Subject: Bernard Madoff

• Dan Kliman Elevator Update: Repairman Notes That, Yes, You Can Climb Out of an Elevator ...and It Can Get You Killed

  By Joe Eskenazi A veteran elevator repairman told SF Weekly several scenarios that have killed a number of his colleagues over the years are also plausible explanations as to why Dr. Dan Kliman was found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft earlier this month. Kliman, 38, was a fiery pro-Israel activist who police suspect died climbing from a stuck elevator at The Sharon Building on 55 New Montgomery in late November; his body wasn't discovered until the first of this month. Because Kli

  December 16, 2008

• Is Mark Leno Getting Grief from Democratic Leaders for Vanquishing Carole Migden? Far From It

  In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run against her. In the name of party unity, whoever works in Sacramento stays in Sacramento. So when Mark Leno set his sights on then-state Senator Carole Migden, it didn't make him a popular man with the mo

  January 16, 2009

• Local Madoff Victim Speaks Out

  Although Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme engulfed its share of wealthy East Coasters, a comprehensive list of victims made public today as part of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court filing revealed 43 Madoff accounts attached to San Francisco addresses. Some belonged to investment firms and venture capital giant Arthur Rock, but regular folks in San Francisco also lost their shirts.    Take Sherry Maccabee, for example. "I've worked hard, done my job, paid my ta

  February 6, 2009

• Attorney for Bonds' Trainer Sums Up Ahab-Like Prosecution of Slugger as Testosterone-Fueled 'Game of Chicken'

  Paula Canny, seen here with client Greg Anderson, says the Barry Bonds case has become 'a guys' contest'When Paula Canny, the friend of and attorney for Barry Bonds' embattled former trainer Greg Anderson, is asked why the government has gone to such lengths to prosecute the former San Francisco Giant, she answers with one quick word: "Testosterone." It's not that her client is accused of finding novel ways of boosting (and masking) the amount of that substance in Bonds' body. She feels this is

  February 9, 2009

• Tom Morello and Boots Riley rage as one in Street Sweeper

  April 1, 2009

• The New Kid

  Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

  January 21, 2009

• It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures

  May 27, 2009

• Don't Fall Prey to Scams: Keep Your $10,000 In Your Pocket Where It Belongs

  Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a dollar for four quarters, and then just made off with our buck. Damn her!  Somewhere between the Madoff scheme and BART ploy falls this devastatingly effective scam police report went down on Chu

  June 16, 2009

• In Praise of Chris Daly's Hypocrisy

  Supervisor Chris Daly​Those of us who don't fancy ourselves to be Che Guevara have had a lot of fun this past week attacking Chris Daly for being a hypocrite. Those of us who believe that someday we will lead the revolution have praised Daly by saying he remains ideologically pure. Both sides have got it all wrong. Chris Daly's hypocrisy is real -- yet praiseworthy. That's because, in a situation like his, the alternatives to hypocrisy are all so much worse. There's a word for som

  July 27, 2009

• No Justice

  October 28, 2009

• A Christmas Carol : Dickens in CGI

  November 4, 2009

• Worms in the Apple

  November 11, 2009