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

• Pedestrians Want to Infiltrate World Naked Bike Ride

  published Jun 07, 2011

  Pedestrians and cyclists stripping down and getting naked togetherr Now that sounds like a party to join. Or maybe it's the grossest-sounding idea ever. Regardless of what you think, that's exactly wh... More >>

• San Francisco's $2.8 Million Corporate Welfare Tab

  published Jun 06, 2011

  Gov. Jerry Brown has moved to cut public money thrown at enterprise tax zones, which provide breaks to companies in certain disadvantaged areas, including San Francisco's Financial District and SOMA.B... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive

  published June 8, 2011

  Cover design by Andrew J. Nilsen. Jan Sako gives a tour of the... More >>

• Parkmerced Will Boost S.F. Economy By $400 Million, City Says

  published Jun 03, 2011

  rPlans to rebuild the Parkmerced neighborhood will boost the size of San Francisco's economy by $400 million, the city controller says. According to the report: The combined impact of the constructi... More >>

• Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation: Leak Shows 60 Minutes Expose Was Right

  published Jun 02, 2011

  Attorneys for Lance Armstrong pivoted from demanding an apology for purported inaccuracies in a recent 60 Minutes doping expose to lambasting the "leakers" who proved that the report was true. La... More >>

• Lance Armstrong's Attorneys Demand Apology From CBS Over Doping Allegation Story

  published Jun 01, 2011

  No sooner had Lance Armstrong juiced his legal team last week by adding the San Francisco firm famed for helping ballplayers battle leaks in the BALCO drugs case, than Keker & Van Nest c... More >>

• Harold Camping Gets $1 Million Offer for Radio Empire -- Post Rapture

  published May 27, 2011

  A rival Christian proselytizer has again challenged Harold Camping to sell his broadcast empire for $1 million, which makes perfect sense if his Family Radio station will be worth nothing come Oct. 21... More >>

• Lance Armstrong Hires Famous S.F. Attorney, New USPS Sponsorship Details Emerge

  published May 26, 2011

  Lance Armstrong has added two more San Francisco attorneys to his defense team to help ward off possible charges that he was doping while cycling the Tour de France. Additionally, SF Weekly has m... More >>

• Junk Food Vendors at Marin High School Get Caught Up in Food Fight

  published May 25, 2011

  Like a group of unruly teenagers, mobile junk food vendors at a Marin high school have been physically fighting each other outside the school to get the best spot where they can easily sell sugar and ... More >>

• Press Democrat Sued Over 'Serial Squatter' Series

  published May 24, 2011

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat ran a series of stories about a woman accused of improperly using the courts to her advantage -- and you guessed it: The newspaper got sued.Gwendolyn Smith was dubbed a "... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Lance Armstrong Doping Story Points Toward S.F. Company

  published May 24, 2011

  CBS' 60 Minutes shook the sporting world Sunday with extraordinary doping accusations involving the seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. According to Armstrong's former teammate Tyler H... More >>

• Ranked-Choice Voting Makes for a Boring, Undemocratic Political Mess

  published May 25, 2011

  On April 29, the University of San Francisco hosted a debate that seemed to promise the first shots fired in the 2011 mayoral campaign. But in... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  KUSF to Get Harold Camping's FCC License Post-Rapture

  published May 20, 2011

  Here is one group that will truly benefit from not being Raptured. Former KUSF DJs, who lost their terrestrial radio station when the University of San Francisco sold its license Jan. 18, plan to take... More >>

• Newspaper Editor Yanks "Homophobic" Column After Staff Backlash

  published May 20, 2011

  Following staff backlash, the editor of the Annapolis-based The Capital newspaper reportedly yanked a column apologizing for a Mother's Day article featuring lesbian parents.In support of editor and p... More >>

• Fire Department Doesn't Favor White Officers, City Says

  published May 18, 2011

  The Civil Service Commission has rejected accusations that the San Francisco Fire Department purged itself of African-American supervisors by helping white officers cheat on an advancement test. Now, ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Nancy Pelosi Didn't Help S.F. Restaurants Get Healthcare Reform Waivers

  published May 18, 2011

  Washington Republicans say they're shocked -- shocked! -- that San Francisco restaurants obtained healthcare reform waivers handed out last month by the federal Department of Health and Human Services... More >>

• Tour of California Won't Pedal Through S.F. for First Time in Decade

  published May 17, 2011

  For the first time in 10 years, the international professional bicycle-racing circuit will bypass San Francisco, while today's stage three of America's biggest cycling event, the Tour of California, i... More >>

• BOSF 2011: Guide to San Francisco Messenger Bag Makers

  published May 18, 2011

  Bags the size of throw pillows have been slung over Americans' shoulders since Pony Express days. But they became a fashion statement during... More >>

• Family of Deceased S.F. Inmate Earl Brown Jr. Demands $10 Million

  published May 13, 2011

  The family of Earl Brown Jr., an HIV-positive man who died in jail last March, has sued San Francisco for $10 million. The suit alleges that sheriff's deputies "assaulted and battered him ... causing ... More >>

• Dianne Feinstein Tells Francisco to Go Smoke a Fat One

  published May 12, 2011

  Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's de... More >>

• No Evidence White Firefighters Cheated on Test -- Report

  published May 12, 2011

  City investigators say white officers in the San Francisco Fire Department did not give their caucasian subordinates an unfair leg up on a promotion exam, as had been alleged in an earlier complaint.O... More >>

• David Replogle, S.F. Attorney, Gets Life in Prison for Role in Palm Springs Murder

  published May 10, 2011

  David Replogle, who was heralded in a mid-2000s series of San Francisco Chronicle stories as an international crusader fighting sexual abuse, will spend the rest of his life in prison without possibil... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Cesar Ascarrunz Would Have Spiced Up Mayoral Candidate Forum

  published May 10, 2011

  Cesar Ascarrunz, the legendary nightclub impresario and current mayoral candidate, blasted the University of San Francisco for excluding him from a recent candidate forum."They're afraid, because they... More >>

• NIMBYs Blocking Civic Improvement Is Sad S.F. Tradition

  published May 11, 2011

  On April 21, Richmond District landscape architect Kathy Howard warned members of the Board of Supervisors about a new kind of urban blight:... More >>

• Jose Jiminez Accused of Killing Pedestrian on Masonic Avenue; Will the Street Ever be Safer

  published May 06, 2011

  An alleged drunk driver killed a pedestrian on Masonic Avenue early Friday morning -- a week before the city held its scheduled hearing to discuss how to make the highly traveled street safer for cycl... More >>