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I was told by a couple of friends that CyBelle's Pizza on Piedmont Avenue was taken over by a man with a gun on Saturday, making hostages of the patrons inside at the time. I don't know why he did this, or what the eventual outcome of the horror was. I'll report more as I get information on the incident.

The USGS Website reports this: Magnitude 3.4 - local magnitude (ML) Time Friday, February 23, 2007 at 3:46:15 PM (PST) Friday, February 23, 2007 at 23:46:15 (UTC) Distance from Berkeley, CA - 3 km (2 miles) ESE (105 degrees) Piedmont, CA - 5 km (3 miles) N (350 degrees) Emeryville, CA - 5 km (3 miles) NE (52 degrees) Albany, CA - 6 km (4 miles) ESE (122 degrees) San Francisco City Hall, CA - 19 km (12 miles) ENE (57 degrees) Coordinates 37 deg. 51.9 min. N (37.865N), 122 deg. 14.4 min. W (122.241W) Depth 11.4 km (7.1 miles) Location Quality Good If you felt it, tell them here!

The USGS Website reports this: Magnitude 3.4 - local magnitude (ML) Time Friday, February 23, 2007 at 3:46:15 PM (PST) Friday, February 23, 2007 at 23:46:15 (UTC) Distance from Berkeley, CA - 3 km (2 miles) ESE (105 degrees) Piedmont, CA - 5 km (3 miles) N (350 degrees) Emeryville, CA - 5 km (3 miles) NE (52 degrees) Albany, CA - 6 km (4 miles) ESE (122 degrees) San Francisco City Hall, CA - 19 km (12 miles) ENE (57 degrees) Coordinates 37 deg. 51.9 min. N (37.865N), 122 deg. 14.4 min. W (122.241W) Depth 11.4 km (7.1 miles) Location Quality Good If you felt it, tell them here!

Area journalist sets jail-time record Blogger resists subpoena 169 days By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER - Oakland Tribune Article Last Updated: 02/07/2007 08:48:46 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO — Freelance videographer and blogger Josh Wolf became a full-fledged media martyr Tuesday, surpassing the U.S. record for most time spent in jail by a journalist who refused to comply with a subpoena. Tuesday was the 169th day that Wolf, 24, of San Francisco spent in a federal prison cell in Dublin after refusing to give a federal grand jury footage he shot of a 2005 political protest in San Francisco's Mission District. Journalists, civil libertarians and politicians gathered on the steps of City Hall to mark the occasion. "Josh Wolf is in jail for every one of you out there who's holding a camera ... a notepad ... a microphone," said David Greene, executive director of the Oakland-based First Amendment Project. "This is not a selfish act, he has nothing to gain personally by being ...