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1. Feature

   Pretty Bad Girls

   Without parental guidance, they lived wild and free at an early age, but murder will keep them locked up for years.

   By Ashley Harrell

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Defendant Jillian McIlvenna was getting woozy beneath the harsh lighting of Department 21 in San Francisco's Superior Court. Doe-eyed behind dark-framed glasses, she blinked,...

2. Feature

   Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

   By Bradley Campbell and Matt Snyders

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Click here for the latest update. In October 2007, Katherine Olson was looking for work. Since graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College with a dual degree in theater...

3. Night&Day

   French Girl

   By Frako Loden

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Little Sofia, born and raised in suburban France, has to be forced into the van that takes her back to her native Morocco. Ten years later, she is a frustrated rebel at a...

4. Night&Day

   D Tour

   By Jonathan Kiefer

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Being in an indie-rock band can be great fun — unless you have to do dialysis while on tour. This doc explores how East Bay rockers Rogue Wave had to rally when drummer...

5. Sucka Free City

   Sorry, S.F.: Gavin Newsom's just not that into you

   (with apologies to the authors of He's Just Not That Into You)

   By Will Harper

   Published: April 29, 2009

   "Analysts expect to see even less of mayor during race" — Headline in the Chronicle last week after Gavin Newsom officially announced his bid for governor via Twitter...

6. FilmCap

   Ferlinghetti

   By Michael Fox

   Published: April 29, 2009

   The San Francisco poet, painter, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who just turned 90, is a well-traveled citizen of the world, a North Beach character whose tenure predates...

7. Matt Smith

   When a mother is tried for murder: The case of Linda Woo

   By Matt Smith

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Three years ago, Linda Woo, then 39, woke her two children in the middle of the night, wrapped them in blankets, and put them in a borrowed Subaru Outback with their stuffed...

8. Sucka Free City

   The most offensive things about Matt Smith's Kink.com column

   By Benjamin Wachs

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Members of San Francisco's sex-positive communities are outraged over last week's

9. Letters

   SF Weekly Letters

   Published: April 29, 2009

   Working Out the Kinks Forty lashes for Smith: I can't help but be surprised that a reporter writing for a "progressive" San Francisco paper would demonstrate such an ignorant,...

10. Music

    Indie songwriters find success in wooing the superfan

    By Ezra Gale

    Published: April 29, 2009

    While some rock stars have reacted poorly to major shifts in the recording industry (see: Metallica sues Napster and its own fans), others have adapted more shrewdly (see:...

11. Music

    Deadiquette: Common Deadhead courtesies demystified

    By Andrew Stout

    Published: April 29, 2009

    With the surviving members of the Grateful Dead reuniting for their first tour in six years, Deadheads have been whipped into a frenzy. It's been a long time since they've seen...

12. Music

    The Black Lips re-embrace the crappy

    By John O'Neill

    Published: April 29, 2009

    Once upon a time, before they ruled the iPods of 30-year-old graphic artists and coffeeshop baristas everywhere, the Black Lips were cruddy for real. Before the world tours and...

13. Hear This

    Thao Nguyen

    By Dan Strachota

    Published: April 29, 2009

    Thao Nguyen occupies a weird space between Lilith Fair and the DIY folk scene. The San Francisco resident is the kind of 24-year-old who can get away with referring to her...

14. Hear This

    The Devil Makes Three

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: April 29, 2009

    The Devil Makes Three draws on rural blues, folk, and bluegrass in equal measures with rock 'n' roll. While many of the Santa Cruz trio's songs display a punk attitude and play...

15. Hear This

    Pete Rock

    By Andrew Stout

    Published: April 29, 2009

    In all of hip-hop, is there a steadier hand than Pete Rock's? After 20-plus years as a DJ, producer, and MC who has worked with the cream of alt-rap's crop, the Bronx legend...

16. BeatBox

    Stanton Warriors

    By Tony Ware

    Published: April 29, 2009

    U.K. production and DJ duo Stanton Warriors recently featured a promo mix of the "freshest booty bassline bangers" on their Web site. The 30-minute session perfectly summed up...

17. Bouncer

    Tempting fate at the Deco Lounge

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 29, 2009

    The Aztecs were firm believers in predestination. It's probably helpful to think that everything is meant to be when you are about to have your heart cut out of your chest and...

18. Eat

    Beretta: Cocktails, pizza, and a wall of noise on Valencia

    By Meredith Brody

    Published: April 29, 2009

    When we settled in at Beretta and perused the menu, I recognized its contents immediately. It's the very model of a modern pizzeria. There's an alluring and simple combination...

19. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: April 29, 2009

    15 Romolo: 15 Romolo (at Broadway), 398-1359. North Beach. Cocktails and bar food. Anthony's Cookies: 1417 Valencia (at 25th St.), www.anthonyscookies.com. Mission. Gourmet...

20. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for April 29-May 5, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: April 29, 2009

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "Introduction to Experimental Animation": David Cox and Molly Hankwitz of Archimedia offer workshops...