Gerald Ford

Chris Daly's Twinkie Defense

San Francisco's Attempted Ford Assassin Paroled At Age 77

Unfinished Business

Who Killed Pasolini? re-examines a mysterious Italian murder; Mr. Holland's Opus is a one-note symphony

What Moore Do You Want?

Who Killed Pasolini? re-examines a mysterious Italian murder; Mr. Holland's Opus is a one-note symphony

All Power to the People

Who Killed Pasolini? re-examines a mysterious Italian murder; Mr. Holland's Opus is a one-note symphony

Vantage Point Blocks View of a Good Terrorism Movie

Who Killed Pasolini? re-examines a mysterious Italian murder; Mr. Holland's Opus is a one-note symphony

Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

Welcome to the Valley

Harmon Leon goes where porn is made!

Tag Tour

Graffiti spree

OK Then

Frank Chu: the man, the myth, the "Experience."

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Frank Chu: the man, the myth, the "Experience."

That Was the Wit That Was

Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

Digging Deep

Millennium has folks lining up to bury the past

South to the Future

Gore to Quit Vice Presidency, Campaign Full Time

Night + Day

Gore to Quit Vice Presidency, Campaign Full Time

Do We Know How Many Spare Fire Rigs S.F. Has? Maybe. Will We Be Getting Money For Any More? Don't Count On It.

There's one! Count it! ​ Fire rigs are big, red, and noisy. You'd think that counting them would be a task roughly as difficult as tracking a bleeding elephant in the snow. Well, you'd be wrong. Last week, SF Weekly broke the story that, down to its last two spare rigs, the San Francisco Fire Depa ... More >>

Obama in San Francisco -- Nightmare Town For Many Presidents

President Warren Harding left his heart in San Francisco -- and everything else​President Barack Obama's agenda in San Francisco today: Get in, raise money for Sen. Barbara Boxer, safeguard the Senate's Democratic majority, and get out. But just because Muni will stop for him doesn't necessarily m ... More >>

Supervisor Bevan Dufty Listed as 'Devan Bufty' On Swank Mailer

'Dufty Beaver' and daughter​SF Weekly was honored to recently receive a hand-signed invitation to a big-time charity fund-raiser. It was an event in which you could hardly hurl a bottle of '96 Pommard off the balcony without bloodying up a scalp or two of those the Chronicle deems "Swells." A numb ... More >>

Scott Wiener: Muni 'Beyond Incompetent'

Scott Wiener vents about Muni -- and it didn't have to do with a lack of leg room​Tell us how you really feel, Scott Wiener. Caught in the middle of this afternoon's massive Muni delays triggered by a power outage at the train system's central control station, and late to a candidate interview at ... More >>

Leave Jay Cutler Alone!

Maybe not for long...​It's hard to believe, but Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler -- one of the most reviled men in sports -- has given people yet another reason to dislike him. After coming out of Sunday's championship game with a nondescript knee injury, players and fans alike excoriated the ... More >>

Louis' Restaurant Lives to Grill Again

Rosencruz SumeraHello again ... ​The amber tile motif in the bathroom of Louis' Restaurant was the 1970s, every bit as much as the five-note theme of Close Encounters, Oscar Gamble's 'fro, or all the places Dirty Harry shot people that aren't there anymore.   Well, the tile is gone. In o ... More >>

Today Is Billy Sipple Day: Honoring Gay Ex-Marine Who Saved Gerald Ford's Life

Sipple in action​Today is Oliver W. Sipple Day in San Francisco, which honors the man who in 1975 lunged to grab the arm of Sarah Jane Moore when he saw her aiming a 38-caliber pistol at Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.No, S.F. is not gaga over the half-term president. I ... More >>

Ridiculously Spacious Bay Area Home for Sale, Only $29 Million

You, too, could live here ... working as a servant​Here's something that will surely stoke contempt among the Occupy Movement: A San Francisco suburban home is on the market. Its asking price? Only $29 million!The mega mansion, which sits on 6 acres in the quiet town of Hillsborough, is secured by ... More >>