Dumb and the City "Fatty, fatty, fatty fat fat!" exclaims Lynn Fischer, author of Lowfat Cooking for Dummies. "Sometimes I wish it was still OK to run up to... More >>
Despite all the talk of "community," indie film is a magnet for the overambitious. Conventional wisdom has it that first-time filmmakers eager to... More >>
Though some gluttons for punishment might have spent this past Saturday studying their 300-lb. voter information guide, about 250 parents instead... More >>
Killer Reads The coming year will see a deluge of books about Hunter S. Thompson, the late gonzo journalist and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas author.... More >>
The ongoing funding woes of Grade the News, a Bay Area media watchdog Web site (www.gradethenews.org), qualify as both good news and bad. It's... More >>
In 18 years of doing his thing, anti-gay hate-monger Fred Phelps' biggest accomplishment may have been to turn military funerals into motorcycle... More >>
Nun Chucks "Look at her she's frightening! Big headdress, strange costume, makeup. What are you gonna to do when she's coming right at you?" Sister... More >>
Sunday morning, nursing a wicked hangover, I pedal down to 11th and Folsom streets and ring the ancient bell at the wooden door of Angelo Garro's... More >>
Last week, wardens from the California Department of Fish and Game arrested four people who allegedly sold vials of bear bile to undercover... More >>
Feeling Crabby You might think that the state health department's new warning against eating raw Sawagani crabs imported from Japan would constitute good news... More >>
