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Sex Worker Awareness: St. James Infirmary Takes Message to WHO

Michael Scott Moore, Former SF Weekly Writer, Kidnapped by Somali Pirates

​Michael Scott Moore, who previously worked as a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airport when 15 m ... More >>

The Men Least Likely: A Brief Survey of S.F.'s Worst Mayors

​Michael Scott Moore, who previously worked as a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airport when 15 m ... More >>

Barry Bonds Demands a Quick Retrial

Playing hardball ​Barry Bonds is making an appearance in San Francisco court today to request that if prosecutors plan to retry him, they do it quickly.The former Giants superstar was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April, yet the jury was deadlocked on three perjury counts, which led Ju ... More >>

List: San Francisco Reacts to Bin Laden's Death

Playing hardball ​Barry Bonds is making an appearance in San Francisco court today to request that if prosecutors plan to retry him, they do it quickly.The former Giants superstar was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April, yet the jury was deadlocked on three perjury counts, which led Ju ... More >>

'Tis the Season -- For Sewage Maladies: 1 Million Gallons Spill in Marin

Yes, again​Sewage-Related Terrorism?Yesterday we wrote about rain-induced sewage overflows befouling beaches South of San Francisco in San Mateo county. Now sewage is spewing into waters north of us, in Marin's Corte Madera Creek. Lots of sewage. And rain may have nothing to do with it. Perhaps 1 ... More >>

Twirl & Dip Picks the Perfect Time to Debut at Two Off the Grids

Luis ChongTwirl & Dip's first appearance at UN Plaza was today.​Today's scorching heat forced us to search for something refreshing at the UN Plaza Off the Grid to help us cool down. The answer came in the form of a truck serving soft-serve ice cream, root beer floats, and fruit-sicles. SFoodi ... More >>

Jonas Reinhardt

Luis ChongTwirl & Dip's first appearance at UN Plaza was today.​Today's scorching heat forced us to search for something refreshing at the UN Plaza Off the Grid to help us cool down. The answer came in the form of a truck serving soft-serve ice cream, root beer floats, and fruit-sicles. SFoodi ... More >>

Food Bloggers Seek to Raise Funds for Poor Farmers with Menu for Hope 6

​The sixth annual Menu for Hope kicked off Monday. It's a blog-based charity fundraiser for the U.N. World Food Programme, organized by Chez Pim blogger Pim Techamuanvivit after the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and supported by food sites worldwide. Think of it as a big online raffle, with t ... More >>

Le Loup

​The sixth annual Menu for Hope kicked off Monday. It's a blog-based charity fundraiser for the U.N. World Food Programme, organized by Chez Pim blogger Pim Techamuanvivit after the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and supported by food sites worldwide. Think of it as a big online raffle, with t ... More >>

2/3 It, 1/3 Us

​The sixth annual Menu for Hope kicked off Monday. It's a blog-based charity fundraiser for the U.N. World Food Programme, organized by Chez Pim blogger Pim Techamuanvivit after the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and supported by food sites worldwide. Think of it as a big online raffle, with t ... More >>

Doing Harm

​The sixth annual Menu for Hope kicked off Monday. It's a blog-based charity fundraiser for the U.N. World Food Programme, organized by Chez Pim blogger Pim Techamuanvivit after the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and supported by food sites worldwide. Think of it as a big online raffle, with t ... More >>

Just What You Need Before a Weekend of Rib-Eating: The Latest in Swine Flu Conspiracy News

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Dance Dance Revolution

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

"We Are Winning"

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Be Like Mike

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Nader/Gonzalez '08: That's Still Going On.

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Japan: Things Just Got More Awesome.

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

First Drawing of Atomic Bomb Looks Like Really Old Homework

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Krist Novoselic Blogging for Seattle Weekly

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

This Week's Bay Guardian: Digested

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Slush Daddy

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Cloud Burst

This anti-nuke art exhibit seeks to illuminate -- especially the night sky

Lost in Translation

All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

Blade Runners

Hotel Rwanda finds hope amid the horrors of tribal genocide

Best Eritrean Food

New Eritrea Restaurant

Dead Man Running

"Kucinich is, like, The normal laws of physics don't apply to me.'"

People Like Us + Kenny G

Nothing Special

Cheerleaders of War

Post-Saddam Iraq will be "a gold mine" of opportunity for U.S. and foreign contractors, says an exile leader

700 Years of 9/11

Never heard of the Battle of Malplaquet? Then you don't know your Sept. 11 history.

Karnak Sees a Black Turban ...

That'll be $20 million, please

Best Unusual Textiles

Satin Moon Fabrics

Intended Consequences

Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better.

Hold On a Minute!

Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony save the whale campaign

Acid Reign

From the Bush administration's assault on the Constitution to San Francisco's election fiascoes, core American values are being corroded

The Unlikely Environmentalists

International environmentalists claim they stopped a Mexican salt plant that endangered the gray whale. Actually, though, the Mexican government canceled the plant for reasons of its own.

Rural Cleansing

Large numbers of Northern Californians really, truly believe that the government, the environmentalists, and the U.N. have joined forces in a plot so obvious, yet so subtle, so seemingly benevolent and fundamentally evil, that it can only be called ...

Resurrection

After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

Best Pan-Asian Restaurant

Betelnut Pejiu Wu

Best Thai and Vietnamese Restaurant

Malee Thai & Vietnamese

Best Radical Group

League of Filipino Students

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

Side Dish

The Cuisinart for You, the Calphalon for Me, Musical Chairs, Shrooming, Debutante Dish, and Down But Not Out

Local Rites for Universal Rights

The Cuisinart for You, the Calphalon for Me, Musical Chairs, Shrooming, Debutante Dish, and Down But Not Out

Night + Day

The Cuisinart for You, the Calphalon for Me, Musical Chairs, Shrooming, Debutante Dish, and Down But Not Out

The Name is Nino. El Nino.

Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

Bomb

Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

Aisle Seat

Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy