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SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

SF Weekly Letters

Stop Eating Seafood, Say Topless Mermaid-Costume-Wearing PETA Members

If you happen to find yourself at Fisherman's Wharf during lunch tomorrow with a hankering for some delicious steamed crab or clam chowder, you might get more than you've bargained for - our news editor Erin Sherbert reports on The Snitch that PETA will be on hand wearing mermaid fins and little els ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

If you happen to find yourself at Fisherman's Wharf during lunch tomorrow with a hankering for some delicious steamed crab or clam chowder, you might get more than you've bargained for - our news editor Erin Sherbert reports on The Snitch that PETA will be on hand wearing mermaid fins and little els ... More >>

Police Captain's Response to SF Weekly Blog Proves Journalism Is Working

A few weeks ago we regaled readers with some snippets from SFPD Captain Greg Corrales' weekly newsletter where, believe it or not, he manages to find more synonyms for the word "thug" than the daring duo over at the Examiner. But alas, it seems we've offended a cop -- and let us assure you it won't ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A few weeks ago we regaled readers with some snippets from SFPD Captain Greg Corrales' weekly newsletter where, believe it or not, he manages to find more synonyms for the word "thug" than the daring duo over at the Examiner. But alas, it seems we've offended a cop -- and let us assure you it won't ... More >>

S.F. Cop Shoots Man Outside Chocolate Factory on Embarcadero

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

A 30-year-old man remains in critical condition being shot by a San Francisco police officer, who chased the man down the Embarcadero after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that at about 10:15 a.m., the suspect, who was only described as a Cambodian man, began stabbing a ... More >>

Marijuana Raid Gives Pot Activists Even More Reason to Hate on The Feds

Pot smokers across the Bay Area were outraged when they caught wind that the feds were raiding Oaksterdam University, the well-respected cannabis training facility in downtown Oakland. The feds, which included DEA agent and IRS officials, remained tight-lipped about what the hell they were doing the ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Pot smokers across the Bay Area were outraged when they caught wind that the feds were raiding Oaksterdam University, the well-respected cannabis training facility in downtown Oakland. The feds, which included DEA agent and IRS officials, remained tight-lipped about what the hell they were doing the ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Pot smokers across the Bay Area were outraged when they caught wind that the feds were raiding Oaksterdam University, the well-respected cannabis training facility in downtown Oakland. The feds, which included DEA agent and IRS officials, remained tight-lipped about what the hell they were doing the ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Pot smokers across the Bay Area were outraged when they caught wind that the feds were raiding Oaksterdam University, the well-respected cannabis training facility in downtown Oakland. The feds, which included DEA agent and IRS officials, remained tight-lipped about what the hell they were doing the ... More >>

Occupy Oakland to Take Over Vacant Building This Weekend

Erin SherbertThis has Occupy Oakland written all over it ​Occupy Oakland is still at it, with plans this weekend to move into a vacant building that protesters can call home. According to Occupy Oakland: "Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in ... More >>

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Erin SherbertThis has Occupy Oakland written all over it ​Occupy Oakland is still at it, with plans this weekend to move into a vacant building that protesters can call home. According to Occupy Oakland: "Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Erin SherbertThis has Occupy Oakland written all over it ​Occupy Oakland is still at it, with plans this weekend to move into a vacant building that protesters can call home. According to Occupy Oakland: "Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Erin SherbertThis has Occupy Oakland written all over it ​Occupy Oakland is still at it, with plans this weekend to move into a vacant building that protesters can call home. According to Occupy Oakland: "Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Erin SherbertThis has Occupy Oakland written all over it ​Occupy Oakland is still at it, with plans this weekend to move into a vacant building that protesters can call home. According to Occupy Oakland: "Like millions of people in this country, Occupy Oakland has no home. On January 28, Move-in ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: Police Clear Last Remaining Camp

Erin SherbertOccupy what now?​For the first time in six weeks, Occupy Oakland is no longer occupying any part of the city -- at least for now. Just after midnight Monday, police stormed Snow Park, breaking down Occupy Oakland's last remaining camp. According to news outlets, police showed up order ... More >>

Police Raid Occupy SF

Erin Sherbert​Add San Francisco to the growing list of Occupy camps being gutted by police. Early this morning, San Francisco police raided part of the Occupy SF camp, removing tents along Market Street and arresting squatters. Media outlets are reporting that police moved in at about 1:30 a.m., a ... More >>

OccupySF: Protesters Occupy Bank of America

Ellen Huet​Update (4:05 p.m.): Protesters are being led out of Bank of America in handcuffs amid cheers from supporters around. Update (3:15 p.m): SF Weekly's Ellen Huet is at the scene and tells us that about 50 protesters set up a tent inside the Bank of America on California Street. Police are ... More >>

Occupy Oakland Says the Camp Isn't Going Anywhere

Erin Sherbert​Occupy Oakland protesters say they have no intention of leaving Frank Ogawa Plaza, despite (and probably to spite) pleas from city officials and police who asked the camp to pack up and go. After last night's fatal shooting near the encampment, police issued a formal letter to the Oc ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Erin Sherbert​Occupy Oakland protesters say they have no intention of leaving Frank Ogawa Plaza, despite (and probably to spite) pleas from city officials and police who asked the camp to pack up and go. After last night's fatal shooting near the encampment, police issued a formal letter to the Oc ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: Peaceful Protest Turns Chaotic, Several Hospitalized

Erin Sherbert​Yesterday's general strike in Oakland -- which shut down the port -- ended in a late-night violent (and costly) scene in downtown with fires, arrests, and injuries. It started at about 11 p.m., when a group of masked vandals began smashing windows and set blazes throughout downtown. ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: From Peaceful Protests to Violent Chaos (Slideshow)

Most downtown Oakland businesses were closed this morning as employees tried to repair the damages done to storefronts during Wednesday's late-night bedlam that unfolded after a day of nonviolent protests. Occupy Oakland's General Strike started yesterday at 9 a.m., culminating into a day of rallies ... More >>

Top 5 Foods to Bring to Occupiers

Erin SherbertFeed us!​For those of us who aren't the protesting sort, but are generally supportive of the Occupy Everything movement, it can be hard to know how best to show our solidarity. Well, if you're reading this blog, you probably love food, and we have an idea. We talked to some of the de ... More >>

Artist Insists He Can Deface "No Parking" Sign Because He's a Taxpayer

Erin SherbertI don't know about you, but the piece sure speaks to me​Art doesn't always have to look nice, it just has to move you. If that's the case, we'll argue that the photo on the right is art. Of course, the local police will have a much different take, as one San Francisco "artist" learned ... More >>

Republican S.F. Chair: I Never Wanted to Sic Government on SF Weekly

No, no, you guys at SF Weekly are fine...​Last week, we told you about how the head of San Francisco's Republican Party threatened to sic big government on our newspaper. Harmeet Dhillon, the boss of the local GOP, now tells SF Weekly that was never her intention. She didn't want to abridge our Fi ... More >>

Republican Party Chair Threatens to Sic Government on Newspaper

Write an offending article, face the consequences​If you write a newspaper article in San Francisco that rankles a political leader, the government can step in and punish you. That sounds like red meat for right-leaning forces on the Internet, setting off a firestorm of rants about the liberal idi ... More >>

Shark's Fin Soup: Banned, Done, Kaput in California

​Today Gov. Jerry Brown at last made it official: Starting Jan, 1, 2012, the importation of shark fins into California is banned.Shark fins already here can be sold until July 1, 2013, but after that anyone hoping to enjoy a piping bowl of endangered-animal soup will have to go elsewhere. Over o ... More >>

Are Schweddy Balls Delicious, or Just Irritating to Gay-Bashers?

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​I was a little surprised this morning when Erin Sherbert, the editor of SF Weekly's news blog the Snitch, messaged me at home asking for reasons why I might want to eat Schweddy Balls. I mean, there are soooo many reasons I wouldn't want to, even though it is a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ic ... More >>