"A San Francisco woman has been arrested and charged with bilking would-be apartment renters of thousands of dollars apiece by accepting their deposits and then spinning a tale that they couldn't move in for a while because her mother had cancer, police said Thursday." Notes one victim, Awl pal Mat Honan: "She has a tiny gray dog, I'm not sure of the breed, but it's more than 20 years old and essentially lame. It was bleeding from the rectum when I last saw it. If you see her, please drop a dime. Side note: in the three bedroom apartment she showed us (where I now suspect she was [...]