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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2010 Stories by Matt Smith

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  FEATURED STORY

  U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.

  published Dec 30, 2010

  By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial ... More >>

• eBay Scamr Specialized Bicycles Sues Over Allegedly Counterfeit Jerseys, Shorts.

  published Dec 29, 2010

  'Tis the season for -- allegations of piracyr Those $120 bike shorts you got under the tree may be knockoffs, according to a new lawsuit.Morgan Hill's Specialized Bicycle Components has filed a compla... More >>

• New WiFi Hotspot in San Franciscor Bah Humbug!

  published Dec 28, 2010

  In Year's Deadest News Week, TV Reports There's WiFi in an Office ComplexThe week between Christmas and New Year's is the news businesses' deadest. Bureaucrats, politicians and business honchos aren't... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Mad Quest of Mr. Wu

  published December 29, 2010

  In April 2007, The Economist identified San Francisco high-society denizen... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Schwarzenegger Dealt Setback In Bid to Rush $1.3 Billion Building Sale

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's frantic bid to rush the $1.3 billion fire sale of 11 state buildings before he leaves office suffered a blow this afternoon. A state appeals court in San Jose announced it... More >>

• Why Is It a Secret Who's Buying California's Government Buildingsr

  published Dec 27, 2010

  The Bay Citizen this past weekend followed up on our series of scoops begun in February about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rotten deal to sell prize California government buildings for an upfront paym... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Doyle Drive's Goofy Privatization Deal Stalled By Judge

  published Dec 23, 2010

  A judge Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order halting Caltrans from signing a finance deal that would let a foreign consortium take over construction and maintenance of part of the Doyle Driv... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  San Francisco's Year in Biking

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Injunction Eased! Ridership Up! Is Tipping Point NearrOn Aug. 6, 2010, a San Francisco judge lifted a ridiculous five-year court injunction that had prevented the city from making improvements to faci... More >>

• Gay Grifter Case: Palm Springs Jury Weighs Murder Charges Against San Francisco Attorney

  published Dec 21, 2010

  A Palm Springs jury today weighs evidence against a downtown San Francisco attorney and his alleged henchman, after a prosecutor entered closing arguments claiming lawyer David Replogle and Miguel Bus... More >>

• Doyle Drive Privatization Deal Ripped By Legislative Analyst

  published Dec 20, 2010

  The California Legislative Analyst has slammed a San Francisco-backed plan to essentially rent, rather than own, the Doyle Drive freeway onramp. The report comes six months after SF Weekly characteriz... More >>

• Nancy Pelosi's Daughter to Lead Young Democrats

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Nancy Pelosi may no longer count herself the leader of Old Democrats -- thanks to an election that ceded the House to Republicans. But her family today captured leadership of the Young Democrats.The H... More >>

• Bamboo Bikes Coming to San Francisco

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Bamboo Bike Workshop Turns Simple Outdoor Activity Into Indoor Labor Involving Fiberglass, Noxious ResinA new workshop set up to encourage San Franciscans to make their own bicycles out of fiberglass,... More >>

• Police Beating Victims May Be Prosecuted a Fourth Time

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Yrolo County prosecutors are weighing wether to opt for a fourth trial of two West Sacramento brothers after separate juries failed to convict them three prior times on charges of resisting arrest and... More >>

• Ranked-Choice Voting Will Force Politicians To Swallow Their Pride

  published Dec 14, 2010

  A growing chorus of politicians who lost in November claim Ranked-Choice Voting, howls that the instant-runoff system used in San Francisco and other cities, is flawed and should be scrapped. But Stev... More >>

• Symphony Charges S.F. Library $480 Yearly, Despite $2.6M Annual Taxpayer Subsidy

  published Dec 13, 2010

  The San Francisco Symphony will receive $2.6 million in taxpayer subsidies during the current fiscal year. Nonetheless, it charges the San Francisco Public Library an additional $480 per year for drop... More >>

• Drug Disposal Bill To Be Introduced Tuesday -- Whether Gavin Newsom Likes It or Not

  published Dec 10, 2010

  Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi has called off negotiations with drug manufacturers, and will on Tuesday introduce legislation setting up an industry-funded program encouraging consumers to return unused pr... More >>

• Muni To Stop Surprising Riders By Aborting Service Mid-Route

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Muni will end its practice of surprising riders by curtailing service mid-route, according to a new report delivered to the Board of Supervisors. The practice, known in the industry as "short-turn," o... More >>

• Video: In Wake of San Bruno Inferno, PG&E's Handling of Castro Gas Leak Angers Merchants

  published Dec 08, 2010

  This week's Matt Smith column describes how PG&E's mishandling of a relatively minor gas leak left Castro merchants on edge weeks later. The leak started as a loud hiss in the early afternoon of O... More >>

• Video: Fixie Riders Film Themselves Blowing Stop Signs

  published Dec 07, 2010

  In the world of cycling, upright commuters sneer at lycra-wearing roadies, roadies dismiss power-meterless mountain bikers, and everyone loathes the fixie kids. They eschew things such as brakes and b... More >>

• Deadbeat San Francisco Garage Asks Board to Endorse $30 Million In Federal Stimulus Loans

  published Dec 06, 2010

  The nonprofit that operates the parking garage serving the de Young Museum is three years behind on its $100,000 annual rent payments owed the city. But that hasn't stopped the Music Concourse Communi... More >>

• Castro merchants say PG&E mishandled gas leak

  published December 8, 2010

  In the early afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 21, Cliff's Variety manager Terry Asten noticed construction workers sprinting away from the front of... More >>

• 'Girls of KUSF' Holiday Calendar Preview -- 'Hot' Photos!

  published Dec 03, 2010

  KUSF, the radio station associated with the Jesuit college on Fulton Street, has issued their annual "Girls of KUSF" calendar. Like so many college radio stations, KUSF was long ago hijacked by radio ... More >>

• Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Sentence Outrages Libertarian Party

  published Dec 03, 2010

  The leader of the nation's Libertarian Party said today he's outraged that Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison, citing it as an example of the IRS' unfair "selective enforcement,... More >>

• Ex-San Francisco Cop Paul Makaveckas Charged With Bribery

  published Dec 01, 2010

  San Franciscans used to being run off the road by mad-driving cabbies now have a possible explanation. Today retired San Francisco cop Paul Makaveckas, 65, and his alleged accomplice William Hancock, ... More >>

• Advanta Investors, Promised 11 Percent Profit, Will Lose Up To 36 Percent

  published Nov 30, 2010

  An investment offer advertised in the San Francisco Chronicle by the bank Advanta promised 11 percent annual interest at a time when savings accounts typically offered less than 2 percent. As we noted... More >>