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The Achilles heel of the Occupy movement was that extreme and — some would say — unbalanced individuals hijacked the spotlight and the message.
So, perhaps it's...
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In the NASCAR-themed epic Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell's character explains that prefacing his statements with "With all due respect" allows him to subsequently say whatever...
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At times, the efficacy of the city's Ethics Commission is akin to a strongly worded resolution used to combat a building-sized reptile rampaging through downtown. A recent...
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Thanks to Google Maps, the gopher holes in the Beach Chalet Soccer Field are now visible from space. You can't see what's going on in the bushes surrounding this field on...
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Come November, San Franciscans will all but surely have to decide between ballot measures regarding whether we should or shouldn't build the luxury waterfront condo project at...
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera has discovered a way to get a jolt from an energy drink without ever taking a sip.
On the cusp of a scheduled May 2 sit-down with the Monster...
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There's a San Francisco worldview in which Willie Brown is omnipresent: He sits high above us in a skyscraper, reclining in a black leather chair with a fluffy white cat in...
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Everything's bigger at Costco: Boxes of Cheerios resembling Mission Bay, flats of enough Irish Spring for all County Mayo, and mayo jars the size of R2-D2.
And don't forget...
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Metaphysical debates aren't your standard ballpark fare — but, as we've been told so often, 9/11 changed everything.
In the wake of the terror attacks, Major League...
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Cable cars clang-clanging their way over the hills is as much a symbol of San Francisco as enraged bulls thundering through ancient streets embody Pamplona. And, as an...
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The Segway's circuitous ascent to official Wonder Future Vehicle of Tomorrow suffered a blow when the company's owner rolled one off a cliff and died in 2010. That was a sad...
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In the days before cell phones, bored undergraduates in the restrooms of institutions of higher learning passed time by scrawling puns in the grouting between wall tiles: "The...
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Last year, SF Weekly reported that multiple nonprofits complained to the mayor's office that a PUC official warned against publicly questioning the CleanPowerSF program...
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A platoon of union workers in loud, matching outfits is nearly as regular a City Hall sight as bridal parties in loud, matching outfits. And, on a recent Monday, members...
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Anyone curious about the French take on the America's Cup fiasco is in for a lesson on the difficulties of translating colloquialisms, bureaucratic frustration, and...
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On June 27, 1986, a resolution named a street after Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, "who has unselflessly (sic) strived through his work and...
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In December, SF Weekly ran a story about the surreal rules builders exploit to blow up small homes into mansions, consuming San Francisco's dwindling affordable housing...
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Earlier this month, newly minted Supervisor Katy Tang was feted for targeting Muni switchbacks as one of her first moves. This was wise: There's little that infuriates...
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Last week, readers of the San Francisco Business Times on March 11 learned "America's Cup economic impact lowered to $780 million from $1.4 billion." Examiner readers on March...
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On the morning of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, Ross Ehlinger was a husband, father, and athlete. By the end of the day he was a statistic.
Ehlinger, a 46-year-old...
