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Unwelcome Visitor

Tom McCarthy's preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions.

Mirkarimi Jumps on the Marijuana Express -- and Our Bowl Runneth Over

Try San Francisco-brand medical marijuana!Coming on the heels of Tom Ammiano's marijuana legalization bill in the Assembly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Tuesday proposal that San Francisco jump into the medical pot dispensary game was a bonanza for media types and marijuana nay-sayers: Everyone got t ... More >>

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Try San Francisco-brand medical marijuana!Coming on the heels of Tom Ammiano's marijuana legalization bill in the Assembly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Tuesday proposal that San Francisco jump into the medical pot dispensary game was a bonanza for media types and marijuana nay-sayers: Everyone got t ... More >>

Just One Hitch

Will Smith helps others find love, though probably not with this movie

Playing on Fear

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Striking a Balance

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Quilting Bee

Bringing to life Faith Ringgold's patchwork quilts showing the journey of African slaves to America

Politically Incorrect

Culture Clash makes fun of everyone equally -- and well

Citizen Canine

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

Just Plain Folk

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

Stage

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

Night + Day

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

Samples

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

Island of Hope, Island of Tears

As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?

How Many 100th Anniversaries Does Angel Island Have?

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

So Many Things

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

Return to Sender

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

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

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

The Mad Quest of Mr. Wu

How a wannabe banking magnate from S.F. built an empire on deception.

Top Chef: All-Stars, Week 12: Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Muddled Dishes...

Turkinator/Flickr​Last night's episode of Top Chef: All-Stars marked the end of the New York challenges. Why not leave New York the same way so many came in? We're talking Ellis Island. For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants had to make a dish from ingredients in a ferry's snack bar. Ti ... More >>

Bring On the Finale Already: Top Chef: All-Stars Is Down to the Final Two

BravoTVTop Chef's boys' club...​We are still in it, and the real season finale for Top Chef: All-Stars is still not even upon us. Let the torture stop and the recap begin! Last night's Quickfire Challenge was the Quickfire of all Quickfires. The cheftestants each got to assign a Top Chef Quic ... More >>

Angel Islanders

BravoTVTop Chef's boys' club...​We are still in it, and the real season finale for Top Chef: All-Stars is still not even upon us. Let the torture stop and the recap begin! Last night's Quickfire Challenge was the Quickfire of all Quickfires. The cheftestants each got to assign a Top Chef Quic ... More >>

San Francisco's Top Five Diners

​Even San Francisco natives like me are sometimes alarmed by the pressure applied to denizens of this city to publicly acknowledge that we live in the best place on earth. That being said, we certainly do have access to the best of things here: The best intoxicants, stimulants, and ingredients; th ... More >>