Andrew Nilsen

Public Influence: The Immortalization of an Anonymous Death

Bringing Down the Housing: How Builders Game the System

'I'm Extremely Uncool': 9 Lively Bassnectar Quotes That Didn't Make Our Cover Story

Our cover feature this week is on Bassnectar, the dance music behemoth that hails from right here in the Bay Area. The man behind Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton, who said a lot of interesting things in interviews that we didn't manage to get into our story. Helpfully, we've collected a list of them here ... More >>

Puck Yeah: Taking the Ice with the S.F. Bulls

Our cover feature this week is on Bassnectar, the dance music behemoth that hails from right here in the Bay Area. The man behind Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton, who said a lot of interesting things in interviews that we didn't manage to get into our story. Helpfully, we've collected a list of them here ... More >>

Changing Minds: Advocates Reshape How We Think About Autism

Our cover feature this week is on Bassnectar, the dance music behemoth that hails from right here in the Bay Area. The man behind Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton, who said a lot of interesting things in interviews that we didn't manage to get into our story. Helpfully, we've collected a list of them here ... More >>

A More Perfect Union: Prop. 8 May Lead to Gay-Marriage Rights

Our cover feature this week is on Bassnectar, the dance music behemoth that hails from right here in the Bay Area. The man behind Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton, who said a lot of interesting things in interviews that we didn't manage to get into our story. Helpfully, we've collected a list of them here ... More >>

Top 5 Awesomely Silly Dancing GIFs From the Outside Lands Festival

One thing crowds at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival do pretty well is get down. Despite the relentless wind, heavy fog, and numbing temperatures, we saw plenty of good moves last weekend -- and some ridiculously silly enthusiasm from certain crowd members. (It helped that Big Boi stuck to p ... More >>

SF Weekly Is Hiring Interns

Calling all college students: Have you ever dreamed of a career that offers little pay, long hours and little (positive) recognition? Then boy, is modern journalism the job for you! SF Weekly will help you get your foot in the door and clips under your belt with a fall internship. We currently ... More >>

Changing Keys: Martuni's Piano Bar Thrives in a Karaoke World

Calling all college students: Have you ever dreamed of a career that offers little pay, long hours and little (positive) recognition? Then boy, is modern journalism the job for you! SF Weekly will help you get your foot in the door and clips under your belt with a fall internship. We currently ... More >>

The Copyright Standoff: Technology Pits Bad Rules vs. No Rules

Calling all college students: Have you ever dreamed of a career that offers little pay, long hours and little (positive) recognition? Then boy, is modern journalism the job for you! SF Weekly will help you get your foot in the door and clips under your belt with a fall internship. We currently ... More >>

Muni Logos We'd Like to See (PIX!)

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

Swoosh Dreams: How Nike Helped Turn the Oakland Soldiers Into Pros

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

Muni: Our Transit Agency Has Neglected Maintenance for Years

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

The Adventures of a Videogame Rebel: Tim Schafer at Double Fine

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

When We Were Red Hot: S.F.'s Tamale Industry Once Ruled America

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

The Cup Runneth Over: S.F.'s America's Cup Decision Looms

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

The Oxy King of Marin County: Profile of a Prolific Dealer

Last week, we reported how the new logo for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency managed to be both boring and unoriginal. As you can see above, the MTA's self-applied symbol is eerily similar to a mark created two years ago by Chicago-based design firm AKTA. The Midwesterners describe ... More >>

SF Weekly Cover Causes Fraternal Distress on Parenthood

Like a good Boss Hogg scheme or the possibility of an attic bedroom, SF Weekly turned TV siblings against each other last night. Over on NBC's Parenthood, which is set in the East Bay and is more about parenting than the 'hood, entrepreneurial brothers Adam and Crosby found all their old-time jeal ... More >>

Stranded Burglary Suspect to Cops: I Don't Want Any Help. Go Away.

(Update 11:11 a.m.): Per Lieutenant Liam Frost (above), the suspect is refusing to talk to cops -- but chattily answering their questions anyway. The suspect -- described by cops as a 5-foot-7, 170-pound white man in his 20s or 30s -- says he doesn't want any help, and would like police to leave. (U ... More >>

Burglary Suspect Still Clinging to Telegraph Hill Brush 24 Hours Later

Andrew NilsenStill waiting ... ​The sun has gone down and police are still standing guard at the bottom of a steep, brushy cliff on Telegraph Hill where a suspected burglar remains impressively perched nearly a day after he fled into the bushes after being busted stealing a ring. We called San Fra ... More >>

Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure

Andrew NilsenStill waiting ... ​The sun has gone down and police are still standing guard at the bottom of a steep, brushy cliff on Telegraph Hill where a suspected burglar remains impressively perched nearly a day after he fled into the bushes after being busted stealing a ring. We called San Fra ... More >>

Progressively Worse: The Tumultuous Rise and Acrimonious Fall of the City's Left

Andrew NilsenStill waiting ... ​The sun has gone down and police are still standing guard at the bottom of a steep, brushy cliff on Telegraph Hill where a suspected burglar remains impressively perched nearly a day after he fled into the bushes after being busted stealing a ring. We called San Fra ... More >>

Baia Pasta Prepares to Go Public With Popup Dinners and a CSA

Andrew NilsenBaia Pasta's durum spinners.Since this spring, Baia Pasta has been producing thick-walled, golden "spinners" with thick walls and sandpaper-rough ridges and curled spelt ringlets that look as if they've been molded out of fresh clay. But sales have been limited to the Pop-Up General Sto ... More >>

New Hollywood Bakery's Chicken a la King and Killer Pineapple Buns

Andrew NilsenNew Hollywood Bakery's pineapple bun: Eat when warm.​Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvas Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entrée price: $10. I've been back to New Hollywood Bakery a couple of times since di ... More >>

Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine

Andrew NilsenNew Hollywood Bakery's pineapple bun: Eat when warm.​Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvas Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entrée price: $10. I've been back to New Hollywood Bakery a couple of times since di ... More >>

Fire Raging in Lower Haight

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money-Making Machine

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Offline: Teacher Booted for Alleged Pervy Contact with Girl Students in Class and Online

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Insurgent Hip-Hop: Kreayshawn, Lil B, and Bay Area Rappers Throw Out the Rules

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Inefficient by Design: San Francisco's Commissions Are Uncountable — and Unaccountable

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Good Scout, Bad Boy: Examining the Virtues of Leland Yee

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

This Is Your City: Housing Authority Bans San Franciscans from Public Housing

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Schoolhouse Rocked: S.F.'s Most Controversial Charter School Throws Off For-Profit Masters

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

One Love Update: More of Our Favorite Pastry Shops Pitch In!

Andrew Nilsen​Monday, we dropped the bomb about One Love, the SFoodie bake sale on Feb. 13 that benefits the San Francisco City Clinic. Today we have an update about the pastry shops who'll be donating baked goods. Here's the list so far: -Baker and Banker Bakery -Goody Goodie -Knead Patisser ... More >>

Behind the Cover Shoot: Castro Nudists (VIDEO)

​This week, Lauren Smiley's cover story, "Overexposed," tells the tale of a group of Castro nudists who have met opposition from neighborhood residents displeased with their very public nudity. SF Weekly art director Andrew Nilsen assembled three of the men in a studio for a photoshoot with p ... More >>