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Solar Impulse: Solar-Powered Airplane Makes Safe Landing in Phoenix

All that practice over the Golden Gate really paid off. The solar-powered airplane that departed from the Bay Area on Friday for its cross-country trip landed safely in Arizona where the plane and pilots are reportedly enjoying fame. So far the fuel-less flight has been a success; the plane flew c ... More >>

Here Are the Songs They Play at a Middle School Dance

[Editor's note: The following post by Houston writer and ESL teacher Shea Serrano was named the best blog post of the year in the first-ever Voice Media Group music writing awards. Originally published by our sister blog at LA Weekly, It's a sidesplitting minute-by-minute account of an afternoon he ... More >>

San Francisco Is More Naughty Than Nice, Study Says

Just in time for Christmas, a new study revealed San Francisco is the 9th most sinful city in the nation, with some 48 percent confessing to committing one of the seven deadly sins -- lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, pride, greed, sloth -- at least five times a week. And just guess what we're most gui ... More >>

Andrew Luck, Trading Card Company Battle over Rights to H.S. All Star Game Photos

Andrew Luck, former Stanford quarterback and soon-to-be NFL draft pick, is about to become a multi-millionaire this week -- and he's already started trying to protect his business.Earlier this month, he filed a cease-and-desist letter against Leaf Trading Cards, which sells a card featuring an actio ... More >>

Americans Think Dallas, Texas Is Just as Awesome as San Francisco

A new survey about American cities didn't reveal anything new to us: People like San Francisco, hate Oakland, and think Portland, Ore., is insanely hip. But what did throw us for a loop is that people seem to enjoy the mind-melting heat down in Dallas, Texas just as much as they like a cold summer i ... More >>

San Francisco's 10 Best Wine Lists

San Francisco is one of the best places in the world to drink young wines, particularly those with attitude, from many different places. Sommeliers here are passionate and their wine lists reflect it. We don't have many older wines on lists because restaurants turn over so quickly that they don't ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend.

Work at Google, Millions of Mashed Potato Recipes, and Party with Some Non-Human Turkeys!

​• Harvest Home Sanctuary's Toast to the Turkeys is THIS Saturday! It's not too late to come eat and drink tons, cuddle animals, and watch turkeys eat cranberries, which is totally what turkeys do best. That, and be cranky and awesome. We've got a lot in common! • So, you want to work at Goog ... More >>

Lost Boys: New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

James Holland, former Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employee, Accused of Embezzlement

Courtesy of SFPPDJames Holland ​Police arrested 41-year-old James Eugene Holland for allegedly stealing money from a local nonprofit that helped to house low-income residents.  Holland was the Director of Property Management at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in 2009 when he reportedly embezzle ... More >>

Miracle Faker: Rick Perry's Texas Teaches America the Wrong Lessons

San Francisco Isn't Just Slutty, It's Also Dirty

Well at least we have great coffee​Last week, we told you about how slutty San Franciscans are, maintaining an average of 30 partners. But apparently, we aren't just dirty-minded. According to a new travel survey, our fair city is trashy, too.San Francisco ranked No. 12 on the list of dirtiest urb ... More >>

Facebook's Network Will Give Its Online-Coupon Service "Deals" a Boost

Money CAN buy friends​Now that there is a full-fledged backlash against online coupon services, Facebook has jumped on the bandwagon. Today it launched the imaginatively titled "Deals" service in five test markets: San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Dallas and San Diego. Sorry, snowbelt, you'll just ... More >>

Super Bowl Was Yet Another Chance for Bogus Numbers

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

Return to Sender

How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

Will President Bush Dare Come To the San Francisco World Series Games?

I heart Texas Rangers.​Is Dubya coming to the World Series? Today's Examiner said it's "rumored" that George W. Bush is headed to either Games 1 or 2 in San Francisco to root for the Texas Rangers, the team which he used to partly own. (There's a good little bit of trivia to get you sports-apathet ... More >>

4505 Meats Offers World Series CSA Cooler, New Pickup Location

4505 Meats/FacebookThe 4505 Meats World Series cooler is available for Wednesday pickup at Local Mission Eatery.​Those lame wagers mayors make with each other before events like the Super Bowl and World Series? Where the mayor of Dallas, say, pledges half a dozen rib racks to the mayor of New ... More >>

This Year's Texas State Fair Big Tex Contender: Deep-Fried Beer

Dallas Morning NewsBeer-filled pretzel? More like Guinness-stuffed ravioli.​Edible trends shake up San Francisco like a 7.0 on the Richter scale (pork belly, roasted marrow, and of course, figs on a plate). But offer a Texan a Little Gem salad and he won't give a frying fig. That's because in ... More >>

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Old 97's Played A Free Show in Justin Herman Plaza For the Benefit of Texas

​Old 97'sAugust 5, 2010@ Justin Herman PlazaBetter than: Other forms of advertising for Texas.Oh Rhett, oh Rhett, oh Rhett -- sweaty, suntanned, sloppy, probably sauced, and ever-so-fun even if this whole shilling-for-Texas-thing sounded off and seemed a bit awkward to us San Franciscans. Rhett Mi ... More >>

Suspected Ponzi Scheme Fugitive Alan May Arrested in San Francisco

​Alan May ran, but he couldn't hide in San Francisco. The 45-year-old, wanted by the U.S. Secret Service for defrauding folks of more than $7 million in an oil and gas scheme, had traveled here from Cypress, Texas and taken on multiple identities. He rented an expensive apartment and was throwing ... More >>

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

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.

Average Frisco Penis Longer Than Typical L.A. Prick

We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

The Strange Boys write another rough masterpiece

The Bell brothers achieve wordless brilliance with Lymbyc Systym

SF Harry Potter Convention: Not As Sad As Expected

Before an angry mob of Snapes and Dementors attacks my apartment with giant goblets of fire (note to mob:I do NOT live in the Castro so you should probably mosey on down to the Mission or anywhere that is again, NOT THE CASTRO) I should say I really enjoyed myself at Azkatraz, this year's Harry Pott ... More >>

San Francisco Does *Not* Make List of Top 25 Dangerous Neighborhoods in Country

The old neighborhood has really gone to hell...One of the most sobering things about being a reporter is to read the police department's wrap-up of the prior day's assaults each morning. Do it enough and you start to believe it's darn near a miracle you got home without getting stabbe ... More >>

San Francisco Does NOT Win 'Most Photo-Friendly City' Contest -- So We'll Denigrate the Poll (It's a Coping Mechanism)

National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

Radiohead Tour Dates Leave Out SF

Brother Ali's 'Truth Is Here' Tour Reaches SF in March

Saul Williams Brings Niggy Tardust to SF in March

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Bring The Hard Sell to SF in Feb., Kid Koala Opens

R. Kelly to Share Closet Space with Ne-Yo in Oakland

LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Chow for Champions

A local chef cooks for the U.S. snowboard Olympic team. The team wins gold, silver, and bronze. Any connection?

The Culinary Travelogue

Cafe Kati

South to the Future

For Baby Boomers, the Doctor Is in ... the Bathroom

Letters

Night Crawler

Night+Day