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Ecuador

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Stanley Krippner: Amazing Stories That Didn't Make it Into the Story

    Professor Stanley Krippner is an impossible man to pigeonhole. He's nearly impossible to encapsulate in a single cover story. Well, we did our best. But, we acknowledge, we've only scratched the surface of his life and work. On a milder note, we also left out a cartload of mind-blowing anecdotes. Kr ... More >>

  • Film

    March 28, 2012

    Arthouse Movie Listings March 28-April 3, 2012

    Professor Stanley Krippner is an impossible man to pigeonhole. He's nearly impossible to encapsulate in a single cover story. Well, we did our best. But, we acknowledge, we've only scratched the surface of his life and work. On a milder note, we also left out a cartload of mind-blowing anecdotes. Kr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    De La Paz's Shark Senesac On the End Of Coffee

    ​​In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk with Shark Senesac of De La Paz Coffee.---You're in the process of opening a new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    No Bids Yet For Tommie Smith's Gold Medal

    For sale​Yesterday, we reported that former San Jose State University sprinter Tommie Smith -- the man famously raising a black-gloved fist in a Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympic Games -- was selling off his medal and track spikes. Astoundingly, the $250,000 minimum price tag (not includi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Chevron 'Dirty Tricks' Operative Diego Borja Targeted by Ecuador

    Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2009

    Crude

    Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

  • Film

    September 23, 2009

    Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador

    Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Two Airport Chiefs Divert Assets Offshore. One Gets Fired, the Other -- SFO Chief John Martin -- Stays Put.

    According to news reports, starting in 2000 and up to the near-present, Houston Airport Chief Richard Vacar oversaw the diversion of  a reported $1.9 million worth of employee time to a private corporation set up to operate the airport in Quito, Ecuador.According to an SF Weekly investigation, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    SF Enviros Blast Obama's Swiss Cheese Lobbying Rules

    Barack Obama kicked off his presidency by limiting his administration's vulnerability to lobbyists. By May, however, it seemed clear that resourceful Democratic Party insiders would circumvent the limited ban. San Francisco's Amazon Watch has just denounced former Clinton Administration trade repres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Chevron's Prince of Darkness

    By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2008

    Crude Feud

    Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    Sunday Smorgasbord: Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason

    Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

  • News

    September 5, 2007

    Soup to Nuts

    A new photography exhibition at MOAD peeks into grocery bags from around the world

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2007

    Prosperity to the People

    Online microfinance can unleash your inner Rockefeller

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Amazonian Quagmire

    Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

  • Culture

    September 21, 2005

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

  • Culture

    September 14, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 7, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 24, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 17, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    August 17, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 10, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 3, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    July 20, 2005

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    July 20, 2005

    Monster in Hiding

    A reporter's hunt for a child killer tests the power of the press

  • Culture

    July 13, 2005

    Not Much to Say

    Snappy one-liners can't rescue the Mime Troupe's too-obvious political message

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2005

    Doing Great

    Mime Troupe takes a dramatic turn

  • Film

    April 27, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Mime Troupe takes a dramatic turn

  • Film

    March 2, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Mime Troupe takes a dramatic turn

  • Dining

    February 9, 2005

    Chocolate U

    It takes more than the sweet stuff to educate us on Café Cacao's charms

  • Film

    October 30, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    It takes more than the sweet stuff to educate us on Café Cacao's charms

  • Dining

    July 3, 2002

    World Beat

    Peña PachaMama

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    The Perfect Crime

    For 20 years, South American thieves have been stealing millions of dollars in gems and jewelry from traveling salespeople in San Francisco. And no one -- not the cops, jewelers, or insurance companies -- has the slightest idea how to stop them.

  • Dining

    January 31, 2001

    Quest for the True Peru

    Fresca

  • Music

    January 31, 2001

    Character Crazy

    Singer/songwriter Sonny Smith has a lot to say about the odd twists of life -- and an interesting way to say it

  • Music

    October 27, 1999

    Pulling Up Roots

    Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

  • Calendar

    June 30, 1999

    Night & Day

    Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

  • Music

    October 14, 1998

    SF Weekly's Wammies '98

    Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

  • Calendar

    February 4, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    The Name is Nino. El Nino.

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Music

    September 17, 1997

    Zoom Lens

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Calendar

    November 27, 1996

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    Petal Pushers

    Orchid collectors, watch your back. Uncle Sam knows what you're up to.

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