Email Author Matt Smith

Awards

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "Distressed Properties"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "City Hounds the Homeless"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "Hypocritical Mayor"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 17, 2009

  "On Thin Ice"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 3, 2009

  "Domestic Spouses"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2009

  "Bumping Frights"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

• 2008 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 26, 2006

  "Bank of Indifference"

• 2007 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

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2011 Stories by Matt Smith

• Prelinger Archives Show How San Francisco Has Always Struggled with Change

  published September 28, 2011

  Megan Shaw Prelinger is proud that her private library — tucked into a former warehouse at 301 Eighth St. (at Folsom) and open to the... More >>

• Prude Community Panicked by S.F. Nude Protest

  published Sep 26, 2011

  News that the city government might limit where nudists put their sweaty, bare butts has been one of those local stories that gives San Francisco a name nationwide.But for some out-of-town readers, th... More >>

• Alarmists Behind 'Homeless Haight Brigands' Myth Have a New Enemy: A Three-Block Bike Lane

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Last year San Franciscans heard a repeated tale about a band of violent gutter punks who caused upstanding citizens to fear going out at night.The story was bogus. Police were unable make a single cas... More >>

• Today Is Billy Sipple Day: Honoring Gay Ex-Marine Who Saved Gerald Ford's Life

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Today is Oliver W. Sipple Day in San Francisco, which honors the man who in 1975 grabbed the arm of Sarah Jane Moore when he saw her aiming a .38-caliber pistol at Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis ... More >>

• Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money Machine

  published Sep 21, 2011

  This week's SF Weekly cover story "Ranger Noir" takes a close look at the law enforcement unit that covers San Francisco park facilities, and discovers an agency seemingly gone bad.Among its findings:... More >>

• John Waters Berates Baltimore Sun for Reassigning Former SF Weekly Film Critic Michael Sragow

  published Sep 21, 2011

  John Waters gained fame as a movie maker by exposing archetypical America as stupid and bogus. But Waters spoke out earlier this week to praise former SF Weekly critic Michael Sragow using terms ... More >>

• With Anti-Lee Attack Ad, Dennis Herrera Ditches Logic of Ranked Choice Voting

  published Sep 20, 2011

  According to the ranked choice voting playbook, candidates must offer themselves up as a perfect amalgam of milquetoast and pablum. They might not draw enough attention to be anyone's favorite, but pe... More >>

• Who Can Help San Francisco's Cycling Conditionsr The Dutch

  published Sep 20, 2011

  According to H.G. Wells, "After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go." As Arthur Conan ... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money-Making Machine

  published September 21, 2011

  Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen. Mystery stories are generally... More >>

• Iconic SF Fashion Brand Esprit de Corps Pulls out of U.S.

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Esprit de Corps, the iconic San Francisco fashion label that pioneered socially and environmentally conscious marketing, has left the United States, so that its current Hong Kong owner can c... More >>

• Alleged Meth Dealer Mad at Girlfriend for Letting Police Inside His Trailer

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Charlie Okigbo Jr. might have taken valuable life lessons from an Aug. 27 incident that brought Oakland Police officers to his home.For example, he might have reflected on the fact that cellphone case... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Republicans Threaten San Francisco Pedestrian and Bike Projects

  published Sep 15, 2011

  It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmak... More >>

• Global Warming Will Submerge Ocean Beach at Little Cost to San Francisco

  published Sep 13, 2011

  First, the bad news: Ocean Beach will likely sink, thanks to global warming. But the good news is, it won't suck nearly as bad as it will for our neighbors down in Southern California.The reason for t... More >>

• Clinton, Panetta Stop in San Francisco

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will arrive in San Francisco on Wednesday to talk with their Australian counterparts over a proposed base-sharing agreement.Acc... More >>

• Octavia Boulevard Is Devouring Upper Market

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Billed as a "livable" alternative to the freeway offramp that once shadowed Market Street, Octavia Boulevard has, in reality, been a confusing, deadly grid of expressways and frontage streets.Accident... More >>

• Pottery Barn Dolls Can Strangle Kids, Recall Notice Says

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Chloe and Sophie, dolls sold under the Pottery Barn Kids label owned by San Francisco-based Williams Sonoma, are being recalled in Canada in conjunction with a U.S. recall -- and for good reason: They... More >>

• Rare Franciscan Manzanita Could Be Listed as Endangered Species After All

  published Sep 08, 2011

  SF Weekly readers might recall the wild discovery two years ago when a Franciscan Manzanita bush -- thought to be extinct -- was randomly spotted in a Presidio traffic island. Since then, environmenta... More >>

• Patriot Act Peters Out in SF: Zero Snooping Complaints in 2010-2011

  published Sep 06, 2011

  At times, public uneasiness about the liberty-and-privacy-quashing possibilities of the USA Patriot Act rivaled fear of the terrorists the Act was supposed to help protect us against.In San Franc... More >>

• Snapfu: Bobby Badfingers Baffles Giants Fans with Soundless Finger-Snapping Show

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Giants fans were supposed to see an electrifying performance by the world's fastest finger-snapper. Instead, Wednesday's Cubs game featured baffling, soundless, performance art when the Giants' scoreb... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Hells Angels Accuse Amazon.com of Being the Outlaw

  published Sep 02, 2011

  If you're wearing a t-shirt that says, "My Boyfriend's a Hells Angel", your significant other is probably not a member in good standing of the Oakland club.The Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation... More >>

• PETA Picketers Say Ringling Bros. Tortures Baby Elephants

  published Sep 01, 2011

  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey returns to San Francisco this weekend. And PETA will be here, too to claim the circus hog-ties, yanks, and electroshocks baby elephants as part of their tra... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Central Subway Denounced by Former Supporter, Aaron Peskin

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Aaron Peskin, chair of the local Democratic Party and former supervisor, has condemned the $1.6 billion Central Subway light rail project that once counted on him as a vociferous champion."It's the mo... More >>

• Judge Orders Lease on Life for Moribund Green Finance Program

  published Aug 30, 2011

  A federal judge has ordered U.S. financial regulators to revisit a 2010 decision that issued a warning about the dangers posed by a nationwide program -- also known as Green Finance SF. It would have ... More >>

• Lawyer Suing San Francisco for Racial Discrimination May Need a Lawyer Himself

  published August 31, 2011

  Listen closely to the rhetoric of the 2011 political season. President Barack Obama — a conservative Democrat with a keen ear to Wall... More >>

• iGod: Steve Jobs Supplants Jesus, Bhudda, Allah (Video)

  published Aug 26, 2011

  SF Weekly may as well be called the Weekly Nostradamus. In 2007 we prophesied that aggressive proselytizing by atheists would create a spiritual vacuum only fillable by Steve Jobs We were r... More >>