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After All That, Warriors Still Enter Game Five As Significant Betting Underdogs

This evening, the Warriors will have their chance to send the Denver Nuggets to an early summer vacation. Such a possibility certainly seemed unlikely just a week or so ago, when the Warriors lost game 1 of the series and also All-Star forward David Lee to a season-ending hip flexor tear. Even mor ... More >>

Here Is Your Golden State Warriors 2013 Playoffs Drinking Game

Steph Curry's ballin'. Mark Jackson's preaching. Klay Thompson's shooting. Harrison Barnes is dunking. Andrew Bogut's blocking. Kent Bazemore's dancing. And Andris Biedrins is looking tan as ever. There's much reason for excitement in G-State. Roaracle will be thunderous when the Warriors take the ... More >>

Andrea Shorter, City Commissioner, Fined $800 by State Political Body

Andrea Shorter, the longtime city commissioner who spearheaded a group of well-funded domestic violence activists that drove Supervisor Christina Olague from office, has been fined for failing to report her own sources of funding. The Fair Political Practices Commission yesterday approved an $800 fi ... More >>

Oakland Soldiers Make McDonald's All-American Team

In June, we ran a feature story, Swoosh Dreams, that explored the growing commodification of elite summer league basketball, a world that talented and media savvy teenage ballers use as a platform for scholarship opportunities. The story focused on the Oakland Soldiers, "one of the most prominent co ... More >>

David Lee Dinged for Failing to Report Income

On the heels of the state's Fair Political Practices Commission popping city commissioner Andrea Shorter for failing to disclose her income on conflict of interest statements, another city politico has received a terse letter from Sacramento. David Lee, a former Parks and Recreation Commissioner and ... More >>

Warriors Beat the Heat and Show the World Their New Swag

Last night's win turned heads. It's not just that the Warriors beat the defending champion Miami Heat; not just that they led after every quarter. The Wizards, after all, have also beat the Heat. The win turned heads because it showed the world how the Warriors have won 12 of their last 15 games, in ... More >>

Andrew Bogut Injury Cover-Up Was a Stupid-Ass Thing To Do

During time-outs, the Warriors, like presumably all professional sports team, hold "vote our guys to the all-star game!" gimmicks. During a game earlier this month, for instance, three or four youngish and smiling people jogged onto the court, each waving over their head a giant cut-out of a player' ... More >>

Eric Mar Wins, Volunteers Outdo Record Spending in District 1 Election

The odds were against Eric Mar. The Richmond District supervisor was seen as the most vulnerable of all San Francisco progressives up for election Tuesday -- and that was before the city's moneyed interests tried to drown him with buckets of cash.In addition to Mar's reputation as an erratic legisla ... More >>

Election 2012: Winners and Losers

There ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk -- Tom WaitsThe striking thing about assessing San Francisco's big winners and losers emerging from last night's election is that they're often the same people. In District 5, tech investor turned political money man Ron Conway's candidate, Lond ... More >>

Election 2012 -- Mo' Money, Mo' Problems?

Politicians of all stripes are wont to say that you can't solve a problem by throwing money at it. This year, however -- nationwide and particularly here in San Francisco -- the key to victory seems to be hurling about large sums of money.As SF Weekly wrote yesterday, proponents of the $195 million ... More >>

London Breed, F.X. Crowley, Eric Mar Lead in Supervisor Races (Update)

Update at the bottom:The polls in California have officially closed, and now voters and candidates wait. The San Francisco Elections Department said results could come as early as 8:30 p.m.A crowd of people gathered at the University of San Francisco where students, faculty, and whoever else felt l ... More >>

David Lee's Soft Money Is Dominating the District 1 Race

The soft money being spent in District 1 is on track to shatter the previous record for the amount of independent cash spent in a supervisor race since 2002. But where is all this money coming from? The truth is, it's really hard to tell. While almost every supervisoral candidate has benefited from ... More >>

Eric Mar: Video Targeting Supe Features Horde of Maniacal, Dirty Kids Banging Pots and Pans

When you have a last name of "Mar" and you push for inane legislation like banning Happy Meals, well, your bound to become the butt of many "he's living on Mars" jokes. Needless to say, David Lee, Mar's opponent in District 1 supervisor race, is capitalizing on both. An independent expenditure commi ... More >>

Eric Mar Divorce Probably Won't Turn Voters Off

In politics, the picture-perfect family is almost always a necessary asset to running a successful campaign. Unless of course, you're in San Francisco, where voters are much more forgiving of marital dramas and other bad craziness. Supervisor Eric Mar's campaign manager fired off a press release at ... More >>

Kool and The Gang's Robert "Kool" Bell on Opening for Van Halen

It was shocking enough when Van Halen announced live dates with David Lee Roth this year. But the group's choice of pop-funk favorites Kool and the Gang as opening act only raised more eyebrows. Maybe it isn't that strange, though: When we saw the two bands together earlier this year at Madison Squ ... More >>

Progressively Modest: Eric Mar Stays out of the Headlines

David Lee Files to Run Against Eric Mar in District 1

Eric Mar, the supervisor who has kept The Richmond safe from Happy Meals, stripper vans, and a bizarre combination of both is checking his rearview mirror today. David Lee, a longtime Mar critic, S.F. State lecturer, and executive director of the Chinese American Voter Education Committee (CAVEC) of ... More >>

Warriors Fans Now Know the Euphamisms for Tanking

The Warriors have lost 13 of their last 15 games. With six regular season games left, it is becoming increasingly crucial that the Warriors continue, if not exceed, their current losing trend. A few years ago, the team traded its 2012 first round pick for Marcus Williams, who would score a total of ... More >>

Field Roast Vegan Frankfurters on the Menu at Giants Games This Season!

As we reported in Week In Vegan this morning, Field Roast vegan frankfurters will now be available at Giants games in AT&T Park this season! Vegansaurus broke the news yesterday. Anyway, I can attest: These are super legit! They smell so good in that spicy-hotdog way! They aren't just flavorles ... More >>

David Lee Identified as Man Killed by BART

​The San Francisco medical examiner identified the man who was killed by a BART train over the weekend as 81-year-old David Lee. Lee, whose residence is unknown, was killed at about 3:30 p.m. after he reportedly laid down on the tracks at the 24th Street BART station Sunday. The station was closed ... More >>

Does David Chiu Have a Chinatown Problem?

It's Chinatown, David. It's Chinatown. ​Also, is John Avalos really feeling it in District 11? Absorbing a beating is never enjoyable -- unless, of course, you're into that kind of thing. Presuming you aren't, getting your behind kicked is even less palatable when it takes place in your home terri ... More >>

Will Ed Lee Run for Mayor?

Asian Boom: Demographic Map Reveals Growth in Southeast S.F.

​Last week, SF Weekly wrote about how the Asian-American ascendancy in San Francisco politics is reflected in demographic trends revealed by the latest census -- specifically, a growing proportion of Asians in the city.The above map gives us a quick but detailed snapshot of that change. Incorporat ... More >>

San Francisco Becoming More Asian and It's Playing Out in Politics

A shifting political landscape​In a year that has been marked by Asian ascendancy in city politics -- including the appointment of the city's first Chinese-American Mayor Ed Lee  -- U.S. Census Bureau data released today highlights an interesting yet not so surprising fact: San Francisco is b ... More >>

Marlene Tran's success shows strength of Asian voters

The Identity Card

Voting by race has made the city's political representation more Asian. It could be what puts 33-year-old Jane Kim on the board of supervisors.

Go VIP with Limited, Handmade Ramen at Namu

Tamara PalmerGo behind the velvet rope.​Sitting down for dinner at Namu in the Richmond District last night, we remembered how much our friend Meredith Brody loved the burger. It's an unlikely item for an Asian restaurant to sport, but we ordered it to share with another friend and were glad t ... More >>

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