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Kaiser Permanente

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    SFoodie's 2012 Farmers' Market Schedule and Map

    View San Francisco Farmers Markets 2012 in a larger mapDespite concern over the possibility that we may soon have too many farmers markets, the San Francisco farmers' market scene remains as robust as ever. The last few years have seen a major proliferation of neighborhood markets, and even local ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    S.F. Fat Activists Oppose Atlanta's Anti-Obesity Campaign

    ​A San Francisco fat activist has helped raise more than $12,000 to launch a campaign to counter the public shaming of obese children. What set all this off: Currently in Atlanta, the second most obese city in the nation, Strong 4 Life billboards sponsored by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Man-Child Lubes Himself into Baby Swing, Gets Stuck Overnight

    If the swing fits ...​A Vallejo man was found wailing like a baby Saturday morning in child's swing at Blue Rock Springs Park, where he had been stuck for more than nine hours. The adult man reportedly made a $100 bet with friends, who said they would pay him if he could get inside the swing, whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    OccupySF to Take Over Vacant Housing Tonight

    ​We blogged today about the seemingly lackadaisical agenda of the OccupySF protesters on Market Street -- yoga, meditation, drumming. This morning as we came out of the Embarcadero BART station, one protester was dangling a dollar bill on a fishhook over the commuters walking up the steps. Well, n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    It's Spring, and Farmers' Markets Are Busting Out All Over S.F.

    View San Francisco Farmers Markets 2011 in a larger map We're blessed to live in a part of the world where we have access to fresh, ripe, unadulterated fruit, plucked at local farms and brought to our very fingertips at a bevy of farmers' markets across the city. In fact, the handful of farmers' ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Sex Survey: 'What Is Your Sex?' No Simple Question For Kaiser

    We're thinking, we're thinking...​For years, the biggest development in querying people's sex was changing the forms to read "What is your sex?" instead of "sex" -- to keep respondents from filling out "Yes." It seems, however, there is once again latitude in this often straightforward question. A ... More >>

  • News

    February 16, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    We're thinking, we're thinking...​For years, the biggest development in querying people's sex was changing the forms to read "What is your sex?" instead of "sex" -- to keep respondents from filling out "Yes." It seems, however, there is once again latitude in this often straightforward question. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Bay Area Runners Boycott Race Organizers; Support Peter Hass, Man Who Died at Half Marathon

    Taking it to the finish line​More than 160 Bay Area residents have signed an online petition asking people to boycott all events organized by Rhody Co Productions, the company that was responsible for the half marathon event where Peter Hass, 36, died last weekend. The petition, which is being adm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Peter Hass Dies During Kaiser Permanente Marathon, City Investigates

    Update: San Francisco's Department of Emergency Services investigate whether race organizers had an appropriate medical emergency plan in place. Read more at the bottom.Man down at the finish line​Amid the crowds and unusual heatwave that hit San Francisco Saturday afternoon, a runner died at the ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2011

    Premium pay nets city workers millions in bonuses for just doing their jobs

    Update: San Francisco's Department of Emergency Services investigate whether race organizers had an appropriate medical emergency plan in place. Read more at the bottom.Man down at the finish line​Amid the crowds and unusual heatwave that hit San Francisco Saturday afternoon, a runner died at the ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2010

    Labor Pains

    A fight between two unions here could set the course of the U.S. labor movement.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Five Opening Bands to Catch This Week

    Trevor TraynorRichie Cunning ​With SF Popfest firing up this Thursday -- and spring tour season in full-bloom -- show-goers should anticipate plenty of hot opening bands this week. Here are five that deserve a solid effort on your part to get there early. Remember, you'll have the whole summer to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Seasonal Farmers' Markets Are Back. Check Out Our Handy Map and Guide

    Say hello to your neighbors and to fresh farmers' fare: your favorite neighborhood farmers' markets are back in full swing. Last Wednesday marked the much-anticipated comeback of the Castro market, open Wednesdays from 4 to 8 p.m. through the end of October, rain or shine. Two more neighborhood mar ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Apartment dweller saves lives after a silent, odorless killer seeps into her building

    Say hello to your neighbors and to fresh farmers' fare: your favorite neighborhood farmers' markets are back in full swing. Last Wednesday marked the much-anticipated comeback of the Castro market, open Wednesdays from 4 to 8 p.m. through the end of October, rain or shine. Two more neighborhood mar ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    Your Farmers' Market Shopping Guide

    Say hello to your neighbors and to fresh farmers' fare: your favorite neighborhood farmers' markets are back in full swing. Last Wednesday marked the much-anticipated comeback of the Castro market, open Wednesdays from 4 to 8 p.m. through the end of October, rain or shine. Two more neighborhood mar ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2009

    Charitable Front

    Mysterious organizations in the Bay Area profess to be advocating for liberal causes. In truth, they appear to be part of a secretive group with a bizarre radical past.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Bay Links: Single Ladies, Open Studios & Your Genes

    via On the BlockHow much would you pay for this?​Some of the most uninspiring "house porn" ever produced. [On the Block]San Franciscans are terrified of single women, love Clist Missed Connections. [SFAppeal] Is public transit accessible affordable housing in jeopardy? [Streetsblog]Faces of last w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Peace Breaks Out! Fasting Pro-Union Workers Come In From the Cold at Dianne Feinstein's Office

    At Guantanamo, hunger strikes don't end earlyThis just in from the San Francisco Labor Council: Apparently a group of workers have broken off their fast at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's local office on Post Street. The workers' hunger strike was the latest in a series of local events and rallies organized ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Class Action Lawsuit Sticks It To Kaiser For Allegedly Double Charging on Co-Pays

    A Contra Costa County woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente in federal court in San Francisco, claiming the health care provider double-charged her co-pay in a case that her attorney says could affect "hundreds, potentially thousands" of policyholders who've reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Renegade Healthcare Union Claims Success Cannibalizing SEIU

    The National Union Of Healthcare Workers, a renegade splinter union formed in January when the Service Employees International Union ousted the leadership of its 120,000-member United Healthcare West affiliate, claims to be near stealing away 50,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente.The new union is hold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Economic Rx: Hospital Boom Cures San Francisco's Jobs Ills

    We've got your stimulus -- right here! While the economic diagnosis for the rest of America looks grim, San Francisco may be remedied by a construction boom in hospitals. In addition to California Pacific Medical Center's plans to build a 555-bed hospital on Van Ness at the site of the old Cathedral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    USF Realizes Its Student Insurance Covered Abortions -- and Aborts It

    Abortion has commandeered headlines of late with the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last week and Saturday's pro-life rally -- for which many protesters bused into this pro-choice lair from more conservative California zip codes. But there is one story of anti-abortion zeal here in our own bac ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Shaky bond insurers cost taxpayers money

    Abortion has commandeered headlines of late with the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last week and Saturday's pro-life rally -- for which many protesters bused into this pro-choice lair from more conservative California zip codes. But there is one story of anti-abortion zeal here in our own bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2008

    Food Porn: Korean-Style Chinese At Zazang

    Abortion has commandeered headlines of late with the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last week and Saturday's pro-life rally -- for which many protesters bused into this pro-choice lair from more conservative California zip codes. But there is one story of anti-abortion zeal here in our own bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Getting Fat Will Drive You Crazy

    Abortion has commandeered headlines of late with the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last week and Saturday's pro-life rally -- for which many protesters bused into this pro-choice lair from more conservative California zip codes. But there is one story of anti-abortion zeal here in our own bac ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 12, 2008

    Specialist Referrals

    Everybody orders the same particular thing at these Korean finds — for a reason.

  • News

    July 11, 2007

    Girl/Boy Interrupted

    A new treatment for transgender kids puts puberty on hold so that they won't develop into their biological sex

  • News

    June 13, 2007

    Stern Reprimand

    SEIU members in Northern California challenge the national boss over his collaboration with employers

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    The Asylum Trap

    Unscrupulous attorneys prey on immigrants seeking green cards with an expensive and fruitless legal scheme. Now 29 Mexicans have joined the disbarment case against one such lawyer.

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Marty Anderson is Okay

    A story about the music we make out of the things we carry

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Wrong Prescription

    The sweet deal a local medical firm got from the Justice Department shows how soft the Bush administration really is on corporate crime

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Ghost of Politics Past

    The varied life and celebrated death of Eric Allen Bass, the man who was Joefire.com

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Death in the Family

    Once you learn the full story of the mom-and-pop cult known as "The Family," you'll understand an unsettling reality: Any of us might have joined in.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of March 26, 2003

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Love Bugs

    Dan took a risk when he picked up Lisa at a hospital lab. So did Lisa.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    The Revolutionary Test for Lung Cancer

    ... the medical establishment doesn’t want you to have. Yet.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    Blind Faith

    A new treatment for victims of severe emotional trauma involving rhythmic eye movements has therapists claiming almost miraculous results. Psychological researchers say the eyes just don't have it.

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Sutter's Giant Sucking Sound

    Sutter Health, which owns one of California's largest hospital empires, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity. Critics wonder why Sutter dispenses so little charity, and vacuums so much profit, from the hospitals it acquires.

  • News

    May 14, 1997

    Unhealthy Debate

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • News

    May 14, 1997

    Big Deal

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • Calendar

    April 9, 1997

    Mulch

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • Calendar

    February 12, 1997

    Mulch

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • News

    January 8, 1997

    In Sickness and in Health?

    The promise of equal benefits for domestic partners is uncertain under S.F.'s new law

  • News

    December 18, 1996

    CyberTowne U.S.A.

    Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

  • News

    November 27, 1996

    The Trance Factory

    The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    Dog Bites

    The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

  • News

    August 16, 1995

    As They Lay Dying

    Breast cancer activists rage at Genentech for withholding an experimental drug

  • News

    May 3, 1995

    Dollars Without Sense

    For 25 years, Harvey Ross has rooted out the waste and lies of politicians and bureaucrats. But some say he's too lost in the line items to see the big picture

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