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Another Student Suspended for Dissing Teacher on Facebook

​We've seen a few times over the past year that the casual contact facilitated by Facebook is proving to be a sticky wicket for teachers and their students. Now a Louisiana high-school senior is arguing in federal court that he's the latest victim of unfair policing of online social space.The stud ... More >>

Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Force

​We've seen a few times over the past year that the casual contact facilitated by Facebook is proving to be a sticky wicket for teachers and their students. Now a Louisiana high-school senior is arguing in federal court that he's the latest victim of unfair policing of online social space.The stud ... More >>

"The Last Exorcism": A welcome twist on demonic possession

​We've seen a few times over the past year that the casual contact facilitated by Facebook is proving to be a sticky wicket for teachers and their students. Now a Louisiana high-school senior is arguing in federal court that he's the latest victim of unfair policing of online social space.The stud ... More >>

Gypsy Jazz, Masked Punks, Crafts and Beers, Doom Metal, Grease, and Free World Music

Angélique Kidjo plays for free this Sunday as part of the Stern Grove Festival​This weekend, you can join in a group Grease sing-along, witness a masked punk legend in action, celebrate the art of craft, check in with the world-music scene and ride a seven-person bicycle -- all for less than two ... More >>

"Treme": New HBO series from "The Wire" creators

Angélique Kidjo plays for free this Sunday as part of the Stern Grove Festival​This weekend, you can join in a group Grease sing-along, witness a masked punk legend in action, celebrate the art of craft, check in with the world-music scene and ride a seven-person bicycle -- all for less than two ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Eric Buschman, Excelsior District Stabbing Victim, Is City's 39th Homicide

View Larger Map The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office confirmed that the man stabbed to death in the wee hours in the 300 block of Athens Street is Eric Buschman. The 49-year-old  San Franciscan is the city's 39th homicide victim of the year, and the first person murdered in San Francisc ... More >>

Double Rock Projects Murder Victim Remembered as Loving Father, Inspirational Student

Courtesy Dion WilsonMichael Bailey​It was a sad day at Southern University Monday as news rippled across campus that a man who, by any measure, should have been on the school's brochures, was instead dead in San Francisco. SF Weekly has written a bit on Michael Bailey, the 26-year-old electrical e ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Update -- Man Murdered In Double Rock Projects Was Michael Bailey of Lousiana

View Larger Map The man killed in a predawn Sunday shooting during an alleged holdup in the Double Rock projects was Michael Bailey of Baton Rouge, La. His age (or any other information) was not readily available from the San Francisco Medical Examiner.Police have released a broad description of the ... More >>

Ramblin' Gamblin' Men

David Dondero and Adam Gnade hit the road

S.F. Hosing Authority

City government promised Katrina victims a haven, then it gave some of them the shaft

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Mind the Gap

Cajun/Creole food finally gets a foothold in this restaurant town

Leading the Blind

Engineer Bill Gerrey builds devices to help other sightless people navigate the world. He's not looking for miracles, just a few small victories.

Reel World

Tin Cup, Pull My Daisy, and Next Stop, Wonderland

Bay Bayou

Tin Cup, Pull My Daisy, and Next Stop, Wonderland

Night + Day

Tin Cup, Pull My Daisy, and Next Stop, Wonderland

The Wanderer

Tin Cup, Pull My Daisy, and Next Stop, Wonderland

Little House of Horrors

Ora Lewis borrowed some money from the government to rehabilitate her home. After three years of flooding, fires, collapsed roofs, and pigeons in the kitchen, the 86-year-old is still waiting for the bureaucrats to finish the job.

The War Womb

For every direct action against an abortion clinic staged by Operation Rescue, expect an equal and opposite reaction by the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights