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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Sharee M. Hall, East Bay Woman, Sentenced for Ripping Off Jet Li's Charity

    A Contra Costa County woman messed with the wrong person when she decided to defraud movie star Jet Li and his disaster-relief charity, One Foundation. Today, Sharee M. Hall, a Rodeo resident, was sentenced to six-plus years in prison after she was convicted in October of wire fraud and money launde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    The Culture of Foreclosure Auctions

    In this week's feature story, "The Dispossessed," several real estate investors who attended a foreclosure auction declined to give their names. Real estate investors who buy foreclosed property after all, don't have the best public reputation -- one homeowner interviewed for the story called them " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    How You Can Get Tested for STDs in the Comfort of Your Own Home

    As we've noted before, San Francisco is a hotbed of sexually transmitted diseases, and it's not just because we aren't regularly using condoms. It's also because we aren't regularly getting tested for STDs.But Bay Area health departments are making it so that you really have no excuse to not get tes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Coloring Books No Kid Could Ever Want, Including David Lynch's "Dune"

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Dune Coloring Book Author: Michael Nicastre Date: 1984 Publisher: Grosset & Dunlop Discovered at: 57th Street Antique Mall, Sacramento The Cover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Philthy Rich, Oakland Rapper, Arrested at S.F. Rap Concert

    ​San Francisco police arrested three men, including Oakland rapper Philip Beasley (aka Philthy Rich) during a Sunday morning rap concert at the Rock-It Room Club in the Richmond District. According to police, officers arrested Beasley, 29, of Hayward; his promoter, Samuel Burns III, 33, of Vallejo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Have a Food Business? A Design Group Wants to Brand You For Free!

    ​If you win their contest, that is. The Rooster Design Group is pitting San Francisco against New York City and hoping the best city wins. If you win, you'll get help with identity, logo application, package design, a website holding page, plus retail opportunities at swanky digs like Bi-Rite, Who ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2012

    Superhero in Exile: The Ray Goes It Alone

    ​If you win their contest, that is. The Rooster Design Group is pitting San Francisco against New York City and hoping the best city wins. If you win, you'll get help with identity, logo application, package design, a website holding page, plus retail opportunities at swanky digs like Bi-Rite, Who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    School Officials Apologize Over Racist Comic in Newsletter

    A Pleasant Hill school secretary reminded us today why it is so very important to proofread before hitting send. The substitute secretary accidentally sent out this racist cartoon below along with the school newsletter, somehow mistaking the offensive image for a harmless comic. Of course, it hasn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Mitchell Katz, Bay Area Winemaker, Sues Wife Over "Dirty DUI"

    rachelmnop via Flickr Mitchell Katz's divorce is dirtier than a dirty martini ​East Bay winemaker Mitchell Katz, is suing his wife and Chris Butler, the notorious Contra Costa County private eye who has been at the center of a massive police scandal, claiming the two were in cahoots to trap him in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Report: Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests Skyrocketing in California

    Doubling Up​It's a fine time to be a criminal in California. Arrests in every category of crime are down -- way down: Arrests for rape, murder, and theft have all decreased by two-thirds since 1990, according to a study published last week by the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Every cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Contra Costa Cop and Private Investigator Indicted on Charges of Running Brothel

    Well, that didn't really go the way they imagined ​SF Weekly readers might recall the crazy story of a former CoCo County cop and PI who were busted for stealing drugs and operating their own brothel --  it's just not that kind of story you forget. After three months of investigation, the two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Ellen Burleigh: I-5 Strangler Victim's Remains Found 30 Years Later

    Ellen Burleigh​Anyone who was in Northern California during the late 1970s remembers the paralyzing fear many had when the notorious I-5 strangler was on the loose. The serial killer was known for kidnapping, raping, and murdering women. One of his many victims was 21-year-old Ellen Burleigh, whos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    San Francisco Not Losing Kids, Despite What Chronicle Story Says

    Who said you couldn't raise six kids in San Francisco?​As of Monday afternoon a weekend front page story titled:  "S.F. losing kids as parents seek schools, homes" was still the most read story on the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site. More than 400 commenters debated whether it was bad scho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    S.F. Firefighters Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio's Funeral Draws Thousands

    This morning at St. Mary's Cathedral, thousands of people gathered for the funeral of San Francisco firefighters Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio -- marking the fourth time in the past 20 years that the life of a San Francisco firefighter was honored at that location. Democratic leader Nancy Pelos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Therapist Accused of Hypnotizing Patient, Then Having Sex with Her

    Matthew Lindgren​A Bay Area therapist who specializes in sexual assault and rape cases allegedly had sex with his own patient while she was hypnotized. SF Weekly contacted lawyers for Angelina Rosiles, the plaintiff in the case, but they have not yet returned our phone calls. However, in a lawsuit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    CoCo Private Investigator Admits He Helped Run a Brothel

    Everyone breaks the law, but someone has to enforce it ... even with cops​The crazy story of two former Contra Costa County cops who are at the center of a major drug scandal just got crazier.A private investigator admitted to the Chronicle that he and a drug task force commander were responsible ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    East Bay Gang Bust: Cops Seize 135 Pounds of Meth

    ​Cops busted a gang in Contra Costa County, arresting 35 people and seizing 135 pounds of crystal meth, the office of Attorney General Kamala Harris announced today.So-called Operation Red Reach, which concluded today, was a coordinated effort by state and local law-enforcement authorities. Police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    No. 27: Fava Greens from Tairwa'-Knoll Farms

    CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 30, 2011

    Roundup: The Best New Barbecue in the Bay

    CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    High-tech Thieves Jury Rigged Gas Pumps to Steal Customers' Identities

    ​A pair of MacGyver-esque identity thieves has pleaded guilty to implanting devices in gas pumps that stole customers' checking-account information, a scheme that state officials say brought in $90,000.The California Attorney General's office announced today that the men -- David Karapetyan and Zh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    San Francisco Is Still Smoking

    ​County-by-county smoking data released Monday by the state Department of Public Health reveal ashtray-makers are still doing pretty good business here in San Francisco. According to the California Adult Smoking Prevalence 2008 survey, 13.5 percent of San Franciscans are lighting up. To put that n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Elections Overtime: The Races That Haven't Finished

    ...And we're counting​Funny thing about Instant-Runoff Voting: The results often aren't so instant. A number of elections around the state are still undetermined. What does the future hold? Gnashing of teeth, threats of litigation, and, of course, counting, counting, and recounting. In an Instant- ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Misdeeds

    An investor finds that he has been swindled, and that the schemer was aided by a mortgage industry lacking oversight.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Fallout

    How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.

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