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  • Legal Weapon
    Don Cameron trains cops in how to use force, and then defends them in court when they're accused of going too far.
    Wednesday, February 10
    A half-century ago, when Don Cameron was growing up in the San Francisco neighborhood of St. Francis Wood, his family would summer at Yosemite... More >>
  • The ABCs of Ditching School
    Schools are trying to contain their truancy epidemic. How're they doing? Just ask the students smoking pot less than a block from campus.
    Wednesday, February 03
    In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of Technology, two boys stage their finely choreographed... More >>
  • No Way Out
    Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?
    Wednesday, January 27
    His walker screeched across the floor as Lonnie Morris entered the San Quentin conference room, where his 15th parole hearing was supposed to... More >>
  • Unleashed
    A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.
    Wednesday, January 20
    On the evening of Nov. 11, 2009, two San Francisco police officers found 74-year-old Marion Cope sitting on the ground in Huntington Park,... More >>
  • Snuffed Out
    Massive layoffs, internal conflict, and decreasing morale have all contributed to a less effective arson unit.
    Wednesday, January 13
    The Felton Street fire looked suspicious from the start. The two-story house in the Portola District that went up in flames in the early hours of... More >>

National

News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

As Haitians Rebuild, a Photographer Captures the Catastrophe

Michael McElroy is a South Florida-based freelance photographer who spent seven days in... More >>

Dallas

In the War of Attrition Waged by the Texas Attorney General Against Robert O'Donnell, There Were Unintended Consequences

Robert O'Donnell stands rigidly in the courthouse hallway, his arms folded across his chest,... More >>

Denver

Can a veterans court help former GIs find justice here at home?

What are you going to do, shoot me?" It was around ten o'clock at night when Edward Lynch... More >>

Houston

Crash Reports

Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.
Steve Morrison probably never knew what hit him that April afternoon in 2008. After the... More >>

Kansas City

The Sex Edition: the Disavowed

Marcella was dancing with three other guys, playing the field at America's Pub in Westport,... More >>

Miami

Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida

Welcome to the land of excess and instant gratification. You sensed it when you got off the... More >>

Minneapolis

Dan Buettner's Blue Zones teach nine secrets of a longer life

Oprah author shares his longevity plan
The red-walled foyer of Dan Buettner's Lake of the Isles home is packed with party guests.... More >>

Phoenix

Going Rogue: An Obsessive Phoenix Patrol Cop Tried to Nail the Wrong Guy in the Baseline Killer Case

The lead story on KPHO-TV's evening news last April 1 had bombshell potential. With a mug... More >>

Blog

The Snitch

Baylinks: Laptop Bans, Call the Mayor Day, & Transit Hoopla

Tue Feb 9, 5:30 PM

?Artists install working phone booth in front of Newsom's office as part of Call the Mayor Day. [SFAppeal]But maybe the message machine picked up because he was at the Central Subway ground-brea... More >>

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SF Weekly Letters
Wednesday, February 10
Boulder Plan Does Not Rock Sandbags could save surfers: There is an alternative to dumping riprap (boulders and rocks) on the beach to respond to... More >>

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