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SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

Black Market Street: Giants Championship Parade Means Good Business for Hustlers

Trey, one of the hustlers in last week's feature story, "Black Market Street," was excited that the Giants won the World Series. He's not really a baseball fan, and admits without shame that he is unable to name the team's batting line-up off the top of his head. But San Francisco Giants champions ... More >>

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Trey, one of the hustlers in last week's feature story, "Black Market Street," was excited that the Giants won the World Series. He's not really a baseball fan, and admits without shame that he is unable to name the team's batting line-up off the top of his head. But San Francisco Giants champions ... More >>

World Series: Giants Celebration Continues With Parade on Halloween

Broken bottles, used fireworks shells, stray tortillas, water balloons, and raging bonfires fueled by lawn chairs and wooden street barricades filled the intersection at Third and King streets last night. The police were chill about it for the first couple hours, watching in riot gear from half a bl ... More >>

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Broken bottles, used fireworks shells, stray tortillas, water balloons, and raging bonfires fueled by lawn chairs and wooden street barricades filled the intersection at Third and King streets last night. The police were chill about it for the first couple hours, watching in riot gear from half a bl ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Broken bottles, used fireworks shells, stray tortillas, water balloons, and raging bonfires fueled by lawn chairs and wooden street barricades filled the intersection at Third and King streets last night. The police were chill about it for the first couple hours, watching in riot gear from half a bl ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Broken bottles, used fireworks shells, stray tortillas, water balloons, and raging bonfires fueled by lawn chairs and wooden street barricades filled the intersection at Third and King streets last night. The police were chill about it for the first couple hours, watching in riot gear from half a bl ... More >>

Andre Ward Knocks Out Chad Dawson in Dominant Performance

The first knock down came in a flash, a lightning bolt on a clear night, one Andre "Son of God" Ward punch and "Bad" Chad Dawson fell to the canvas. Ooooohhhhhffffff! the hometown crowd roared. Oracle Arena hadn't made that noise since Baron Davis Boom-Dizzled Andrei Kirilenko in the 2007 NBA pla ... More >>

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The first knock down came in a flash, a lightning bolt on a clear night, one Andre "Son of God" Ward punch and "Bad" Chad Dawson fell to the canvas. Ooooohhhhhffffff! the hometown crowd roared. Oracle Arena hadn't made that noise since Baron Davis Boom-Dizzled Andrei Kirilenko in the 2007 NBA pla ... More >>

Fire Roaring at Chevron Refinery in Richmond (Update)

Update (9:45 p.m.): BART officials say all stations have been reopened except for Richmond.Update (9:35 p.m.): News outlets are reporting that tons of people are flooding emergency rooms complaining of breathing problems. Update (9:17 p.m.): Chevron officials just held a short news conference, sayin ... More >>

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Update (9:45 p.m.): BART officials say all stations have been reopened except for Richmond.Update (9:35 p.m.): News outlets are reporting that tons of people are flooding emergency rooms complaining of breathing problems. Update (9:17 p.m.): Chevron officials just held a short news conference, sayin ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Update (9:45 p.m.): BART officials say all stations have been reopened except for Richmond.Update (9:35 p.m.): News outlets are reporting that tons of people are flooding emergency rooms complaining of breathing problems. Update (9:17 p.m.): Chevron officials just held a short news conference, sayin ... More >>

Former Police Station on Fire

A vacant police station erupted in flames this afternoon in the city's Dogpatch neighborhood. SF Weekly Staff Writer Albert Samaha was at Third Street near 20th Street when he spotted the fire, which started on the second floor of the building. Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge told Samaha that the bu ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A vacant police station erupted in flames this afternoon in the city's Dogpatch neighborhood. SF Weekly Staff Writer Albert Samaha was at Third Street near 20th Street when he spotted the fire, which started on the second floor of the building. Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge told Samaha that the bu ... More >>

Building Occupiers Hurl Bricks Onto Crowd Below, Injury Reported

Update, 5:55 p.m. SF Weekly's Albert Samaha estimates about 70 cops in riot gear, about a dozen on motorbikes, and six axe-wielding firefighters are on the scene. About two dozen bystanders are observing from Jefferson Square Park nearby. No move to storm the building yet following the object-tossin ... More >>

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Update, 5:55 p.m. SF Weekly's Albert Samaha estimates about 70 cops in riot gear, about a dozen on motorbikes, and six axe-wielding firefighters are on the scene. About two dozen bystanders are observing from Jefferson Square Park nearby. No move to storm the building yet following the object-tossin ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Update, 5:55 p.m. SF Weekly's Albert Samaha estimates about 70 cops in riot gear, about a dozen on motorbikes, and six axe-wielding firefighters are on the scene. About two dozen bystanders are observing from Jefferson Square Park nearby. No move to storm the building yet following the object-tossin ... More >>

One Goh Identified as Suspect in Deadly Oikos University Shooting; Seven Confirmed Dead

​(Update 5:15 p.m.): Police identified the suspect in today's shooting as 43-year-old One Goh, and Oakland resident and student at the private university. (Update 3:20 p.m.): Police told reporters that the death toll in the Oakland mass killing has now risen to seven. (Update 2 p.m): City Councilm ... More >>