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Ex-Chevron Employee Sues Company Over "Hurt Feelings"

​Another dirty scandal is plaguing Chevron, but this one has nothing to do with polluting the Amazon. A judge overturned a jury's $100,000 award to a former Chevron employee who had sued the oil and gas company for gossiping about his passion for prostitution.According to court documents filed in ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Cost S.F. $290,000

They're not using real money to elect pliant candidates, are they?​The U.S. Supreme Court's crappy Citizens United ruling, which allowed unlimited corporate funding of independent political advertising, just cost San Francisco $290,000.That Supreme Court's 2010 ruling, it turns out, affected the o ... More >>

Chevron Sues To Guard Secrets on How to Prevent Oil Blowouts

Why should preventing catastrophes be a secret?​After the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, you would expect that a prominent oil company like Chevron would want consumers to trust its ability to prevent such blowouts. Yet the San Ramon oil company, is suing Scribd, a San Francisco docum ... More >>

Chevron Punked With 'Yes Men'-Produced Attack Ad

You think that looks like a real Chevron ad? We agree. ​An apparent Chevron ad campaign decrying the oil giant's years of polluting Third World locales and pledging to change its ways was the spitting image of the real thing. But Scrooge-like changes of heart are only for the movies. The San Ramon ... More >>

Chevron 'Dirty Tricks' Operative Diego Borja Targeted by Ecuador

Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

Is Chevron's Richmond Refinery 'Tour' a PR Stunt Connected to Expansion Plans?

Chevron's Richmond refinery​Chevron is facing serious criticism of its alleged efforts to evade state environmental laws and push through a proposed expansion of its oil refinery in Richmond. Faced with the opposition of environmental activists and some state legislators, is it a surprise that the ... More >>

The War Area

Chevron's Richmond refinery​Chevron is facing serious criticism of its alleged efforts to evade state environmental laws and push through a proposed expansion of its oil refinery in Richmond. Faced with the opposition of environmental activists and some state legislators, is it a surprise that the ... More >>

Michael Jackson Flash Mobs to Inundate San Francisco

Not making any jokes about zombie Michael Jackson. Not gonna do it. ​In honor of the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, San Francisco will today be overrun with flash mobs performing the King of Pop's most well-known choreographed number. Perhaps ironically, "Thriller" depicts Jackso ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Not making any jokes about zombie Michael Jackson. Not gonna do it. ​In honor of the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, San Francisco will today be overrun with flash mobs performing the King of Pop's most well-known choreographed number. Perhaps ironically, "Thriller" depicts Jackso ... More >>

Bay Links: Compost, Global Warming, & Unicycles

Dude don't compost.​Burger King, Subway  flout S.F.'s composting laws. [SF Appeal]Ghostbusters in the Mission! [Misison Mission]City technology: There are some glitches in the system. [Sweet Melissa]Irony Alert: Chevron Towers decorated with symbol of Global Warming. [SF Citizen]So, there's s ... More >>

Crude

Dude don't compost.​Burger King, Subway  flout S.F.'s composting laws. [SF Appeal]Ghostbusters in the Mission! [Misison Mission]City technology: There are some glitches in the system. [Sweet Melissa]Irony Alert: Chevron Towers decorated with symbol of Global Warming. [SF Citizen]So, there's s ... More >>

Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador

Dude don't compost.​Burger King, Subway  flout S.F.'s composting laws. [SF Appeal]Ghostbusters in the Mission! [Misison Mission]City technology: There are some glitches in the system. [Sweet Melissa]Irony Alert: Chevron Towers decorated with symbol of Global Warming. [SF Citizen]So, there's s ... More >>

Convenience Store Robin Hood -- She Stole From the 7-11 and Gave To Random Folks -- Nabbed By Cops

...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for May 20-26, 2009

...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>

SF Enviros Blast Obama's Swiss Cheese Lobbying Rules

Barack Obama kicked off his presidency by limiting his administration's vulnerability to lobbyists. By May, however, it seemed clear that resourceful Democratic Party insiders would circumvent the limited ban. San Francisco's Amazon Watch has just denounced former Clinton Administration trade repres ... More >>

Paint Ball -- Time For Annual S.F. Baseball Art Show (And Not a Portrait of a Syringe In Sight)

Arthur MillerNow there's a guy who never imbibed female fertility drugs. Say Hey!Yesterday's revelation that Manny Ramirez -- arguably the greatest right-handed hitter in a generation -- tested positive for artificial testosterone from a female fertility drug was a worldview-altering event. I did no ... More >>

Chevron's Prince of Darkness

By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

Crude Feud

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Smoke Stacks Spew Green in Richmond

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Bay Area Joins Holy Crude-sade

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Art House

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

The Brute Fires Back

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Jury Chosen in Anti-Weekly Suit

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Jury Selection Under Way in Weekly Trial

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Last Night: The Fratellis at the Fillmore

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Grand Opening

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

Amazonian Quagmire

Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

Jack White bros down for an intimate in-store

Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

Jackpot

How four tiny Indian tribes, with help from powerful gambling interests, are trying to transform the Bay Area into a slot machine Mecca

Field of Liens

Before you succumb to nostalgia about a simpler, humbler baseball time, heed the lesson of Vacaville

The Horror

Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size

Rich Conspiracy

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

Fantasia

Tips for online animators

Now, the Emphatic Colonic News

Chevron to Turks: Bay is pristine! GOP to pot doctor: Good job! Tenants to landlords: You're illegal! Potheads to supervisors: Like, wow -- a sanctuary!

Paying the Price: Why Are S.F. Gas Prices So High?

Bay Area motorists pay the highest gas prices in the state

Paying the Price

Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

Dog Bites

Renfrew report; Mercury News; Dot-com junkies; Propositions K and L

Bow to the King

Or, why we love Barry Bonds, even when he's a royal Jerk

For Pete's Sake

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Reviews

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Dog Bites

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Dish

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Letters

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Whose Library Is It?

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Slap Shots

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Paper Trails

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Letters

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution