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Chuck Prophet's S.F. Album Gets the Facts Wrong, But the Feelings Right

Prison Break: Realignment Inmates Enter Rehabilitation in S.F.

Bryan Stow, Beaten Giants Fan, Could Have Brain Damage

Possible brain damage​Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was savagely beaten outside the Dodger stadium last week, has taken a turn for the worst. Doctors told reporters that the 42-year-old paramedic is now showing signs of brain damage. Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center neurosurgeon said Stow " ... More >>

What's a Drug Bust Really Worth?

What's It Really Worth?​News that the San Francisco Police Department had seized $11.5 million worth of illegal cannabis in calendar year 2010 set the local sphere of growers, activists, and informed tokers abuzz. That figure is peanuts compared to the SFPD's overall budget of $445 million, and no ... More >>

San Francisco Is Still Smoking

​County-by-county smoking data released Monday by the state Department of Public Health reveal ashtray-makers are still doing pretty good business here in San Francisco. According to the California Adult Smoking Prevalence 2008 survey, 13.5 percent of San Franciscans are lighting up. To put that n ... More >>

AG's Race Gets Nasty as Harris, Cooley Spar Over L.A. Vote Counting

Kamala Harris​It's always comforting when the race to become the state's top law-enforcement official devolves into Jerry Springer-esque paroxysms of finger-pointing and cheap campaign tactics. But that's what appears to be happening in the final stretch of the California attorney general's race, ... More >>

Global Soul Truck Relocates to Los Angeles, Where It's Easier to Operate

Roaming HungerGlobal Soul: Gone south.​Global Soul, a food truck we've followed since its test-run days in the Mission this summer, has relocated to Los Angeles. SFoodie e-mailed proprietors Jessica Phadungsilp and Christina Aviles to find out why they deserted us what prompted the move down to So ... More >>

Nathaniel Ford to D.C. Metro Story No Surprise for Muni Insiders

Luke Thomas, Fog City JournalGavin Newsom and Nat Ford 'are not buds,' SF Weekly is told. This photo could be Exhibit A. ​The D.C. Metro Transit Authority's placing of San Francisco Muni boss Nathaniel Ford on its list of potential leaders did not surprise several of Ford's colleagues SF Weekly sp ... More >>

Nathaniel Ford, Muni Boss, Headed to D.C. Metro?

Is Nat Ford taking his transit act to D.C.? ​First DPH Director Dr. Mitch Katz, now Nat Ford? We've reported on how Muni's new fare gates allow more people on the system than the agency would like. Will Muni compensate by having Nathaniel Ford get off? A Washington, D.C. radio station has reported ... More >>

Marijuana Legalization Opposed by Californians, New Field Poll Shows

Most Californians will pass, thanks​Poll Also Reveals Strong Support for Reform of State Budget ProcessA Field Poll released today shows that efforts to legalize marijuana in California have lost ground since last year, and that state residents currently oppose Proposition 19 -- a November ballot ... More >>

The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

Is a Round of Golf at S.F.'s Harding Park Really Worth $170?

Worth $170?​Harding Park, the high-caliber municipal golf course that spreads along the shore of Lake Merced and hosted the 2009 President's Cup, is a hell of a nice place to play golf. But is it really $170 worth of nice?It's a question worth asking, after the San Francisco Examiner reported this ... More >>

A Lack of Conviction

As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.

On Cue, Lt. Gov Candidate Hahn Plays Race, Gender, S.F. Cards vs. Newsom

Too white and San Franciscan to win? ​Less than 24 hours after lieutenant governor candidate Gavin Newsom trumpeted an endorsement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein -- giving him statewide cred and appealing to female voters -- his opponent released polling data she commissioned claiming Newsom is a liab ... More >>

Pot Initiative All But Certain to Qualify for November Ballot

Good news, good news...​Math and marijuana may not go together like chocolate and peanut butter -- though chocolate, peanut butter, and pot go together great. But if you do the math, it appears virtually certain that the "Control and Tax Cannabis Initiative" circulated by Oaksterdam University wil ... More >>

I'll Surrender My Snark If the Guardian Loses its Condescension: One More Look at the Numbers

​Tim Redmond thinks our debate on Forum tomorrow should be "fun." But I'm bored with his line of argument already. Because the truth is that we're reached a point in the "how much does San Francisco spend per capita?" debate where reasonable people can disagree. And at that point, debating th ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

He's frightfully busy...​Resignations! Condemnations! Tribulations! It's your Friday morning news quiz! 1. SF Weekly broke the story this week that former Supervisor and State Senator Carole Migden did what? A. Ran over more peopleB. Cursed a former staffer out on live televisionC. Opted not to ru ... More >>

Chronic City: 77 Percent Of L.A. Residents Favor Dispensaries; Majority of West Coasters Want To Legalize Pot

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley may have believed he was safely playing to the grandstands when he promised to shut down all of L.A.'s estimated 800 to 1,000 medical marijuana dispensaries, magnanimously declaring that "approximately zero" of the dispensaries were operating legally ... More >>

Chronic City: Feds Lighten Up On Medical Marijuana Just As L.A. Tightens The Screws

Photo by Rotbuche, Wikimedia CommonsLet my people grow.​In a stunning bit of role reversal, law enforcement officials in dispensary-heavy Los Angeles County are gearing up for a massive mobilization against hundreds of pot shops even while the Obama administration backs away from the federal gover ... More >>

Prison Legal News Suing San Francisco, Sheriff's Department, and City Attorney Over Unanswered Public Records Request

So much for the Sunshine Ordinance...​ The public records request was not very complicated. Prison Legal News (PLN), a Seattle-based nonprofit and monthly journal, wanted to review all the litigation filed against the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, including settlements and verdicts ... More >>

Here You Go: The Filthiest Beach in California Is...

The article you are now reading has been timed to go live one second after the press embargo on the annual Heal the Bay state beach report card is lifted. So, without further ado, we can inform you that the most fecal bacteria-infested, nastiest beach in all the Golden State is: Avalon Harbor Beach ... More >>

Baggage

The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

SF Weekly Letters

The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

Marjorie Knoller mauled by courts

The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

Cruise Control

Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

The Daly Show

Even in a summer of discontent for San Francisco progressives, bad-boy supervisor Chris Daly remains unbowed

Barred for Life

Desperate prison lifers turn to Charles Carbone when trying to navigate the unfair process of parole denials

Fair or No Fair with Indulgent Aunt M (at the Alameda County Fair)

Desperate prison lifers turn to Charles Carbone when trying to navigate the unfair process of parole denials

Echoes of the Revolution

The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years

Driving San Francisco Sane

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

The New California Adventure

Schwarzenegger budget policies are turning small cities and rural counties into post-apocalypse theme parks

Nailed?

Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

How Blue Can You Get

Cobalt Tavern

Silicon Valley Shakedown

A con man feeds on fear and paranoia in the software business

Drug Warfare

A Marin pharmacist sticks up for the little guys, and gets run over

Computer Games

A Marin pharmacist sticks up for the little guys, and gets run over

Deadbeat Heaven

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

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