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Fresno

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Francisco Carrillo-Beltran, Mexican National, Accused of Smuggling Meth Through Airport

    Great for massages, not so great for drug smuggling​Border Patrol agents seized about 11 pounds of methamphetamine from Francisco Carillo-Beltran's luggage as he traveled through the Fresno/Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 11. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 42-year-old Carr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    The Franchise Episode 2 Recap: Hey Now, You're an All-Star

    ​I've written before that "The Franchise" is not really a show for Giants fans. In theory, it's a way for Major League Baseball to introduce some of the game's personalities to a broader audience at a time when they're finding it difficult to market most of their players. In its basic conception, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    The Franchise Episode 1: Promising Rookie Looks a Little Raw

    UCinternationa​When Showtime aired a preview for The Franchise in April, the Giants were only two weeks into the MLB season and still riding high in defense of their World Series title. Back then, the show looked like a window into the lives of baseball players, rather than a rough-and-tumble vie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Republicans Propose New State: Southern California

    It's like Arizona and San Francisco in one​One Southern California pol is sick and tired of the Democrats up in Sacramento -- tired of the "pillaging" of local governments and worse, the left-wing policies that dominate the blue state. That's why he's dusted off that tired proposal to let Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Eat a Goddamn Carrot, Go to Fresno, Save a Fish

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • The Onion has this amazing video up of what the FDA could be like if they were honest. You just buy a bag of fucking carrots and you eat them the way you'd normally eat a package of hot dogs, okay? Watch: • ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Giants' World Series Trophy in City Hall Tomorrow

    You think he was there for the trophy or the supes meeting? ​The confluence of the current Board of Supervisors' final meeting and a two-day stopover by the Giants' World Series trophy portends for large crowds in City Hall over the next several days. Expect lots of wild clothing and boisterous sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Giants World Series Trophy at City Hall (PICS)

    Oh happy day! ​At San Francisco's City Hall, one eventually gets used to the sight of statuesque brides in frilly gowns and strappy sandals clomping through the metal detectors. But a fella with a two-foot-tall, traffic cone orange hat, a matching scarf and a gleeful Jack-O-Lantern smile? No, he's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2010

    Dueling Dubs

    Oh happy day! ​At San Francisco's City Hall, one eventually gets used to the sight of statuesque brides in frilly gowns and strappy sandals clomping through the metal detectors. But a fella with a two-foot-tall, traffic cone orange hat, a matching scarf and a gleeful Jack-O-Lantern smile? No, he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Where Do San Francisco's Firefighters Live?

    ​Coeur D'alene? Really?Not long ago, SF Weekly played with a data application the Bay Citizen created regarding where the city's employees live. It turns out, a number of city workers -- including more than a few firefighters -- live in far-off realms such as Placer County, Los Angeles, or even Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Dozens of San Francisco City Employees Live in Southern California. Huh?

    Abandoned in San Diego by a firefighter recalled to SF?​The Bay Citizen published a nifty online database over the weekend that shows the pay and partial mailing addresses of San Francisco city employees. The accompanying article parsed the data, and debunked the idea that city employees -- who ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Waterbar Adopted a Peach Tree. So Can You

    benketaro/FlickrPeach tree at Masumoto Family Farm, making "take me home" eyes at you.​In the grand tradition of adoption ― highways, children ― Embarcadero restaurant Waterbar has assumed responsibility for a tree, a lovely Elberta peach ensconced at Masumoto Family Farm south of Fresno. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Is Fresno Rapper PtheG Purely Clueless Or Just Totally Cynical?

    Is Fresno's Princeton the Great One, or PtheG, really "the worst rapper in the Bay Area," or is he having a laugh at rap's expense? The conceit of "Cheeseburger" is asinine, from the rhythmically braindead chorus to the way P keeps forgetting to lip-sync and reaches for the steering wheel instead, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Straight Outta Fresno: Fashawn Hits Slim's

    ​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Upper Haight Farmers' Market Debuts in Golden Gate Park

    A market in the trees.​Yesterday marked the launch of the new Upper Haight Farmers' Market on an unused access road/parking lot just off Stanyan at Waller. Market organizers estimate that 1,500 people showed up to shop in the shadow of cedars and eucalyptus trees ― not bad considering the recurr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Your E-Filed Taxes Saved IRS $195M (and Counting). But Post Office Not Thrilled.

    ​Yesterday we reported that nearly eight of every 10 tax forms received by the IRS by early April was sent electronically. This put members of the United States Postal Service in the position of another blue-uniformed figure with little to do: The Maytag repairman. With the late-evening Tax Night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Bay Area Beasts: Pterodactyls, Mystery Cats, and Sea Serpents

    From Charles Gould's Mythical Monsters, via archive.org​This month saw two stories of mysterious monsters crop up in rapid succession. In Britain, the inhabitants of Buckshaw Village fear a creature that looks like a cross between a boar, a dog and large cat that upends trash bins and devours deer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Chronic City: Fresno's Freakin' -- But Marijuana Dispensary To Stay Open

    Medmar ClinicMedmar Clinic is under legal attack from the City of Fresno.​You've gotta pity the poor, put-upon city officials of Fresno. After all, they've only had 13 years to suss out Proposition 215, this newfangled medical marijuana law that's being forced upon their fair city by more progress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    The Growhouse That Just Keeps Giving: Sunset Marijuana Operation Burns, Then Serves as Burglar Magnet

    Like the warehouses of unscrupulous businessmen mired in debt, marijuana growhouses have a nasty habit of bursting into flames. But while the practice of "insurandburn" at least benefits someone, everyone loses when a clandestine urban pot farm goes up in smoke: The big-time dealers who own the th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    San Francisco Giant Misses His Date to Read to Kiddies at Library -- As He's Been Demoted to Minor Leagues

    It's a good bet that Emmanuel Burriss would have loved to be in San Fran today reading to the kiddies rather than suiting up to play Minor League ball in FresnoWhether professional ballplayers really enjoy the litany of camera-friendly community events they're trotted out to is a matter only known b ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2009

    How to Sell Marriage Equality

    It's a good bet that Emmanuel Burriss would have loved to be in San Fran today reading to the kiddies rather than suiting up to play Minor League ball in FresnoWhether professional ballplayers really enjoy the litany of camera-friendly community events they're trotted out to is a matter only known b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Bizarre Craigslist Barter of the Week: Have Car, Need Rims, So...

    Look, to paraphrase Lincoln, honesty is one of the better policies. So, let's be honest. You've got a chicken coop. It may have four wheels (or close to that) and a windshield, and it may even say "Datsun" on the exterior. All we're saying is, it's...        & ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    WTF?: Cool Stuff We Found at the Market

    Go easy Scored: Fillmore Saturday Farmers' Market Source: Xiong Farm, Fresno Wiry, curly pea tendrils come from the same plants peas are plucked from, says Christine Farren, events manager at CUESA, the nonprofit that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. If you're lucky, the shoots will have edible ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    For the Fans

    Go easy Scored: Fillmore Saturday Farmers' Market Source: Xiong Farm, Fresno Wiry, curly pea tendrils come from the same plants peas are plucked from, says Christine Farren, events manager at CUESA, the nonprofit that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. If you're lucky, the shoots will have edible ... More >>

  • Music

    March 4, 2009

    Pop residencies gain traction in S.F.

    Go easy Scored: Fillmore Saturday Farmers' Market Source: Xiong Farm, Fresno Wiry, curly pea tendrils come from the same plants peas are plucked from, says Christine Farren, events manager at CUESA, the nonprofit that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. If you're lucky, the shoots will have edible ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    San Francisco's Bitterness Toward Our Glamorous SoCal Neighbors Shows Through in the Stands

    If the media hyperventilates when this guy shows up at a ballgame -- your city might have an inferiority complexWhen a spokeswoman for San Jose's mayor last week told SF Weekly that Gavin Newsom didn't belong on a Washington, D.C. junket along with the boss men of San Jose, Los Angeles, and San Dieg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: The Sleepover Disaster

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Rademacher

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Photos: PETA Takes A Shower At Union Square

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2008

    Portland Post-Punkers in Serious Van Wreck Following S.F. Show

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Best CDs of 2007

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Music

    November 28, 2007

    Rademacher Alchemizes Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse for Pure Indie-Pop Gold

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Supercuts

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Exotic Erotic Ball Couches Tits as Freedom: Get Real! ... about Freedom (not Tits; fake Tits are fine)

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2007

    Fresno? Fres Yes!

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2006

    Lukewarm Lidell; Rademacher shows shades of Pavement

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    Fresno offers hip hop to do California proud, Stockton Hustles for Change, and Kazakhstan sends electronic love

    Remember that time when you invited the girls over for your birthday and you stayed up too late drinking Capri Sun and eating Round Table pizza and then, like, Mindy locked herself in the bathroom and started crying because she said Repo Man was scary (but really she just had never been away from ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2005

    Dead Beat

    The full Día de los Muertos treatment is a thing to behold

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Reuse of a Historic Whorehouse

    The full Día de los Muertos treatment is a thing to behold

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The full Día de los Muertos treatment is a thing to behold

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, July 7, 2004

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, June 30, 2004

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Ecstasy Is an Art Car

    Philo Northrup and his wacky automotive tribe take a road trip to places in California you can't even imagine

  • Dining

    May 8, 2002

    Steaking a Claim

    Mel Hollen's Bar & Fine Dining

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    Tudor's House

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Calendar

    January 20, 1999

    Cothran

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Snatching Saroyan

    How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

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