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Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain, Expect Commuting Delays

An unidentified pedestrian was hit and killed by a southbound Caltrain this morning. According to Caltrain, the incident happened at about 5:20 a.m. when the #102 train struck a person who was on the tracks between Linden and Scott streets, a mile north of the San Bruno station.

Big-Headed, Tight-Lipped: Barry Bonds' Hall of Fame Defense

Yes, Santa Will Let Your Pet Snake Sit on His Lap

For all you crazy cat ladies out there, here's your chance to get even crazier with your feline. Santa Claus is coming to the Peninsula Humane Society specifically to let your pets sit on his lap and bark, meow, or hiss what it is they would like for Christmas this year. If that sounds weird, it's ... More >>

Alexander Svidler, S.F Businessman, Off to Prison for Bilking Hospital Out of Millions

Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time. A San Francisco man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in jail for taking part in a scheme that defrauded a Pasadena hospital out of millions of dollars. As if health care costs weren't high enough. Alexander Svidler, 54, was in cahoots with two ... More >>

Hun Saelee, Judiana Lau Arrested After Halloween Party Shooting

San Francisco police arrested two people accused of opening fire in a parking lot, striking a 21-year-old man in the head. Officer Carlos Manfredi says police tracked down 30-year-old Hun Saelee and 26-year-old Judiana Lau at a San Leandro residence Sunday morning after the shooting. Both were arres ... More >>

Peninsula SPCA Is Giving Away Kittens, Go Get One Now

If this weather makes you feel lonely and sad, then you probably are in need of a companion. Chin up: We found one -- or 20 -- for you. Go down to the Peninsula today and get your free kitty. We said FREE, damn it. Right now as we type, the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA is waiving adoption fees ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation: Leak Shows 60 Minutes Expose Was Right

Matt SmithIt's hard to stop a leak.​Attorneys for Lance Armstrong pivoted from demanding an apology for purported inaccuracies in a recent 60 Minutes doping exposé to lambasting the "leakers" who proved that the report was true. Last month, Armstrong hired a San Francisco law firm famed ... More >>

Masterminds 2011: SF Weekly Recognizes Local Artists

Party-Pooper Bus: Assemblyman Wants to Regulate Rides

Good luck taking a party bus to a rave...​San Francisco officials are doubting that party bus operators will self-police underage drinking on their rolling bacchanals -- which is the basis of what's called for in legislation introduced in the state assembly this month. You know party buses -- thos ... More >>

Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Sentence Outrages Libertarian Party

Wesley Snipes: Tax protester and vampire hunter​The leader of the nation's Libertarian Party said today he's outraged that Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison, citing it as an example of the IRS' unfair "selective enforcement," and of the fact evaders evade because "THE TAX I ... More >>

Skateboarding Dogs Invade San Francisco (Video)

Tillman the skateboarding bulldog distracted office workers in Mission Bay today​You don't get to meet an internet meme every day. Rarer still does one drool on you. But for SF Weekly, today was the the day. Tillman -- the world's fastest skateboarding dog -- and three of his less rapid canine ska ... More >>

Where Can I Buy Locally Made Chocolate In a Post-Scharffen Berger World?

Who cares if Scharffen Berger left town when we have E. Guittard?​A question came in from D.F. this week:I used to buy Scharffen Berger chocolate, but now that Hershey bought out the company and left Berkeley, I don't know where to buy local chocolate. I've been buying bags of Guittard chips at th ... More >>

Chairman Bao is Already Controversial, But is it Worth Fighting Over?

Tamara PalmerBaked bao with Chinese spiced duck confit and mango salad.​Chairman Bao launched just yesterday and is already embroiled in controversy, but that didn't stop us from crossing the (invisible) picket line today as it parked for its second day of operation in front of Economy Restaur ... More >>

Strange Courtfellows — Driver and people he ran into in parking lot

SFPD can't tell a lie: It still uses unreliable polygraph to screen recruits

Even though scientists have discredited the polygraph, the SFPD still relies on the flawed device to screen recruits.

Inside a Happy Habit: A Factory Tour of See's Candies

Janine Kahn Our tour guide, Jim Paine."We have so much going on here that you really need to go through everything four or five times to remember it all!" warned Jim Paine, longtime production manager at See's Candies' headquarters in South San Francisco.Paine probably didn't intend  ... More >>

Teenage Balloon Animal Prodigy Hopes To Put Himself Through College -- One Balloon Monkey at a Time

Joe EskenaziJonathan Zambole and some of his creationsThere's no way around it -- Jonathan Zambole's reputation is inflated. That's not a knock on him; the kid is a balloon animal -- and mineral and vegetable -- prodigy. The 18-year-old Burlingame man is skinny as one of his balloons, and Conan O'Br ... More >>

Ex-S.F. Supe Ed Jew's New Defense: My Brain Hurt

Aaron FarmerTapioca Ed Jew now blames a brain-freeze (of sorts) for his corruptionA tired writer could describe Ex-Supervisor Ed Jew's rise and fall as "meteoric" -- but, then, meteors don't really rise that often. So let's liken Jew to a bottle rocket -- he ascended gloriously before flaming out fo ... More >>

NLRB Tosses Faux-Paisano Pizza Protesters' Complaint

Mama Mia! Da NLRB a-rule against mia protest!Late last month, we wrote about the head-turning sight of burly union carpenters dressed as Italian pizza chefs. The theatrical protest in front of Amici's East Coast Pizzeria in Mission Bay disguised a convoluted, modern-day Rashomon, complete with brawl ... More >>

A Protest with Extra Cheese: Costumed Carpenters' Questionable Claims

Atsa spicy protest! San Francisco is a town where you can often turn more heads wearing a three-piece suit than nothing at all. And yet, the sight of two burly union carpenters from the Local 22 handing out fliers in front of Amici's Pizza on King Street -- while dressed as Italian chefs - still ma ... More >>

Poor Turnout for Palin Look-a-like Castro Meeting

Last Night: George Lopez at the Warfield

The Chronicle Mashup: An Amalgamation of All the Stories Our Local Paper Has Covered to Death

Steroids Confidential

Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

SF Mayor Wannabees: Goat Slaughterers, Big Booty Butts and 'Fems' into 'Brain'

Kid Code

Foosball fundamentalists and satanic odors in Hayes Valley

Powerful Advice

Leaders should ignore the temptation to over-regulate energy policy and let competition reign

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Fast Times at Marin Catholic High

A case that the Archdiocese of San Francisco apparently doesn't want you to know about

Holiday Gift Guide

Red Rosa

'Roid Ragers

Two macho men and the bitchy bodybuilding world that surrounds -- and, perhaps, spawned -- the BALCO steroids case

Jew Eat Yet?

What does a girl have to do to get a decent hot pastrami in this town?

See No Evil

S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?

Say Da to Love

At the Singles Expo, we learn that Russian brides are the hottest thing since online personal ads

Salsa Cultura (If You Go...)

Letters to the Editor

More on Maher; Striking Back; Assertive. Opinionated. We Bet You're an Aries.; Editor's Note

Reel World

With new operators, what's in store for the Castro Theater?

Pop Philosophy

Hip hop show in memory of Ken Hamilton; music in Matt Gonzalez's office

Letters to the Editor

Letters from October 4, 2000

Night Crawler

Pez on Earth

When Do Losers Win?

When Willie Brown is mayor, and one of their limiteds is Angelo Tsakopoulos

Golden Oldie

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Night+Day

Night+Day

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?