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"Reincarnated": Snoop Gets Spiritual

Dengue Fever: Show Preview

"About Cherry": Gee, the Porn Industry Sure Is Swell

California Supreme Court Dismisses Landmark Medical Marijuana Ban

The courts are a funny thing. A case that caused the sky to fall is six months ago is now being declared irrelevant.A state appeals court case that some feared would cause all medical marijuana dispensaries in California to be banned back in January was dismissed without review on Wednesday by the C ... More >>

California Appeals Court Strikes Down Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bans

Medical marijuana dispensaries are protected under California state law, and cities and counties have no right to ban cannabis collectives outright, according to a state Court of Appeals ruling released Monday.The decision invalidates a ban on dispensaries in Los Angeles County, which was enacted in ... More >>

Oakland Joins S.F. in Battle to Preserve Medical Marijuana Laws

Oakland isn't letting San Francisco fight for medical marijuana alone. The East Bay city announced it would join other California cities in the pivotal fight to defend the rights of local governments and their ability to regulate pot clubs. Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker, on behalf of the City ... More >>

City Attorney Dennis Herrera Defends Medical Marijuana Permitting

Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

S.F. Begins Issuing Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permits Again

It's a go -- for now.​San Francisco has begun issuing medical marijuana dispensary licenses again, following a recent state Supreme court decision that will allow local pot dispensaries to do business -- for now. The city's Medical Cannabis Act permitting process had been on hold for several month ... More >>

Medical Marijuana License Fees That Saved Cops' Jobs at Risk in Mendocino

​The one-of-a-kind cooperation between medical marijuana growers and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department -- which legitimized cannabis cultivation in the eyes of the law and saved the jobs of deputies facing layoffs -- is at risk, pending the outcome of a court case.Since 2010, Mendocino Cou ... More >>

Feds Force Another San Francisco Pot Club to Close

Times they did a-change.​Pressure from the Justice Department is forcing a fourth San Francisco pot club to close early next year, with a fifth closure expected soon thereafter.Market Street Cooperative -- one of the city's lowest-profile cannabis dispensaries, with a modest sign outside its 1884 ... More >>

Obama's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: Two S.F. Pot Clubs to Close

And Divinity Tree, and Green Door Sacramento, and maybe Medithrive​Lombard Street is in the city's oft-posh Marina District, but that stretch of US-101 that leads from the Golden Gate Bridge down through Van Ness Avenue includes seedy motels as well as high-end boutiques. It might have also contai ... More >>

A Stoned Moan with J Mascis and Several Shades of Why

​ This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why ​Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>

True Story: Nate Dogg and Warren G Recorded 'Regulate' in a Bedroom Closet

​Not sure about you, but I'm still sad about the death of Nate Dogg. Thankfully, there's no shortage of tribute mixes and anecdotes to make me feel better. Wanna know the best one? Warren G says he and Nate Dogg recorded part of their classic hit "Regulate" in a closet at Warren's Long Beach apart ... More >>

Examiner's Phil Anschutz Dumps Money into California Politics -- Except San Francisco

No money for you, chumps.​San Francisco Examiner owner Phil Anschutz, his companies, and his employees, donated $92,582 to 30 California politicians between 2003 and 2009, according to campaign finance filings compiled by Anschutz's competitor, Bay Area News Group.But the railroad, telecommunicati ... More >>

So Long, Jack LaLanne

​For Bay Area natives of a certain age, Jack LaLanne doing deep knee bends is enshrined alongside Charley and Humphrey or the KOFY dogs in the pantheon of childhood nostalgia. LaLanne, who did for the fitness industry what Eli Whitney did for cotton gins, died yesterday at age 96.  The "Godfa ... More >>

Did Cameron Diaz Buy Weed From Snoop Dogg in High School?

So Cameron Diaz was recently on the George Lopez Show (and has he always sounded like that?), where she discussed Cuban food, driving a Prius, identity theft, and all that good stuff. But she also recalled her days as a high school student in Long Beach, and memories of one upperclassman named Calvi ... More >>

The Top 5 Most Regrettable Rapper Tattoos

Rappers lead the world when it comes to ridiculous tattoos. But while it's easy to mock Lil Wayne getting the EPSN logo on his arm or Eve's decision to stamp cat paws on her breasts, sometimes rappers themselves have second thoughts about their ink art. So with Gucci Mane recently revealing a freshl ... More >>

Free and Five Party, Writers With Drinks, Gestapo Khazi, The Babies, and No Pants BART Ride

The Babies plays Hemlock Tavern this Saturday ​There is heavy metal and ethereal ambient noise, transsexual fashion shows and fancy vintage paper, Go-Gos and Babies. It's all here this weekend, in San Francisco, for less than the cost of taking a heterosexual date to Chick-fil-A. Here's our list o ... More >>

Police Collar Man Robbing Official Police Clothier

Police notice when you steal from their clothier​A burglar was caught in the act Sunday perpetrating an alleged crime every bit as ill-conceived as robbing a doughnut store. Police nabbed an as-yet unidentified man as he was purportedly robbing Galls on Cesar Chavez -- the official clothier of the ... More >>

Saturday Night Fever Indie Division

How the hipster set learned to shake their skinny jeans.

Cry for Yelp

The popular web site stands accused of acting like a ‘modern-day Mafia.’

Going to Coachella vs. the S.F. staycation

Ragga Muffins Festival

And the 'Gayest City in America' Is ... Atlanta?

Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>

Top Ten Most Read Snitch Posts of 2009

It's almost the end of the year, and we're extremely grateful to the readers who visited our site in 2009. Here are the Snitch posts that garnered the highest readership, and reflect what is truly important to you: sex, crime, and weed. And serial killers.10. Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man D ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Delightful Day at Sea Captured in Heart-Warming Photos

All photos | Gabor GardonyiClick on photos for a larger version​Last week, Gabor Gardonyi, a chef on tugboats running up and down the Pacific Coast, sent SF Weekly some primo shots of his vessel, the Sound Reliance, being buffeted by large waves just south of San Francisco. We titled the story ... More >>

Treacherous Day at Sea Captured in Stomach-Churning Photos

All Photos | Gabor GardonyiClick on the photos for larger versions​For much of his life, Gabor Gardonyi worked as a chef up and down the Pacific coast. Now he's doing it a different way -- as a cook on a tugboat hauling loads from the Pacific Northwest all the way down to the southern tip of C ... More >>

Holiday in Cambodia

Pay for Play

Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

Indie songwriters find success in wooing the superfan

Crystallized Psych

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, August 10, 2005

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The Hard Way

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Play Rotorecall

Have fun with democracy, before it has fun with you

Eating at the Flea

There are bargains in comestibles as well as collectibles to be had at these Sunday markets

Hear This

A pack of Orphans you don't want to mess with

Best Way to Get Dizzy Downtown (Nonalcoholic Category)

Yerba Buena Gardens Carousel

House Of Tudor

A sexy film fest, a Croatian lute fest, and a festering punk band

Riff Raff

Not That Tired Old Business About Dot-Coms and Culture Again; Gone

Rock Em! Sock Em! Sue Em!

Legal battles decked the wildly popular Robot Wars competitions. Now a challenger has arisen to save the sport.

Reviews

Industrial Sun

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Night Crawler

Night Crawler

Recordings

Beating Swords Into Tourist Shares

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

Recordings

Recordings