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  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Carlos Guzmangarza, Fake Doctor, Now Facing Sex Charges

    ​Last week, we told readers about the disturbing case of Carlos Guzmangarza, the unqualified "doctor" who duped patients into allowing him to perform medical surgeries on them, including liposuction, despite the fact he had never been to medical school. Turns out, he had more than a few patients. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Eric Quezada, Former Supervisor Candidate, Seeks Alternative Cancer Treatment in Germany

    Eric Quezada is fighting cancer overseas. ​Looking at Eric Quezada's career over the last couple years, you certainly wouldn't have guessed he'd been fighting cancer since 2004. The long-time Mission activist and executive director with Dolores Street Community Services ran a failed campaign for s ... More >>

  • News

    July 13, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Eric Quezada is fighting cancer overseas. ​Looking at Eric Quezada's career over the last couple years, you certainly wouldn't have guessed he'd been fighting cancer since 2004. The long-time Mission activist and executive director with Dolores Street Community Services ran a failed campaign for s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Circumcision Ban Could Make the Cut For November Ballot

    Voter empathy?​Lloyd Schofield tells reporters that he expects his ban on circumcision to make it to the November ballot. Believe it or not -- Schofield says his signature-gathering is right "on track." We'll just have to take his word for it, since Schofield wouldn't say exactly how many signatur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Circumcision Ban Seems More Focused on Penises Than Children's Rights

    Won't someone please think of the children?​Lloyd Schofield, the retired hotel credit manager seeking to place a circumcision ban on the San Francisco ballot, says his campaign is all about saving innocents. "Our prime goal is to protect the child," he said in an interview.But his campaign seems m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    San Francisco Circumcision Ban Aims to Spice Up Your Sex Life (VIDEO)

    Soon to be punishable under modern law? ​Read full text of proposed circumcision ban at bottom of this article If a San Francisco man named Lloyd Schofield gathers a shade over 7,000 signatures, San Franciscans will actually get the chance to vote on whether or not to ban the practice of circumcis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Will Gov Sign or Extinguish Smoking Bill?

    ​Does it make sense to pour money into smoking cessation efforts? A Sen. Leland Yee-authored bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must either sign or spurn by Thursday would do just that. It'd be great politics -- Yee's bill would force all insurers doing business in this state to fund programs he ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2010

    Clubs preview: Stateside Dubstep Sessions

    ​Does it make sense to pour money into smoking cessation efforts? A Sen. Leland Yee-authored bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must either sign or spurn by Thursday would do just that. It'd be great politics -- Yee's bill would force all insurers doing business in this state to fund programs he ... More >>

  • Film

    May 12, 2010

    Flagrant Foul: "Just Wright" is just wrong

    ​Does it make sense to pour money into smoking cessation efforts? A Sen. Leland Yee-authored bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must either sign or spurn by Thursday would do just that. It'd be great politics -- Yee's bill would force all insurers doing business in this state to fund programs he ... More >>

  • Film

    August 19, 2009

    Ocean of Pearls

    ​Does it make sense to pour money into smoking cessation efforts? A Sen. Leland Yee-authored bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must either sign or spurn by Thursday would do just that. It'd be great politics -- Yee's bill would force all insurers doing business in this state to fund programs he ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 19, 2009

    "Ours"

    ​Does it make sense to pour money into smoking cessation efforts? A Sen. Leland Yee-authored bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must either sign or spurn by Thursday would do just that. It'd be great politics -- Yee's bill would force all insurers doing business in this state to fund programs he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    A Welcome Diversion: Renowned Dog-Cat-Rat Man Heads for Drug Treatment

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2008

    Want Some Candye?

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    Native American healer cures Testament

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Lou Reed no show: Day 1 at SXSW

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Pro-Circumcision AIDS Researcher Left S.F. a Pariah, Came Back a Visionary

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    My Body, My Self

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Calendar

    September 26, 2007

    A Queen For Every Season

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Super-Hyped Infection

    Sensational headlines coupled with fearmongering public health reports have HIV-positive men in San Francisco running scared. It doesn't have to be that way.

  • Film

    October 20, 2004

    Lost in the Male

    When a Latin lover suddenly splits town, his ex-boyfriend goes postal

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Children's Hospital

    UCSF Children's Hospital

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Poke in the Eye

    Dr. Rochelle Slamovich

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Good Guys

    St. Anthony Foundation/ Glide Memorial Church

  • Calendar

    October 8, 1997

    Savage Love

    St. Anthony Foundation/ Glide Memorial Church

  • News

    August 16, 1995

    As They Lay Dying

    Breast cancer activists rage at Genentech for withholding an experimental drug

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