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  • 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

    August 16, 2011

    Google Thumbs Nose at Antitrust Regulators

    ​You can't say Google doesn't have balls. Despite increasingly heavy antitrust scrutiny by the federal government, the Internet behemoth is charging ahead with a deal that brings all kinds of potential for cornering a market. It will pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a leading maker of hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Circumcision Ban Is Unconstitutional and Anti-Semitic, City Attorney Says

    Now things are really becoming uncomfortable ​City Attorney Dennis Herrera has weighed in on San Francisco's proposed circumcision ban issue, saying that, among other things, it's patently unconstitutional and should be removed from the November ballot. In a brief  filed Thursday afternoon, H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    March 9, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Documents Shed Light on Family Courts' Soft Stance Toward Abuse

    Convicted child molesters Rex Anderson (left) and Henry Parson were awarded custody of their daughters in family court​In this week's cover story, SF Weekly takes a look at some of the tragic results of mistakes by California's family courts. These courts' insufficient provisions for investigating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Will Kokkari Pay Bill for Customer Josh Calder's Alleged DUI Manslaughter?

    ​The Examiner's Brent Begin today published a juicy story. Peering through the prosecution's case against Josh Calder --- the alleged drunk driver accused of killing German cyclist Nils Linke -- he noted it highlighted an alcohol-saturated soiree at upscale FiDi restaurant Kokkari not long before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    'Secure Communities' Deporting Low-Level Criminals and Innocents, Opponents Say

    Jaywalking? That'll get you deported, hombre​The majority of illegal immigrants deported by a controversial federal program known as Secure Communities are not the "high threat" criminal immigrants the Feds claimed the program would ensnare, according to statistics released today by civil rights o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    San Francisco Police Department Can't Stop Homicides

    Jaywalking? That'll get you deported, hombre​The majority of illegal immigrants deported by a controversial federal program known as Secure Communities are not the "high threat" criminal immigrants the Feds claimed the program would ensnare, according to statistics released today by civil rights o ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Grave Injustice

    Late SF rapper Madd Maxx's debut CD is out--and so is his killer

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Fajita the Night

    Were the cops really innocent of assault, or is our DA's Office just lame?

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    Case Study: Clifford St. Joseph

    Testimony by an escaped inmate helped convict St. Joseph of murder.

  • Film

    October 1, 2003

    Event Full

    An all-star indie cast dramatizes the new face of AIDS death

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 15, 2003

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best District Attorney

    William H. Langdon

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    Runaway Train

    Why is Muni in such a hurry to win approval for a blindingly complex, potentially risky, $1 billion plan to privatize the city's rail fleet?

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Who Owns Your Clone?

    A San Francisco firm thinks it's time people started copyrighting their DNA

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Genes Without Frontiers

    The so-called gene chip could revolutionize the way we treat cancer patients. That is, if biotech firms don't keep it out of doctors' hands.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Spy vs Spite

    The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

  • News

    January 26, 2000

    "Fairfield Wives" Saga Continues

    Mormon doctor's conviction for sexual penetration with foreign object upheld; allegation of juror misconduct headed for court

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2000

    A King's Legacy

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    For Pete's Sake

    Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Shaky Ground

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Benign Neglect

    There's a pot of money available to investigate real estate fraud, but Terence Hallinan isn't using it

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    South to the Future

    Pressing Patent Suit May Backfire on Amazon.com

  • News

    July 14, 1999

    TheirNameHere.com

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • Calendar

    June 16, 1999

    Cothran

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • Calendar

    May 12, 1999

    Cothran

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • Calendar

    March 24, 1999

    Cothran

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    Letters

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • Calendar

    December 30, 1998

    Cothran

    New domains -- including .store -- likely to multiply Internet trademark conflicts

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Policing the Vice Squad

    Investigations launched into money collected from massage parlor workers

  • Calendar

    December 16, 1998

    Cothran

    Investigations launched into money collected from massage parlor workers

  • News

    December 2, 1998

    Wages of Vice

    Police find a way to make money by busting massage parlors

  • Calendar

    October 7, 1998

    Cothran

    Police find a way to make money by busting massage parlors

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    The Housing Authority's Dirty Dozen

    Twelve convicted drug dealers and other major felons have recently been employed by the San Francisco Housing Authority. But are there even more criminals on the public payroll?

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Trial by Liar

    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

  • News

    December 31, 1997

    The Great Bank Thievery

    The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?

  • Calendar

    December 17, 1997

    The Grid

    The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?

  • News

    September 17, 1997

    Duck! You're in Wine Country

    Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?

  • Calendar

    January 1, 1997

    The Grid

    Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?

  • Calendar

    December 18, 1996

    The Grid

    Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    Waste Case History

    Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    Where Crime Pays

    Is the DA's Office bungling the biggest pollution case in Bay Area history?

  • News

    October 2, 1996

    Where do Bad Children Go?

    S.F. officials are tilting toward more community-based rehab for youthful offenders -- if they can put the lid on internal bickering that's given new meaning to the term "juvenile justice"

  • News

    September 4, 1996

    The DA's Svengali

    Earlier this year, the District Attorney's Office was flirting with farce. Then Terence Hallinan called in David Millstein.

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Letters

    Earlier this year, the District Attorney's Office was flirting with farce. Then Terence Hallinan called in David Millstein.

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    Deadbeat Heaven

    Parents who refuse to pay child support don't have much to worry about in California. Or, for that matter, San Francisco.

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    Payback

    Liberals mount a comeback in the juvenile justice system

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    Hallinan's Right Cross

    The narrow bandwidth of San Francisco politics makes most elections a contest between liberals. The DA's race, which pitted prosecutor Bill Fazio against centrist Arlo Smith and progressive Terence Hallinan, promised to change all that. But when Fazio zig

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