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2:12 pm
May. 21, 2012
S.F. Bars Nix SceneTap's Creepy Facial Detection Cameras
By Erin Sherbert
If SceneTap's facial detection cameras have revealed anything, it's that San Francisco just might be tapped out on the oversaturation of social media. Sure, we're among the first to consume any t... More >>

The Snitch

1:20 pm
May. 21, 2012
PG&E Pipeline Pressure Surges Are a Real Threat
By Laura Rena Murray
PG&E is starting to feel some unwanted pressure over its gas pipelines. The company is being asked to be much more transparent following a federal directive requiring all utilities to maintai... More >>

The Snitch

11:54 am
May. 21, 2012
Man in Critical Condition After Being Beaten Near Bay to Breakers Route
By Erin Sherbert
A 30-year-old man is in critical condition this morning after he was sucker-punched in Golden Gate Park Sunday afternoon, just a few blocks from the Bay to Breakers route, police said.Officer Alb... More >>

The Snitch

11:21 am
May. 21, 2012
Golden State Warriors Are Probably Moving to San Francisco
By Albert Samaha
There is an immediate bit of good news accompanying the reports that the Golden State Warriors are moving to San Francisco: There's a strong chance the team will finally trash the comically antiq... More >>

The Snitch

8:30 am
May. 21, 2012
Bay to Breakers: Most Everyone Behaved, 19 Arrested
By Erin Sherbert
Out of the more than 40,000 who braved the Sunday morning stampede known as Bay to Breakers, more than a dozen were arrested on suspicion of having just too much damn fun.According to news report... More >>

The Snitch

7:42 am
May. 21, 2012
Alice Joy, San Francisco Woman, Killed in Motorcycle Crash
By Erin Sherbert
The motorcyclist who was killed instantly in a solo-vehicle crash in Oakland on Friday morning has been identified as 27-year-old Alice Joy of San Francisco.The Alameda County Coroner told report... More >>

The Snitch

5:59 am
May. 21, 2012
Karim Mayfield Dominates Raymond Serrano -- S.F. Boxer Remains Undefeated
By Joe Eskenazi
Was undefeated champ Karim Mayfield's knockout victory over Raymond Serrano on ESPN's Friday Night Fights main event more dominating or more bizarre? The answer, naturally, is yes. A crushing over... More >>

The Snitch

4:00 pm
May. 18, 2012
Police Arrest Angry, Gun-Toting Man in the Mission
By Erin Sherbert
San Francisco police arrested a 55-year-old man early this morning after he allegedly pulled a gun on another man at a local gas station and threatened to kill him.Officer Carlos Manfredi tells u... More >>

The Snitch

2:02 pm
May. 18, 2012
Bay to Breakers Has a New Set of Sobering Rules
By Laura Rena Murray
This year's Bay to Breakers will look -- and feel -- a bit different than what you've come to know in year's past. For starters, there will be no floats allowed and no "wheeled objects" permitted... More >>

The Snitch

12:54 pm
May. 18, 2012
Mark Zuckerberg Now Worth $20 Billion More: How Many Hoodies Will That Buy Him?
By Erin Sherbert
This morning, Facebook CEO and hoodie aficionado Mark Zuckerberg changed the world for the second time when he rang the bell, making his multi-billion-dollar company officially public. As Mike Ca... More >>

The Snitch

11:11 am
May. 18, 2012
Prisoners in Sweatshop-Made Pants Performing Free Labor
By Joe Eskenazi
Yesterday, the Examiner revealed that the city outfitted its prisoners in jail pants manufactured in a Dominican plant purportedly guilty of a bevy of sweatshop violations.In running afoul o... More >>

The Snitch

9:10 am
May. 18, 2012
North Beach Neighbors Raise Money for Homeless Pedestrian Hurt in Hit and Run
By Erin Sherbert
Last Saturday, a 62-year-old man was walking across the street in North Beach with a pizza in his hand when he was hit by a car whose driver callously left him bleeding on the street. ... More >>

The Snitch

8:20 am
May. 18, 2012
Anthony Lacayo Arrested in Shooting Death of Ronald Monzon
By Erin Sherbert
Police have arrested a 19-year-old San Francisco man for allegedly murdering 40-year-old Ronald Monzon back in March. Anthony Lacayo was taken into custody yesterday afternoon at 850 Bryant Stree... More >>

The Snitch

8:02 am
May. 18, 2012
BitTorrent Is Suing a German Company for Pirating Its Trademark
By Albert Samaha
Remember that episode of The Wire when Avon Barksdale filled out a police report after Omar jacked his stashNo? You're right, that never happened.But this is happening.BitTorrent, the Californi... More >>

The Snitch

7:46 am
May. 18, 2012
Sena Putra Identified as Pedestrian Killed in SOMA
By Erin Sherbert
The Medical Examiner has identified the man who was run over by a large truck yesterday afternoon in the city's SOMA neighborhood as 47-year-old Sena Putra of Oakland. Putra was walking at 13th a... More >>

The Snitch

7:25 am
May. 18, 2012
Cops Fight Clarity of Medical Marijuana Sales
By Chris Roberts
Police in California have long expressed displeasure with the state's medical marijuana laws. And with good reason: Cops might have the legal right to haul into court medical marijuana merchants ... More >>

The Snitch

5:15 pm
May. 17, 2012
First Republic Bank Discouraged Internal Investigations Into Customers' Suspicious Activities, Lawsuit Claims
By Albert Samaha
First Republic Bank instructed compliance officers not to investigate clients' suspicious activity, two former employees charge in a lawsuit. The employees, Frederick Casissa and Elizabeth Riggin... More >>

The Snitch

4:39 pm
May. 17, 2012
SFPD Bust Suspects in Weird Ghost Scam Targeting Asian Women
By Erin Sherbert
Police have finally nabbed the people who they say are responsible for scamming at least five Asian women of more than $100,000 worth of jewelry and cash over the last few months.San Francisco Po... More >>

The Snitch

3:20 pm
May. 17, 2012
Occupy Bernal Proves Occupy Movement Isn't Totally Ineffective
By Laura Rena Murray
Back in December we told readers about the newer, much more civilized arm of the local Occupy movement, dubbed Occupy Bernal Heights. The goal of this new Occupy group was not to pitch tents on ... More >>

The Snitch

1:55 pm
May. 17, 2012
Your Kids Should Probably Be More Afraid of Dog Bites Than Gay People
By Erin Sherbert
Earlier today, we told you about Save California, that right-wing and totally off-base group in Sacramento that's spending a ton of time and money pleading with parents to keep their kids locked i... More >>

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Progressively Modest: Eric Mar Stays out of the Headlines Progressively Modest: Eric Mar Stays out of the Headlines
By Chris Roberts

Supervisor Eric Mar won't make national news shutting down late-night fast-food restaurants or getting a strippermobile towed from an Outer Richmond street. Maybe that's the idea. The former head of the… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium
By Joe Eskenazi

In 2005, San Francisco 49ers fans Daniel and Kathleen Sheehan objected to the team forcing patrons into a game of two-hand touch. Claiming mandatory pat-downs of their person to be… More >>

High Hopes: Undefeated Mayfield Puts His Title on the Line
By Joe Eskenazi

For a boxer who is undefeated in 16 pro bouts, San Francisco's own Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield has grown remarkably adept at searching out silver linings. For example, his next… More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Sons (and Daughters) of Anarchy Article provides much-needed insight into Occupy Oakland: This is a superb article, far and away the best piece of post-May Day Occupy Oakland coverage I've read… More >>

Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns
By Kate Conger

Photo illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen. Just before noon, the explosive echo of a deployed tear gas canister rings through Frank Ogawa Plaza. Moments before, demonstrators — some wearing black… More >>

Wife vs. Sheriff: 1914 Scandal Was Worse Than 2012 Version Wife vs. Sheriff: 1914 Scandal Was Worse Than 2012 Version
By Joe Eskenazi

You know that deposed San Francisco sheriff whose life and career were immolated following a sordid accusation from his wife? You sure? Because this isn't a story about Ross Mirkarimi.… More >>

Rant: How to Prove Your Worth to Walgreens
By Alan Scherstuhl

Ranter: Pixie-cut, mini-skirted fortysomething woman in dingy garb that suggests hipsterism, homelessness, or both. Location: Outside the Walgreens at Market and Stockton Time: 10 p.m. on a recent Saturday Topics covered: Security guards'… More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Foreclosures in Bayview Article sheds light on neighborhood's plight: Great article. Thanks to Albert Samaha for seeing through glitzy hype and deception of big money ["The Dispossessed," feature, 5/2]. The banks… More >>

The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures
By Albert Samaha

Illustration by Brian Stauffer. A crowd has gathered around Geary Brown and his letter. "Look what I got," he says, almost in a whisper. Heads peer over his shoulder. They see the Bank of… More >>

"Burn Wall Street": Otto von Danger Politicizes His Art "Burn Wall Street": Otto von Danger Politicizes His Art
By Benjamin Wachs

Otto von Danger's friends wanted him to blow up a bank. "They were upset about what the banks are doing," the Oakland artist (real name Otto Ewen) explained. "We all are."… More >>

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