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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 >>

SFoodie

12:30 pm
May. 21, 2012
Where to Drink This Week
By Lou Bustamante
Memorial Day is right around the corner, but why wait to start celebrating? Here are a couple of events to ease you into the unofficial start of summer. Great Divide Brewing Dinner Where: The M... More >>

SFoodie

12:00 pm
May. 21, 2012
Greens Celebrates Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Anniversary Via Cookie
By Tamara Palmer
Greens executive chef/owner Annie Somerville collaborated with her pastry chef Sandi Sumaylo to create an official commemorative cookie commissioned by Fort Mason Center for the Golden Gate Brid... 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 >>

All Shook Down

10:10 am
May. 21, 2012
R.I.P. Robin Gibb: One of the Golden Voices of Disco Dies at 62
By J. Poet
It doesn't happen very often, but now and then a song or album comes along that perfectly captures the mood of a historical moment and embeds itself into the consciousness of a generation. It ha... More >>

SFoodie

10:00 am
May. 21, 2012
San Francisco's Top 5 Bars Serving Mason Jar Cocktails
By Rae Alexandra
Remember when all cocktails came in dainty, little, precious pieces of glassware? Well, those days are on the way out, thanks to a new trend creeping into every corner of the city right now -- the... More >>

The Exhibitionist

10:00 am
May. 21, 2012
Game of Thrones Awards: All Hail the Gods of Tits and Wine
By Angela Lutz
When the war is over, and they've put out all of the literal and figurative fires and gotten all of the heads off the walls, Varys, Tyrion, and Bronn should probably go into the Mystery Science Th... More >>

SFoodie

9:00 am
May. 21, 2012
The Blue Fig Brings Restaurant Brunch Fare to the Coffee Shop
By Olivia Ware
The Blue Fig is cheerfully quiet on a Sunday morning. About half of the tables are full, with patrons reading books and working on laptops -- never more than two to a party. The intimacy is palpab... More >>

The Exhibitionist

9:00 am
May. 21, 2012
The Lusty Lady Asks for Your Help to Raise $25,000
By Kate Conger
Not long ago, a newly retired Lusty Lady (and occasional SF Weekly contributor) named Sandy Bottoms dropped the bomb on her blog -- San Francisco's beloved Lusty Lady, the only worker-owned, union... More >>

All Shook Down

9:00 am
May. 21, 2012
Kreayshawn Drops Video for "Breakfast" (ft. 2 Chainz), Announces Debut Album Release Date
By Tamara Palmer
It's been almost a year to the day since Kreayshawn set YouTube aflame with her ridiculously successful "Gucci Gucci" video, and after a period of relative recorded silence, the Oakland-bred vide... More >>

All Shook Down

8:34 am
May. 21, 2012
The Music of Bay to Breakers: Blown-Out Beats, The Hot Mariachis, and Some Dude Passed Out in a Deadmau5 Mask
By Sam Lefebvre
Bay to Breakers Sunday, May 20th 2012 The streets of San Francisco The Bay to Breakers race is one of San Francisco's most definitive events, but not necessarily for the show of physical prowess... 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 Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 21, 2012
Recover a Stolen Bicycle? Maybe -- If You Do It Right
By French Clements
Whether through web-based tracking or old-timey brute force, stealing a bike still seems easy. Far easier than getting the damn thing back. All you bike-theft victims, disregard the recent case ... More >>

All Shook Down

8:02 am
May. 21, 2012
Live Review, 5/19/12: UnderCover's Paranoid Draws Sabbath Out, Softens It Up
By Elizabeth Pfeffer
UnderCover Presents Black Sabbath's Paranoid Various Artists Saturday, May 19, 2012 The Independent Better than: Trying to hold a conversation with Ozzy Osbourne. There are a few reasons Ozzy ... 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 >>

All Shook Down

1:17 pm
May. 18, 2012
Willie Nelson Says Pot Saved His Life
By Ian S. Port
Willie Nelson, king hippie of country music and walking THC repository, was recently asked a question about legalizing marijuana. And guess what? He's for it. The fact that ol' Willie thinks ... 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 Exhibitionist

11:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Phantoms of Asia: The Asian Art Museum Goes Contemporary
By Emily Wilson
Jay Xu, director of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, started off with some numbers about the museum's new exhibit, Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past: 31 artists from 15 countries... More >>

SFoodie

11:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Drink of the Week: Breakfast of Champions at District Oakland
By Lou Bustamante
Bacon, bacon everywhere, including in my drink. Our porcine fetish is not new, nor is adding bacon to cocktails, but the Breakfast of Champions ($10, bacon-infused bourbon, maple syrup, egg wh... More >>

All Shook Down

10:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Phillip Glass and Joanna Newsom Plan Benefit Show to Help Henry Miller Library
By Ian S. Port
In addition to being a living monument to American writer Henry Miller, Big Sir's Henry Miller Memorial Library hosts numerous events near and dear to the hearts of Bay Area cultural types. Late... More >>

SFoodie

10:00 am
May. 18, 2012
Snickers Mini-Donuts, Your Puppy Is Getting It On, and the Vegan Drag Queen is Back!
By Megan Rascal
Let's kick things off with a little WTF:A new study by the Environmental Working group shows that while California produces 12 percent of U.S. agricultural output, we only get 5 percent of farm-b... More >>

SFoodie

9:00 am
May. 18, 2012
El Nuevo Frutilandia: Everything Old is New Again
By Camila McHugh
El Nuevo Frutilandia is figuring out what it means to be "nuevo" again, changing ownership after over 30 years on 24th Street. Long ago an ice cream and shake shop, Frutilandia now serves up an ... More >>

All Shook Down

8:48 am
May. 18, 2012
When Main Attrakionz and Dominant Legs Get Remixed Together, Good Things Happen
By Ian S. Port
Dominant Legs: Sweetly chiming San Francisco indie-pop. Main Attrakionz: Stony Oakland "cloud rap." In the balkanized, pre-millenial music world, never would these twain have met. But 2012, smoot... More >>

The Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Recent Acquisitions: Amazing Collection of Old Muni Fast Passes
By Alexis Coe
Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing find... More >>

All Shook Down

8:10 am
May. 18, 2012
Five Potentially Unhealthy Music-Related Fashion Trends
By Rae Alexandra
Humans will always enjoy reflecting their musical tastes via the medium of their clothes. And fashion lunatics will tell you that suffering is all part of being beautiful. But if you want to see o... 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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