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Muni To Cease Fare Evasion Saturation Stings

Ashley HarrellYou won't be seeing this anymore -- to the relief of fare-evaders and terrified immigrants​Transit riders who still haven't gotten their May Fast Pass can breathe easier. Due to complaints from the immigrant community, Muni is halting its saturation stings of buses for fare evaders, ... More >>

SF Weekly Wins Big at CNPA Awards

Hey, that's us!​SF Weekly won seven awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest -- the second-most of any weekly in the state with a circulation higher than 25,000. The Weekly earned three first-place prizes -- including one for Best Investigative/Enterpris ... More >>

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Dead Tree Digest: Police Brutality, Porn from the Past, and SF's *Other* Teabaggers in This Week's Print Edition

The Obi-Wan Kenobi of police brutality. A Tea Party Republican in lefty San Francisco. Pot smokers who fought the law -- and won. They're all crowded into the latest edition of SF Weekly.​Ever wonder who teaches cops to manhandle street punks? In this week's cover story, Matt Smith profiles Don Ca ... More >>

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Baylinks: No Pants, BART Babies, & Excessive Drinking

Ashley Harrell​Just what you've always wanted to do: ride BART with your pants off. Right? Right??? [N-Judah]Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Bender's loses its Weird Fish satelite. There are not enough frowny faces in the world. [Eater]One woman and a team of two men are (separately) trying to have ... More >>

S.F. Babylon: A Decade of Scandal, Hypocrisy, and Weirdness (Pt. 1)

By Ashley Harrell and Will Harper     Over the past decade, we have oftentimes felt as though we are living in an adult playground run by a feisty bunch of hypocrites, philanderers, and drunk-dialers. This, we have to admit, makes San Francisco a pretty exciting city in which to gather t ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

Ashley HarrellSantacon, 2008​Talking about how goddamn cold is in in San Francisco is free, but that got old on Tuesday. Now it's Friday and you need other ideas for how to entertain yourself and your buddies on the cheap. Here's our list of recommendations below. Mi Ami w/ Inca Ore, Jozef Van W ... More >>

Bay Links: Grills, Heart-Throbs, & Pony Kegs

Ashley HarrellMuni on a better, more pantsless, day.​Muni is fuh-reaking out today. [N Judah]There's no parking on the dance floor, and sometimes there's no parking in S.F. But here are some tips to help you out. [SFAppeal]This is the bag you always wished you owned when you needed to take a pony ... More >>

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Inspiring Letter Arrives at SF Weekly

​Just when you think you've had a tough week, something like this shows up. And you realize it's all worthwhile. * To: The Editor, Editorial Board & Ashley Harrell From: Grateful Citizen Subject: Thank You! Your Sept. 9 - 15, 2009 issue: "Gavin Newsom: The Wrong Stuff" ["United ... More >>

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Shameless Self-Promotion Department: SF Weekly Writers Take Home Awards Over Weekend

Two of our writers took home first place awards from two different competitions over the weekend. Our columnist Katy St. Clair, who pens Bouncer was awarded first place in the category of humor columns by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and reporter Ashley Harrell received a first place ... More >>

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Pat on the Back: SF Weekly Cleans Up at Peninsula Press Club Awards

It's awards season yet again, and the SF Weekly took home a grand total of eleven at this weekend's ceremony for the Peninsula Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. (All awards were granted in the Non-Daily Newspaper category.) Want to peruse our award winning stories? The whole list is bel ... More >>

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San Francisco Snuggie Pub Crawl This Friday

SF Weekly editorial assistant Andy Wright and staff writer Ashley Harrell know a lame trend when they see one.As predicted on this blog back in January, the Snuggie -- an astoundingly unnecessary blanket with sleeves -- has become all the ironic rage. Millions of people have purchased the shitt ... More >>

Pants-less Subway Ride, Jonas Reinhardt and the 30th Annual Norton Day: Your Monday Morning Hangover

The weekend was wonderfully whimsical for us here at All Shook Down. On Saturday, reporter Ashley Harrell met a crowd of 50 outside Dalva's in the Mission and followed them on their pants-less trek through the streets, BART and MUNI. Much gawking ensued. Read Ashley's dispatch and see her fun photos ... More >>

Worst Place in San Francisco to Have Spent New Years?

By Ashley Harrell A. Anywhere in the Marina. B. Passed out on 6th and Market in a pool of your own vomit. C. Passed out on 6th and Market in a pool of someone else's vomit. D. Standing in a line outside Sea of Dreams, $70 tickets in hand.  We're going with D.

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RAT Trap Ensnares Innocent, Says Jury

By Ashley Harrell Four months ago, the SF Weekly published a news story questioning the tactics of the San Francisco Police Department's Robbery Abatement Team (RAT), a sting operation involving a cop disguised as a drunken homeless man with cash hanging out of a pocke ... More >>

Recession Vacation

By Ashley Harrell This morning at the Montgomery BART/MUNI station, the Snitch was bombarded with fake Palm Trees wearing signs that said "Non-stop San Francisco to Dubai." They were apparently ads for Emirates, a fancy-pants, government-owned, Dubai-based airline that makes its ... More >>

Who Made the First Obama Joke?

This guy. Yep, San Francisco's very own comedian, writer, director, and frequent maker of race jokes, W. Kamau Bell. Or at least that's what researchers at Comedy Central concluded today after extensive archival probing. The jab in question took place on Premium Blend in 2005, wh ... More >>

Friday Night: Of Montreal at the Regency Center

Of MontrealThe Regency Center (1290 Sutter St.)November 21, 2008Review by Ashley HarrellPhotos by Rachel Hubbard Of Montreal front man Kevin Barnes and his band of psychedelic indie poppers, who seemingly support an eternal Halloween, overheated San Francisco's Regency Grand Ballroom Friday night ... More >>

Top 10 Protest Signs at No on 8 March

Still No Gay Couples in No on 8 Ads?

Last Night: The Notwist at Bimbo's

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Last Night: Margaret Cho Assails Prop 8, Proposes to "Fingerfuck" Sense into Sarah Palin

Junk on the Pier: Princess Taiping Docks in San Francisco

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Rodrigo y Gabriela Concert Review: Fast Fingers Seduce Sold-Out Warfield Saturday

SF Weekly Proudly Announces Ashley Harrell, Newest Member of the SF Weekly Action Force 5 (ish)