Meanwhile, on the Oakland sports front . . .

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Oakland Trib moves back downtown	‘Tappet Brothers’ move on from Car Talk	San Francisco welcoming committee	Starbucks buys an SF original	Best vacant house in town

But in a place other than here	NPR’s strategy to keep show alive	Who’s first in line when the Prez comes	La Boulange to go national	Why Halsey Minor’s SF manse sits empty

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