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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2012 Stories by Peter Jamison

• Cocaine Seized from Cruise Ship at Pier 35

  published Feb 14, 2012

  Federal agents announced today that they seized 13 kilograms, or close to 29 pounds, of cocaine from a cruise ship docked in San Francisco last month.According to a statement from U.S. Customs and Bor... More >>

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  S.F. Not the Welfare State of Conservative Nightmares, New York Times Finds

  published Feb 13, 2012

  San Francisco is a favorite punching bag of right-wing provocateurs who decry it as a West Coast bastion of European-style socialism. (Whatever that might be.) Sadly, even some of our city's local jou... More >>

• Cat Whisperer Jackson Galaxy Coming to San Francisco

  published Feb 10, 2012

  It is no secret that cats are a nefarious species of mammal. Dirtier than the pig and more vicious than the wolverine, felis silvestris catus must be applauded for using its estimable wiles to coloniz... More >>

• Mother Teresa Letter Defending Pedophile 'Authentic' and 'Disturbing,' Says Former Nun

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Last month, SF Weekly published a cover story revealing that two candidates for Catholic sainthood -- including Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity order and winner of the Nobel Peac... More >>

• Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, Alleged Wife Abuser, Wins Right to Visit Son

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi regained the right to see his 2-year-old son in family court today, overcoming a protective order that a judge had issued after domestic-violence charges were filed against him ... More >>

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  Prop. 8 Appeals Court Ruling: Inside the Dissenting Opinion

  published Feb 07, 2012

  Same-sex marriage advocates rejoiced today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 decision that Proposition 8, the 2008 California bal... More >>

• Leland Yee, Champion of Shark Fin Soup, to Tout More Politically Correct Broth

  published Feb 06, 2012

  State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent o... More >>

• Leland Yee, Champion of Shark Fin Soup, to Tout More Politically Correct Broth

  published Feb 06, 2012

  State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent o... More >>

• Ross Mirkarimi Update: Court Papers Detail "Damage" to Son from Judge's Stay-Away Order

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife, whom he has been charged with physically abusing, appeared in San Francisco Family Court today asking a judge to allow her husband supervised visits with the couple's so... More >>

• Plot Thickens for Kenneth Kyle, San Francisco Professor Accused of Sex Crimes Involving Infant

  published Feb 02, 2012

  We've reported here in the past on the disturbing charges federal prosecutors have lodged against Kenneth Kyle, the San Francisco man alleged to have used the Internet to arrange a sexual encounter wi... More >>

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  Gavin Newsom on Ross Mirkarimi: 'I understand his ... feeling he's being picked on'

  published Feb 01, 2012

  UPDATE, 11:35 A.M., 2/3/12: Newsom spokesman Francisco Castillo responded to the below story with an e-mail, stating, "The Lt. Governor never said he thought press coverage was 'unfair,' nor did he su... More >>

• Porn Company Hunts for Illegal Downloaders of 'My Little Panties #2'

  published Jan 31, 2012

  As the tech and media industries slug it out over laws governing copyrighted material online, one original content producer has won a small victory in its effort to staunch intellectual-property theft... More >>

• Nancy Pelosi Investment Allegations Spur Congress to Address Insider Trading

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Members of Congress are taking up legislation this week aimed at dealing with allegations that a form of "insider trading" is taking place among lawmakers whose knowledge of pending bills could give t... More >>

• Brazilian Blowout Hair-Products Company Hit with $600,000 Settlement by AG's Office

  published Jan 30, 2012

  The office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced today that a popular manufacturer of hair products, Brazilian Blowout, has agreed to pay $600,000 in fees, penalties, and costs becaus... More >>

• SFPD Targets "Western Union Grandmother" Scammers

  published Jan 27, 2012

  The San Francisco Police Department is urging older city residents to be on their guard against a form of fraud that many a concerned grandparent could fall for.It's known as the "Western Union Grandm... More >>

• State DNA Lab Backlog Eliminated, Attorney General Kamala Harris Says

  published Jan 25, 2012

  California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a statement today asserting that a backlog of DNA evidence has been eliminated at state forensics labs, speeding the analysis of evidence in criminal c... More >>

• "Toss Ross" Campaign Launched to Oust Mirkarimi over Domestic Violence Allegations

  published Jan 24, 2012

  As Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi fights for his political survival amid allegations that he physically abused his wife and his former girlfriend, some of his critics have taken up the tools of social media i... More >>

• Ross Mirkarimi's Second Alleged Domestic Violence Victim Speaks Out in SF Weekly Interview

  published Jan 23, 2012

  UPDATE, 10:21 A.M., JAN. 24, 2012: Flores told us this morning that she would like to clarify a detail in the police report on her alleged abuse by Mirkarimi, which she had not seen before SF Weekly p... More >>

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  Analysis: Damning Text Messages Emerge in Ross Mirkarimi Spouse Abuse Case

  published Jan 20, 2012

  One of the major missing pieces in the domestic-violence case against newly elected Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi emerged during his arraignment on three misdemeanor counts yesterday: Text messages and e-mai... More >>

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  SOPA Might Be Bad Policy, but It's Not Censorship

  published Jan 18, 2012

  If you're reading this, chances are that you regularly consume media online. And if you regularly consume media online, you're almost certainly seeing and reading more today than you know what to do w... More >>

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  Customs Agents Intercept Smuggled Animal Skulls at San Francisco Airport

  published Jan 17, 2012

  It's always interesting to see the sorts of contraband that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are intercepting in the Bay Area. About a year ago, we heaved a sigh of relief after "destructive"... More >>

• Hacker Group Anonymous Takes Up Arms in SOPA Battle

  published Jan 13, 2012

  The "hacktivist" network known as Anonymous has stepped into the fray in the battle among legacy media companies, Internet firms, and politicians over the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).The con... More >>

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  SF Archdiocese Calls SF Weekly Mother Teresa Story a 'Dark Day for Journalism'

  published Jan 12, 2012

  We've been getting quite a range of reaction to yesterday's cover story on Mother Teresa's links to convicted pedophile priest Donald McGuire. Documents obtained by SF Weekly indicate that the "Saint ... More >>

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  Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priestr

  published Jan 11, 2012

  That's the subject of the latest SF Weekly cover story, which examines Jesuit records suggesting that Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the international Missionaries of Charity order and winner o... More >>

• EPA Orders South Bay Metal Recycler to Stop Polluting San Francisco Bay

  published Jan 10, 2012

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Sims Metal Management, a company that claims to be the largest recycler of metal and electronics in the world, to stop polluting San Francisco Bay ... More >>