Calcutta

Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Defended Pedophile Priest

Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priest?

Patron saint of predators?​That's the subject of the latest SF Weekly cover story, which examines Jesuit records suggesting that Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the international Missionaries of Charity order and winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, asked Catholic Church officials to overlo ... More >>

Leland Yee's Mayoral Announcement Covered By Media Dogpile

Jim HerdLeland! Leland! Over here! Over here!​Proving once again that you can get media coverage if you tell them where to show up and when, Sen. Leland Yee was this morning documented signing a few papers at the Department of Elections by an absolute scrum of reporters. No disrespect to Yee -- he ... More >>

Fireworks, Death Metal, Circus Bella, '70s Americana

Finn Riggins plays El Rio on Saturday​Bust out the barbecue, hoist up the flag and turn up the Americana jams. Yes, Independence Day is here again. Celebrate the founding fathers (and mothers) this weekend without breaking the bank. Here's our list of cheap summer holiday events for less than thos ... More >>

Freddie, We Hardly Knew You

Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Headed for San Francisco

cfarivar/californiatacotrucks.com/blogGet ready for biryani burritos, San Francisco.​With any luck, it'll be a particularly spicy New Year for San Franciscans who love street food. Peninsula Indian taco truck Curry Up Now is hoping to begin selling in S.F. by the third week of December, compan ... More >>

Spare Changes in Faith

For He Has Sinned

A new lawsuit sheds light on the S.F. years of Mother Teresa's spiritual adviser – who is also one of the Jesuit order's most notorious convicted pedophiles.

Top Cop George Gascon Meets The Press

Joe EskenaziIncoming Police Chief George Gascon addresses the sweating throngs of the fourth estate, as Mayor Gavin Newsom looks onThere are two times in life when it's pretty much guaranteed that everyone will find something nice to say about you: Your wedding and  your funeral. It was a littl ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You can't have da mango: On NPR's Morning Edition, local writer Sandip Roy waxes eloquent about Indian mangoes -- a Bush-era nukes agreement with India freed them up for import. One variety is the Alphonso, known in India as the King of Mangoes. ... More >>

If Not Now, Zen?

Curried Favor

Larceny Makes the World Go 'Round

Bill English pilfers from Sam Mendes, with mixed results.

Food Porn: Kati Rolls And Thalis At Kasa Indian Eatery

SF Weekly's Seven-Day Dish

Rambo vs. Rimbaud - Muni Vandal Strikes 'First Blood'

Sex Sells Itself at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley

Bombay Calling

Culture Clash

The immigrant experience meets generation gap in Mira Nair's The Namesake

I Interviewed Al Gore and Shit

We Like the Night Life

Bringing terror back to the Cabaret

Third Third I

The S.F. International South Asian Film Festival has the depth of an older series

Finders, Tweakers!

Presenting the Love Week Scavenger Hunt: because ravers aren't already stimulated enough

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Film Capsule Reviews

The Camera's Weeping Eye

A photographer visits an Indian brothel, where heartbreak finally meets hope

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 25, 2004

A Tale Worth Retelling

When an elderly man left the city millions to build apartments for homeless old folks, neighbors tried to block the project. Fortunately, they failed.

Bickering Bikram

A copyright dispute pits yoga king Bikram Choudhury against competitors and followers alike

Mixing Business With Pleasure

Catch the Sex Worker Film and Video Festival before Ashcroft outlaws fun

Rich Conspiracy

Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash?

The Vine of Desire

By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Doubleday (2002), $23.95

Letters to the Editor

Free Taiwan; A Critical Examination of Cracker Morons and the Fall of the Roman Empire; Critical Mess; Death to the Deserving; Playing the Victim; Arrogant My Ass; Car Talk; A Parallel Universe; Released; Big Shoes; Both Sides Now

Best Indian Restaurant

Shalimar

No Place Like Curb

So many San Franciscans live in cars, vans, campers, and buses that the city wants to create a "vehicular community" where they could legally park. But if we build it, will the "houseless" come?

Gluttons for Punishment?

Nooner

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World