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SF Has Fewer Vegetarians and Vegans than Rest of US

Vsydneyv​Get this: San Francisco has fewer vegetarians and vegans per capita -- and more fast food junkies -- than the rest of the US, according to an online survey. The deal site Living Social released these provocative results yesterday, from a survey of 4000 diners in 20 large cities acros ... More >>

Aleka Spurgeon-Heinrici, New UCSF Resident Doctor, Was Once a Drug User

This won't hurt a bit​The University of California will get a new resident physician next week with medical experience -- or at least drug experience -- beyond that of her peers.  Before cleaning herself up and going to medical school, Aleka Spurgeon-Heinrici snorted black tar heroin, smoked ... More >>

The Man in Blatz

This won't hurt a bit​The University of California will get a new resident physician next week with medical experience -- or at least drug experience -- beyond that of her peers.  Before cleaning herself up and going to medical school, Aleka Spurgeon-Heinrici snorted black tar heroin, smoked ... More >>

Mission Chinese Food's Westlake Rice Porridge

Alex HochmanMission Chinese Food's Westlake rice porridge ($9), a riff on a classic Guangdong soup.​Slurping our bowl of Mission Chinese Food's Westlake rice porridge ($9) ― one of several new items rolled out in recent weeks ― we caught ourselves humming the Cowboy Junkies version of "Swe ... More >>

Chris Daly, Bartender: What Does the Future Hold?

​As we reported earlier today, Chris Daly is now officially a barkeep. To foresee the future, we're going to mine the past, and reprint our Top-10 predictions for life at "Daly's Dive": 10. Nightly ejection of Daly's former constituents9. What's on the menu? Whatever the SEIU wants to be on the me ... More >>

All Ages

​As we reported earlier today, Chris Daly is now officially a barkeep. To foresee the future, we're going to mine the past, and reprint our Top-10 predictions for life at "Daly's Dive": 10. Nightly ejection of Daly's former constituents9. What's on the menu? Whatever the SEIU wants to be on the me ... More >>

Today's Voting Updates Mean 'Nothing,' San Francisco Elections Chief Says

​San Francisco election junkies are already well aware that today the city will again run Ranked-Choice Voting and give a clearer tabulation of who may be our next supervisors. But Department of Elections Head John Arntz isn't putting a whole lot of value in what he and his round-the-clock vote-co ... More >>

Long Time No See

​San Francisco election junkies are already well aware that today the city will again run Ranked-Choice Voting and give a clearer tabulation of who may be our next supervisors. But Department of Elections Head John Arntz isn't putting a whole lot of value in what he and his round-the-clock vote-co ... More >>

Could San Francisco Have Two Mayoral Elections in 2011?

Are two elections really better than one? ​With political junkies gearing up for next year's mayoral election, city movers and shakers have been talking about a scenario that'd give the aforementioned fiends an overdose. Imagine if you will, that Gavin Newsom wins the Lieutenant Governor's seat. T ... More >>

Chris Daly, Bartender: Our Top-10 Predictions

Welcome to Daly's Dive! Fuck you! ​In retrospect, the news that Supervisor Chris Daly is attempting to purchase the Buck Tavern -- a bar whose top attribute is that it's within walking distance of other bars -- shouldn't be that surprising. As he put it himself, he's a soon-to-be ex-politician of ... More >>

She's No Angel

Welcome to Daly's Dive! Fuck you! ​In retrospect, the news that Supervisor Chris Daly is attempting to purchase the Buck Tavern -- a bar whose top attribute is that it's within walking distance of other bars -- shouldn't be that surprising. As he put it himself, he's a soon-to-be ex-politician of ... More >>

Facebook Posting Gets Pot-Loving Police Dispatcher Fired

A police dispatcher apparently likes both of these things more than her job...​There are so many people whose careers have gone south due to bizarre postings on Facebook that there's even a Facebook page chronicling them. Whether a police dispatcher who stated she was addicted to prescription drug ... More >>

Set Frazer to Stun

A police dispatcher apparently likes both of these things more than her job...​There are so many people whose careers have gone south due to bizarre postings on Facebook that there's even a Facebook page chronicling them. Whether a police dispatcher who stated she was addicted to prescription drug ... More >>

SF Gov InAction: These Are Not the Budget Numbers You're Looking For

The excitement stops here. I know ... I know ... that today's the day Gubernatorial Candidate Gavin Newsom releases his budget for San Francisco (a California city he occasionally resides in for campaign purposes). And I know that, when he does, we're all going to die a little. I know. But ... More >>

A History of Violins

The excitement stops here. I know ... I know ... that today's the day Gubernatorial Candidate Gavin Newsom releases his budget for San Francisco (a California city he occasionally resides in for campaign purposes). And I know that, when he does, we're all going to die a little. I know. But ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

The excitement stops here. I know ... I know ... that today's the day Gubernatorial Candidate Gavin Newsom releases his budget for San Francisco (a California city he occasionally resides in for campaign purposes). And I know that, when he does, we're all going to die a little. I know. But ... More >>

Irvine Welsh Visits SF to Read New Novel

The excitement stops here. I know ... I know ... that today's the day Gubernatorial Candidate Gavin Newsom releases his budget for San Francisco (a California city he occasionally resides in for campaign purposes). And I know that, when he does, we're all going to die a little. I know. But ... More >>

Snitch

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

It's No Wonder

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

Put On This Ball and Chain For Three Nights of Social D in SF

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

Nikki Sixx to Hold Book Signing in SF, Apparently Not Dead Yet

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

Fitted for Travel

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

The First Step

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

Fallen Angel Gram Parsons gains flight in new documentary

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

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Less Than Human

General Elektriks

Cliquety Kliqk

Best Chronicle Columnist

Cliquety Kliqk

Unwritten Law

Here's to the Mourning

Jimmy Eat World

Futures

Best Hike for History Buffs

Barbary Coast Trail

Best Vinyl That's Not Amoeba

Open Mind Music

Best Sweet Potato Pie

Delancey Street Restaurant

Best Place to Find That Elusive Hit Song on Vinyl

Rooky Ricardo's

Contending With Life

Years after Evander Holyfield clocked him, boxer-turned-shoeshine-man Seamus McDonagh struggles to conquer his fears -- and to confront Holyfield

Waiting for Guffman

Finn Taylor gets movie distribution without selling his soul, plus HBO on heroin and anime at the Metreon

Dr. Bellington's Profession

Brave Brood's doomed heroine shelters a clutch of desperate streetwalkers

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Heartbreaking, autobiographical short stories from J.T. LeRoy

Best Newsstand

Smoke Signals

Social Grace

Sometimes a Co-worker Is Just a Co-worker

Best (and Freshest) Gourmet Coffee Deal

Café Abir

Stage Capsule

Café Abir

Murder at the Pink Tarantula

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

Unspun

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

Letters

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

Networking

Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

City of Night

Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

Spirit of '77

Sin and salvation with Rancid

Conscientious Injectors (Part II)

The enforcement of drug laws should be less hurtful than the dangers inherent in drug use itself, say the "harm reductionists" at Prevention Point, who practice what they preach by distributing 1.5 million needles to the city's drug users.