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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Gavin Newsom's TV Debut Imminent: Flee While You Can

    A public safety notice on SFGate today warned the general public of potential exposure to former San Franciscan Gavin Newsom's imminent television debut. Per the warning, our erstwhile mayor and apparently bored silly lieutenant governor will on May 18 commence chatting with "stars" such as Lance Ar ... More >>

  • News

    March 7, 2012

    Hate Mail: A Mailman's Revenge Shows Workers Still "Go Postal"

    A public safety notice on SFGate today warned the general public of potential exposure to former San Franciscan Gavin Newsom's imminent television debut. Per the warning, our erstwhile mayor and apparently bored silly lieutenant governor will on May 18 commence chatting with "stars" such as Lance Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Four Men Accused of Ripping Off Apple Electronics from FedEx Trucks

    ​Police are saying they have nabbed a ring of serial Apple thieves who allegedly have been swiping massive amounts of high-end electronics as they are being delivered to Apple stores across San Francisco Police arrested 52-year-old Jose Reyes, 45-year-old Victor Morales, 55-year-old Angel Erazo, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Apple Products Swiped from San Francisco Delivery Truck

    A bigger prick than Steve Jobs​Some Grinches with hearts two sizes too small came pretty damn close to stealing Christmas when they ripped off a "large quantity" of Apple electronics earlier today.Police tell us that at about 11:30 a.m. an unidentified thief or thieves broke into a FedEx delivery ... More >>

  • News

    November 16, 2011

    The Beefbreaker: Oscar Yedra Wants His Cut of the New Meat-Carving Movement

    A bigger prick than Steve Jobs​Some Grinches with hearts two sizes too small came pretty damn close to stealing Christmas when they ripped off a "large quantity" of Apple electronics earlier today.Police tell us that at about 11:30 a.m. an unidentified thief or thieves broke into a FedEx delivery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

    Clergy across the nation took out an ad in The New York Times, calling on Village Voice Media company, which owns SF Weekly, to shut down the adult section of its Backpage.com website. They have also launched a petition in partnership with Change.org.Village Voice Media issued the following statemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Anthony Makk, Gay Australian, to Stay in Country -- For Now

    Anthony Makk, left, can stay for now​Anthony Makk, the gay San Franciscan who was in jeopardy of being deported back to his native Australia today, will be staying here a little longer. His attorneys are filing a spouse visa petition in a New York immigration court, which will buy Makk a little ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Elections Overtime: The Races That Haven't Finished

    ...And we're counting​Funny thing about Instant-Runoff Voting: The results often aren't so instant. A number of elections around the state are still undetermined. What does the future hold? Gnashing of teeth, threats of litigation, and, of course, counting, counting, and recounting. In an Instant- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Sedate Us With Marky Ramone's Pasta Sauce

    After almost a year of working on it in earnest, Marky, the last surviving Ramone, is taking his Marky Ramone's Brooklyn's Own Pasta Sauce to the next level. He's made it available for order ($88 per case, from markyramone.com). "People I knew were like, 'Are you kidding me, you're a DJ not a che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Exclusive: Derrick Love's 'Goodbye Gemini' DJ Mini-Mix

    Derrick Love​Really, Gemini Disco needs no introduction. The monthly party has been running circles around the classic disco, boogie, and house scene for four years, getting bigger and better with each installment of its well-decorated shindigs. Back in the day, Gemini used to jump off at Li Po Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    The Summit's Kinko's-Style Guerrilla Marketing

    John BirdsallCalling all beanie-rocking, studded-belt-wearing art students.​Looks like Desi Danganan is engaging in a bit of old-school guerrilla marketing, Kinko's style. Summit, the ex-Poleng proprietor's café, restaurant, and art gallery slated for 780 Valencia, is due in September. Yester ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    United Football League Fashion Show!

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2010

    Vallejo rapper Moe Green wants fame too badly to sleep

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Bayview Man Claims Chase Bank Trashed His Loan Modification Agreement

    ​Robert Davis was profiled on the radio as a success story -- a Bayview resident facing foreclosure who beat the odds and secured a home loan modification from Chase. In March, it looked like his story had a happy ending: Chase approved him for a permanent loan modification that allowed him to kee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    All the Way to the Banksy

    ​Robert Davis was profiled on the radio as a success story -- a Bayview resident facing foreclosure who beat the odds and secured a home loan modification from Chase. In March, it looked like his story had a happy ending: Chase approved him for a permanent loan modification that allowed him to kee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    ​Robert Davis was profiled on the radio as a success story -- a Bayview resident facing foreclosure who beat the odds and secured a home loan modification from Chase. In March, it looked like his story had a happy ending: Chase approved him for a permanent loan modification that allowed him to kee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    ​Robert Davis was profiled on the radio as a success story -- a Bayview resident facing foreclosure who beat the odds and secured a home loan modification from Chase. In March, it looked like his story had a happy ending: Chase approved him for a permanent loan modification that allowed him to kee ... More >>

  • Film

    April 14, 2010

    "Exit Through the Gift Shop" brings you Banksy, kind of

    ​Robert Davis was profiled on the radio as a success story -- a Bayview resident facing foreclosure who beat the odds and secured a home loan modification from Chase. In March, it looked like his story had a happy ending: Chase approved him for a permanent loan modification that allowed him to kee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Awesome Biking Checklist: Pump, Gloves, and $40,000 in Drug-Tainted Cash

    D'oh!​When it comes to navigating the streets of San Francisco, life isn't fair for avid bicyclists.Take the case of a Wisconsin cyclist who apparently had the ride of the century planned when, in May, he sent a FedEx package through the San Francisco airport en route to a friend's place in Eureka ... More >>

  • Film

    August 26, 2009

    Somers Town gets at the heart of working-class London

    D'oh!​When it comes to navigating the streets of San Francisco, life isn't fair for avid bicyclists.Take the case of a Wisconsin cyclist who apparently had the ride of the century planned when, in May, he sent a FedEx package through the San Francisco airport en route to a friend's place in Eureka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Don't Fall Prey to Scams: Keep Your $10,000 In Your Pocket Where It Belongs

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    Jefferson Elementary gets unnecessary $4.1 million wheelchair ramp

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2007

    Brian Jonestown Massacre Gripes

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 25, 2004

    Lookers

    Why the big, gorgeous Cartographica Extraordinaire shouldn't sit unopened

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2004

    Old Salts Welcome

    Lookout Cove opens in Sausalito

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Calm Before the Storm

    Before last week's megaprotests, cops and marchers made nice in the Mission

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2003

    Sold American

    It's the reel thing: Coke and other brands in a funny montage of product placements

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of February 19, 2003

  • News

    October 30, 2002

    Collect Calling

    Since selling his world-famous film archive to the Library of Congress, Rick Prelinger's been busy saving 40,000 magazines, newspapers, and government documents from history's dustbin. He wants you to take a look.

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Schizophonic Illness

    Motion Man wants to be rap's mad clown prince

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Off the Waterfront

    News media have abandoned the labor beat and missed a story of global financial import: the looming possibility of a longshoremen's strike at West Coast ports

  • 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.

  • Holiday

    November 21, 2001

    Holiday Highlights 2001

    Holiday Event Lisitngs

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Reel World

    The unusual marketing effort behind Mau Mau Sex Sex

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Crushing a Contrarian

    The "patriotic" squelching of Bill Maher is a scary sign of an emerging groupthink

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Loose Threads

    The Names Project's national foundation and its famous AIDS quilt are moving out of town this week, leaving behind a slightly tattered local chapter

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    Full Court Fathers

    They're young, poor, unmarried fathers -- but don't call them deadbeat dads. They want to be part of their kids' lives, and Oakland's Midnight Basketball League is helping them do it.

  • News

    January 31, 2001

    I'll Have Popcorn, and 36 Hours on a Bus

    Going to Tahoe as a matter of performance art

  • Film

    December 13, 2000

    Mel Sells Out

    What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike ad

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Ca$h for Genes

    After billionaire pedophile Larry Hillblom died, illegitimate children began stepping forward to demand part of his estate. It took cutting-edge genetic sleuths to prove that they were, indeed, to the mogul born.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Jamba Liar

    One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Might See TV

    Joel Engardio picks his way through the political minefield around ITVS, the San Francisco group that Congress created to put the edge back in PBS

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Pirates at the Dock

    Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    WEB PREVIEW

    Pirates at the Dock

    Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

  • Calendar

    October 7, 1998

    Night Crawler

    Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

  • News

    September 18, 1996

    Card-Carrying Fetishist

    Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

  • Music

    February 21, 1996

    Samples

    Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

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