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June 5, 2009
Convenience Store Robin Hood -- She Stole From the 7-11 and Gave To Random Folks -- Nabbed By Cops
...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>
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November 9, 2007
Cosco Busan Oil Spill Just Another Stain in Huge Bay Toilet
...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>
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November 30, 2007
Dallas Cowgirls Suck
...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>
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February 15, 2008
Trash Talking: Worst Company in '08
...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>
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September 8, 2008
Smoke Stacks Spew Green in Richmond
...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... 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 >>
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February 21, 1996
Dish
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
January 14, 2009
Green Scheme
The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.
News
November 12, 2008
Crude Feud
Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.
Calendar
September 17, 2008
Fortunate Sun
Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.
News
December 5, 2007
Cooking with Gas
Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.
News
June 27, 2007
Leak From the Deep
Nobody knows for sure what kind of oily polutant is seeping into the water at Fisherman's Wharf
News
November 15, 2006
Amazonian Quagmire
Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom
News
June 14, 2006
The Tide Is High
Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom
News
September 21, 2005
FEMA -- a Four-Letter Word?
The only quiz in the world that will tell you if you're an apologist for the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina response
News
October 15, 2003
Water on the Brain
One energy executive claims a tidal system that meets the city's electric needs could be built in over 20 years, at a cost of $1.5 billion
News
October 2, 2002
The Horror
Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size
News
September 11, 2002
Rich Conspiracy
Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash?
News
February 13, 2002
Attack of the Self-Serving Pol!
A deft film in which a southland legislator and lazy journalists rewrite history, blame Enron for the energy crisis, and leave Sacramento corruption untouched
News
August 22, 2001
Dog Bites
Charged Atmosphere; Worst Deal of the Week
News
July 18, 2001
Now, the Emphatic Colonic News
Chevron to Turks: Bay is pristine! GOP to pot doctor: Good job! Tenants to landlords: You're illegal! Potheads to supervisors: Like, wow -- a sanctuary!
News
May 30, 2001
Contract Killings
How the state's contracts with crucial electric power providers actually encourage them to gouge us
News
April 25, 2001
Russian Roulette
The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is serving as cover for massive oil drilling that could wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.
News
November 29, 2000
Paying the Price: Why Are S.F. Gas Prices So High?
Bay Area motorists pay the highest gas prices in the state
News
November 29, 2000
Paying the Price
Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed
Dining
February 2, 2000
Side Dish
Danko Schön, Pho Free, Hot Seat, Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em, Out of the Hole
News
June 24, 1998
PG and ... EEEK!
State advocate says S.F. utility padded rate hike request by $900 million
News
November 12, 1997
The Sound of Noise
If you grind a live microphone to bits, or amplify a flamethrower, are you making music -- or an appalling spectacle called "noise"?
News
May 14, 1997
PG&E Is All Charged Up
The S.F.-based utility embarks on a nationwide buying spree
Calendar
December 27, 1995
Slap Shots
The S.F.-based utility embarks on a nationwide buying spree
News
March 29, 1995
Whirly Birds
The wind-power entrepreneurs at Kenetech have spent millionsin vain tosolve this avian mystery: Why have hundredsof raptors, including golden eagles, died alongside the windmills of Altamont Pass?
Blogs
May 8, 2009
Paint Ball -- Time For Annual S.F. Baseball Art Show (And Not a Portrait of a Syringe In Sight)
Arthur MillerNow there's a guy who never imbibed female fertility drugs. Say Hey!Yesterday's revelation that Manny Ramirez -- arguably the greatest right-handed hitter in a generation -- tested positive for artificial testosterone from a female fertility drug was a worldview-altering event. I did no ... 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 >>
Film
September 23, 2009
Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador
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 11, 2009
Bay Links: Compost, Global Warming, & Unicycles
Dude don't compost.Burger King, Subway flout S.F.'s composting laws. [SF Appeal]Ghostbusters in the Mission! [Misison Mission]City technology: There are some glitches in the system. [Sweet Melissa]Irony Alert: Chevron Towers decorated with symbol of Global Warming. [SF Citizen]So, there's s ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Protest Party to Boycott BP, Shut Down ARCO Entrance
It's about to get crazy up in this joint!Party at the gas station! Approximately 150 guests are confirmed to attend the "ARCO/BP Shut Down Party" on the corner of Fell Street and Divisadero Street at 5:30 p.m. Organized by a group of friends, this party is actually a three-pronged environmental p ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Bay Area Ambient Musician Releases Angry Track About Oil Spill, Tony Hayward
It's called "Deepwater Horizon," in fact, and includes snippets of BP's Tony Hayward coldly muttering about, "I want my life back." Asked by his label for a statement on the work, East Bay artist TransFranciscCo (a/k/a Jim Strider), said: "I suppose I could write something ... but if you don't al ... More >>
Music
June 30, 2010
Sweet Relief from the Stink
Bouncer drinks to forget the oil leak at Kezar Bar & Grill.
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Top Five BP Oil Spill Conspiracies
You see? You see who's benefiting?The Deep Water Horizon's ongoing ruination of the Gulf Coast is one of the worst accidents in the history of humanity. But wait! Some people -- as some people always do -- aren't willing to concede this was an accident. This was ... a conspiracy! Here's five that ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Boycott of Alberta Urged By San Francisco's 'Corporate Ethics.' Canadians Pissed, Eh?
That's not maple syrupCorporate Ethics International, a rabble-rousing San Francisco environmental nonprofit, on Thursday launched a campaign urging a boycott of Alberta in protest of the Canadian province's oil sands petroleum extraction project. The group has erected a billboard in Seattle comp ... More >>
News
July 21, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
That's not maple syrupCorporate Ethics International, a rabble-rousing San Francisco environmental nonprofit, on Thursday launched a campaign urging a boycott of Alberta in protest of the Canadian province's oil sands petroleum extraction project. The group has erected a billboard in Seattle comp ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Is Chevron's Richmond Refinery 'Tour' a PR Stunt Connected to Expansion Plans?
Chevron's Richmond refineryChevron is facing serious criticism of its alleged efforts to evade state environmental laws and push through a proposed expansion of its oil refinery in Richmond. Faced with the opposition of environmental activists and some state legislators, is it a surprise that the ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Chevron Sues To Guard Secrets on How to Prevent Oil Blowouts
Why should preventing catastrophes be a secret?After the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, you would expect that a prominent oil company like Chevron would want consumers to trust its ability to prevent such blowouts. Yet the San Ramon oil company, is suing Scribd, a San Francisco docum ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
The New Yorker: Chron Tech Blogger, Yobie Benjamin, Confuses Water with Industrial Poison
Dihydrogen monoxide can kill within minutes of entering a victim's lungs.Last summer, San Francisco Chronicle citizen blogger Yobie Benjamin covered the waterfront, denouncing perceived failures in BP's oil-spill cleanup, including its penchant for using the then-controversial oil dispersant, Cor ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
BP Accused of Manipulating Gas Prices and Fuel Supplies
Gasholes are everywhere!Last week, we told SF Weekly readers about Safeway being accused of predatory pricing when selling fuel. Now gas stations are suing BP, accusing the oil giant of manipulating supplies for a bigger profit. In the class action lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco, the le ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Apple, at $153 Billion, Unseats Google as World's Most Valuable Brand
Secret weaponA surge in estimated valuation from sales of products such as the iPad has landed Apple at the top of a survey of the world's most valuable brands, displacing fellow Silicon Valley juggernaut Google.Financial-research company Millward Brown set the company's current brand value at $1 ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Hillary Clinton Sued by S.F. Environmental Group Over Alleged Oil Pipeline Project Bias
Playing favorites?Environmental groups are going after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, worried that she's allowing Washington lobbyists close to her get away with building a massive oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.Friends of the Earth, a nonprofit with offices in Washington, D.C. and San Fr ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Vegan Drag Queen Cooking Shows, Wool Free Winter Coat Pop-up in the Mission, & Cookies!
• You know how nobody in San Francisco has any style? Well, this weekend you can attempt to buy some! Vaute Couture is bringing its cute-ass wool-free winter coats of sexiness to a pop-up shop at VegNews' offices in the Mission! You'll get to try on Vaute's brand-new 2011 collection of smart ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Ex-Chevron Employee Sues Company Over "Hurt Feelings"
Chevron and its dirty businessAnother dirty scandal is plaguing Chevron, but this one has nothing to do with polluting the Amazon. A judge overturned a jury's $100,000 award to a former Chevron employee who had sued the oil and gas company for gossiping about his passion for prostitution.Accordin ... More >>
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