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Bank of America Corporation

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Cops, Bank of America Mum on Bomb Scare

    In mid-April, police shut down Market and Montgomery in the middle of the day after a suspicious electronic device was discovered in the Bank of America at 33 New Montgomery.San Francisco Police Lt. Simon Silverman told SF Weekly at the time that bank employees found a curious item the size of ... More >>

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures

    In mid-April, police shut down Market and Montgomery in the middle of the day after a suspicious electronic device was discovered in the Bank of America at 33 New Montgomery.San Francisco Police Lt. Simon Silverman told SF Weekly at the time that bank employees found a curious item the size of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Bomb Squad's Cute Robot Overpowers Fear of Death

    As SF Weekly reported earlier, employees of the Bank of America at 33 New Montgomery found a small, yet off-putting, object in an old safety deposit box earlier today. They subsequently phoned police, who shut down one of San Francisco's major thoroughfares as the sandwich-sized object was recovered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Peter Magowan, Former Giants President, Among Romney's Top Bay Area Donors

    Californians would have loved 2002 Mitt Romney. That guy was the bleeding heart who pushed universal health care in his state; the conservationist who would attack a coal plant by saying "I will not create jobs that kill people!"; a man who signed a Planned Parenthood candidate questionnaire affirmi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Occupy Our Food Supply ... Today

    Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Bank of America, Occupy San Francisco -- now occupy your diet, too. Today is Occupy Our Food Supply Day, a nationwide series of actions and articles hoping to raise awareness about how corporate interests have taken over the world's food supply. As Anna Moore Lappé and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Wild Old Women Breathe New Life into the Occupy Movement

    Courtesy of occupybernal.orgWild takes on a whole new meaning when you are 80​Last week we regaled readers with a story about a small group of seniors who successfully shut down a Bank of America in Bernal Heights -- a tale that seems to have re-energized San Francisco's Occupy movement. Since the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Occupy Geriatrics: Seniors in Walkers Shut Down Local Bank of America

    ​What some healthy and spry Occupy Movements across the nation couldn't quite accomplish, San Francisco geriatrics have! KCBS reports that a small group of senior citizens between the ages of 69 and 82 successfully shut down a Bank of America in Bernal Heights on Thursday with nothing more than wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Occupy Tent for Sale -- Contact Bank of America

    Another forclosure​Another dwelling was foreclosed on in the city's Financial District yesterday: An Occupy SF tent. The tent that was erected yesterday inside Bank of America where dozens of protesters stormed as they marched through downtown is now up for sale on ebay.Seriously, if you really wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    OccupySF: Protesters Occupy Bank of America

    Ellen Huet​Update (4:05 p.m.): Protesters are being led out of Bank of America in handcuffs amid cheers from supporters around. Update (3:15 p.m): SF Weekly's Ellen Huet is at the scene and tells us that about 50 protesters set up a tent inside the Bank of America on California Street. Police are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Move Your Money Day: San Francisco Residents to Dump Their Banks

    ​In what could be the first practical request by the Occupy Movement yet, protesters are asking everyone across the nation to take part in the "Move Your Money Day" tomorrow and divert their investments from big banks. It might seem ambitious, but considering how the mass exodus of customers from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Occupy Oakland Shuts Down Port

    Erin Sherbert​Update (8:20 p.m.): Thousands of protesters marched from downtown to the Port of Oakland where they blocked terminals, stopping traffic and shutting down the port. With almost no police officers in sight, the march seemed more like a festival, with people dancing in the streets, chan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street Protest Expands to San Francisco

    12 days, plus interest ​Today marks the 12th day of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City -- and unlike BART protests, there's no sign that this demonstration is dying down. In fact, it's spreading -- all the way to the West Coast, where California is suffering from a staggering 12 perc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Iconic SF Fashion Brand Esprit de Corp. Pulls out of U.S.

    Goodbye America.​Esprit de Corp., the iconic San Francisco fashion label that pioneered socially and environmentally conscious marketing, has left the United States, so that its current Hong Kong owner can concentrate on other markets. The move marks the final American chapter of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Buster Posey to Hand out Giants Tickets at Bank of America

    Buster Posey​Bank of America isn't always a favorite among those on the political left. (Or on the right.) But Buster Posey is -- at least in San Francisco, where the baby-faced Giants catcher is revered by fans for his role in the team's 2010 World Series win. Posey's hitting helped propel the Gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Jeffrey New, Dyslexic Man, Acquitted Of Cashing Fraudulent Check

    I cannot spell, let alone write a check.​A man's learning disability might have saved him from jail time. A jury acquitted Jeffrey New, a 62-year-old Vietnam vet, Wednesday of having attempted to cash a stolen check at a Bank of America, the public defender's office announced. New, who had became ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Jacob Peter Schlildgen, 'Scarf Bandit' Busted: Suspected of Three Bank of America Heists

    Not our man...​San Francisco Police and the FBI are claiming that 43-year-old Jacob Peter Schildgren, arrested yesterday shortly after allegedly knocking over a Bank of America armed only with a "gray plastic bag,"  is the "Scarf Bandit" responsible for three BofA heists. A teller says Schild ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 29, 2010

    Micropatisseries in S.F.: Our guide to the city's best pastry shops

    Not our man...​San Francisco Police and the FBI are claiming that 43-year-old Jacob Peter Schildgren, arrested yesterday shortly after allegedly knocking over a Bank of America armed only with a "gray plastic bag,"  is the "Scarf Bandit" responsible for three BofA heists. A teller says Schild ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Bank Customer, Told He Can't Have Deposit Box, Shatters Door

    I've got your safety deposit box -- right here! ​Back in the good ol' days, you could walk out of the bank with a toaster or the illustrated dictionary your humble narrator's mother received in 1968. But you never had the option of relieving your anger by shattering the door to the bank -- unless ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Is Shelly Denise Jones San Francisco's Most Stylish Bank Robber? (PICS)

    Daly City PoliceShelly Denise Jones is charged with robbing three banks -- in high style​Bus driver drove bus to bank, robbed it, cops sayDaly City Police have released the name and photo of the woman who is purportedly San Francisco's most stylish bank robber: Shelly Denise Jones, 34, of Antioch. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    San Francisco's Most Stylish Bank Robber Arrested, Police Say

    Police believe they've nabbed this sartorially gifted bank robber​A woman who knocked over a pair of San Francisco banks while decked out in knockout attire that caught the eyes of witnesses has purportedly been arrested, San Francisco and Daly City cops report. The woman -- whose name has not yet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    San Francisco's Most Stylish Bank Robber (Pics)

    Yesterday we reported on a bank robber who -- counter-intuitively for someone who is pulling a gun and breaking the law -- was wearing open-toed shoes and dressed so distinctively that witnesses at two San Francisco banks were able to describe her appearance from head to toe. Now we've got some pict ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Corner/Parada 22 Chef Alex Jackson Talks About Black Sheep, Due This Summer

    ​Alex Jackson, chef and partner in The Corner, is accomplishing the rare feat of opening two restaurants at once. The first, a small Puerto Rican restaurant named Parada 22, opened in the Upper Haight six weeks ago ― check back next week for more information on that project. The second, Black S ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Dining

    August 26, 2009

    Trademark invades a Eurocentric street with fresh American fare

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    City Attorney Dennis Herrera Ups Ante in S.F.-Minnesota Credit Card Credit-Hogging Dispute

    Don't worry, hypothetical Michigan Tech alum Chris L. Martin! Dennis Herrera has got your back.​When Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson hogged credit last month for attacking a loophole companies use to prevent consumer lawsuits, observers said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was g ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2009

    A New Queer Smorgasbord

    Don't worry, hypothetical Michigan Tech alum Chris L. Martin! Dennis Herrera has got your back.​When Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson hogged credit last month for attacking a loophole companies use to prevent consumer lawsuits, observers said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    ATM 'False Front' -- A.K.A Skimmer -- Discovered Near a San Francisco Bank

    Just when you thought you knew every way you could be scammed out of your identity and money and potentially everything you own, something like this pops up.   Skimmers -- or high-tech false fronts that are placed over ATM and gas pump card slots for the purpose of stealin ... More >>

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    San Francisco's Slave-Disclosure Ordinance Reveals Little

    Just when you thought you knew every way you could be scammed out of your identity and money and potentially everything you own, something like this pops up.   Skimmers -- or high-tech false fronts that are placed over ATM and gas pump card slots for the purpose of stealin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2007

    Gay Shame in San Francisco -- Mary Wants You!

    Just when you thought you knew every way you could be scammed out of your identity and money and potentially everything you own, something like this pops up.   Skimmers -- or high-tech false fronts that are placed over ATM and gas pump card slots for the purpose of stealin ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    The Parmalat Syndrome

    How U.S. financial firms -- including Bank of America -- allegedly abetted a multibillion-dollar fraud, and how U.S. regulators are letting them get away with it

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Four Best Bars With a View

    How U.S. financial firms -- including Bank of America -- allegedly abetted a multibillion-dollar fraud, and how U.S. regulators are letting them get away with it

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Four Best Skyscrapers

    How U.S. financial firms -- including Bank of America -- allegedly abetted a multibillion-dollar fraud, and how U.S. regulators are letting them get away with it

  • News

    April 24, 2002

    Intended Consequences

    Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better.

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    Trading an axe for a shovel

  • Dining

    December 15, 1999

    Home for the Holidays

    Schroeder's

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Support Your Local Embezzler

    Hometown thieves we'll tolerate, but not southern sexists

  • News

    May 6, 1998

    Downtown's Fairy Godmother

    Doris Ward, San Francisco's assessor, is tossing around commercial tax breaks as if they were fairy dust. It's costing the city at least $100 million a year.

  • Calendar

    March 11, 1998

    The Grid

    Doris Ward, San Francisco's assessor, is tossing around commercial tax breaks as if they were fairy dust. It's costing the city at least $100 million a year.

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1998

    The Grid

    Doris Ward, San Francisco's assessor, is tossing around commercial tax breaks as if they were fairy dust. It's costing the city at least $100 million a year.

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Letters

    Doris Ward, San Francisco's assessor, is tossing around commercial tax breaks as if they were fairy dust. It's costing the city at least $100 million a year.

  • News

    December 31, 1997

    The Great Bank Thievery

    The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?

  • News

    September 10, 1997

    The Merger's Tangled Web

    The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?

  • Dining

    December 4, 1996

    The Great Indoors

    At Fizz Supper Club, it's hot California food and a cold garden

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    Totems Are Taboo

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • News

    July 17, 1996

    Letters

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • News

    April 10, 1996

    Dog Bites

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • News

    April 3, 1996

    A Message to Our Customers

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • News

    August 2, 1995

    Dog Bites

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • Dining

    May 10, 1995

    Dish

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • News

    May 10, 1995

    The Last Tycoon

    Walter Shorenstein's skyscrapers shaped San Francisco. His cash configured City Hall. Publicly, he's pristine. But there's more than meets the eye to the man behind the megaliths.

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