Jay Barmann

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• Commented on San Jose Swim Coach Impregnated Girl When She Was 14
  Actually, sir, that 42 years is the sentence being sought in the case. The defendent is, in fact, 61 years old. CLICK THE LINK! Also, look at the picture... jeez....
• Posted SFist Drinks: The Ginger Ante Cocktail from DOSA to SFist
  In looking for good autumnal cocktails to feature, we came across this delicious ginger concoction from DOSA on Fillmore, which has been doing great stuff with pairing cocktails to their food. The Ginger Ante cocktail, created by bartender Usman Chaudhary, would be perfect as an opener for Thanksgiving dinner, particularly with some roasted pumpkin seeds to nibble on, or this stuffed snow pea appetizer that Brock likes so much. All the ingredients in the...
• Posted This Could Be Our Skyline, In a Couple of Decades to SFist
  Rendering courtesy of SF Planning Dept. The Planning Department just released their 25-year plan for the Transbay Terminal-adjacent "Transit Center District." Above is a rendering of what the San Francisco skyline might look like, 20 or 25 years hence, if six new proposed skyscrapers actually get approved and built, including the central 950-foot Transbay Tower, which would be 100 feet taller than the TransAmerica Pyramid. This is just a plan of course, not a...
• Posted San Jose Swim Coach Impregnated Girl When She Was 14 to SFist
  Andrew King, affectionately known as Coach Andy in his role at San Jose Aquatics, has been jailed since this past spring for felony child molestation. Investigators have been building their case against him ever since, and it recently led them to interview a woman who, in 1988, reported some abuse by Coach Andy to a school counselor in Danville. The woman was 17 at the time, and claimed she had intercourse with Coach Andy...
• Commented on Jim Hammer Named Police Commissioner
  Yes, sorry -- we thought we had this on good authority (from Hammer himself) but you're all quite right, and David Campos served prior to Sparks. Our bad. But just as a sidenote: Theresa isn't gay, she's transgendered....