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January 19, 2009
Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell
As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>
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April 8, 2009
Don't You Cry
As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>
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May 24, 2006
Next Big Things
The five biggest attention-getters at E3.
News
December 14, 2005
Letters to the Editor
Week of Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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November 30, 2005
The Smoking Gun
A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF
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February 18, 2004
Profiles in Gumption
Thanks to SFMOMA, Mattel wasn't able to squash a Utah artist who puts Barbie dolls in blenders
News
June 26, 2002
Blowing Smoke
WARNING: Gov. Davis' plan to use tobacco lawsuit money to fill a budget gap is dangerous to our financial health
News
May 2, 2001
Smoking Gun
Tobacco industry documents expose an R.J. Reynolds marketing plan targeting S.F. gays and homeless people. Its name: Project SCUM.
News
May 17, 2000
Babes in Toyland
Two hackers piss off Mattel and spawn an Internet legal imbroglio
News
February 16, 2000
Outing the Marlboro Man
Document reveals new details on how tobacco companies target gays
News
November 17, 1999
Opening Pandora's Box
Once-secret documents reveal the tobacco industry's battle to gut anti-smoking education in California. Former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and former Gov. Pete Wilson helped.
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May 12, 2009
Do You Think Big Tobacco Is a Bunch of Rotten, Death-Dealing Bastards? Well, Survey Says You're Probably Not a Smoker.
G.B. TrudeauDislike tobacco industry shills? That's a good sign for your lungs.A U.C. San Francisco study has revealed that young adults who deeply believe that the tobacco industry is composed of low-down, degenerate, gutless, slimy, watermelon-fucking sons of bitches are far less likely to smoke t ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
What a Predicament: City Attorney Defends Crappy S.F. Law Against Ultimate Corporate Force of Evil
I am the law! Like a duel to the death with the prize to the victor being death, it seems there are no winners in this morning's legal showdown between San Francisco and Philip Morris at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Well, the winner may be "your lungs," but, at best, the loser would be "your ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Fenton's Creamery is Hosting an UP Party
PixarOne of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>
Music
October 27, 2010
Stopping piracy: How ultracheap downloads could save the music industry
PixarOne of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Radical Shopping
PixarOne of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Michael Jackson, Zombie
The dark art of posthumous releases
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December 17, 2010
Old Oak Becomes Almanac Beer Co., Plans February Release
Almanac Beer Co.When Brian Yaeger introduced SFoodie readers to Old Oak Beer Co. a couple months back, the much-anticipated "farm-to-barrel" ale was waiting patiently in oak wine barrels, mingling with fresh Sonoma County blackberries. While nothing has changed about the beer company's vision ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
A Postcard from the Future
Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.
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January 5, 2011
The New Cheese Lady
Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.
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February 2, 2011
Anything That Moves
Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.
Music
February 23, 2011
Pomplamoose Calls the Tune
No record deal? No CDs? No problem. How Pomplamoose is modifying the music industry.
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March 8, 2011
Clean Cheese, Ginger Ale, and the Mighty Subway
Madame Fromage/FlickrSally Jackson's amazing cheese, now lost to the world after an FDA crackdown.A new daily column: Notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other miscellanea dredged up from the food media.1. Cheese makers under attack? San Francisco diners haven't felt the i ... More >>
Dining
March 9, 2011
Drink 2011: In Craft Brewing, the Meek Inherit the Earth
Madame Fromage/FlickrSally Jackson's amazing cheese, now lost to the world after an FDA crackdown.A new daily column: Notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other miscellanea dredged up from the food media.1. Cheese makers under attack? San Francisco diners haven't felt the i ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Claim: Limewire's Shutdown Reduced Music Piracy by 7 Percent
The nationally-recognized market research nerds NPD Group just released their latest poll, which suggests the shutdown of the file-sharing application Limewire this past October reduced peer-to-peer-based music piracy in the U.S. by a significant 7 percent. Wait, that many of you were still ... More >>
Music
April 13, 2011
Record Store Day Is Christmas for Music Retailers
The nationally-recognized market research nerds NPD Group just released their latest poll, which suggests the shutdown of the file-sharing application Limewire this past October reduced peer-to-peer-based music piracy in the U.S. by a significant 7 percent. Wait, that many of you were still ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
California Culinary Academy: SF Weekly Exposé Spawns $40 Million Settlement
Some students are getting their money back.In 2007, SF Weekly investigative reporter Eliza Strickland ran a blockbuster story, demonstrating how the California Culinary Academy urged students to take on tens of thousands of dollars in government loans to pay for what many graduates considered sub ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
June's Literary Events
Some students are getting their money back.In 2007, SF Weekly investigative reporter Eliza Strickland ran a blockbuster story, demonstrating how the California Culinary Academy urged students to take on tens of thousands of dollars in government loans to pay for what many graduates considered sub ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
A Field Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Dry Farmed Wines
Whole lotta irrigation goin' on in Napa.Irrigation is plainly a function of the modern world. Though the ancient Romans built spectacular gravity-driven aqueducts, drip irrigation for agriculture was not invented until the late 1960s in Israel, and only in the 1970s did water-bearing pipes a ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Pandora Goes Public for $3 Billion. Happy Face?
Ninety million users, zero profits.First, a word of congratulations to Pandora, the Oakland-based Internet radio service whose initial public stock offering today resulted in a nearly $235 million windfall to its investors. The company is now valued at $3 billion. You can buy its stock on the New ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
San Francisco’s Blue Period
Ninety million users, zero profits.First, a word of congratulations to Pandora, the Oakland-based Internet radio service whose initial public stock offering today resulted in a nearly $235 million windfall to its investors. The company is now valued at $3 billion. You can buy its stock on the New ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Napa Winemaker Came from Sports Illustrated for Kids
This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan PetroskiWhen I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
The Cool Kids: Cool with Recording for Mountain Dew
This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan PetroskiWhen I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Drink Oakland Wine at the Urban Wine Xperience
Michelle Locke/Palate PressUrban Legend Cellars is one of more than 20 wineries that make wine in OaklandEast Bay Vintners' Alliance 6th Annual Urban Wine Xperience Where: Jack London Pavilion, 1 Broadway, Oakland When: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $40 A lot of wine is consumed in San Fr ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
South Bay Store Manager Accused of Filming Female Shoppers in Dressing Room
passing time at work In May, SF Weekly told readers about Nicholas Springer, the 26-year-old "pervert" who was busted filming up women's skirts and dresses at a downtown farmer's market in Marin. Now, we are going to tell you about another alleged peeping tom in the South Bay. David Meyer, a 29-y ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Google Thumbs Nose at Antitrust Regulators
You can't say Google doesn't have balls. Despite increasingly heavy antitrust scrutiny by the federal government, the Internet behemoth is charging ahead with a deal that brings all kinds of potential for cornering a market. It will pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a leading maker of hand ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Family Winemakers Show Offers More Wine Than You Can Handle
Foodgal.comFamily Winemakers of California Tasting Where: Fort Mason Center When: Sunday, Aug. 21, 3-6 p.m. Cost: $65 advance, $75 at the door We can drink a lot of wine, but we find the Family Winemakers of California annual tasting overwhelming, in a good way. There's always about 50 times ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Sugar Sues Corn Syrup for False Advertising. No Joke.
Sugar: going on the offensive. Yesterday the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles began hearing arguments over an odd lawsuit filed by a group of sugar producers against a group of producers and marketers of high-fructose corn syrup. The charge? False advertising. Big Sugar is mad that Big HFCS -- u ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Tolosa Shows What Chardonnay Smells Like Without Oak
Earlier this year I attended a fascinating seminar, led by a perfumer, at Tolosa Winery in San Luis Obispo County. Over the course of several mentally exhausting hours, we learned by blind-whiffing essential oils exactly what many of the descriptors we use all the time smell like. For examp ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Joanna Karlinsky and Popups Take Over Food at the Winemakers' Speakeasy
Joanna Karlinsky/FacebookJoanna Karlinsky, in her Meetinghouse days.Joanna Karlinsky, former chef-owner of Pacific Heights' much-loved Meetinghouse, has been looking for a permanent venue since closing up Sweet Jo's, her cafe in the Presidio JCC, last year. For the past two months, she's been ser ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
America's Cup: Booze and Boating Unite!
Wine and yachts -- an American traditionWine and yachts go together like PBR and fixies. So you knew this was coming. The organizers of the forthcoming America's Cup and Napa Valley Vintners today announced that Napa will be the "Official Wine Region of the 34th America's Cup." Those toting in forei ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Carl's Jr.'s New Pitchman: 482-Pound Man
Michael Moore pictured with President Obama, who, incidentally also likes meat Contrary to what Supervisor Eric Mar might tell you, fast food needn't be awful for you. Bay Area man Michael Moore swears by his Carl's Jr.-only diet, which he says is largely responsible for helping him to shed almos ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
482 Pound Man Endorses the Carl's Jr. Weight-Loss Plan
Michael Moore and the president, for some reason. A 482 pound Antioch resident credits Carl's Jr. with helping him slim down. A man named Michael Moore claims that eating Carl's Jr. every day last year helped him to lose weight -- around 100 pounds. As Erin Sherbert writes on our sister blog ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
The RIAA Responds Lamely to Claims of Piracy Advocates
TorrentFreak, a news site that basically supports illicit downloading, last week used a half-assed ISP-lookup service to conclude that employees of both the Recording Industry Association of America and the Department of Homeland Security had downloaded illicit copies of various copyrighted works ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
The Recording Industry Makes Itself Look Stupid Yet Again While Battling Piracy
Over at Dan Mitchell's Digital Tremors column on our news blog, the Snitch, there's an interesting debate brewing over the recording industry's response to some piracy advocates' claims that its employees downloaded music and other files illegally. Mitchell's take is that while disputing thes ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
MySpace Says It's Bringing TV to the Web -- But It Isn't
Specific Media, now the owners of MySpace, took Justin Timberlake on stage with them Monday night at the Consumer Electronic Show, and with a lot of fanfare, they announced ... essentially nothing. The purported big news is that MySpace is revolutionizing television by bringing it to the Web an ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
49ers Season Tickets Will Require $30K Fee
Back in those days, $30,000 could probably buy a ticket for you and about 10,000 friendsThe NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Hacker Group Anonymous Takes Up Arms in SOPA Battle
The "hacktivist" network known as Anonymous has stepped into the fray in the battle among legacy media companies, Internet firms, and politicians over the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).The controversial proposed legislation would make it more difficult for websites to display pirated cont ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Sorry, Twitter, if You're in the Media Business, You're a Media Company
Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Meet Linda Chorney, the Unknown Singer-Songwriter Who Got a Grammy Nomination
Linda Chorney, whose Grammy nomination has outraged some in the Americana community. By J. POET The Grammy Awards usually generate an tidal wave of press releases aimed at congratulating the usual superstars for their achievements. This year, there was a refreshing bit of controversy when si ... More >>
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