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"The Last Stand": Arnold Does Arnold

"Gangster Squad": Just Some Crap, Ma'am

"Gangster Squad": Will Beall Faces the Thin Blue Line

Larry Brinkin, S.F. Gay Rights Icon, Arrested on Child Porn Charges

(Update 3:30 p.m.): SF Weekly has obtained the search warrant, which details the items police seized from Brinkin and his husband's home. Those items include computers, videos, VHS tapes, and a floppy disc. Read details of the search warrant after the jumpOriginal story: Police say they ar ... More >>

Distraught Father Fights Bill That Lets Unlicensed Drivers Keep Their Cars

California State Assembly Bill 1993, introduced by San Francisco Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, would prohibit police officers from impounding or towing an unlicensed person's car if the car can be parked nearby or if a licensed driver can come and pick it up. The idea behind the bill is that the current ... More >>

California Congressmen Push Spending Cuts on Federal Marijuana Enforcement

Budget hawks incensed over San Francisco's supposedly profligate spending ought to spend a few minutes at Congress, observing the dollar requests submitted by federal departments.Take the $28.2 billion, 111,998-employee federal Department of Justice, for example. The country's 12,000 employees in Un ... More >>

Marijuana Sobriety Checkpoints: New Legislation to Outlaw Driving While Stoned

​Some will swear that marijuana has merit for motorists. Others fear impairment of any kind, at any level. We're pretty terrified of teen drivers, especially those with cell phones and hangovers, but we'll leave it to the government to intervene on this great debate. Driving while stoned would bec ... More >>

"Rampart": Woody Harrelson Is a Bad Cop

​Some will swear that marijuana has merit for motorists. Others fear impairment of any kind, at any level. We're pretty terrified of teen drivers, especially those with cell phones and hangovers, but we'll leave it to the government to intervene on this great debate. Driving while stoned would bec ... More >>

Obama Ignores Medical Marijuana During Google Hangout

​President Barack Obama again turned to social media to connect with voters -- and again he used it to ignore talking pot.You might have noticed that every time President Obama takes to the series of interactive intertubes, the unwashed masses want to talk, not taxes, and not turkey, but the good ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem: Explorers Have Been Sexually Abused by Cops. Should Scouts Share the Blame?

​President Barack Obama again turned to social media to connect with voters -- and again he used it to ignore talking pot.You might have noticed that every time President Obama takes to the series of interactive intertubes, the unwashed masses want to talk, not taxes, and not turkey, but the good ... More >>

Top Five Reasons P. Diddy Is Hilarious Now

​Earlier this week, Rolling Stone our colleagues at L.A. Weekly reported that an ex-LAPD detective has implicated Sean Combs in Tupac's murder. Greg Kading apparently asserts in a new book that Suge Knight and Puffy ordered the murders of Biggie Smalls and Tupac, respectively, and that h ... More >>

SF Cops Join LA's Finest In Disputing RAND Study's Findings That Marijuana Clubs Don't Cause Crime

Not the club's fault​What with the company's deep connections to the American war machine, the RAND Corporation isn't exactly a pack of hippies. Which makes it all the more surprising that the policy-think tank released a study this week declaiming that medical marijuana dispensaries cause a ... More >>

Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, Bryan Stow Beating Suspects, Appear in Court

Marvin and Louie ​Louie Sanchez, 29, and Marvin Norwood, 30, appeared in a Los Angeles court this morning to answer to charges of mayhem and assault against Bryan Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic, who has been in a coma since the March 31 beating outside Dodger Stadium. The two men charged with beati ... More >>

Giovanni Ramirez, Dodgers Fan Accused of Beating Bryan Stow, Could Be Exonerated

Come to think of it, he doesn't really match the description ​Los Angeles police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the March 31 beating of Giants fan, Bryan Stow. What's equally as important is they've also concluded that their previous suspect, Giovanni Ramirez, had nothing to do ... More >>

Bryan Stow: Video Shows Giants Fan Arguing with Dodgers Fan Before Attack

Bryan Stow​A new video released today shows that Bryan Stow, the beaten Giants fan who remains in a coma, arguing with a Dodgers fan during the March 31 game where he was attacked. The video was released by TMZ, and shows Stow sitting at his seat at the opener game, confronting a man wearing a Dod ... More >>

Giovanni Ramirez, Man Accused of Beating Bryan Stow, Wanted in Nevada Gang Shooting

Wanted in more than one state ​Los Angeles Police are not the only ones interested in Giovanni Ramirez, the 31-year-old suspect accused of beating Giants fan Bryan Stow in March. Police arrested Ramirez last week after an intense investigation, saying he was the prime aggressor in the March 31 bea ... More >>

Giovanni Ramirez Arrested in Bryan Stow Beating

This is him!​Los Angeles Police say they have the "primary aggressor" in the Byran Stow beating behind bars today. Police raided an East Hollywood apartment building this weekend and arrested 31-year-old Giovanni Ramirez on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested, Sunday morning ... More >>

Bruce Bochy Is "Surprised" Bryan Stow Attackers Haven't Been Caught

Talks about the rivalry off the field ​Before kicking off the first game against the Dodgers last night, Giants coach Bruce Bochy talked to reporters about how the brutal beating of one of their fans, Bryan Stow, has cast a pall over the West Coast baseball teams' rivalry. Moreover, Bochy admitted ... More >>

Giants Head to Los Angeles, Dodgers to Boost Security for Game Tomorrow

Leave the rivalry on the field ​Will any Giants fan step foot at Dodger Stadium for tomorrow night's game? After what happened to Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was savagely beaten outside Dodger Stadium, it would seem inconceivable. But you never know with those hardcore fans, which is why the Do ... More >>

Giants Double Reward to Catch Dodgers Fans Who Brutally Beat Bryan Stow

Bryan Stow​The Giants are matching the $10,000 reward for information that will help catch the people who savagely beat Bryan Stow as he left the Dodgers stadium last week. Over the weekend, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich offered the $10,000 reward money and said he wants more secur ... More >>

Giants Fans Beaten by Dodgers Fans, One in Critical Condition

La Dodgers fans ... poor sports even when they win​We knew being a Giants fan was torture -- metaphorically speaking -- but last night the pain went a little too deep after two Dodger fans let loose on three Giants fans after the San Francisco team lost in the season opener. You'd think they would ... More >>

Bait Car Pays SFPD to Entice Drivers to Steal Cars

La Dodgers fans ... poor sports even when they win​We knew being a Giants fan was torture -- metaphorically speaking -- but last night the pain went a little too deep after two Dodger fans let loose on three Giants fans after the San Francisco team lost in the season opener. You'd think they would ... More >>

Lucas Anthony Tang, Toddler, Plunges to Death At Warriors-Lakers Game

​Our sister paper, OC Weekly, tracked down the identity of the 2-year-old who fell to his death from a luxury box following yesterday's Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center. The Child was Lucas Anthony Tang of Garden Grove in Orange County.

The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

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

Say Hello To My Little Friend: S.F., Meet CompStat

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 >>

L.A. Police Chief William Bratton Endorsing Kamala Harris for Attorney General

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 >>

The Clogged Bus-Only Lane Theory of Policing: Cite More Motorists and the Rest of the Public Safety Picture Will Fall Into Place

Jim HerdHere's another way of keeping drivers out of bus lanes​In 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 >>

Goin' Down South? With LAPD's Top Cop Stepping Down, Will George Gascon's Tenure in S.F. Be Brief?

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 >>

The Outsider

George Gascon is S.F.'s first police chief in 30 years who wasn't homegrown — and he's promising big changes. Criminals and lazy cops, you have been warned.

Ain't That the Mayor's SUV Blocking Two Handicapped Access Ramps and Crosswalks?

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 >>

Go Ahead, Make Her Day

Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Clint Eastwood's latest.

Your Friends and Neighbors

Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace.

Court Ruling Could Wipe Slate for SFPD Accused of Misconduct

Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace.

An American (and a Chinese) in Paris

The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise

Tomorrow's Misery Today

The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise

Echoes of the Revolution

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

Adventures of a Substitute Teacher

Life in the LAUSD, in a solo show full of endearing moments

Don't Call It L.A.

A cinematic look at the city we're supposed to hate

Elf Me!

Walking in a hellish Santaland

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Walking in a hellish Santaland

Zoom Lens

Horror, sex, and music (plus a fillip of radical politics) at IndieFest

House of Tudor

A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

Heart to Heart

Eastwood plays a detective with a bad ticker looking for the man who murdered his donor

The Perfect Crime

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.

Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Protected by a badge, Denzel (finally!) swaggers through L.A.'s mean streets

The Dilemma of Sara Jane Olson

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.

Recordings

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.

Crushing CRUSH

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.

Bedeviled by Color

Devil in a Blue Dress depicts the '40s antecedents of L.A.'s racial fracturing

The War Womb (Part II)

For every direct action against an abortion clinic staged by Operation Rescue, expect an equal and opposite reaction by the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights.