Email Author Mary Spicuzza

Awards

• 2008 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published August 1, 2007

  "Enter the Dragon Head"

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2007 Stories by Mary Spicuzza

• Tapioca Takedown

  published December 26, 2007

  Call it the year of the city's big beverage scandal. No, not Gavin Newsom's affinity for white wine — which was revealed after the mayor... More >>

• Slacker Guys and Striver Girls

  published November 14, 2007

  The nightmare seemed so real that Amy began sobbing in her sleep. In it, she learned she was pregnant with her then-boyfriend's baby. Only... More >>

• Students file class-action lawsuit against California Culinary Academy

  published October 10, 2007

  Le Cordon Blah The peanut-butter-and-jelly-pizza class project was definitely a red flag. But for those who say they've been wronged by... More >>

• Chinatown Power Players Behind Ed Jew Smokescreen, Source Says

  published September 26, 2007

  Rex Reginald is a very busy man. He's working to gather donations for K-9 Armor, a program that would outfit San Francisco's police... More >>

• Sex&Murder

  published September 19, 2007

  It was a classic Joe Konopka moment. The anti-drug activist and his friend Freddy Batres were out patrolling the streets of Konopka's... More >>

• Safe Words

  published September 19, 2007

  Bondage-related deaths may draw headlines, but they're extremely rare, according to those who practice it. "A lot of people in San... More >>

• Enter the Dragon Head

  published August 1, 2007

  Raymond Chow ducked the instant rival gang members opened fire. But he suspects he survived the Golden Dragon Massacre, a shooting at a Chinatown... More >>

• Who Killed Hugues de la Plaza?

  published July 18, 2007

  François de la Plaza held a photograph of his son, Hugues, and smiled sadly as he described the kind of man he was. "Very open-minded, very... More >>

• Our Mayor, Da Playa

  published July 4, 2007

  Have Gavin Newsom and his girl's girl called it quits? We could barely believe our eyes when we opened the July 2 edition of Star magazine... More >>

• Leak From the Deep

  published June 27, 2007

  It was a postcard-perfect afternoon at Fisherman's Wharf. A sea lion splashed around next to a row of fishing boats, and a pair of gulls bobbed in... More >>

• An Army of Uno

  published June 20, 2007

  Angel Gomez got the call nearly a year before his high school graduation. A United States Marine Corps recruiter wanted to see him. It was the... More >>

• Sealed With a Dis

  published May 23, 2007

  It's safe to say that Joseph Cotchett, the big-time Bay Area trial lawyer and Democratic Party campaign donor, didn't want this story to be... More >>

• Food Fight

  published April 18, 2007

  W e tried to be gracious. Really, we did. We published a long letter from ASIAN Inc. president Michael Chan complaining about our coverage... More >>

• Contorted Justice

  published April 11, 2007

  When we last heard from longtime erotic performer Jade-Blue Eclipse ("A Twisted Tale," Jan. 24), she'd eluded the federal agents who busted her... More >>

• Sex and Sensuality

  published April 4, 2007

  The students had already taken off their clothes and slipped into robes when they lined up in two rows facing each other. They stood close in the... More >>

• The Trouble With Jen

  published March 21, 2007

  When a baby-faced bachelor hooks up with a hot but not-so-stable babbling blonde, the future of their relationship all comes down to one question.... More >>

• Monster Mashed

  published March 7, 2007

  If you haven't heard of the Monster Cable Products labor controversy, it's a lesson in the unexpected ironies of our globalized economy. Judging... More >>

• Power Failure

  published February 28, 2007

  Ali Algahim was working his usual night shift as a janitor when his family called to tell him the lights had gone out. He was worried and wanted... More >>

• A Twisted Tale

  published January 24, 2007

  Jade-Blue Eclipse seemed to have done it all on the illicit and shadowy side of life. Sex work. Stripping. Acting in adult films. Cabaret and... More >>

• Crank It Up

  published January 24, 2007

  The Meth Coffee company model is a terrorist cell. Employees go by code names like "The Roaster" and "The Driver," and use a "dealer" system to... More >>

• Santa's Exotic Helpers

  published January 3, 2007

  Debbie Licious and other exotic dancers took some heat during the holidays over their body-baring fundraising tactics for the San Francisco... More >>