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America's Petro-Terrorists: How Speculators Drove Up Oil Prices

Warren Hellman "Stunned and Thrilled" City Named Meadow After Him

Joyce GoldschmidThe namesake for "Hellman Hollow"​The wheels of government tend to turn slowly. So the rapidity with which the notion of renaming Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow after Warren Hellman became a reality -- two weeks from conception to Board of Supervisors-approved, effective-immedi ... More >>

Oakland Goes Off with a Blast Tomorrow

Oakland's bringing down the house ​A boom and a blast? Sounds like a regular afternoon in parts of Oakland. Expect to cover your ears if you are in Oakland tomorrow morning, when the city will roll in 800 pounds of dynamite and implode the former Oak Knoll U.S. Naval Medical Center in the Oakland ... More >>

'Goats R Us' Fingers New Employee For Animal Cruelty Rap

​Yesterday we reported on a company with the charming name "Goats R Us" being hit with not-charming-at all charges of animal cruelty following the discovery of dead and malnourished goats.Company co-owner Terri Oyarzun tells SF Weekly the problems are all the fault of one goat of an employee -- he ... More >>

"Wall Street 2": Oliver Stone lets the bad guys off easy

"Despicable Me"

Childish, funny, 3-D delights.

Happy Hour: It's What's for Dinner (and Your Cell Phone)

​Foodistas who aren't embarrassed by the word "mixologist" like to proclaim we've entered a new Golden Age of Cocktails. It's also the rebirth of the happy hour: Raise a chocolatini glass to Lehman Brothers and Countrywide Financial for helping bring the five o'clock drink deal back into fashion. ... More >>

5 Things To Do This Weekend for Under $10

AJ FarkasMatmos, at SFMOMA on Saturday​Our apologies for the shorter list this week. We came down with the N-Flu (you know how it goes, sick folks ride the N to work and infect the whole Muni line). So there's only 5 Things on our list for cheap weekend entertainment. But they're good things. To m ... More >>

High Five, Hirst

No Justice

Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

Department of D'oh: iShares Shareholders File Suit Following Company's Decision To Invest 11 Percent of Assets in Lehman Bros. -- On Day Before Lehman's Collapse

What happens to the document you spend hours perfecting -- until your computer crashes and burns? Sure, the data is lost -- but, existentially, where does it go? Is there a special corner of the universe chock full o' unsaved term papers and other e-casualties? If so, perhaps that's where peeved sha ... More >>

Bluegrass Festival Backer Hellman Sifts Through Ruins of Global Collapse Seeking Capital Sufficient To Bring Back Emmylou Harris

Joyce GoldschmidWarren Hellman, banjo messiah? With just a half-year to go before Golden Gate Park's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, free-concert backer Warren Hellman is combing the wreckage of the global financial collapse, seeking to augment the fortune that keeps his massive three-day music ... More >>

Every Bay Area Native's Childhood Dies a Little as Mother's Cookies Bids Adieu

The Storm of the Teeth

The ever-overreaching Human Rights Commission launches an official investigation of ... a barroom display of a few Indian teeth

What Would Jürgen Do?

A degraded character actor comes to Gov. Schwarzenegger's rescue