One ticket for blocking a handicapped curb ramp? $250. Two tickets? $500. Being mayor and dumping your SUV wherever you like? PricelessYesterday we wrote about how Mayor Gavin Newsom's taxpayer-funded Chevy Tahoe Hybrid gets awful mileage, is only marginally more efficient than a regular Tahoe, and ... More >>
One ticket for blocking a handicapped curb ramp? $250. Two tickets? $500. Being mayor and dumping your SUV wherever you like? PricelessYesterday we wrote about how Mayor Gavin Newsom's taxpayer-funded Chevy Tahoe Hybrid gets awful mileage, is only marginally more efficient than a regular Tahoe, and ... More >>
One ticket for blocking a handicapped curb ramp? $250. Two tickets? $500. Being mayor and dumping your SUV wherever you like? PricelessYesterday we wrote about how Mayor Gavin Newsom's taxpayer-funded Chevy Tahoe Hybrid gets awful mileage, is only marginally more efficient than a regular Tahoe, and ... More >>
Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Clint Eastwood's latest.
Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace.
Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood's Changeling
Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.
The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise
The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise
The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years
True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness
True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Mack Minister on America's Most Wanted.
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Mack Minister on America's Most Wanted.
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Mack Minister on America's Most Wanted.
Infiltrator takes in NASA Space Camp for kids. As an adult. To save the planet.
Infiltrator takes in NASA Space Camp for kids. As an adult. To save the planet.
Infiltrator takes in NASA Space Camp for kids. As an adult. To save the planet.
Walking in a hellish Santaland
Walking in a hellish Santaland
Walking in a hellish Santaland
With the release of his solo debut, the Depeche Mode frontman completes the ultimate rock 'n' roll star trek: Success, Overdose, Resurrection
With the release of his solo debut, the Depeche Mode frontman completes the ultimate rock 'n' roll star trek: Success, Overdose, Resurrection
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest
For 20 years, South American thieves have been stealing millions of dollars in gems and jewelry from traveling salespeople in San Francisco. And no one -- not the cops, jewelers, or insurance companies -- has the slightest idea how to stop them.
Sara Jane Olson's attorney would like to say a few words about how her San Francisco co-counsel handled the high-profile case
Sara Jane Olson's attorney would like to say a few words about how her San Francisco co-counsel handled the high-profile case
With an October trial in the offing, prosecutors had every intention of proving that Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson was a domestic terrorist who helped plant bombs under police cars 26 years ago.
Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.
Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.
Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.
Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.
Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.
Joe EskenaziIncoming Police Chief George Gascon addresses the sweating throngs of the fourth estate, as Mayor Gavin Newsom looks onThere are two times in life when it's pretty much guaranteed that everyone will find something nice to say about you: Your wedding and your funeral. It was a littl ... More >>
George Gascon, San Francisco's police chief-to-beBy now, anyone even loosely following city government knows that San Francisco's next police chief is George Gascon -- and, if you've been following SF Weekly's coverage, you may even know how he stands on policy matters (and that he sounds a bit like ... More >>
George Gascon, San Francisco's police chief-to-beBy now, anyone even loosely following city government knows that San Francisco's next police chief is George Gascon -- and, if you've been following SF Weekly's coverage, you may even know how he stands on policy matters (and that he sounds a bit like ... More >>
Hello, I must be going?When San Francisco's police chief-to-be was introduced to throngs of media members in a rather small, stuffy room earlier this summer, your humble narrator got to ask George Gascon one question. And he gave us zero answers. "How long a commitment have you given the city?" w ... More >>
Jim HerdHere's another way of keeping drivers out of bus lanesIn Mexico, a visitor will quickly get the sense that society isn't working quite right when she's asked for a bribe by police. In Saudi Arabia, the same conclusion becomes obvious when a woman is arrested for prostitution simply becaus ... More >>
Hugues de la PlazaNew San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon continues to prove that he certainly knows how to make a first impression (other than being spotted around town in baggy shorts and flip-flops). Yesterday, the Chronicle reported that Gascon's old boss, LAPD Chief William Bratton, has ... More >>
When San Francisco police followed a trail of splattered grease down the hall of the Rose Hotel to William Pious' room and arrested him for allegedly dousing a sleeping neighbor with a pan of boiling cooking oil, it was not the 50-year-old's first brush with the law. The SFPD states that Pious wa ... More >>
She's book smart all right... Here's the deal: This is a big get for Kamla Harris, the ambitious San Francisco district attorney looking to climb the political ladder. For one thing, Bill Bratton -- former New York chief and outgoing LAPD bossman -- is as big a name as there is in law enforc ... More >>
Can the SFPD saved by the miracle of computers? Wednesday morning, at the unveiling of the city's new crimefighting tool, CompStat, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon had the city say hello to his not-so-little friend and implementer, LAPD detective Jeff Godown.Gascon intend ... More >>
Hugues de la PlazaWith CBS' 48 Hours preparing to show its take on the beguiling Hugues de La Plaza case on Saturday, much has been made of an elusive medical report the show's producers managed to turn up. In it, former San Francisco Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Ferenc concludes, unambiguously, ... More >>
Hugues de la PlazaWith CBS' 48 Hours preparing to show its take on the beguiling Hugues de La Plaza case on Saturday, much has been made of an elusive medical report the show's producers managed to turn up. In it, former San Francisco Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Ferenc concludes, unambiguously, ... More >>
