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Hayward

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Alan Vargas, Drunk Driver Who Hit 9-Year-Old Ryan White, Sentenced to Jail

    Ryan White's parents say they are satisfied with the punishment handed down to Alan Vargas, the 33-year-old Bay Area man who recklessly hit their 9-year-old son as he crossed Mission Street after a Giants game last summer. Vargas was sentenced today to one year in county jail and 100 hours of commun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    One Goh to Appear in Court Today, Victims of Mass Shooting Identified

    One Goh, the suspect in Monday's deadly shooting spree at Oikos University in Oakland, will make his first court appearance today where he will answer to charges of seven counts of murder. Police have only begun to unravel what motivated Goh to show up at the university Monday morning and allegedly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Philthy Rich, Oakland Rapper, Arrested at S.F. Rap Concert

    ​San Francisco police arrested three men, including Oakland rapper Philip Beasley (aka Philthy Rich) during a Sunday morning rap concert at the Rock-It Room Club in the Richmond District. According to police, officers arrested Beasley, 29, of Hayward; his promoter, Samuel Burns III, 33, of Vallejo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Jablow's Meats Launches a Pastrami Pop-Up

    Jablow's MeatsJablow's pastrami sandwich with potato salad, and pickle.​Dan Jablow, a cooking school grad and former Fatted Calf employee, has been refining his recipes for lunch meats for more than a year, showing up at the monthly New Taste Marketplace events to test them out with the public. Op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    The Real Life Superhero Files: Mutinous Angel

    Mutinous climbed a wall on our photo shoot. For real. ​In this week's cover story, we presented The Ray, a Target employee from Antioch who was arrested in the General Strike in Oakland last month while acting as a Real Life Superhero. The Ray is far from the only civilian-turned-comic book hero f ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2011

    Giants Get Sued Over Team's "San Francisco" Logo

    Mutinous climbed a wall on our photo shoot. For real. ​In this week's cover story, we presented The Ray, a Target employee from Antioch who was arrested in the General Strike in Oakland last month while acting as a Real Life Superhero. The Ray is far from the only civilian-turned-comic book hero f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Giants Barred From Trademarking "San Francisco" Logo

    ​It was that kind of year for the San Francisco Giants. The team scored the fewest runs in the National League -- the fewest runs the team has scored, in fact, since it lost 100 games in 1985. At the plate, the Giants just couldn't deliver. Bizarrely, the franchise has been unable to do so in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Michelle Le Vigil To Be Held Tomorrow Night

    Michelle Le​On Tuesday evening, family and friends of Michelle Le, the nursing student who was murdered four months ago, will gather in Oakland to honor the slain woman's life. The vigil, which will be held at Samuel Merritt University where Le was six months away from graduating, will be held fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    USDA on Unlabeled Beef Irradiation: Not Now, Maybe Later

    Pixelpeter/Shutterstock​The USDA is doing a public-relations campaign about food safety this month, and sent a Bay Area native -- now a Deputy Under Secretary -- to our offices to talk about e. coli. I, however, wanted to talk about food irradiation. The two topics are related. In July, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Giselle Esteban Accused of Murdering Nursing Student

    Michelle Le​Police today announced the arrest of Giselle Esteban, the woman who has been a "person of interest" in the homicide case of 26-year-old Michelle Le. Le, who was set to graduate from nursing school this year, went missing on May 27 after leaving her shift at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Fight Night: San Francisco's Amateur Boxing Championships

    Joseph Schell​Sporting crowds make lots of different noises: Cheers, boos -- in Europe they sing. But, every once in a while, a crowd makes that most distinctive of sounds -- the collective reaction of people who've witnessed something that impressed them but they wish they hadn't seen. The "OHHHH ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 22, 2011

    Summer Guide: Bay Area Summer Food Festivals

    Joseph Schell​Sporting crowds make lots of different noises: Cheers, boos -- in Europe they sing. But, every once in a while, a crowd makes that most distinctive of sounds -- the collective reaction of people who've witnessed something that impressed them but they wish they hadn't seen. The "OHHHH ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Blood Found at Kaiser Parking Lot Where Missing Student Was Last Seen

    Blood found​Last week, police ruled the Michelle Le case a homicide, without revealing any evidence of why. But now police are saying that they found blood evidence in the parking garage at Kaiser where the missing nursing student was last seen on May 26. According to media outlets, police believe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Vigil Tonight for Missing Student, Reward Increases to $40,000

    Michelle Le​Family and friends of Michelle Le, the nursing student who went missing a week ago, will gather tonight for a vigil at the site where her abandoned car was found last Friday.The vigil will be held at Ponderosa Court in Hayward, about a half-mile from Kaiser Hospital, where Le, 26, was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Police Issue Search Warrants and Question 20 People

    Michelle Le has been missing since Friday ​Over the last five days, police have interviewed some 20 people -- even arresting one briefly. They've issued search warrants and tracked down a few "persons of interest," only to remained stumped as to what happened to Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Family Offers $20,000 Reward for Missing Student

    Michelle Le​The mystery over what happened to 26-year-old Michelle Hoang Thi Le deepened over the weekend after the nursing student never showed up to Reno where she was supposed to meet friends for the holiday. Her brother, Michael Le, has been too devastated to talk to reporters, but last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    What To Do This Weekend, Feb. 11-13

    bittermelon/FlickrUm, did we say there'd be beer? See Fri., Feb. 11.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Feb. 11: Food, Wine, and Amore at the Ferry Building Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero), 5-8 p.m. Affordable hors d'oeuvres, Napa Valley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    BART Considers Cleaner, but Less Comfortable Seats

    You are supposed to sit, not shit on the seat​We all know how utterly disgusting a trip on BART is -- the seats are coated in years of grease and grime and the carpet is as sanitary as a Porta Potti.But alas, BART trains are nearing the end of their life expectancy, and the transit agency will nee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    NYE Roller Disco, Noisy Avon Ladies, Muni Party, Teenage Dance Craze and More

    Moncrief SpeaksMuni Party: Ride Muni for free on New Year's Eve​Ticket prices for New Year's Eve events are notoriously jacked up. Save yourself the worry and the cash, and check out our list of cheap, way-cooler options. Here are 10 things to do this weekend in San Francisco for less than the mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    New Year's Eve 2011: 10 Ways To Celebrate in S.F.

    Calibree PhotographyThey think you should make those NYE plans early​No one will fault you on New Years Eve for being too glitzy, too loud, or too boozy. It's the one time of the year we're pretty much required to celebrate to excess -- there's even a mandatory beverage (champagne) and sexual acti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    F.C. Gold Pride, Women's Soccer Champs, Abruptly Disband

    Sadly, Tiffeny Milbrett's F.C. Gold Pride uniform is now a collector's item​The world champion F.C. Gold Pride soccer team has gone from kicking balls to kicking the bucket in a matter of a few short weeks. After handily capturing the Women's Professional Soccer league title with a 4-0 win in the ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 31, 2010

    Hakka Restaurant: Inexpensive Chinese done right

    Sadly, Tiffeny Milbrett's F.C. Gold Pride uniform is now a collector's item​The world champion F.C. Gold Pride soccer team has gone from kicking balls to kicking the bucket in a matter of a few short weeks. After handily capturing the Women's Professional Soccer league title with a 4-0 win in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Craigslist Previews Self-Authenticating Ad Listing

    www.tennesseelawman.comSo, you can't spell 'polygraph' -- but tell me, does this thing work? With the convenience of shopping via Craigslist comes the cost of bogus online claims and exaggerations. In this Craigslist-ese sub-dialect, "Canine-gnawed, smelly monstrosity" becomes "Vintage Queen Anne co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Bay Area News Group East Bay's Newsrooms Just Got a Lot Roomier -- 17 Shown the Door

    http://www.big13.netAnd the time for newsroom layoffs -- is nowAn e-mail ominously titled "staff changes" was moments ago circulated to employees of the Bay Area News Group in the East Bay. Kevin Keane -- the chain's executive editor and the author of the memo -- seems to have the same definition of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Leah Tysse Makes Her Yoshi's Debut

    Leah Tysse If there's anything the blues genre needs, it's a fresh face. As you may or may not know, the genre has struggled in recent years, and though blues once dominated the Bay Area's nightlife scene, there are few dedicated local venues committed to preserving the root of R&B, jazz, and s ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    The Jacka reprises hyphy with a gangsta twist

    Leah Tysse If there's anything the blues genre needs, it's a fresh face. As you may or may not know, the genre has struggled in recent years, and though blues once dominated the Bay Area's nightlife scene, there are few dedicated local venues committed to preserving the root of R&B, jazz, and s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Bye Bye Blues Fest?

    Scott AllenHe's No B.B. King: Tommy Cast As the Merc's Jim Harrington reported yesterday, not has only the 2009 SF Blues Festival has been canceled, but "that cancellation could turn out to be permanent." Harrington quotes event organizer Tom Mazzolini as saying, ""we may well have seen the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Last Night: George Lopez at the Warfield

    Scott AllenHe's No B.B. King: Tommy Cast As the Merc's Jim Harrington reported yesterday, not has only the 2009 SF Blues Festival has been canceled, but "that cancellation could turn out to be permanent." Harrington quotes event organizer Tom Mazzolini as saying, ""we may well have seen the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    A Sad Day, Gastronomically Speaking

    Scott AllenHe's No B.B. King: Tommy Cast As the Merc's Jim Harrington reported yesterday, not has only the 2009 SF Blues Festival has been canceled, but "that cancellation could turn out to be permanent." Harrington quotes event organizer Tom Mazzolini as saying, ""we may well have seen the ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Convicted Embezzler Linda Simwa Cons SF Symphony, UCSF

    Scott AllenHe's No B.B. King: Tommy Cast As the Merc's Jim Harrington reported yesterday, not has only the 2009 SF Blues Festival has been canceled, but "that cancellation could turn out to be permanent." Harrington quotes event organizer Tom Mazzolini as saying, ""we may well have seen the ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    B.A.D. Girls

    Iva Vendetta, Miss Moxxxie, Ghoulina, and the other Bay Area Derby Girls are into piercings, tattoos, partying, sexual innuendo, and whatever they decide roller derby is going to be

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    The Mayor's Quake Insurance Program

    Stop the presses: a column in praise of Gavin Newsom's political courage in support of the public interest

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Stop the presses: a column in praise of Gavin Newsom's political courage in support of the public interest

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, May 5, 2004

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    666, Dude

    Avril Lavigne and Tracy + the Plastics and the corruption of culture

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 14, 2004

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Surprise!

    If you think S.F. is ready for a terrorist attack – even two years-plus after 9/11 – think again

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Mob Rule

    Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

  • Film

    June 25, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Visions of a Robot Future

    The Holiday Robot Games and Expo offers fascinating projects, promising students, and unsettling premonitions

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Schizophonic Illness

    Motion Man wants to be rap's mad clown prince

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Make Room for Dot-Coms

    Forget about live-work lofts. The newest fight for San Francisco's soul is over multimedia office space.

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Apocalyptic Good Cheer, Lonely Hearts, The Big One, and A Very Special Dot-Com Christmas

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Unappreciated at Any Speed

    Seventy Bay Area enthusiasts -- and thousands more across the nation -- don't care what Ralph Nader says. They want their Corvairs.

  • News

    September 25, 1996

    Logic Boards, Not Blackboards

    The schools' low-wire act leaves students dangling

  • Calendar

    September 4, 1996

    Unspun

    The schools' low-wire act leaves students dangling

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    Dog Bites

    The schools' low-wire act leaves students dangling

  • Calendar

    January 10, 1996

    Slap Shots

    The schools' low-wire act leaves students dangling

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    The Jolt Patrol

    QuakeProof profits from the coming apocalypse

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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