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… People were sleeping and kids were running down fire escapes,” Nevarez told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It was a bad scene.”
As the fire burned during the afternoon, a pillar of thick smoke rose over the neighborhood. Authorities closed several blocks, causing massive traffic jams.
Each year, the firefighters union raises money and seeks toy donations to provide gifts to needy children. The program has operated for more than six decades and gives toys to tens of thousands of children year-round, according to the fire department’s website.
The toy drive found itself in a controversy earlier in the week when the chief nixed a plan for a group of strippers to present a $20,000 donation to the program at a city firehouse. The dancers, who raise money annually for the toy drive, presented the check instead at the warehouse where the toys were being stored.
… People were sleeping and kids were running down fire escapes,” Nevarez told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It was a bad scene.”
As the fire burned during the afternoon, a pillar of thick smoke rose over the neighborhood. Authorities closed several blocks, causing massive traffic jams.
Each year, the firefighters union raises money and seeks toy donations to provide gifts to needy children. The program has operated for more than six decades and gives toys to tens of thousands of children year-round, according to the fire department’s website.
The toy drive found itself in a controversy earlier in the week when the chief nixed a plan for a group of strippers to present a $20,000 donation to the program at a city firehouse. The dancers, who raise money annually for the toy drive, presented the check instead at the warehouse where the toys were being stored.
See the full article from “NPR”
While the Angels and Rangers are throwing around cash like rappers at a strip club, the A’s have gone into complete rebuild mode. Again. Billy Beane already traded pitcher Trevor Cahill to Arizona for top pitching prospect Jarrod Parker and shipped pitcher Gio Gonzalez out of the American League on Thursday. Beane traded the 26-year-old left hander to the Washington Nationals for a prospect package of RHP A.J. Cole, C Derek Norris, RHP Brad Peacock and LHP Tom Milone. While that haul is four players Brad Pitt has never heard of, it is four of the Nationals top 10 prospects, at least according to John Sickels.
Gonzalez joins his fourth team in his young career after posting back-to-back sub 3.25 ERA seasons in Oakland’s spacious park. The advanced metrics (FIP, xFIP, tERA, SIERA) aren’t quite as high on him though. Gonzalez has the ability to strikeout plenty of batters but his less than ideal control has led to just a 1.98 career K/BB ratio. The Angels might send Gonzalez a basket of farewell muffins because they only hit .214/.260/.332 against Gonzalez since he arrived in Oakland in 2008.
See the full article from “Halo Hangout”
Calif. Chief Nixes Event With Strippers in Station Firehouse.com News Posted: Thu, 12/22/2011 – 09:48am Updated: Thu, 12/22/2011 – 12:50pm
San Francisco’s fire chief’s decision to keep a professional atmosphere at Station 1 Wednesday stirred up some controversy involving firefighters, a toys for kids program and strippers, according to KGO-TV.
BSC Management — a company that manages the Gold Club, Hustler Club and other adult clubs in the city — sent several girls to present a $20,000 donation to the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program.
The presentation of the check was slated to occur at the firehouse, but Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White objected.
The proper paperwork hadn’t been filed, but even if it had been, Hayes-White said she most likely would have still said no, stating that “entertainers” inside the station didn’t live up to the department’s desired work environment.
The web site, published by the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program sponsored by Firefighters Local 798, includes a page promoting the “Secret Santas are Sexy” event, including photos of young women draped over a fire truck and another sitting on Santa Claus’ lap.
Hayes-White said she had “no problem” with a donation ceremony on a public sidewalk near the Third and Howard station, but could not allow the event inside the firehouse or to block the apparatus bays in front one of the country’s busiest firehouses.
She added that she was supportive both of the donation and the toy program, which she had volunteered with for many years, including receiving donations from and having her picture taken with dancers from the Gold Club in her office.
Dancers from 11 strip clubs in The City donated proceeds from charity dances over the past few weeks to the fundraising effort. Unwrapped new toys were also accepted at clubs in exchange for free admission for patrons.
See the full article from “SFBay”
Strippers Get the Hose at SF Fire House
SFFD Chief says no to stripper check presentation.
Strippers and fire fighters need to find a new venue to do charity check donation, after SFFD Chief says they can’t use a firehouse.
A planned check presentation at a San Francisco fire station this afternoon by strippers who had raised money for a local toy drive was canceled after the city’s fire chief shot down the idea.
Firefighters now have to find a new location to receive the check, which represents money raised by a consortium of strip clubs in the city for the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program run by the local firefighters’ union.
The donation is made annually by a group of clubs that includes Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, the Condor Club and Little Darlings, union officials said.
See the full article from “NBC Bay Area”
Strippers can’t present toy-drive check at San Francisco firehouse, chief says
Bay City News Service
Posted: 12/21/2011 12:14:06 PM PST
Updated: 12/21/2011 12:31:28 PM PST
A planned check presentation at a San Francisco fire station this afternoon by strippers who had raised money for a local toy drive was canceled after the city’s fire chief shot down the idea.
Firefighters now have to find a new location to receive the check, which represents money raised by a consortium of strip clubs in the city for the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program run by the local firefighters’ union.
The donation is made annually by a group of clubs that includes Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, the Condor Club and Little Darlings, union officials said.
“They’re one of our consistent givers, and we thought it’s better for them to get a little publicity out of it,” said Sally Casazza, chairperson of the toy program.
SAN FRANCISCO — A planned check presentation at a San Francisco fire station this afternoon by strippers who had raised money for a local toy drive was canceled after the city’s fire chief shot down the idea.
Firefighters now have to find a new location to receive the check, which represents money raised by a consortium of strip clubs in the city for the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program run by the local firefighters’ union.
The donation is made annually by a group of clubs that includes Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, the Condor Club and Little Darlings, union officials said.
“They’re one of our consistent givers, and we thought it’s better for them to get a little publicity out of it,” said Sally Casazza, chairperson of the toy program.
The check, which in past years has been for upwards of $15,000, comes from a portion of the money made by the dancers during the holiday season, Casazza said. The group also donates toys that customers bring in exchange for free admission to the clubs.
See the full article from “KGO-TV”
The prosecution grew out of a Contra Costa County law enforcement scandal that began with an investigation of stolen drug evidence and expanded to a probe of alleged drug sales, theft, bribery, possession of illegal weapons and prostitution.
Butler, former Central Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) commander Norman Wielsch and former San Ramon police officer Louis Lombardi have previously been charged in federal court.
They and Tanabe also faced state court charges filed by the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office and were scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in that case on March 5.
Butler and Wielsch were federally indicted in August on charges of selling methamphetamine and marijuana, stealing from a federally funded program and extorting payments from employees running an illegal massage parlor that Butler and Wielsch allegedly established.
Forget that the Bucks are trying to rebuild and can’t afford to throw cash at an aging forward. Forget that Jackson is past his prime and shot 41 percent last season. Forget how hard Jackson is to handle.
He wants his money, and he wants it now.
This has me thinking that he will become such a nuisance and such a distraction that he will have to be traded at some point, to another team who will have to deal with his contract demands.
He did the same thing with the Golden State Warriors, asking for a trade that drew him a $25,000 fine, eventually getting traded to the Bobcats.
After the infamous “Malice at the Palace” featuring the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, and legal troubles stemming from an incident at a strip club, the Pacers shipped Jackson to the Warriors in 2007.
