Local links: New bakeries, families bike, Internet Archive, scammer sentenced

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Here are some local links – some of them quite tasty – to get you over the Wednesday hump:

• Pretty Please Bakeshop is now open on 3rd Avenue just off Clement. Daily Candy tells us that owner/chef Alison Okabayashi serves up “versions of American snack classics like Oreos, Twinkies, and Ding Dongs with all the flavor but none of the preservatives.” We better get there – STAT!
• There’s some buzz about the new Bread of Life Bakery at 542 Clement near 7th Avenue. They serve up “one-of-a-kind Asian-Californian fusion baked bread filled with vegetables & your choice of pork, chicken, or beef”. It’s proceeds benefit programs targeted at new Chinese immigrants (more on their website).
• Cars? Who needs ’em? The Bay Citizen profiled families who are using their bikes as their family vehicle in the city, including the Crehan family in the Richmond District. “Mike Crehan uses a cargo bike that has what looks like a wooden wheelbarrow on the front to hold his 3-year-old daughter, Maggie. Attached to the back of the bicycle like a caboose is another bike that 5-year-old Catie rides.”
• ScoutMob has been good to the ‘hood this week, serving up discounts on Zaab Thai Cuisine on Clement, and the satellite sandwich shop for Chomp N’ Swig at downtown’s Harrington’s Harry Pub.
• Wired Magazine has a nice piece on the Internet Archive, whose home is in the former church on the corner of Funston and Clement. It highlights founder Brewster Kahle whose mission is to build the biggest (digital) library on earth.
• Neighborhood scam artist Keith Wilson received the expected 5 year sentence in state prison last week after bilking $347,000 out of unsuspecting friends and neighbors. Read about it at SFWeekly, SFGate, SFAppeal, or the SF Examiner.