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

• San Francisco Finally Apologizes to Bobby Badfingers for His Six Days in Jail

  published Jan 24, 2011

  After nearly three years trying to get recopense for a six-day 2008 jail stint he says was unfair, Bobby Badfingers, the world's fastest finger-snapper, has received an apology from City Attorney Denn... More >>

• Erosion at Ocean Beach could send sewage into the sea

  published January 26, 2011

  San Francisco is renowned for bad public infrastructure pro-jects such as the $1 billion Central Subway to Nowhere, or the overdue, overbudget,... More >>

• Wigg Party Celebrates One Year Rallying Around the Wiggle Bike Route

  published Jan 21, 2011

  In the 1830s, Abraham Lincoln's Whig Party advocated domestic production, protectionism, and improvement of roads and railroads. For the past 12 months, Morgan Fitzgibbons' Wigg Party has rallied one ... More >>

• Could "Thrashed" Ocean Beach Become a Blissful Playlandr

  published Jan 20, 2011

  Imagine a dense, beautiful city bordered by a sandy, public beach.Now if you're Los Angeles, you will see palm trees, basketball and volleyball courts, cafes, bars, galleries, ice cream parlors, and s... More >>

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  KUSF Volunteers Create Plan to Halt Sale of Radio Station

  published Jan 19, 2011

  Soon after the University of San Francisco announced Tuesday it would sell radio station KUSF to a classical music network, volunteers gathered to plot a strategy to block the sale. By morning, t... More >>

• County Buys Reputed Hacker Danny Garcia a Laptop for Use in Murder Defense

  published Jan 17, 2011

  Danny Garcia, who is facing trial in the killing of Palm Springs retiree Clifford Lambert, will be allowed to use a government-purchased laptop for his jailhouse defense, a judge has decided. A City N... More >>

• U.S Postal Service Paid a Lance Armstrong-Linked S.F. Firm $32 Million

  published Jan 17, 2011

  The United States Postal Service has revealed it paid $32 million to a San Francisco firm that was established to run the team sponsoring cyclist Lance Armstrong, ESPN reports. The news puts a possibl... More >>

• Government lets fraudulent drug companies deal with Medicare

  published January 19, 2011

  Seven years ago, Lee Chartock, a psychiatrist in South Weymouth, Mass., got a visit from a drug saleswoman offering to pay his expenses to an... More >>

• Parkmerced Project Might Not Pencil Out, Forecaster Says

  published Jan 14, 2011

  Parkmerced, the 1940s suburban tract near San Francisco State University that's slated to double in density, might not produce enough investment return to attract financial backing, according to a cit... More >>

• Vandals Get Two Free Hours of Parking When They Break Meters

  published Jan 13, 2011

  Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agenc... More >>

• Police Bust Careless Drivers in Pedestrian Sting

  published Jan 12, 2011

  In this pedestrian mecca, it seems incongruous that drivers would be so oblivious to pedestrians walking in the crosswalk.But they are. And that made these police officers' job easy. The San Francisco... More >>

• Winklevoss Twins Want More Money From Facebook

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Lawyers representing Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the studly twins who sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for supposedly usurping the social media site from them, asked a judge today in San Franci... More >>

• Jelly's Club Sues San Francisco Claiming City Shuttered Nightclub To Protect America's Cup Bid

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Jelly's Dance Cafe, a nightclub that has faced eviction since a fatal July shooting, is suing San Francisco, claiming the city retaliated against its tenant after complaints about leaky bayside sewage... More >>

• As Interim Mayor of S.F., Ed Lee Can Shake Things Up

  published January 12, 2011

  As if to verify the proposition that nothing momentous ever seems to happen in San Francisco public life, the highest-stakes battle in this... More >>

• Critical Anti-Mass: Law-Abiding SFBikeParty Launches Despite Cold Snap

  published Jan 07, 2011

  It's chilly outside, but it isn't cold enough to stop San Francisco Bike Party from launching a new monthly ride known as the law-abiding, hard-partying alternative to Critical Mass."Bring it on," sai... More >>

• Jerry Brown's Budget Solution Is To Starve Senior Citizens, Excluding Himself

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Most everyone would expect Governor Jerry Brown to take sharp measures to ensure that the state's books are balanced in the coming year.But cutting back on food for the elderlyr That seems draconian. ... More >>

• Accused Sex Tourist Thomas White Will Continue Resisting Extradition

  published Jan 04, 2011

  Thomas White, a San Francisco financier imprisoned in Mexico after accusations he traveled to Puerto Vallarta to molest underaged boys, will continue resisting extradition to the United States. Oddly,... More >>

• WikiLeaks Reporting Error Corrected, Thanks To Former Chronicle Scribe Henry Norr

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Henry Norr, an ex-San Francisco Chronicle technology reporter who was fired for his anti-war kibitzing, has turned his energies to sideline critiques of the media.Calling Norr "one persistent listener... More >>

• David Replogle, San Francisco Attorney, Guilty in 'Gay Grifter' Murder

  published Jan 03, 2011

  San Francisco attorney David Repogle was convicted Monday of helping to kill and attempting to loot the assets of a Palm Springs retiree. Also convicted was Miguel Bustamante, a Daly City barkeep purp... More >>

• Doyle Drive Privatization Deal Approved by Judge

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Caltrans today rushed to sign a contract to fund a section of a new Golden Gate Bridge off-ramp in the Presidio with the help of foreign investors. The move came immediately after a judge lifted a res... More >>

• Jerry Brown Should Get Rid of Schwarzenegger's Debt Deals

  published January 5, 2011

  Jerry Brown ran for governor opposing budget chicanery that involved disguised borrowing. Post-election, he has stayed on message. "Fair,... More >>