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  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Top Sommelier Tips with Gabriele Originario of La Mar

    Sommeliers spend all day with wine, and are a great resource for new finds. They're the "friend on the inside" that can help you suss out the best values on their wine lists. With that in mind, we've come up with a short suite of questions that we're posing to some of our favorite area sommeliers to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Should San Francisco Ease Restrictions on Pot Clubs Near Schools?

    The titty bars are fine; it's the pot club that a-fears us.​San Francisco's notorious land-use restrictions and zoning laws send neighbors to court over the construction of a porch, and they also mean that the city known as the birthplace of medical marijuana is tougher on pot clubs than most of t ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    The titty bars are fine; it's the pot club that a-fears us.​San Francisco's notorious land-use restrictions and zoning laws send neighbors to court over the construction of a porch, and they also mean that the city known as the birthplace of medical marijuana is tougher on pot clubs than most of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    San Francisco Borders Closes Today -- Books $1 or Less

    So long​ You wouldn't know it from its automated greeting, but the last of San Francisco's Borders Books is closing today. Call the store, and you'll still hear there are career opportunities available. But in reality, it is a sad day for anyone who worries about the future of bookstores, or w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    T-Pain Sues Auto-Tune Company He Used to Endorse

    T-Pain.net​Rapper T-Pain, famous for his use and endorsement of Auto-Tune technology in his music, has sued Antares, the company that makes Auto-Tune, claiming that it used his image and name in marketing Auto-Tune software without his consent.After three albums and multiple award-winning songs ma ... More >>

  • Music

    July 13, 2011

    Shockman: Show Preview

    T-Pain.net​Rapper T-Pain, famous for his use and endorsement of Auto-Tune technology in his music, has sued Antares, the company that makes Auto-Tune, claiming that it used his image and name in marketing Auto-Tune software without his consent.After three albums and multiple award-winning songs ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: Please Let Me in the Bubble

    Yaniv Golan/Flickr​AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is jealous of the new Internet bubble, and he wants in. Last week during a meeting with investors, Armstrong noted the high valuations of companies like LinkedIn and Pandora and concluded that AOL is "severely undervalued." The Wall Street Journal quoted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Federal Backruptcy Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional

    Gay couples go broke, too. ​The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2011

    Bored of the Supervisors

    Gay couples go broke, too. ​The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Ed Lee Is Back From Taiwan, Chiu Acting Mayor Starting This Afternoon

    Act 1, Scene 5​The political hullabaloo that's monopolized City Hall over the last week is finally dissipating. After a week that included tense debate, bitter accusations and bizarre threats that further crystalized San Francisco's political dysfunction, the city can only hope for a bre ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Dandy Rotten Scoundrel

    Michael Manos was living the same lie that he peddled across the country. But in San Francisco, the truth caught up with him.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Ex-Muni Brass Linked to $200 Million in Private Central Subway Contracts

    Meet the new boss...​On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will vote on a contract that would send tens of millions of dollars in Central Subway project funds to a firm employing the former director of the Municipal Transportation Agency. If approved, the contract will push the total amount of fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Examiner, MediaNews to Partner on Bay Area Ad Sales Deal

    Media mogul Dean Singleton is again seeking inroads to San Francisco's daily newspaper market, according to a report today in the Denver Business Journal.Will joint ad sales bring happy days back?​Apparently Singleton's MediaNews Group -- owner of legion Bay Area newspapers, including the Oakland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    LiveNation/Ticketmaster Merger Raises Congressional Concerns

    Pissed Off: Bruce Springsteen​ The proposed merger between concert venue conglomerate Live Nation and ticket hub mecca Ticketmaster (announced last February) has already resulted in catcalls from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, who wrote an open letter to his fans after Ticket Master upsold tickets ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    U.C. Employees' Picket Line Blocks Out Gavin Newsom

    Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Hit the Dex

    Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    Get Touched

    Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    With Egg Still Dripping from SFPD's Faces in L'Affaire de la Plaza, S.F. Declares Other Suspicious Stabbing Death 'Accidental'

    John 'Daniel' Schirra"Sometime past midnight on Labor Day of [2007], 22-year-old John "Daniel" Schirra was running nude along an Ingleside District street, yelling for help. He was in the grips of a bad acid trip, and had either just been stabbed or was about to be. He tried to stop two cars and ran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Marie Simmons and Things Cooks Love

    Things Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, Recipes is a valuable reference guide of foundational cooking knowledge, from what to keep stocked in the pantry to the best tools to make your ideas come alive in the kitchen. Chef and author Marie Simmons will host a special hour of discussion of her boo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    SF "Nostrudamus" Weekly Update: Copia Copeth Not

    By Matt SmithParanoid fantasists consult the prophesies of Nostradamus for guidance on current events. The smart set, meanwhile, consults back issues of SF Weekly. This publication firmly established its chops as a foreseer of the future this past summer, when marketers and law enforcement fulfilled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    I'll Have What He's Having: The Joe Bastianich Marathon Diet

    By Matt SmithParanoid fantasists consult the prophesies of Nostradamus for guidance on current events. The smart set, meanwhile, consults back issues of SF Weekly. This publication firmly established its chops as a foreseer of the future this past summer, when marketers and law enforcement fulfilled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    You Need a $500 Swedish Coat

    By Matt SmithParanoid fantasists consult the prophesies of Nostradamus for guidance on current events. The smart set, meanwhile, consults back issues of SF Weekly. This publication firmly established its chops as a foreseer of the future this past summer, when marketers and law enforcement fulfilled ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008

    Chocoholic and Alcoholic

    By Matt SmithParanoid fantasists consult the prophesies of Nostradamus for guidance on current events. The smart set, meanwhile, consults back issues of SF Weekly. This publication firmly established its chops as a foreseer of the future this past summer, when marketers and law enforcement fulfilled ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2008

    He's No Angel

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • Music

    May 28, 2008

    Celestial Septet

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Cracked Up

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • Music

    February 6, 2008

    Jill Scott's Sexual Healing

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • News

    November 22, 2006

    Radio Waves

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Chuck and the Chocolate Factory

    They once called him a savior who helped people in need. Today, Edwin Parada is accused of taking money from Latinos unfamiliar with real estate laws.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Disney, Reanimated

    The merger between Disney and the Bay Area's Pixar will likely redraw the lines of the animation world, for better or for worse. Find out where you stand!

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    Tour de Farce

    Lance Armstrong, Thom Weisel, and questions about anti-doping efforts in American cycling

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    Brugmann's Brain Vomit

    Cleaning up the latest drivel from San Francisco's leading bull-goose loony

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Now That's Amore

    In S.F., spring is the season for romance. And pig coitus. And mouse erections. And ...

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    Can you stop the bots?

    Given that cyberspace is swarming with bots looking to snatch or destroy your data, does it make sense to install a firewall?

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    The Best Ambassador Money Can Buy?

    Republican mega-donor Howard Leach is reportedly headed to France. At least we're not sending him to an important country.

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Fangxaminer Watch continues; dot-com failures and the economy

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best City Transportation Improvement

    Valencia Street Bike Lane

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    Bitter Medicine

    How Naiveté, greed, and the new new thing brought Brown & Toland, San Francisco's largest doctors' group, to the verge of bankruptcy

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    South to the Future

    You've Got Blackmail: What insiders wouldn't say about last week's media mega-merger

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    Political Theater

    A strange mix of art, politics, and economic policy stalls renovation of the York Theater and revitalization of the Mission District

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    Dirty Laundry

    Literally and figuratively, the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger gets fouler every day

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Inside the Big Floop

    Threatening Mount Zion means curtains for the clowns who have mismanaged the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    What the Hellman Is Going on Here?

    UCSF Stanford finances hit the rocks

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Has Yaki Got a Deal for You

    City pension fund could back bonds

  • News

    November 5, 1997

    Checchi's Checkered Record

    Megamillionaire Al Checchi thinks he piloted Northwest Airlines so well that you should elect him governor. Actually, he sucked in public subsidies, strong-armed unions, reneged on promises -- and still almost flew the firm into the ground.

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    Esprit de Court

    How Susie Tompkins Buell built, wrecked, and sued San Francisco's legendary Esprit de Corp. clothing company, and why she still gets to sit next to President Clinton

  • Calendar

    September 18, 1996

    The Grid

    How Susie Tompkins Buell built, wrecked, and sued San Francisco's legendary Esprit de Corp. clothing company, and why she still gets to sit next to President Clinton

  • News

    March 20, 1996

    The Burton Money Machine

    John Burton's 1040s reveal that politics doesn't pay

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    Developing Appeal

    Haig Mardikian's eight-year battle to build condos on top of Nob Hill

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