Email Author Lauren Smiley

Awards

• 2011 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published February 3, 2010

  "The ABC's of Ditching School"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 21, 2009

  "Exporting the Dead"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published May 14, 2008

  "Score!!!"

• 2008 - GLAAD Media Awards, published July 11, 2007

  "Girl/Boy Interrupted"

• 2008 - Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, published October 3, 2007

  "Escape from San Francisco"

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2010 Stories by Lauren Smiley

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  FEATURED STORY

  Moviegoers Faint During '127 Hours' Showing At Embarcadero Cinemas

  published Nov 22, 2010

  I wish I could tell you how Danny Boyle's 127 Hours ends. The first hour and a half are riveting: James Franco is looking gorgeous even as he's slowly dying, his hand pinned under a boulder in a Utah ... More >>

• Conservative Immigration Think Tank Wants To Kill San Francisco's Federal Dollars

  published Nov 19, 2010

  San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a  memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for ... More >>

• Arizona Immigration Law Has Sucked $141 Million From State Economy, Report Says

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Remember the Board of Supervisors' tepid boycott of Arizona to revolt against that state's strict "papers please" immigration lawr Many lambasted our city's boycott as yet another symbolic, feckless m... More >>

• City Attorney Sues Martin Guajardo, Alleged Immigration Attorney Fraud

  published Nov 17, 2010

  City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed suit today against a San Francisco-based immigration attorney, accusing him of defrauding multiple clients and bilking them of their life savings to fight doom... More >>

• Court Rules Undocumented Students Can Pay In-State Tuition. Great, But a Jobr

  published Nov 16, 2010

  The California Supreme Court upheld a law yesterday that allows illegal immigrants who've attended California high schools for at least three years to pay in-state tuition at the state's public unive... More >>

• Think You Got Gonorhhear There's An App For That.

  published Nov 15, 2010

  Looking to ward off burning, warts, or other troubling developments down in the nether regionsr Well, now there's an app for that. Thanks to the city's Department of Public Health, you can u... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Friday Night: Rufus Wainwright Does Shakespeare at Davies Symphony Hall

  published Nov 15, 2010

  rFive Shakespeare Sonnets  Rufus Wainwright and the San Francisco Symphony November 13, 2010 @ Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Rufus Wainwright sings Dante's Interno. All right, I'll j... More >>

• Sex Offenders Forced Into Homelessness a Bad Idea, Task Force Says. Duh.

  published Nov 12, 2010

  A law enforcement task force has recommended the state do what common sense would have suggested a long time ago: Repeal the provision of Jessica's Law that banishes paroled sex offenders to homelessn... More >>

• Cops' Decoy Sting Operations Criticized as Immoral Wastes of Time By Jurors

  published Nov 11, 2010

  Among all the decoy operations performed by the cops, one is purportedly rubbing an increasing number of jurors the wrong way: those from the San Francisco Robbery Abatement Team (RAT). These are case... More >>

• Women Standing Up To Pee In a Restroom Near You (VIDEO)

  published Nov 10, 2010

  While walking by newspaper stands in the Castro the other day, we spotted a promotional postcard featuring two smiling ladies standing in front of urinals. Yes, our attention was piqued. But this wasn... More >>

• Homeless Man Not Masturbating, Just Pissing, Jury Decides

  published Nov 09, 2010

  Peeing with prostate problems can be a real pisser. But even more uncomfortable, we imagine, is having your method of micturating be the subject of examinations and cross examinations in court.That's ... More >>

• Gary Scott Holland Charged With Murder and Attempted Rape of Kathleen Horan

  published Nov 08, 2010

  The alleged murder of Kathleen Horan has taken an even more macabre turn with the announcement of the charges against suspect Gary Scott Holland this morning. Not only does the parolee face murder and... More >>

• Real women now stand up to pee

  published November 10, 2010

  In a women's bathroom near you, a growing army of ladies are pissing all over one of the world's last glass ceilings: peeing while standing.... More >>

• Suspect In Kathleen Horan Murder Posed As Utility Worker

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Police are seeking a suspect in the murder of Kathleen Horan last Friday at her Russian Hill apartment. It is believed the man responsible posed as a public utility worker to enter the secured buildin... More >>

• City's New Street Food Plans Unappealing for Mission's Illegal Hot Dog Vendors

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Street cart vendors have long complained that San Francisco's expensive and Byzantine permitting process snuffs a potential rockin' street food culture in the city. Yet change is on the way. At Superv... More >>

• Iowa Ousts Three Judges Who Approved Gay Marriage

  published Nov 03, 2010

  LGBT Advocates Blast Special Interests' Campaign To Intimidate Judges NationwideThe huge shift to the right in yesterday's election probably doesn't bode well for any LGBT-friendly legislation coming ... More >>

• Cops Promise 'High Public Visibility' At Giants Parade Wednesday

  published Nov 02, 2010

  After Monday's chaos, San Francisco police are promising a "very high visibility" for Wednesday's parade down Market Street celebrating the Giants' World Series title. All days off for the officers ha... More >>

• The Giants Cheer That Failed To Launch (VIDEO)

  published Nov 01, 2010

  The two-note "Let's Go, Gi-ants!" dum-dum dumdumdum cheer has become almost a salutation in the streets this week -- randomly loosed by fans swarming AT&T park, streaming out of bars, erupting fro... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Wounded Pride

  published November 3, 2010

  San Francisco has long attracted gay people escaping conservative towns, like pilgrims to a rainbow-colored mecca. Only here would the Sisters... More >>

• Alleged Edwin Ramos Murders Haunt Sonoma Pro-Sanctuary City Candidate

  published Oct 29, 2010

  The 2008 slaying of an Excelsior District man and his two sons in San Francisco, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, roiled ill will towards the city's sanctuary city status. But now the murders are b... More >>

• KKKatie Acquitted Of Being A Hater, KKKonvicted of Being a Punk

  published Oct 28, 2010

  A San Francisco jury decided KKKatie was just a misunderstood artist after all. KKKatie, or Katherine Dunbar, was acquitted of a hate crime charge for tagging major city buildings with backward swasti... More >>

• World Series: Fans Scrambling For Last-Minute Seats (PICS)

  published Oct 27, 2010

  The clock is ticking til the first pitch, and the Giants fans, mostly priced out of their own stadium, are vying for last-minute spots to catch the action. No, this guy didn't want a $1 ticket, but o... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Will President Bush Dare Come To the San Francisco World Series Gamesr

  published Oct 26, 2010

  Is Dubya coming to the World Seriesr Today's Examiner said it's "rumored" that George W. Bush is headed to either Games 1 or 2 in San Francisco to root for the Texas Rangers, the team which he used to... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Friday Night: Shakira Opens Oracle Arena Concert with Commercial for Her Perfume

  published Oct 25, 2010

  rShakira October 22, 2010 @ Oracle Arena There was no opening act for Shakira on Friday night at the Oracle Arena. Quite simply, Shakira (Our Lady of "Hips Don't Lie," "She Wolf" sens... More >>

• Good Samaritan Gone Awry: Guy Who Picks Up Gun To Turn Into Police Arrested, Acquitted

  published Oct 25, 2010

  A case in Superior Court this week brings to mind those witty Ameriquest Mortgage "Don't Judge Too Quickly" commercials. You remember the ones -- a series of unlikely circumstances converge that would... More >>