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March 30, 2009
Bluegrass Festival Backer Hellman Sifts Through Ruins of Global Collapse Seeking Capital Sufficient To Bring Back Emmylou Harris
Joyce GoldschmidWarren Hellman, banjo messiah? With just a half-year to go before Golden Gate Park's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, free-concert backer Warren Hellman is combing the wreckage of the global financial collapse, seeking to augment the fortune that keeps his massive three-day music ... More >>
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August 13, 2008
Shaky bond insurers cost taxpayers money
Joyce GoldschmidWarren Hellman, banjo messiah? With just a half-year to go before Golden Gate Park's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, free-concert backer Warren Hellman is combing the wreckage of the global financial collapse, seeking to augment the fortune that keeps his massive three-day music ... More >>
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September 12, 2007
Leno's Hemp Screen
Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!
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January 5, 2000
Charity Begins @ Home
A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways
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May 5, 1999
Salon.con
The fanciful stylings of an Internet stock offering
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December 23, 1998
Support Your Local Embezzler
Hometown thieves we'll tolerate, but not southern sexists
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December 31, 1997
The Great Bank Thievery
The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?
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November 19, 1997
Wired Frays
An editor is not hired; three key players flit away; layoffs begin
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July 17, 1996
Letters
An editor is not hired; three key players flit away; layoffs begin
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July 10, 1996
System Crashing
Buying Wired magazine may align you with the digerati, but buying its stock might sink you into poverty
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December 27, 1995
Dish
Buying Wired magazine may align you with the digerati, but buying its stock might sink you into poverty
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May 14, 2009
Department of D'oh: iShares Shareholders File Suit Following Company's Decision To Invest 11 Percent of Assets in Lehman Bros. -- On Day Before Lehman's Collapse
What happens to the document you spend hours perfecting -- until your computer crashes and burns? Sure, the data is lost -- but, existentially, where does it go? Is there a special corner of the universe chock full o' unsaved term papers and other e-casualties? If so, perhaps that's where peeved sha ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy a Goat!
What happens to the document you spend hours perfecting -- until your computer crashes and burns? Sure, the data is lost -- but, existentially, where does it go? Is there a special corner of the universe chock full o' unsaved term papers and other e-casualties? If so, perhaps that's where peeved sha ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
List: Muni Fight Club rules
What happens to the document you spend hours perfecting -- until your computer crashes and burns? Sure, the data is lost -- but, existentially, where does it go? Is there a special corner of the universe chock full o' unsaved term papers and other e-casualties? If so, perhaps that's where peeved sha ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Muni's Take On Latest Crash: This Is Happening Less and Less!
This has never happened to us before...So the statistics released by Muni today seem to indicate that -- contrary to what the news may lead you to believe -- your probability of being mangled on (or by) Muni are decreasing. Muni vehicles got in (just?) 5.46 collisions per 100,000 miles traveled i ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Who Will Be Thrown Under the Bus? Supe, Muni Union Up Ante in Duel.
Lo, what's this on my seat? Ah, a polemic! Muni riders yesterday may have discovered something unexpected on their seats -- no, not that. Thousands of pamphlets penned by Transportation Workers Union president Irwin Lum decrying Supervisor Sean Elsbernd and a recent article written about him in t ... More >>
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January 18, 2010
What Does Latest Proposed Muni Hike Mean? It Means Muni Never Meant What It was Telling Us Before.
Speeding out of your price range...Since paying more and getting less seems to be the order of the day worldwide, it's good to know that we in San Francisco have been in the vanguard once again. Delegations of government officials will, no doubt, be arriving here shortly to take notes on just how ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
S.F. Streetcar Maven Mystified By Muni's Attempt to Charge $5 For F-Line
When will I be a real rail line?Today, Muni's staff will try to sell the agency's board on a handful of eye-opening measures meant to make up the latest budget shortfall. Among other controversial measures, Muni proposes to jack the price of a ride on an F-Market line up to $5. Deprived of state ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Can Twitter Muni = Something Not Vile?
N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionIs the relationship between Twitter and Muni symbiotic? Pencils up! Which of the following actually has a shot at improving Muni's lot? A. PrayerB. Paramilitary squadsC. Workers control the means of productionD. TwitterAccording to an increa ... More >>
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February 22, 2010
Muni Driver Suffers Textbook Sweater Theft
The sweater-wearing community is aghast...Last year we interviewed a number of Muni drivers in the Mission and Excelsior regarding a disturbing trend: The calculated thefts of their clothing.Those who covet Muni drivers' hats, jackets, shades, iPods, and other swag have it all worked out. "They ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Tangling With Muni Union Helped Make Mayor Frank Jordan Into Ex-Mayor Jordan
A number of work rules that may have made sense when this bus was new are still in Muni's union contract...As many folks steaming on Muni know, the drivers' union last week spurned concessions that would have saved the city some $15 million -- while accepting city charter-mandated raises for $8 m ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Muni May Lay Off 170 Operators on Friday
Jim HerdMuni spokesman Judson True has confirmed a rumor disseminated by the Muni Drivers' union: 170 operators -- and 230 Muni employees -- will be facing layoffs after Friday's Municipal Transportation Agency Board meeting. "At the Friday meeting, service reductions will be voted on. If the boa ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
Marching Muni Drivers Overwhelm 'March Against Muni'
All Photos | Joe EskenaziMarch Against Muni organizer Jared Roussel looks on as Muni Drivers' union boss Irwin Lum snatches away his bullhorn and addresses the crowd"March Against Muni," the odd amalgam of largely young, hip people deeply incensed at rude Muni drivers, paper Fast Passes, and ... More >>
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March 2, 2010
Think Tank's 28 Ideas to Save Muni Millions -- Without Fare Hikes or Service Cuts
N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionA plan that can't fail? Unlike March Against Muni, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research didn't take the streets or wield any bullhorns. Instead, they offered actual solutions to Muni's myriad problems. On Friday, the moderate think tank ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Will Muni Finally Catch a Financial Break?
Is good news on the way? City Controller Ben Rosenfield was strolling through the pathways of City Hall this morning with a document tucked under his arm that may or may not save Muni some much-needed moolah. He's not saying. Not yet at least. The document beneath his arm was a draft copy of an a ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Muni Whoops: Service Change Sign Installed Upside Down
Reading delay...Commuters wandering past the Muni tunnel at Chuch and Duboce this morning may be forced to assess just how well they're recovering from St. Patrick's Day. Muni has, dutifully, installed a large, hot pink sign informing riders of a pending rail construction project that will keep t ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Will Influx of State Money Prevent Muni Service Cuts?
Woosh! Are service cuts soaring away?When it comes to funding, Muni has been down so long, everything looks like up to them at this point. So the surprise news earlier this week that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a pair of bills that'll send roughly $36 million Muni's way -- after he'd earlie ... More >>
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March 26, 2010
Around the Muni in 80 Days: Man Plans S.F. Transit Odyssey
Bryan Dempler'Man vs. Muni' dude Bryan Dempler has a long road ahead...Every Day, Bryan Dempler takes a train downtown for work. Then he take a train home. Then he takes a train back downtown for night school. And then he takes a train home. Now he's come up with a novel new way to spend his days ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Ingrate Couple -- and Their Dog -- Find Innovative New Way to Slow Down Muni
Jim HerdIt came from Muni...God knows Muni doesn't need any help being slow. But, thanks to the eclectic folks it serves, sometimes it gets it anyway. Take a Sunday afternoon incident on the bus at 30th and Mission. Ozzie, Harriet, and their unmuzzled, unleashed dog skulked onto the bus. Paying? ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
Muni Budget Still Has Millions of Uncertainties
Jim HerdAs others have noted, the budget projections over at Muni have gone from abysmal to merely terrible. This, surely, is a sign of progress. And, make no mistake, the agency is breathing quite a bit easier in the wake of some unexpected cash infusions than it was even a month or so ago. But ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Expect Muni-Related Drama at Today's Supes Meeting
Bryan DemplerWe predict service cuts will miss their train...The Board of Supervisors today will weigh in on a highly technical matter -- but one that affects hundreds of thousands of people, and draws hundreds of enraged commentators at city meetings. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, for one, is expect ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Supes Debating Muni Service Cuts Worst of All Possible Worlds
Yesterday's action by the Board of Supervisors killing an appeal that would have prevented deep, across-the-board Muni service cuts was dinner with a psychotic ex-girlfriend at a terrible restaurant. It was a 1974 Ford Pinto that only cost you $14,000. It was a dessert that's fattening and tastes ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Muni CEO Nat Ford Allegedly Calls Mandatory Meeting in Wake of SF Weekly Story, Rails Against 'Snitches'
It appears Municipal Transportation Agency CEO Nat Ford was less than thrilled with SF Weekly's Muni cover story this week. According to a source within the transit agency, on Wednesday, the day the story came out, Ford summoned all of Muni's top brass into his office -- 30, 40, or perhaps even m ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Muni Confirms CEO Called Mandatory Meeting Following SF Weekly Cover
That means you, Muni employee! Last week we reported that, in the wake of SF Weekly's cover story, Muni CEO Nat Ford demanded his top brass attend a Wednesday meeting in which he railed against "snitches" talking to the media. Muni spokeswoman Kristen Holland today confirmed that this meeting did ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Muni Budget Leaves Board Prez David Chiu Mystified
N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionBoard President David Chiu to Muni: Show me the money! Board of Supervisors President David Chiu likes to remind people that he's a Muni rider. Come May 8, with 10 percent service cuts taking effect, he'll be a Muni waiter, just like everyon ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Muni's Taxi Medallion Revenue Projections Now Officially Bullshit
This movie sucked -- and so did the idea taxi medallion sales would buoy Muni this yearIn our recent cover story, "The Muni Death Spiral," we examined the less than savory sausage-making behind the Municipal Transportation Agency's budgeting process. Multiple Muni sources told SF Weekly that the ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Coming Saturday: Muni Service Cuts
Well, this ain't happening here...You don't have to wait long to wait long. Starting tomorrow, May 8, Muni will initiate 10 percent service cuts in a cost-cutting measure. The agency stands to save around $4.8 million for the rest of fiscal 2010 (which ends on July 1) and $28.4 million in fiscal ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
It's No Secret Why Muni Abandoned Bus Stop Consolidation
Not going anywhere, it would seem...The San Francisco Examiner today had a story noting that the idea of bus and train stop consolidation, pushed as a remedy that could save Muni millions by speeding up vehicles, has just as speedily fallen off the radar. The Ex does a downright public service by ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
City Audit Slams Muni Labor, Management
N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionPlenty of fail to go around...City's Budget Analyst Harvey Rose released "part one" of a performance audit of Muni today. And, guess what? Muni drivers' self-serving work rules cost the city millions. The agency is drowning in overtime, acco ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Is Progressive Supes' Muni Amendment Just a Bargaining Chit?
Like this old train, many elements of yesterday's sweeping Muni charter amendment were things we've seen before...The Charter Amendment yesterday introduced by a quartet of progressive supervisors would essentially tear apart the way the Municipal Transportation Agency is run and sew it back toge ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
Julio Mestre, Charged With Molesting Invalids in Contra Costa, Did Same Here in S.F.
San Pablo Police DepartmentFormer Muni Driver Julio Mestre molested an incapacitated San Francisco hospital patient -- purportedly while wearing his Muni uniformJulio Mestre, the 56-year-old charter bus driver charged with molesting elderly invalids at a San Pablo convalescent home, did the same ... More >>
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May 31, 2010
Muni Drivers Pissing on the Street
Via N-Judah ChroniclesMicturating Muni drivers have raised the ire of their higher-ups. And now it's hit the Internet. You'd think they'd have run out of ideas long ago. But Muni has found a completely new way to create a bad situation involving urine. Drivers have allegedly been pissing in the s ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Riders Rolling with Muni's Punches
Taylor FriedmanSure, the 30 is crowded. But everyone's too busy listening to their iPod to complain. People love to bitch about Muni. You very rarely hear anyone mention their joyous -- or even normal -- ride to work. That's because Muni is a collective complaint; the bond that ties us togeth ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Push to Organize SF Transit Riders Proving Difficult
Flickr user soyunterroristaDave Snyder, organizer of transit ridersLast month's well-publicized service rollbacks at Muni were long anticipated by unhappy bus riders, motorists and regular transit activists, but at least one man has tried to capitalize on the transit agency's woes. Longtime trans ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Tesla Motors IPO (TSLA) Trading Above Expectations at $18.13
Tesla Motors Inc.'s initial public offering of shares was trading at Tuesday at $18.13, above market expectations of $14 to $16 each, according to NASDAQ.The Bay Area-based electric automaker had hoped to earn $209.7 million if shares sold at $15, with every extra dollar per share worth $11 ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
"Wall Street 2": Oliver Stone lets the bad guys off easy
Tesla Motors Inc.'s initial public offering of shares was trading at Tuesday at $18.13, above market expectations of $14 to $16 each, according to NASDAQ.The Bay Area-based electric automaker had hoped to earn $209.7 million if shares sold at $15, with every extra dollar per share worth $11 ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Taiwanese Food Blogger Gets Jail, Trader Joe's Should Stop Feeding Dumpster Divers
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Why I'm never becoming a restaurant critic in Taiwan. The Taipei Times reports that a local food blogger was just sentenced to 30 days in jail and almost $7,000 in fines for writ ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Protesting Corporate Greed and Corruption? Set Your Sights on the Food Industry
_PaulS_/Flickr Mother Jones magazine's great food correspondant, Tom Philpott, wrote a barnstormer of an article this past week titled "Foodies, Get Thee to Occupy Wall Street." Food is no side issue, Philpott argues, to the nationwide protests voicing outrage over the unchecked power o ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
OccupySF: How To Get Laid by the 99 Percent
The official Occupy condom. We learned a couple days ago that the Occupy protesters are a horny crew, advertising their plaints for love and sex on Craigslist. Well, perhaps those services can be rendered, thanks to Craigslist. A dude calling himself Barry McCockiner -- who is also seen spanking ... More >>
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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 >>
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