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Private Investigator & Process Server, plant eater, noir junky, book/art lover, Linux/FOSS dabbler, SF dweller. AmberHowePI.com
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I gathered some more desktop wallpaper yesterday from the Ruth Asawa exhibit at SFMOMA. Here's a fun one:

The ruins of Sutro Baths in San Francisco, an expansive public bathhouse with several saltwater swimming pools, that operated from 1896-1966.

I admire the dedication of this house in my neighborhood to decorate for any occasion.

I cannot hack into someone's phone, e-mail or social media accounts. It's not legal and I don't even know how. But if you have an open court case, you can subpoena for info from the service provider(s) about someone relevant to that case.

My favorite (so far) of Wayne Thiebaud at the Legion of Honor museum in SF today.

Betty White on surveillance.

In the sf county clerk's office right now renewing my process server registration. Seeing all the dressed up couples getting married today.

California attorneys: Do you rely on the process server to fill out this portion of your summons? For “individual” defendants it’s obvious and easy, but what about business defendants? www.amberhowepi.com/tips/summons...

This article I wrote for ServeNow in 2010 about social media catching on as an investigation tool seems so quaint now: www.serve-now.com/articles/36/...

I can locate someone and ask them to contact you. But I cannot *make* them contact you, or do whatever it is you need from them.

Santa Monica Noir

A last bump for this. If you like Tarantino and Chinatown, or if you’re worried about the toxic masculinity that’s eating the world, or if you’re trying to follow US events without going crazy, maybe this is for you. How film - or just noir - is the tree to help us see the wood.

View from Kite Hill, San Francisco

Any other PIs using IRB and/or Delvepoint (owned by the same company)? Seems like every few searches return BAD RESULTS and I get billed. I have to open a chat agent and ask for the credit back. Wastes so much time! Is this happening for anyone else?

Introducing Green Intel, a new project I am doing with investigator @trying-to-be.bsky.social, sharing research and ideas to bring leverage to the green transition. Mostly focused on California.

Some attorneys are surprised I can't just get police reports without authorization from the people involved: www.amberhowepi.com/tips/private...

Look close. Can you tell what these are?

It’s tripping me out to learn that almond milk was widely used in medieval Europe (13th–15th centuries in particular), was often the basis of sop (a type of bread-thickened soup/porridge), and was valued because it didn’t spoil as quickly as dairy milk.

When asked if I can find out somebody's bank account balance as part of an asset search: Occasionally, yes. Usually, no. www.amberhowepi.com/tips/bank-ba...

📽 cool shot of Van Heflin with Angels Flight in #FilmNoir 🎬 Act of Violence (1948) Los Angeles Noir 🎞

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Serving papers in San Francisco this morning.

Good morning, moon.

It's not just for cheating spouses! 💔 Other reasons for a surveillance investigation include seeing if a claimant is really as injured as they say, discovering where a judgment debtor goes to work, and staking out a defendant for process service.

I love this 1951 noir, so obviously inspired by the mysterious 1922 murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor. And I didn't know until this day, that my vintage crush was Richard Conte all along... youtu.be/xJ32X2vfXkI?...

Rainbow at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.

Good to be reminded of a timeless investigative lesson: if two pieces of evidence seem to be contradictory it is usually an indicator that one of your assumptions is incorrect. Obvious when you think about it, but sometimes hard to see when it's right in front of you 😉

Somehow I think this is the most appropriate display for the last day of the holiday season.

Hibiscus Noir - BW Film Photo

Tulsa noir. #streetphotography

Twilight noir in downtown San Francisco.