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Dianne Feinstein

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    California Young Democrats' Bank Accounts Frozen in Kinde Durkee Fraud Case

    ​The California Young Democrats are appealing to supporters for financial assistance after discovering that they cannot access their operating funds, which were handled by a Democratic campaign treasurer now facing fraud charges.Federal and state authorities are investigating the treasurer, Kinde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Tras Gustav Karlsson Berg Jailed for Threatening to Shoot Senator Over Wolf Legislation

    Loves wolves​Readers might recall the angry wolf man who threatened to kill a California Senator for not taking enough action to protect the carnivorous beasts from being dropped off the list of endangered species. Tras Gustav Karlsson Berg, a registered sex offender and active environmentalist, s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2011

    San Francisco’s Blue Period

    Loves wolves​Readers might recall the angry wolf man who threatened to kill a California Senator for not taking enough action to protect the carnivorous beasts from being dropped off the list of endangered species. Tras Gustav Karlsson Berg, a registered sex offender and active environmentalist, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Luisa Argueta, DREAM Act Eligible Teen, Asks Sen. Feinstein to Stop Deportation

    Luisa Argueta, center, and her mother, Brenda Gutierrez​Update, 5:30 p.m.: A Feinstein spokesperson says, "Senator Feinstein's office recently received information about the case and is currently reviewing the matter."Original post:A 19-year-old Antioch resident eligible for the DREAM Act is askin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Dianne Feinstein Tells Francisco to Go Smoke a Fat One

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, San Francisco.​Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's desire that the government legalize marijuana. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Female Activists Strip Down in Front of Feinstein's S.F. Office, Protest WikiLeaks Case

    When a phone call to your senator doesn't get attention​If you were passing through downtown San Francisco early this morning your eyes might have wandered over to a group of women staging a protest San Francisco-style -- without their clothes on.What you saw was a handful of women from San Franci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Feinstein and Boxer Crack Down on Pipeline Safey After San Bruno Blast

    This sucks​It's kind of hard to imagine that any agency could be more disorganized than San Francisco's Housing Authority which can't keep its records straight long enough to collect a month's worth of rent. But it appears that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. might be surpassing the SFHA's notoriousl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.

    If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Don't worry, America. San Francisco knows what's best for you

    If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    California Democrats Stay Neutral on Marijuana-Legalizing Prop. 19

    Drag​Supporters of Proposition 19 -- the Control and Tax Marijuana 2010 initiative -- can be forgiven for feeling a little paranoid these days. After the move to regulate marijuana like alcohol was lambasted by state politicians ranging from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to Mayor Gavin Newsom to Kamala Ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Undocumented Students Protest Senator Feinstein's Delay On Dream Act

    ​Dozens of college students - many undocumented - protested outside Senator Dianne Feinstein's Market Street office Thursday morning, urging her to act on a pending bill that would offer a path to citizenship to students who crossed the border while kids and have attended two years of college.Stud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Boxer, Feinstein to Call for Permanent Moratorium on Offshore Oil Drilling

    Good riddance? ​California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein -- along with their counterparts from both Oregon and Washington -- will tomorrow officially introduce legislation calling for a permanent ban on oil drilling off the West Coast, Boxer's office has told SF Weekly. The call for a m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Feinstein Endorsement Gives Newsom What He Needs, When He Needs It

    Sen Dianne Feinstein says voters should give Gavin Newsom a shot​When then-gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom in September dropped the news that President Bill Clinton was endorsing him, local political analysts told SF Weekly "this doesn't suck!" And yet, within a month and a half, larger probl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    DiFi: Not Running For Gov. Zsa-Zsa Gabor's Flamboyant Hubby: Yes.

    Dianne Feinstein has decided not to ruin Jerry Brown's shot at the statehouse​Curtailing long months of speculation stoked by precious little substance, Sen. Dianne Feinstein yesterday told Orange County crowds she's not running for governor -- and, purportedly, let ostensible front-runner Jerry B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Blackwater: DiFi's Questionable H2O Moves Muddy Dems' Election Hopes

    Will Sen. Dianne Feinstein's shady water deal shoot down Dems' election chances? ​Take one part frozen orange juice concentrate, mix it with three parts water, and you have a delicious morning drink.Take one sleazy political juice deal, and mix it with rotten water policy, however, and California' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Right-Wing Pundits Go Nuts Over 20-Year-Old Feinstein Hand Notes

    This ya gotta love. Conservative commentators are squealing with delight over a video Fox News managed to unearth that reveals California's Sen. Dianne Feinstein scrawled a note on her hand during a 1990 debate with former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson. Calbuzz reports that Feinstein's preferred bons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Strippers Bring in 2010 By Dropping Their Drawers ... Or So The Sign Says

    Photo by Francisco Barradas​ As you're honing your last minute New Year's Eve plans, the Snitch wanted to suggest one more option for ways to usher in 2010. We spotted this bad boy (or should we say girl?) on the seedy stretch of Market Street last night.As the saying goes, behind every strip club ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Photo by Francisco Barradas​ As you're honing your last minute New Year's Eve plans, the Snitch wanted to suggest one more option for ways to usher in 2010. We spotted this bad boy (or should we say girl?) on the seedy stretch of Market Street last night.As the saying goes, behind every strip club ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Out-of-Towners -- From Fresno, No Less -- Protest In San Francisco. Did You Notice?

    Like a Vaudeville act of old getting ready to take it to New York City, today's protester has got to ask himself if he's ready for the big time when he comes to San Francisco. We've got no shortage of expert, home-grown demonstrators, and budget season has distilled the best of the best. So, were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Peace Breaks Out! Fasting Pro-Union Workers Come In From the Cold at Dianne Feinstein's Office

    At Guantanamo, hunger strikes don't end earlyThis just in from the San Francisco Labor Council: Apparently a group of workers have broken off their fast at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's local office on Post Street. The workers' hunger strike was the latest in a series of local events and rallies organized ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    If Clergywomen Beat the Gong For an Antidemocratic, Pro-Union Bill and Dianne Feinstein Isn't There To Hear It...

    Three wishes, Dianne!If Sen. Dianne Feinstein is susceptible to gong-accompanied incantations, then opponents of the union-bolstering bill currently wending its way through the U.S. Congress had best take warning.Noon today marked the end of a 24-hour vigil organized by local labor groups to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    We Won! Feinstein, Boxer Top 2009 Earmark List

    To paraphrase Peggy Lee, Barbara Boxer brings home the bacon, and Dianne Feinstein fries it up in a pan, according to the most recently updated list of senatorial porkmiesters and mistresses compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington advocacy group. According to the list, California's ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Dianne Feinstein hatless at Obama's inauguration

    To paraphrase Peggy Lee, Barbara Boxer brings home the bacon, and Dianne Feinstein fries it up in a pan, according to the most recently updated list of senatorial porkmiesters and mistresses compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington advocacy group. According to the list, California's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Local Hatter Left Pondering Why Dianne Feinstein Didn't Wear the Handmade Chapeaux Commissioned for Inauguration

    Incidentally, cap insiders describe this creation as "a turban-style hat with a self-contained bow."Barack Obama campaigned -- and won -- largely on a message of hope. And, surveying the masses present for his inauguration last week, one group of Americans has every right to feel hopeful -- hatters. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Bay Area Lawmakers Among Obama's Worst Frenemies

    Bay Area residents rejoicing over the historic inauguration of Barack Obama might want to take heed of an assessment of their elected representatives featured yesterday on Politico, the political news Web site. Writer Glenn Thrush posted a top-ten list of Democrats who pose a threat to Obama's agend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    The Feinstein-Panetta Back Story

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Eat, Pray, Love, Donate

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    No On 8 Responds to the "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?" Argument

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    If Gavin Newsom were born to Sarah Palin ...

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Ammiano Calls Pelosi and Fenstein "Moms"

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    We tell What Not to Wear locals who need wardrobe overhauls

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia

    By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little dire ... More >>

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Attention SF Giants, DiFi - Matt Smith's New Year's Resolutions Others Ought to Follow

    DiFi's husband and the Giants' owner should resolve to do better in the coming year

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Dark Payola Emerges

    “Direct licensing” is the new threat to Webcasting´s meritocracy of music

  • News

    January 10, 2007

    Battleship Down

    The USS Iowa was once considered a lock as a San Francisco tourist attraction. So why is the historic warship rusting in Suisun Bay?

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Boycott Feinstein

    A new proposed law would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line

  • News

    September 20, 2006

    The Man Who Would Be Feinstein

    So you've never heard of Christopher Dahl. He'd still like to be your U.S. Senator.

  • Music

    June 28, 2006

    Code of Honor

    Complete Studio Recordings 1982-1984

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    Anus, Already

    Uniquely positioned to exert positive influence on public debate, San Francisco's business lobbies instead choose to act like, well, assholes

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Tabled Salt

    Plans to buy Cargill's huge saltworks and restore them to wetlands are thwarted by a sour economy

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    Pointed Queries

    Three California members of Congress are demanding information from the Navy about radioactive materials at Hunters Point Shipyard

  • Culture

    January 17, 2001

    Culture Clash: Mission Magic Mystery Tour

    Latino comedy troupe Culture Clash creates a loving, sometimes impudent portrait of the Mission

  • Music

    July 22, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Latino comedy troupe Culture Clash creates a loving, sometimes impudent portrait of the Mission

  • News

    June 24, 1998

    Letters

    Latino comedy troupe Culture Clash creates a loving, sometimes impudent portrait of the Mission

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1998

    Mecklin

    Latino comedy troupe Culture Clash creates a loving, sometimes impudent portrait of the Mission

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Boondoggle by the Bay

    Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

  • News

    November 5, 1997

    Letters

    Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

  • Calendar

    May 7, 1997

    The Grid

    Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    Hinckle, Hinckle, Little Star (Part I)

    There are two joys in life -- making things and breaking things -- and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

  • News

    May 3, 1995

    Hey, Sailor!

    The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri

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