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Francisco Barradas

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    September 6, 2011

    Castro Nudists Under Attack By Wiener Blame Other Naked People

    It wasn't us. Really. ​Some stories were just meant for headline writers. The Castro nudists are under attack by Supervisor Scott Wiener, and now they're fighting back with an all-too-common defense: it was those other naked guys behaving badly, not us. Mmmhmm. At this afternoon's Board of Supervi ... More >>

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    June 14, 2011

    Lloyd Fishback, San Francisco Nudist, Stars as Congressman Anthony Weiner on Jay Leno

    By Francisco BarradasLloyd Fishback, right, has been getting attention in San Francisco for awhile. ​Lloyd Fishback is a must-see San Francisco tourist attraction that's as impressive as Coit Tower -- just much more phallic. On many afternoons, Fishback will strip down to nothing but a cock ring a ... More >>

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    December 15, 2010

    Will San Francisco Nudists Streak At SFO To Protest TSA Body Scans?

    Francisco BarradasGet used to it, nude boy​Rusty Mills, one of the ringleaders in our recent cover feature on the San Francisco nudists, is plotting a possible new stunt: to go through the TSA security line at San Francisco International Airport in the buff to protest the invasive TSA scans. Of co ... More >>

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    November 2, 2010

    World Series: Giants' Political Power

    Richard HaickA big win for the Giants -- and Gavin? ​The Bay Citizen had an interesting piece today about how the San Francisco Giants' thrilling World Series victory could boost Democrats' chances in today's election. We're not so sure about the repeated shots of George W. Bush's futile attempts ... More >>

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    April 27, 2010

    Janitors Descend From Skyscrapers to Protest Immigration Raids

    ​At 9 p.m. on Monday night, long after the white-collar workers that make the Financial District hum had gone home, the janitors started to trickle out of the skyscrapers into the dark plaza in front of 101 California.It was like sighting a secret society, a gathering of workers whose job lends on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Parking Control Officer Tickets Dog on 24th Street

    Who could give that face a ticket?​More evidence that the recession has made the city's heart three sizes too small: On Friday, a neon-clad parking control officer sniffed out this 24th Street meter violation like a bloodhound. The pooch inside put on his best puppy eyes, but the officer just shot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Strippers Bring in 2010 By Dropping Their Drawers ... Or So The Sign Says

    Photo by Francisco Barradas​ As you're honing your last minute New Year's Eve plans, the Snitch wanted to suggest one more option for ways to usher in 2010. We spotted this bad boy (or should we say girl?) on the seedy stretch of Market Street last night.As the saying goes, behind every strip club ... More >>

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    November 27, 2009

    Mexican Man Completes Pilgrimage To S.F. For Best Buy Laptop On 'Viernes Negro'

    The pilgrims prepare for the long, cold night ahead...​Laptops. They were there for the $197 HP laptops. At 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, while you were likely curled up in a turkey coma, the Black Friday pilgrims had already made their annual peregrination to the Mecca of capitalism -- otherwi ... More >>

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    July 24, 2009

    Vandals May Think We're A Rag; but the Guardian Is a Crapper

     It's not easy being a newspaper dispenser in the Mission. We were walking down Valencia this week and saw that many of the SF Weekly boxes had been adorned/defaced with graffiti, but this poor, beat-up guy in particular had been turned into: 1. Homeless clot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Over the Weekend: GGP Flash Rave, Lamb of God and the SF Weekly Photo Booth's Debut

    Thomas LevinsonAll Shook Down's weekend kicked off with a facebook-and-Twitter-orchestrated flash rave, which drove hundreds of kiddies to the section of Golden Gate Park next to the Conservatory of Flowers Friday night. The party started at around 8:30 p.m. and went on for an hour, at which point t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Mission Flower Vendor Soon to Showcase Acting Chops in 'La Mission'

    Photo by Francisco Barradas Now that's a face a casting director would love. After years of crossing the border, Leonardo Medrano moved to the Mission for good from Sonora, Mexico, in 1977. After 14 years working as an airport janitor, Medrano started his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Saga of a Hurled SF Weekly Box

    We know these are tough times for the print media, but who would have expected this?It wasn't yet 10:30 on Sunday morning, when we heard that an SF Weekly box had been moved -- no, seemingly hurled -- from its comfortable post among the line of newspaper boxes in the BART plaza on the corn ... More >>

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    January 21, 2009

    Obama Inaugural Whimsy in the Mission

    Think Aretha Franklin's big-ass-bow hat is as whimsical as it can get for the inauguration? Why don't they invite groups like this to perform on Capitol Hill? While planned parties speckled the cityscape Tuesday night, an impromptu block party broke out on 22nd Street between Mission and Valencia ou ... More >>

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