McAfee Coliseum

Last Night: The Police at Oakland Coliseum

Oakland Hyphy Sideshows Get A Supreme Court Reprieve, Sort Of

Tibetans Say, "Go A's!" to Protest 2008 Beijing Olympics

George Michael Visits HP Pavilion in June

Test Gorge: Oakland A's All-You-Can-Eat Seats

Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Regency Center

Every Bay Area Native's Childhood Dies a Little as Mother's Cookies Bids Adieu

Schools of Thought

The Roots, the Nonce and DJ Hurricane take hip hop to the next level

Night+Day

The Roots, the Nonce and DJ Hurricane take hip hop to the next level

Chron 2.0

The Roots, the Nonce and DJ Hurricane take hip hop to the next level

The A's Have It

Dog Bites proclaims the A's to be the official team of the Bay Area

Fool's Golf

Your own private Caddyshack

Aloha, Yay!

Party like the islanders in S.F.

The Freeloaders' Handbook

If you ask, they will give. Really.

Sports/Outdoors/Races

If you ask, they will give. Really.

Hell on Wheels

A documentary about legendary bad girl Ann Calvello, the undisputed Roller Derby Queen

Dog Bites

We never would have guessed: Raiders fans are pansies.

Thrill of a Lifetime

The life of Will "The Thrill" Viharo -- the Bay Area's undisputed B-movie lounge king -- would make a good B-movie of its own

Magazine Dreams

Will San Francisco finally get the city magazine it deserves?

Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

The Closer

He's fallen off a third-story balcony, survived tuberculosis, and come back from four arm surgeries to lead the Oakland A's to the brink of post-season play. His name is Jason Isringhausen, and he IS the closer

'Ndian Sync

Bollywood's most beloved actors offer a surreal live spectacle

Having it Both Ways

Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

Apocalypse Then

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

Night + Day

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

Creatures From the Black Leather Lagoon

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

Dream Candidate

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Riff Raff

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Riff Raff

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Night + Day

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Wish Upon a Star on Ice

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Riff Raff

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Night+Day

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Night+Day

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

Japandroids hit the Hemlock Sunday​Being cheap never means being boring in this city. To wit:L.O.W.'s Outdoor BBQ & Pool Party @ Bambuddha Lounge (Friday)We don't want to hear that it hasn't felt like summer this week. Come Friday, Look Out Weekend is bringing a bathing suit-able bash to Bambu ... More >>

Rate the Warriors' Latest Panic Trade

Another lump of coal in the Warriors' stocking​Yesterday's unloading of malcontent guard Stephen Jackson was the latest installment of a longtime Golden State Warriors tradition: Sending talented and disgruntled stars out of town for mere cents on the dollar. But how bad was it compared to the tea ... More >>

Congratulations, Don Nelson. Now Retire.

Alone at the top​Last night, the Golden State Warriors dispatched Minnesota, 116-107. This year, any victory for the Warriors is cause for celebration; the team is struggling to win 30 percent of its games. But this one was special: It was victory No. 1,333 for coach Don Nelson -- the league's all ... More >>

Good News All Around: Cal To Play at AT&T Park in 2011; Tightwad Hill Going Nowhere

Vance CardellCal topped Miami, 24-17, in the 2008 Emerald Bowl at AT&T Park​Like many folks with a media e-mail account, your humble narrator received the word Monday that Cal will be playing its home football games at AT&T Park in 2011 -- or whatever Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T Park is call ... More >>

If You Didn't Get Tix to Giants Brewfest, There's Always Next Week in Oakland

francobobfred II/FlickrSummer essential: Chugging beer in some stadium parking lot.​The only thing more exciting than the prospect of a series the Giants can actually sweep (vs. the cellar-dwelling D'backs) is great, free-ish beer beforehand in the form of Saturday's first annual Giants Brewfe ... More >>

49ers' Exit Would Save SF Money

Chris Roberts/SF Appeal.comWhatever​Added to the burgeoning pile of "pros" in a San-Francisco-49ers-departing-San-Francisco pro-con list is this snippet, courtesy of The Examiner: should the football team play its home games in Santa Clara (the city in which the team already spends 340 days a year ... More >>

A Look Back at Michael Jackson's Bay Area Appearances

Michael Jackson never graced the Bay Area with a solo show, though the Jackson 5 did perform its second official concert as a Motown act at San Francisco's Cow Palace on June 19, 1970, appearing as the opening act for Tina Turner and Rare Earth; they returned to the venue in 1972 and 1973. J5 wa ... More >>

Wanna Star in 'Moneyball' Alongside Brad Pitt? Here's Your Chance.

That's Brad on the right...​You know what? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button kinda sucked. Here's your chance to potentially relay just this information to Brad Pitt while appearing in a movie that may well not suck. The makers of the forthcoming Moneyball, the big-screen adaptation of Michael L ... More >>

Brian Wilson Challenged to Brawl by Local Idiot

Brian Wilson knows what's best in life: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women​The ascendancy of the San Francisco Giants has created an unexpected quandary. How much Brian Wilson is too much Brian Wilson? For one local dim bulb, that question ... More >>