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Chris Cosentino on Winning Top Chef Masters and Helping Parkinson's Research

San Francisco-based chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto restaurant is the newly-crowned winner of Top Chef Masters Season 4. We predicted as much before the first episode even aired, but Cosentino tells SFoodie that he never felt like he had the competition in the bag as he discusses winning $282,000 fo ... More >>

Big Pharma lobbies against S.F. drug proposal

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Noe Valley and Mission residents say Google shuttles are evil

Straight Outta Half Moon Bay, Sam's Chowder Van to Debut This Summer

Sam's Chowder House lobster roll is coming to S.F. soonSam's Chowder House of Half Moon Bay has plans to go mobile this summer with Sam's Chowder Van. Fish and chips, lobster rolls, fish tacos, and ceviche cooked out of a 24-foot vehicle will soon hit the campuses of companies such as Ora ... More >>

The Darthies

The SF Weekly Noble Villain Awards. And the winner is ... you!

Onward, Christian Lawyers

Why lawsuits filed by anti-abortion activists may be a blessing in disguise for the California stem cell institute

Grumpy Old Punks

In the age of Blink-182 and Yellowcard, being punk ain't what it used to be. Just ask the seniors in Pirx the Pilot.

Bioscience Warfare

UC professor Tyrone Hayes found that a highly profitable weed killer causes sexual abnormalities in frogs. Then he found out how nasty a biotech multinational can be.

This Is Your Sport, on Dope

State Sen. Don Perata's bill on drug testing for pro athletes isn't nearly tough enough on doped-up athletes or their enablers

Staying Alive

An AIDS vaccine should be our government's highest priority. So why is one researcher forced to seek funding from the War on Terrorism?

Sticking Point

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

Giving Away the Hospital

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

Slap Shots

Unspun

A Wasting of Time

An existing drug offers hope for AIDS wasting syndrome -- if you can get it

Dog Bites

Topic of Cancer

South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

As They Lay Dying

Breast cancer activists rage at Genentech for withholding an experimental drug