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Hunger Strike: Federal Receiver Denies Inmates Are Collapsing in Cells

Starved for change​As the prison hunger strike enters its third week, California inmates have reportedly collapsed in their cells from deteriorating health conditions, however prison officials are denying that.The number of inmates striking has been dropping steadily. Two weeks ago more than 12,00 ... More >>

Epic or Interminable? Lou Reed and Metallica's Lulu Is Going to Be Looong

Lulu, in all her glory.​ Brevity wasn't at the top of our list of expectations for this year's Lou Reed and Metallica (heretofore known as "Loutallica") album (titled Lulu), but jeez, guys, 90 minutes? Indeed: The official tracklisting for Lulu hit the web today, and though the album only has ... More >>

Anthony Makk, Gay Australian, to Stay in Country -- For Now

Anthony Makk, left, can stay for now​Anthony Makk, the gay San Franciscan who was in jeopardy of being deported back to his native Australia today, will be staying here a little longer. His attorneys are filing a spouse visa petition in a New York immigration court, which will buy Makk a little ex ... More >>

Bradford Wells, Gay San Franciscan, Fighting Against Husband's Deportation, Taken To Hospital

Anthony Makk, left, with husband Bradford Wells​Update, 2:30 p.m.: Steve Ralls from Immigration Equality e-mailed SF Weekly to say that Bradford Wells did not have a heart attack. "I just received an update, and Bradford is back home from the hospital, and resting.  He did not have a heart a ... More >>

Family of Deceased S.F. Inmate, Earl Brown Jr., Demands $10 Million

Matt SmithDid jailers use excessive force on an inmate who bit a cop?​The family of Earl Brown Jr., an HIV positive man who died in jail last March, has sued San Francisco demanding $10 million. The suit alleges that sheriff's deputies "assaulted and battered him... causing injuries which resulted ... More >>

Open Your Heart

Matt SmithDid jailers use excessive force on an inmate who bit a cop?​The family of Earl Brown Jr., an HIV positive man who died in jail last March, has sued San Francisco demanding $10 million. The suit alleges that sheriff's deputies "assaulted and battered him... causing injuries which resulted ... More >>

Punks 3, Bullies 0

Matt SmithDid jailers use excessive force on an inmate who bit a cop?​The family of Earl Brown Jr., an HIV positive man who died in jail last March, has sued San Francisco demanding $10 million. The suit alleges that sheriff's deputies "assaulted and battered him... causing injuries which resulted ... More >>

Taser Sued in San Francisco Following Death of Santa Rosa Man

One thing's for certain -- this photo wasn't taken in San Francisco​Whatever momentum those hoping to arm the San Francisco Police Department with Tasers didn't lose following the death of Oscar Grant may have been snuffed out this week in San Francisco District Court. The parents of a 39-year-old ... More >>

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Murder Charge Possible In Death of Elderly Beating Victim Huan Chen

View Larger MapEarlier this week, we reported on the unpleasant case of Huan Chen. The 83-year-old man was attacked on the street at 1625 Oakdale back on Jan. 24. According to the San Francisco police, the attack landed Chen in General Hospital. And he never left -- he died on Friday. Yet declaring ... More >>

S.F. Man Fails To Register As Sex Offender -- Because He's Dead

​According to the state's sex offender registry, Nicholas Chaykovsky has been in violation of registration requirements since Sunday. He has a decent excuse. He's dead.   Chaykovsky died at age 61 last month after suffering a heart attack. And though the San Francisco Police Department s ... More >>

Have They No Shame?

​According to the state's sex offender registry, Nicholas Chaykovsky has been in violation of registration requirements since Sunday. He has a decent excuse. He's dead.   Chaykovsky died at age 61 last month after suffering a heart attack. And though the San Francisco Police Department s ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​According to the state's sex offender registry, Nicholas Chaykovsky has been in violation of registration requirements since Sunday. He has a decent excuse. He's dead.   Chaykovsky died at age 61 last month after suffering a heart attack. And though the San Francisco Police Department s ... More >>

An Arterial Scrubby Topped with Avocado: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallYou can practically feel your arteries expanding.​Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 We swear we can feel the LDL cholesterol that plastered itself all over our arteries, after a weekend packed with eggnog, prime rib, butter cookies, and whipped cream. We need serious roughage. And no, extra-cr ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: John Montgomery's Stabbing Death in Tenderloin Hotel Is City's 34th Homicide

View Larger MapThis has not been a good stretch for residents of Tenderloin hotels -- who never lead the easiest of lives. SF Weekly has written a bit about how an "ongoing dispute" between two tenants at the Rose Hotel led 50-year-old William Pious to walk into the room of his sleeping neighbor and ... More >>

John Hughes Dead at 59

​Bad news today: director John Hughes died today at age 59, apparently of a heart attack as he took his morning walk in Manhattan. He may not have direct ties to San Francisco, but Hughes will be sorely missed in this city. After all, how many of us have set up picnics in parks to watch multiple s ... More >>

Butter Salad Anyone? 'Fat' Blasts Myths About Cholesterol and Other Phobias

Remember the Woody Allen movie Sleeper, where a cryogenically frozen man wakes up 200 years later to find that junk food is good for you? In her James Beard Award-winning cookbook Fat: An Appreciation of A Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes (Ten Speed Press), Jennifer McLagan conjures the same k ... More >>

Good News For Your Prostate: You Can Have Your Omega-3 Fatty Acid And Eat it Too

UCSF researchers have taken this off the prostate blacklistAnyone creating a videogame football roster from scratch knows how it goes: You make him strong, he's going to be slow; you give him speed he's going to be easily tackled; you give him arm strength, he's going to get busted mid-season for a ... More >>

How Do You Say "I Voted!" in Scottish?

UCSF researchers have taken this off the prostate blacklistAnyone creating a videogame football roster from scratch knows how it goes: You make him strong, he's going to be slow; you give him speed he's going to be easily tackled; you give him arm strength, he's going to get busted mid-season for a ... More >>

Laughter Not Actually Best Medicine

UCSF researchers have taken this off the prostate blacklistAnyone creating a videogame football roster from scratch knows how it goes: You make him strong, he's going to be slow; you give him speed he's going to be easily tackled; you give him arm strength, he's going to get busted mid-season for a ... More >>

Cuts Like a Knife

Patience rewards fans of these mysterious Swedes

Liars

Drum's Not Dead

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The Unsinkable Ralph Henke

A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

Surgery Sans Blood

Jehovah's Witnesses refused transfusions -- and led the way to bloodless surgery

Aisle Seat

Jehovah's Witnesses refused transfusions -- and led the way to bloodless surgery

To Live and Die (and Get Sick) in S.F.

What you should know about illin' in the city