Huntington Beach

Lost Boys of Summer: Some Ex-Ballplayers Seek Help From MLB

Congressman Pete Stark Aims to Save Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Big Bucks

You've got a friend in high places​As if raids from gun-toting Drug Enforcement Agency agents weren't enough to make stoners paranoid, California's medical marijuana clubs can also be shut down real fast by the IRS. That's because the Internal Revenue Service has declared that California's legal m ... More >>

Belinda Exon, Contractor Who Stole $1 Million From S.F. Housing Fund, Gets Three Years in Jail

Belinda Exon is no longer rich​SF Weekly readers might have wondered whatever happened to Belinda Exon, the devious contractor who took of with more than $1 million in San Francisco funds designated for low-income housing. Well, she's going to prison -- for three years. Our sister paper OC Weekly ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Belinda Exon is no longer rich​SF Weekly readers might have wondered whatever happened to Belinda Exon, the devious contractor who took of with more than $1 million in San Francisco funds designated for low-income housing. Well, she's going to prison -- for three years. Our sister paper OC Weekly ... More >>

We'll Always Have "Paris by Night"

At least on DVD. But thanks to all the pirated discs, the iconic Vietnamese- language variety show might be facing its final curtain.

Resolution To Support Gay Binational Couples Heads To California Senate

​A resolution supporting the federal bill that would allow gay U.S. citizens to sponsor their partners for a visa passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.Our cover story this week, "Worlds Apart," tells the story of three Bay Area coup ... More >>

S.F. Files Suit, Claims $1 Million Stolen From City Funds

​The city of San Francisco yesterday filed suit vs. a company called Rehab Financial Corporation that has contracted with the city for 20 years, claiming it stole $1 million in city funds set aside to assist low-income homeowners. In the suit, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera alleges Reh ... More >>

Chronic City: It's Obvious -- State Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is 'Failed Public Health Policy'

The November CoalitionDrug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif.​In a laudable nod to the obvious, members of the California Medical Association's (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a "failed public health policy."As enacte ... More >>

Chronic City: Marijuana Arrests Drop For First Time Since 2002

The November CoalitionDrug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif.​Marijuana arrests in the United States declined in 2008 -- the first such drop since 2002 -- according to figures released by the FBI today.According to the just-released Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. law enforcement made 847,863 a ... More >>

Girls hook fans with addictive debut of hazy hits

The November CoalitionDrug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif.​Marijuana arrests in the United States declined in 2008 -- the first such drop since 2002 -- according to figures released by the FBI today.According to the just-released Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. law enforcement made 847,863 a ... More >>

Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law

Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by politic ... More >>

Pay for Play

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Election Day Around the Village Voice Papers

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

'70s by the poolside

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Northern California Dreamin'

The Phoenix theater is the best clubhouse a local music scene could ever have

Knockout/Tapout

Why mixed martial arts -- a bloody blend of disciplines often called ultimate fighting -- may replace boxing as America's mayhem of choice

Plushy

And now we present a boring interview with a big-time rock star: Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver

House of Tudor

Party like it's 1984, and the swamp rock-turned-street punk of Throw Rag

The Golden Spike

Actor and rock video director Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich is an odd masterpiece. So why is Jonze scared of his own shadow?

Magic and Loss

From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Baseball's Orphans

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Night Crawler

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Night+Day

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Wammies 1996

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Chinese Peaches

The Chinese New Year brings firecrackers, the parade down Kearny, and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant