Carnaval festival takes place Saturday and Sunday in San Francisco's Mission District. Festival: Will be held both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Harrison Street between 16th and 24th streets. Parade: Starts at 10 a.m. Sunday at 24th and...

5/25/2013: FROM THE COVER: Parolee indicted in museum theft

A federal grand jury has charged a parolee with stealing a 19th century gold jewelry box worth $805,000 in a Jan. 7 break-in at the Oakland Museum of California, which recovered the artifact two months later. Andre Taray Franklin, 45, was indicted...

5/25/2013: FROM THE COVER: Trivia Time

Last week's trivia question was: What San Francisco structure that is not a skyscraper is more massive than the Great Pyramid at Giza? Answer: The center anchorage of the Bay Bridge, known as Moran's Island, is more massive. The structure, which...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: Apple CEO lurches from crisis to crisis

Tim Cook's tenure at the helm of Apple has been a crash course in crisis management. In almost two years since Cook became chief executive officer, Apple has lurched from one reputation-threatening public-relations predicament to the next — from...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: New York basks in glow of Tumblr deal

A roundtable of tech startups might be the only place you hear people say that they like New York City for its friendliness, positive reinforcement and small-town feel. Yahoo's $1 billion-plus acquisition of Tumblr marks the first time in years a New...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: Pregnancy a challenge for startup operators

Pitching a business to outside investors is a high-stakes, high-anxiety proposition, but doing it while keeping an early-stage pregnancy under wraps is particularly difficult, says Melissa Miranda. She didn't announce that she was pregnant when she...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: 24 percent

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5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: Hear here

“It's the core of their essence. If you can't manage inventory in retail, then you can't manage retail.” Wallace Hopp, an associato doan at tho Ross School of Businoss at tho Univorsity of Michigan, on Walmart's difficultios in making suro its storos...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS REPORT: Heads up

Latham & Watkins hosts a panol discussion aodnosday at tho law firm's Monlo Park officos on tho succoss, and tho lossons loarnod, of tho Jols Act. Undor tho yoar-old Jumpstart Our Businoss Startups Act, promising startups — what tho logislation calls...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS: Struggling Gap rebounds with quarterly profit up 43%

After years of struggle, Gap is back in style. Gap Inc., which owns Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic clothing chains, reported a 43 percent jump in its fiscal first-quarter net income Thursday, as the San Francisco company continues to reap benefits...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS: Walmart works on shelf stock

Walmart is turning up the pressure to keep its shelves adequately stocked by proposing to tie executive compensation to the issue — and has asked an outside auditor to alert workers which items to focus on by plastering U.S. stores with neon green...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS: Yahoo submits bid for Hulu

Yahoo submitted an offer for Hulu, the online video site, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, expanding the number of suitors for the service to at least seven. Yahoo, which said this week that it's buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion,...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS: Google looks at buying Waze

Google, maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook, sources said. Waze is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties and is seeking more...

5/25/2013: BUSINESS: Durable goods beat forecast

Orders for U.S. durable goods increased more than forecast in April, pointing to gains in business investment that will help manufacturing rebound in the second half of the year. Bookings for equipment meant to last at least three years increased 3.3...

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Banging the drum for political causes

It's Earth Day 2013, and protesters near the EPA building in San Francisco have been listening to a long series of speeches before their planned march to the State Department office. Under the warm sun, the cries for justice are just starting to...

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Horses in concept and construct; a painter's unfinished business

To my relief, I finally saw what I consider a failed work by Montana sculptor Deborah Butterfield. But it was at an art fair in New York, not in her current exhibition at Anglim. Nobody hits the target every time, but Butterfield has worked with...

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Hollywood talent agent chases after his dream

Hollywood has always been fertile ground for novelists, but especially during the golden age, when studios were still in power and before super agencies and megacorporations took over. Nathanael West's “The Day of the Locust” and F. Scott Fitzgerald's...

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Margaret Fitzgerald: Inhabit:

Paintings. Through June 10. Chandler Fine Art, 170 Minna St., S.F. (415) 546-1113. www.chan dlersf.com.

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Deborah Butterfield:

Sculpture. Through June 15. Gallery Paule Anglim, 14 Geary St., S.F. (415) 433-2710. www.gallery pauleanglim.com.

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: American Dream Machine

By Matthew Specktor (Tin House; 460 pages; $25.95)

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: A menagerie of lowlifes at their worst

Andrew Saito's metaphor-packed language soars and stumbles in “Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night.” The desperate denizens of his urban underworld scramble for meaning, sometimes making a connection, in the Cutting Ball Theater world premiere that...

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Cinematic fairy tale comes to life in Glass' creation

Two decades after its creation, Philip Glass' “La Belle et la Bête” (“Beauty and the Beast”) retains its power to amaze and enchant an audience. This genrespanning adaptation of the classic Jean Cocteau film, which on Thursday night opened San...

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: CALENDAR

MUSIC Dave Mason Acoustic Trio 8 p.m. $48. Rob Swift 10 p.m. $19. Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero W., Oakland. (510) 238-9200. www.yoshis.com. Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Teebs 8 p.m. $29.50. Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. (510) 452-0438....

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Philip Glass Ensemble:

“La Belle et la Bête.” 8 p.m. Saturday (May 25). Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., S.F. “Koyaanisqatsi,” 7 p.m. Sunday. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. $40-$65. (415) 3924400. www.performan ces.org.

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: How to submit your listing

Post your listing directly at events.sfgate.com and send an e-mail press release to listings@ sfchronicle.com. Please be as specific about show times, prices, contact information and location as possible. We are not able to use all the listings we...

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night:

Drama. By Andrew Saito. Directed by Rob Melrose. Through June 16. $10-$50. Cutting Ball Theater, Exit on Taylor, 277 Taylor St., S.F. Two hours. (415) 525-1205. www.cut tingball.com.

5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Sfgate.com

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5/25/2013: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Bynes charged in N.Y. in drug, bong case

NEW YORK — Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in a criminal court Friday disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats, where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out of her Manhattan apartment building. The...

5/25/2013: COMICS & PUZZLES: CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Bug spray target 4 Hospital bug 9 They're usually passwordprotected: Abbr. 14 Where the buck stops? 15 Opening of a memorable walrus song 16 F follower in vintage TV 17 Pius XII's successor 19 Totaled 20 Trailer caution 21 Breaks down slowly...

5/25/2013: COMICS & PUZZLES: HOROSCOPE

ARIES (March 20-April 18): The problem with the Sun/Neptune square is that people really do believe what they're saying no matter how absurd their claims. This applies to loved ones as well as UFO conspiracy theorists. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): The...

5/25/2013: COMICS & PUZZLES: N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Canine woe 6 Decorates nicely 11 Actress Hayworth 15 Evian Championship org. 19 Fundamental truth 20 “Coffee ___?” 21 Give ___ (yank) 22 Some bookmarks, for short 23 Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic? 25 Hyperbolically large 27 Like steppes 28...

5/25/2013: COMICS & PUZZLES: BRIDGE

Today's deal is a curiosity — I'm not sure whether the play could ever go as indicated at the end of this column — but I would take my hat off to anyone who found the winning move. Let's look at what happened at the table: South reached three no-trump...

5/25/2013: COMICS & PUZZLES: SUDOKU PUZZLE

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3-by-3 box contains every digit, 1 to 9.

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Weed, hip-hop infuse Bay Area dialect

It seems that everyone in the Bay Area has an opinion about the local words we love to use. Hella strong opinions, in fact. Last week, I wrote about the Bay Area dialect, focusing on words that originated here and that peg the speaker as being from...

5/25/2013: DATEBOOK: Be your friendly self with everyone — ‘trying' to flirt can backfire

Dear Abby: I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a “people person” and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend. I was extremely sick throughout high...