Email Author Peter Jamison

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published May 25, 2011

  "Let Him Prey"

• 2011 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published September 29, 2010

  "Head Case"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 29, 2010

  "Head Case"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 24, 2010

  "Dead Sea"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published September 29, 2010

  "Head Case"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 16, 2009

  "Time Bomb"

• 2010 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published September 16, 2009

  "Time Bomb"

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2008 Stories by Peter Jamison

• KRON Can't Stand Criticism, Bags Interview with Media Critics

  published Dec 30, 2008

  By Peter Jamison Those who call the shots at San Francisco's KRON-TV can't say they weren't warned. Howard Rosenberg -- who had been booked to appear on the station with co-author Charles Feldman in ... More >>

• Borders: Oops... We're Actually Still in Business!

  published Dec 29, 2008

  By Peter Jamison Frequent shoppers at Borders may have found themselves crestfallen over the weekend upon discovering that their favorite stripmall purveyor of books, music and movies was seemingly ... More >>

• Why Outside Lands Looks Juicy to Big Promoters

  published Dec 25, 2008

  By Peter Jamison We reported this week on the ungainly turf war that has erupted among bureaucrats and entrepreneurs over the future of Outside Lands, the popular three-day music festival whose ina... More >>

• Coming Soon to the Tenderloin: Another Dirty, Poorly Lit Place For Books

  published Dec 24, 2008

  By Peter Jamison Transporting a collection of books, records and periodicals that purportedly surpasses 1 million volumes is no small feat. Imagine doing so on a litter-strewn block in one of the c... More >>

• Santa Claus: The Frankenstein's Monster of Madison Avenue

  published Dec 23, 2008

  By Peter JamisonLike many of my colleagues in the blogosphere, I've repeatedly found myself unsettled this holiday season by the appearance of a freakish new incarnation of Santa. This vest-sporting a... More >>

• Outside Lands Ouster?

  published December 24, 2008

  You'd think the music promoters at Berkeley-based Another Planet Entertainment would have earned some time resting on their laurels after... More >>

• Say Whatr Why California Has No Corruption

  published Dec 18, 2008

  By Peter Jamison As a member of a profession that relies on scandal in the upper echelons of representative government to justify its existence, it was with some chagrin that I noticed the recent ran... More >>

• SFPD Report Urges More Tasers, Fewer Dog Bites

  published Dec 17, 2008

  By Peter Jamison The San Francisco Police Commission and the Board of Supervisors' Public Safety Committee are getting together tonight at 6 p.m. in city hall to chew over the findings of an o... More >>

• A Welcome Diversion: Renowned Dog-Cat-Rat Man Heads for Drug Treatment

  published Dec 16, 2008

  By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of ... More >>

• Photos: Where the Dark Art of Custom Corsets Lives On

  published Dec 13, 2008

  By Peter Jamison This woman wants to sell you a corset. Autumn Adamme, pictured above, is the owner of Dark Garden, a corset shop on Linden Street in Hayes Valley. These days, corsetry of the ki... More >>

• SF Businesses, Pelosi PAC Gave $30K to Scandal-Plagued Illinois Gov.

  published Dec 10, 2008

  By Peter Jamison In politics, shame is contagious. Small wonder, then, that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- who yesterday was arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that, among other indisc... More >>

• Mayor Proposes 712 Job Cuts in SF Government

  published Dec 09, 2008

  Hand it to Mayor Gavin Newsom's office for upholding the bureaucratic tradition of euphemism. In a statement today outlining the mayor's plan for addressing San Francisco's revenue shortfall this year... More >>

• A McDonald's You'll Actually Miss

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Evicts SF Booklovers' 'Institution' By Peter Jamison In a section of the Tenderloin just off Market Street and 5th, where check-cashing outfits and st... More >>

• Bicycle Blitz Brings 'Sexual Healing' to SOMA

  published Dec 03, 2008

  By Peter Jamison An interesting scene awaited anybody who happened to be passing by 8th and Howard in SOMA last night after dark: Bright lights, lots of bicycles, and a speaker system blaring Max-A-M... More >>

• Why the 'Black Friday Story' Is the Enemy of Real News

  published Dec 02, 2008

  By Peter JamisonThe professional world offers few examples of desiccated ritual more perfect than those to be found on newsstands the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when daily papers across the country ... More >>

• Why James T. Kirk Would Hate the GEICO Gecko

  published Nov 28, 2008

  And Why We Should Have the Captain's Back By Peter Jamison Help me out here, Constant Snitch Reader: Am I going crazy, or is the GEICO gecko taking over San Franciscor Everywhere I look these days, ... More >>

• Will Gay Marriage Have to Wait for Democracy to Catch Upr

  published Nov 26, 2008

  History's Answer: Yes By Peter Jamison Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Franc... More >>

• Buy Line

  published November 26, 2008

  With the newspaper industry in a tailspin, readers ditching print for the Web in droves, and the country entering its worst recession in recent... More >>

• New Report Foresees a Short Road to Extinction for CA salmon

  published Nov 20, 2008

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• Klamath Deal is Cold Comfort for SF Bay Salmon Fishermen

  published Nov 19, 2008

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• Will the new Hetch Hetchy plan wring San Francisco dryr

  published Nov 14, 2008

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• A turn on the GOP therapy couch

  published Nov 13, 2008

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• published Nov 06, 2008

  Peruvian saint or petty criminalr Either way, the cash is flowing in digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/Meet_Dog_Cat_Rat_Man_a_Crack_Smoking_Icon_of_Togetherness'; By Peter Jamison Ever been mi... More >>

• Prop. 8 campaign uses Chron content to scare voters

  published November 5, 2008

  Since SF Weekly went to press before election results came in, we don't know if Californians voted yes or no on Proposition 8, the... More >>

• Prelude to the Plastiki

  published Oct 30, 2008

  At Pier 31, David de Rothschild is building a 60-foot catamaran from trash. The rest is silence. By Peter Jamison The doe-eyed, bearded scion of a European banking family decides to help save the wo... More >>