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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.

This is the widely circulating Barack Obama video I found over at Brightcove, the new video distribution site. It's on Barack's background and message. Also, he's going to be at a fund raiser for Senator Barbara Boxer on February 19th at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, Grand Ballroom, San Francisco.