Marin Headlands

Juan Escamillo-Rojas and Juan Escamillo-Savoy Identified as Father and Son Who Died While Fishing

The Marin County Coroner has identified the father and son pulled from the water near the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday as 37-year-old Juan Escamillo-Rojas, and his 9-year-old son, Juan Escamillo-Savoy, both San Francisco residents. The family had been fishing in the Marin Headlands at Bonita Cove ... More >>

Dixie: Southern Meets Californian Down Home on the Presidio

Photos: For Rip Curl Pro Search, Ocean Beach Has Its Day in the Sun

Ocean Beach on Wednesday, the last day of the Rip Curl Pro Search contest​San Francisco's selection as the home of the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Search surfing competition delighted surf enthusiasts throughout the Bay Area. Ocean Beach has long been a holy site among surfers. (One of the finest journalist ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Drone-Metal Duo Barn Owl Talks Desert Motifs, Meditative Sounds, and Performing in Cathedrals

Barn Owl​ San Francisco's Barn Owl makes densely layered guitar music that is equal parts heavy and beautiful. Guitarists Jon Porras and Evan K. Caminiti arrived at their textured sound six years ago while students at SF State, munching vegan tofu burritos and taking in music by rock god Neil ... More >>

Re-Sounding

Awesome Secret Underground Bunker in Marin Headlands Gets Sealed Up

A Last Visit Inside the Secret Marin Headlands Bunker (Slideshow)

SF Weekly's Peter Jamison gives readers an account of a secret concrete bunker built in reaction to the threat of invasion via the Pacific Ocean in the runup to World War II. This San Francisco relic, known as Battery Construction 129, was never fully built, yet it's mystique and "off-limits" statu ... More >>

Tri, Tri, Tri Again

Vote To Fund Desperate San Francisco Schools' ... Field Trips?

​Three San Francisco schools are competing for Big Lots Lots! To Give contest for up to $10,000 to make their educational dreams come true. You can view the trio of videos outlining their projects and vote three times a day until July 5. Yet, in a time of massive state cutbacks, two out of the thr ... More >>

Bleeding Green

Forget about Sharp Park’s endangered frogs and snakes. The real problem with the golf course is its enormous cost to the city.

Body Discovered on Ocean Beach

View Larger MapThe Medical Examiner's office reports it has just sent personnel to Ocean Beach after the body of a man believed to be in his 60s washed up there near Balboa Street. This follows a woman in her 50s washing up yesterday following a deadly sailing accident near the Cliff House. It is be ... More >>

Unleashed

A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.

Too Cute to Shoot?

The adoring public may have a problem with what San Francisco has in store for its troublesome invaders, the sea lions.

Looking for a Sweet Staycation? Marin's Cavallo Point Feels Far, Far Away

Aprimo via FlickrThe Marin Headlands from the lodge's porchThe address is Sausalito, but tucked away into the Marin Headlands a mile from town, Cavallo Point Lodge isn't the tourist strip you know. Honeymooners and other celebratory types have discovered this place, a renovated Fort Baker outpost ju ... More >>

Enviro Sacrifice Watch: No More Clubbing Baby Seals

MoeLyn PhotosEnvironmentalists came first for my bottled water. And I didn't speak up because I drank Hetch Hetchy springwater on tap. And then they came for my garbage cans, requiring me to separate out recyclables from trash. I didn't speak up, because, well, I thought I could manage. An ... More >>

Mother Nature or Nurture?

The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change

Fore Play

The city's new New Deal: Privatizing public parks

Alt-Pride

Let's go to a fair on parade day! It seemed like a good idea.

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

The Missing Man

Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

A Filipino Dorothy

The Wizard in a tree

Rock Artist

Andy's outdoor factory

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Best City Campground

Best Free Sightseeing

Freak Folk Shmreak Shmolk

Never mind the Banharts, here's the Jewelled Antler. Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying (About $$) and Love the Bomb

Get Crabs

Cruise and chow on the bay

Scary Affairs

A frightening array of the scariest parties on S.F.'s biggest holiday

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Cool Strokes

Even in chilly San Francisco, summer means swimming.

Best Place to Propose

Lands End

Hail the Conquering Hero

Why is a Bay Area filmmaker who cherishes his independence about to direct a $40 million studio film?

Four Best Bars With a View

Best Bike Ride

Marin Headlands Loop

Best View, Sans Tourists

San Francisco Art Institute

West Coasters

Cliff House

House Of Tudor

Nightmare Alley, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Nerves, Love as Laughter, and Beth Custer

Rights of Passage

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Night + Day

Riff Raff

Night + Day

When the Bay was Groun Zero

A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city

Going Ballistic

The Nameless and the Dead

Connecting the unidentified dead with their relatives is no easy task -- especially when John Doe has 25 aliases