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Haight-Ashbury

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Sit/Lie Law Only Successful at Harassing the City's Aging Homeless, Report Says

    A new report released by the city's Controller's Office demonstrates just how ineffective San Francisco's sit/lie ordinance is, with the bulk of last year's citations going to the same 19 repeat offenders, according to the report. Voters approved sit/lie in November 2010, with the hope that it ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 9, 2012

    An Incendiary Life Remembered

    A new report released by the city's Controller's Office demonstrates just how ineffective San Francisco's sit/lie ordinance is, with the bulk of last year's citations going to the same 19 repeat offenders, according to the report. Voters approved sit/lie in November 2010, with the hope that it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    So There Might Be a New Movie About the Haight-Ashbury in the '60s, Featuring Actual Grateful Dead Songs

    A new itch for merchandising, a fanbase now on the side of life that comes with plenty of cash to spend on nostalgia, and a poverty of original ideas coming out of Hollywood: What's a hugely adored band like the Grateful Dead to do? Why, commission an Across the Universe-style film featuring its or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Alarmists Behind 'Homeless Haight Brigands' Myth Have a New Enemy: A Three Block Bike Lane

    ​Last year San Franciscans heard a repeated tale about a band of violent gutter punks who caused upstanding citizens to fear going out at night.The story was bogus. Police were unable make a single criminal case out of the supposed crime wave, despite blanketing the area for weeks.The fabulists be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    The Wanderlust Festival Blisses Out The Fillmore

    Romana MachadoShiva Rea, Mickey Hart at Wanderlust Festival​Wanderlust FestivalSub SwaraDavid Starfire Live EnsembleMC YogiShiva ReaMay 21, 2011@ The Fillmore Better than: Being cast into the Lake of Fire to fry. Back where I'm from, the Apocalypse has been going on for quite some time now. In the ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    San Francisco's progressive Board of Supervisors now more moderate

    Romana MachadoShiva Rea, Mickey Hart at Wanderlust Festival​Wanderlust FestivalSub SwaraDavid Starfire Live EnsembleMC YogiShiva ReaMay 21, 2011@ The Fillmore Better than: Being cast into the Lake of Fire to fry. Back where I'm from, the Apocalypse has been going on for quite some time now. In the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Guess Which SF 'Hood Loves Sit-Lie the Most?

    US Geological SurveyIt usually looks better​Civil Sidewalks, Sit-Lie ordinance -- call it what you will, the ballot initiative to make sitting down on public sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. illegal isn't some fringe idea from what passes for SF's hard right. There's a popular -- some say "gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    A Fond Pink Remembrance of Hippopotamus Hamburger

    San Francisco Public Library​We were really young when the Hippopotamus Hamburger Restaurant (aka the Hippo or Hippo Burger) was open on Van Ness, but we remember a pink, cartoony wonderland of happy hippos created by Wolo von Trutzschler. We'll never forget the dizzying array of hamburgers pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Is Kim Severson Blowing Smoke About the Rise of Stoner Cuisine?

    Peter DaSilva/New York TimesThe Ritz-Carlton's Ron Siegel serves quail eggs fumigated with cedar smoke ― from a bong.​When cozy, all-consuming, pipe-induced hunger pangs ripple forth, tokers both midnight and morning favor foods with lively texture, voluminous flavors, and, more often than n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    The Wall Street Journal Bay Area Section Debut Looks a Lot like the New York Times Bay Area Section

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 10, 2009

    New Restaurants

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 3, 2009

    New Restaurants

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    Naked Bike Ride, Alice in Wonderland, Sex in the City and the Vinyl Apocalypse: Your Monday Morning Hangover

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Last Night: Erick Lyle Party at CounterPulse

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    Flight of the Monkeys

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    Summer Lovin'

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 8, 2006

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    November 1, 2006

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Sweet & Low

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    October 4, 2006

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 27, 2006

    Love, Janis

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, September 27, 2006

  • Culture

    September 20, 2006

    Love, Janis

    Week of Wednesday, September 27, 2006

  • News

    September 20, 2006

    Whose Haight?

    Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    Communism Lives

    Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Political Transformation

    Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2004

    Seale the Deal

    Former Panther interviewed by former Panther

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Weight Loss|Smoking Cessation|Substance Abuse

    Former Panther interviewed by former Panther

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of September 17, 2003

  • Culture

    July 30, 2003
  • News

    June 18, 2003

    After a Fashion

    At the Artemis Gallery and 1015 Folsom, fashion eclipses itself and becomes art. Or a pink unitard.

  • News

    May 28, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of May 28, 2003

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of June 26, 2002

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 30, 2002

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 16, 2002

  • Film

    December 12, 2001

    Reel World

    Screenwriter Steve Sobel says his latest work, Resin, a look at the horrors of drug laws, could only have been written in San Francisco

  • Music

    December 5, 2001

    The Velvet Underground

    Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor)

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Bicycle Shops

    Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor)

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from November 29, 2000

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from April 5, 2000

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Broken Fix

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    June 2, 1999

    Letters

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    Dog Bites

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • Calendar

    December 3, 1997

    Slap Shots

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    August 27, 1997

    Letters

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1997

    Night+Day

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    Letters

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    June 5, 1996

    The Nameless and the Dead

    Connecting the unidentified dead with their relatives is no easy task -- especially when John Doe has 25 aliases

  • News

    January 24, 1996

    Letters

    Connecting the unidentified dead with their relatives is no easy task -- especially when John Doe has 25 aliases

  • News

    July 12, 1995

    The Electric Multimedia Psychedelic Time Trip

    Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

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