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December 8, 2011
Occupy SF: Protesters Reoccupied Justin Herman Plaza -- Sort Of
Lauren SmileyLooking for a place to occupyThe reoccupy scene down at Justin Herman Plaza was dramatic last night, but nothing like what we saw in Oakland when protesters tried to retake Frank Ogawa Plaza after being booted out. No flash-bang grenades or pepper spray that we saw. But as expected, ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Occupy SF: A Stand-Off with Cops (Slideshow)
On Wednesday night, Occupy SF protesters gathered at their outpost by the Federal Reserve Bank where they organized a march back to Justin Herman Plaza for a general assembly meeting -- and hopefully a reoccupation of the camp site, which had been raided by cops early that morning. The tents had bee ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Occupy SF to Reoccupy Justin Herman Plaza
Lauren Smiley Round 2 Update (2:10 p.m.) Protesting makes you hungry, which is why Occupiers have taken their cause back to the Federal Reserve building where there's rumors of pizza on its way. After they regain their energy, the group is planning to reoccupy Just Herman Plaza later this evening ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Occupy SF Taunt Police After Eviction (Slideshow)
The one immediate drawback to clearing out the Occupy SF camp was that it didn't do much to deter protesters; in fact the group only grew louder and more visible. In other words, they might have packed up, but they didn't go home. Rather, they crowded the streets, blocked Muni, and made enough noise ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Occupy SF Protesters Storm Justin Herman Plaza, Refuse to Leave
Lauren SmileyUpdate (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyUpdate (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyUpdate (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyUpdate (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyUpdate (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
BART Reopens After Woman Run Over by Train in Possible Suicide Attempt
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
UPDATE: Officials say a woman got onto the tracks early this morning and lay down between the rails before a train ran her over. The operator of the train, which was entering the station at 35 mph, saw the woman on the tracks and hit the "stop" button, but the train didn't halt in time, according to ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
About City Clinic, Beneficiary of SFoodie's One Love Bake Sale
If you're planning to come down to the Mission this Sunday, Feb. 13, to buy boxes and boxes of pastries from some of SFoodie's favorite bakeries, we figured you should know a little more about the agency you're going to be donating all your money to.Century-old S.F. City Clinic has been one of th ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Newsom Baby No. 2: The 25 Worst/Least Likely Names
Jim HerdThis one's mine. Get your own.It seems Mayor Gavin Newsom will soon have something else to distract him from elected office: Another kid on the way! It's impossible to guess the naming propensities of a couple who saw fit to christen their first child "Montana." But we offered the 25 wors ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Jim HerdThis one's mine. Get your own.It seems Mayor Gavin Newsom will soon have something else to distract him from elected office: Another kid on the way! It's impossible to guess the naming propensities of a couple who saw fit to christen their first child "Montana." But we offered the 25 wors ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Transbay Terminal Meets the Wrecking Ball (VIDEO)
San Francisco's once-sleek, Art Deco Transbay Terminal commenced its transition into rubble today when a wrecking ball crashed into the main edifice. SF Weekly had a number of photoshoots and walkthroughs of the veritable building in its last days:
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November 30, 2010
Behind the Cover Shoot: Castro Nudists (VIDEO)
This week, Lauren Smiley's cover story, "Overexposed," tells the tale of a group of Castro nudists who have met opposition from neighborhood residents displeased with their very public nudity. SF Weekly art director Andrew Nilsen assembled three of the men in a studio for a photoshoot with p ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Illegal Mission Vendors 'Skeptical' of Proposed Changes to Street-Food Rules
Danster L./YelpEven if the city makes it easier for street-food vendors, this guy's unlikely to be moved.As we reported earlier today, there's a good chance San Francisco's street food laws will soon be amended to make it easier for vendors to become licensed, and increase the scope of where ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Water Polo Players' Goal Befouling Mission Creek
Lauren Smiley...Now it's garbageThe notion of leaping into Mission Creek is about as appealing as casting a fishing line into a cesspool. But leap into Mission Creek is just what a troop of water polo players did prior to Game 1 of the World Series. That game is now a fond memory. We are less fon ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Watch a Stop-Motion Video of this Week's Cover Being Created
Artist Scott Bakal created this week's cover image for Lauren Smiley's feature story "Wounded Pride," about hardships faced by gay teens in San Francisco. For more video, subscribe to SF Weekly's YouTube channel. Video after the jump.
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September 8, 2010
Rainbow Grocery Votes to Kill Midweek Discounts
marispacifica/FlickrCo-op workers voted to scrap the 20-percent-off coupons, redeemable Tues.-Thurs.Let the outrage begin. After Mission Loc@l reported today that Rainbow Grocery workers voted to kill the store-clogging midweek discounts, at least one unnamed worker is telling SF Weekly repor ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Chile Lindo Reopens. Only Now, Nobody Gets to Go Inside
Nicholas F./YelpOwner Paula Tejeda will bring your empanadas out to you on the sidewalk.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. SF Weekly staff writer Lauren Smiley files the latest report in what's been a miserable couple of weeks for Chile Lindo's Paula Tejeda, the empanada maker who closed he ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Chile Lindo Closes After Landlord Slapped with ADA Violation
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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February 17, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Paula Tejeda is hitting the streets once againAt our siister news blog, The Snitch, Lauren Smiley finds that Mission empanada shop Chile Lindo has closed, after the building's landlord has been dinged for failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Smiley reported last week. ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
Check the Box: The Plot Thickens
The always alert Lauren Smiley was one of the first to notice that SF Weekly boxes are victims of countless abuses. This box was spotted early this morning prone on Bryant Street. This time, the Weekly wasn't the only publication to fall victim to random violence. Laid out beside it was the Adver ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Pat on the Back: SF Weekly Cleans Up at Peninsula Press Club Awards
It's awards season yet again, and the SF Weekly took home a grand total of eleven at this weekend's ceremony for the Peninsula Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. (All awards were granted in the Non-Daily Newspaper category.) Want to peruse our award winning stories? The whole list is bel ... More >>
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May 4, 2009
SF Weekly Told Off By Wanker At Masturbate-a-Thon
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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December 10, 2008
SF Weekly Letters: Web Extra
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
Election Day Photos: Part 3 (Around Town)
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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August 18, 2008
Video: Anonymous Protests in the Bay Area
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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July 9, 2008
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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July 3, 2008
Video: SF's Top Eccentrics - Dane Johnston
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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April 2, 2008
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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January 21, 2008
GLAAD Nominates SF Weekly's Lauren Smiley for '2008 Media Award'
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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December 19, 2007
SF Weekly Letters
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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August 15, 2007
Letters to the Editor
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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August 1, 2007
Letters to the Editor
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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July 25, 2007
Proof That Hipsters Will Eat Anything
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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July 11, 2007
FEATURE Follow-Up: More Info for Gender Variant Children and Their Parents
Lauren SmileyThis group was not camera-shy, however...You know what they say about sex and politics -- you just can't separate the two.Well, the same turned out to be true at Saturday's Masturbate-a-Thon at the Center for Sex & Culture on Mission Street. Now in its ninth year, the event is an ou ... More >>
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