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    September 19, 2011

    Saturday: The Twilight Singers Perform Blackberry Belle at Great American Music Hall

    Maureen "Action" JacksonThe Twilight Singers at Great American Music Hall on Saturday​ The Twilight Singers Saturday, September 17, 2011 Great American Music Hall There's a good chance one of your favorite bands is on a Classic Album tour right now. Primal Scream is playing the entirety of Sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Pension Critic Tony Hall Is a Pensioner

    Tony Hall says he'll make a living no matter what...​If Jeff Adachi is this city's pension crusader, Tony Hall must be pension pope. The former supervisor and professional singer (who has an colorful past, no doubt) told SF Weekly that Adachi's pension solution "isn't worth a darn." It simply does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    High-tech Thieves Jury Rigged Gas Pumps to Steal Customers' Identities

    ​A pair of MacGyver-esque identity thieves has pleaded guilty to implanting devices in gas pumps that stole customers' checking-account information, a scheme that state officials say brought in $90,000.The California Attorney General's office announced today that the men -- David Karapetyan and Zh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    An Open Letter from Blue Bottle to the Dolores Park Community

    Blue Bottle Coffee Co.Rendering of Blue Bottle's proposed coffee trailer and its site in Dolores Park.​Organizers of tonight's community meeting at Dolores Park Church to discuss Rec and Park's vendor plans for Dolores Park are finalizing the final agenda. And while representatives of would-be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    'Terrorist Explosions' Today in Bay Area. It's a Drill, People...

    Hey, nothing to worry about...​Explosions will ripple through the Bay Area today -- but those averse to objects blowing up are urged to worry not. It's all part of the drill. Today is the Golden Guardian full-scale, port security exercise across the state -- and "The Ports of Oakland, Redwood City ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Hey, nothing to worry about...​Explosions will ripple through the Bay Area today -- but those averse to objects blowing up are urged to worry not. It's all part of the drill. Today is the Golden Guardian full-scale, port security exercise across the state -- and "The Ports of Oakland, Redwood City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Starbucks, We Hardly Knew Thee (Nostalgia for a Place I Never Frequented)

    Hey, nothing to worry about...​Explosions will ripple through the Bay Area today -- but those averse to objects blowing up are urged to worry not. It's all part of the drill. Today is the Golden Guardian full-scale, port security exercise across the state -- and "The Ports of Oakland, Redwood City ... More >>

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Oil Spill Alert -- Bay Ships Getting Bigger, Ports To Get Busier

    Hey, nothing to worry about...​Explosions will ripple through the Bay Area today -- but those averse to objects blowing up are urged to worry not. It's all part of the drill. Today is the Golden Guardian full-scale, port security exercise across the state -- and "The Ports of Oakland, Redwood City ... More >>

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    USS Iowa, Any Takers?

    Will $250,000 hole in the water stay afloat or be scrapped for target practice?

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    Carquinez Bridge Shares Design of Minneapolis' I-35, Collapse Unlikely, Local Expert Says

    Will $250,000 hole in the water stay afloat or be scrapped for target practice?

  • Music

    May 30, 2007

    Mark Twain would never have settled for the suburbs

    Will $250,000 hole in the water stay afloat or be scrapped for target practice?

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Highway to Sell

    Is a musician's dream gig a post at Guitar Center? We spent a day on the job to find out.

  • Culture

    February 25, 2004

    The Raccoon Next Door: Getting Along With Urban Wildlife

    Wry, affecting tales about the animals that live around us

  • Summer Guide

    June 19, 2002

    At Play on the Bay

    Wry, affecting tales about the animals that live around us

  • Music

    May 16, 2001

    I Wanna Be Sated

    Fleshies have what it takes -- nudity, pissed-off lyrics, blazing noise -- to be Oakland's next great punk band

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    ¡Holy Cohiba!

    Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Fortress on the Hill

    Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    His 15 Minutes

    Cleaning up on violent deaths

  • Calendar

    June 4, 1997

    Unspun

    Cleaning up on violent deaths

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    Ship Happens

    "Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di

  • News

    March 29, 1995

    Dog Bites

    "Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di

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